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THE STAR-PROGRESS
VOLUME XI—NO. 11
OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920
SUBSCRIPTION—$2.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE
PERSHING CLUB IS
ORGANIZED WITH
DIMMICK HEAD
Prominent Shuteston Farmer
Chosen Temporary Presi
dent of Organization
OPELOUSAS TO MAKE
FIGHT FOR HIGHWAY
Manager McDougal of Persh
ing Way Assures City Has
Chance to Get on Road
At a representative and enthusias
tic meeting of good roads boosters
of the first, second and fifth wards,
held in the police jury room of the
court house on Wednesday morn
ing the St. Landry Pershing Way
was organized with a good sized
membership.
Prank Dimmick, former presi
dent of the parish police jury, and
one of the biggest god roads boost
ers of St. Landry, was chosen the
president of the new organization.
L. A. Andrepont, editor -of the Star
f Progress, was named secretary; Jno.
i p. Savant of Whiteville was selected
I first vice president and Leon Wolff
of Washington, second vice presi
dent, and Dr. C. A. Gardiner of near
Sunset, treasurer.
Hon. E. M. Boagni, president of
the Evangeline Highway Association,
himself an ardent good roads ad
| vocate, presided at the meeting and
strongly urged the organization of a
t club that would assure St. Landry
P*$jl3at international highway that
connect New Orleans with Win
! nipeg, Canada.
It is the belief of the good roads
^ boosters who attended Wednesday
y morning's meeting, that St. Landry
will have no trouble in securing a
P sufficient membership in the Pershing
Way Club to assure for Opelousas
and other towns through which the
ipghway will traverse that the offi
of the Pershing Highway Asso
stion will select the Evangeline
Route as the official route for the
route for the new international road.
At a meeting of the members of
the Pershing Club to be held in this
city within the next few days, a board
j of directors will be selected and a
membership comittee named. It is
ioped that representative taxpayers
pf Opelousas, Washington, Grand
lirie, Plaisance, Bellevue, Sunset,
sd Coulee Croche will rally to the
ill of the membership committee
lend-their financial aid and moral
art to the greatest movement
(yet undertaken in this parish.
A thorough canvass of the business
pie of this city wil begin probably
I next week, when it is hoped to se
cure the application for membership
every business man and citizen
has the interest of this city at
, and who would like to see Ope
placed on the greatest high
ly runing north and south.
Manager McDougal of the Pershing
!Hi*hway Association, who hails
Cedar Falls, Iowa, was very
pleased with the meeting held
Wednesday morning and paid the
thering a very falttering conipli
nt, when he said that in all his
fcvels between Canada and the gulf
the interest of the highway proj
he had never met such an in
nt, well-disposed and enthusi
set of men. He expressed the
that Opelousas and its as
in the fight for the Pershing
iy would not allow the opcrtunity
securing an international high
by, and that on his next
Ip St Landry he hoped that he
i be in a position to inform the
of the St. Landry Pershing
»that the directors of the nations*
rization had selected the Evan
Çoute.
legations from Bunkie, White
Barbreck, Dubuison Washing
Sunset, Coulee Croche and La
ttfc were present and participated
I general discussion of the Per
Highway.
ilïcëTjury
1ETS MONDAY
Lawmakers Will Be in
Monthly Session
Days of Week
police jury will hold its reg
Baonthly meeting on next Mon
*Bd Tuesday. Much interest
* ia the approaching session
lawmakers, as a large
•f good roads bonds are to
for sale, the bids for
1 he opened on Monday.
work will doubtless
major portion of the
the beginning of the
h ■-y-.'ti the bonds advertised
triet 8 f?.^ l0se °f the Opelousas
lh f is » half-million dol
' and ft » expected to bring
iràl ^ ® the largest yet
» St. Landry parish.
I
I from
YOUNG MEN TO
MAKE THE LIST
Committee Selects Two from
Each Faction to Get Up
the Names of Voters
Reference to the proceedings of
the parish democratic executive com
mittee, published elesewhere in this
issue of the Star-Progress, will di
close the fact that the body, at its
meeting held last Tuesday for ac
complishing the important worifj of
selecting the commissioners and
clerks and watchers for the January
primary, also appointed Oscar Andre
pont and Easton Durio to get up the
official list of the voters for each of
the twenty-five election precincts of
St. Landry parish. These two young
men represent the two opposing fac
tions in the parish, and their appoint
ment is a customary one of the com
mittee.
Their work will be somewhat ted
ious as they have to compare the
registration rolls with the poll tax
list, for many may be duly register
ed but not have their poll taxes paid
for the years 1918 and ,1919, and
hence not be qualified to vote.
As poll tax payements for voting
qualification ceased at midnight last
Wednesday, the work of compiling
and listing the qualified voters of the
parish began only in earnest yester
day .Thursday being a legal holiday.
RECORD ATTAINED IN
POLL TAX PAYMENT
Wmi 4,197
Largest Number of Voters Pay
This Tax Since Division of
Old St. Landry Parish
SIXTH WARD LEADS
WITH OVER THOUSAND
Last Day Rush Sends Amount
of Poll Taxes Well Over the
Four Thousand Mark
St. Landry will cast a big vote on
January 20, if the record of the tax
collector's office and those of the
registration office count for any
thing. With more than five thousand
voters and 4,197 poll taxes paid, St.
Landry should poll in the neighbor
hood of four thousand votes on the
20th of this month.
The sixth ward, as in the registra
tion, leads in the payment of poll tax
es with 1,024, while the fifth ward,
once one of the biggest voting wards
of the parish, is the smallest, with
519. The fourtji ward, which for
years was the smallest ward in St.
Landry, and which cast the smallest
vote in 1916, jumped from last to
thJkd place, with 581. The first
ward, with Opelousas; Bellevue and
Plaiaance as the voting precincts, has
second place, with 957 poll taxes. The
third ward is fourth, with 577, and
the second ward is fifth, with 539
poll taxes paid.
There are a number of voters oyer
the poll tax age, while quite a few
have just attained their twenty-first
birthday and do not owe poll taxes.
These added to the soldiers discharged
during 1918 and who owe v ?o poll tax
and who only have to show their dis-
charge papers in order to be qualified
to vote, wili probably send the vot-
ing strength of St. Landry a thousand
votes. It is therefore natural for
one to presume that at least 4,0C0
votes will be polled on the 20th of
this month, when Louisiana will elect
its governor and St. Landry chooses
its sheriff, clerk of court, assessor,
coroner, representatives and other
parochial officers from the numerous
candidates offering for the places.
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-—Hon". P. R. Sandoz made a fly-
ing trip to Baton Rouge last Tuesday
evening, returning that night on the
limited.
LEON CHACHERE
MAKES INVESTMENT
Popular Employee of Borde
lon's Garage Purchases Val
uable Lot and Improving
Leon Chachere, who recently re
turned to his native city from Crow
ley and now employed by Bordelon s
Garage, and St. Landry representa
tive of the Rumley Oil-Pull tractors,
recently purchased the lot and home
formerly occupied by the Dumas
family on East Grolee street. This
is one of the most valuable pieces of
residential property on Grolee street
and Mr. Chachere intends to make
considerably more valuable by put
ting up needed improvements.
The old residence is being remod
elled, the contractors having begun
on the job the early part of the week.
When it is completed, Mr. Chachere
will be the owenr of a very comforta
ble and pretty bungalow.
FONTENOT TO BEGIN
TOUR OF PARISH
THIS MORNING
Series of Meetings Opens With
Speaking at Plaisance Sat
urday Morning, 10:30
WILL SPEAK IN THIS
CITY ON NEXT TUESDAY
Political Rallies Planned for
Every Precinct in Parish
for Popular Candidate
Political rallies in the interest of
the candidacy of Ariel Fontenot, who
is now conceded to be the winning
aspirant for the office of sheriff,
will be held in every precinct in St.
Landry, beginning with Plaisance
this morning at 10:30 o'clock, and
winding up at Krotz Springs on Jan
uary 15.
At each of the meetings Mr. Fon
tenot will appeal for votes in his own
behalf, and will be assisted on the
stump by many of his friends.
The Opelousas meeting on next
Tuesday will most likely be the big
gest of all. A string band will be en
gaged for the evening and one of the
biggest political rallies yet pulled off
in this city during the present cam
paign will be held. This will be Mr.
Fontenot's first appearance on the
stump in this city.
A second rally is planned for Ope
lousas on Monday night, January 19,
the night before the election. Ar
rangements are under way for this
affair, too, which it is said will be a
real big political rally.
Mr. Fontenot's friends now feel
confident of his election. His strength
is growing daily, and by his bold
stand he has made friends on every
side—so much so, in fact, that his
friends would not be surprised to see
him carry every ward in the parish,
feeling confident that he has the lead
in five of them and making strong
headway in the other one.
Following is the Fontenot itiner
ary:
Plaisance, Saturday, January 3, at
Vidrine's store, at 10:30 a. m.
Coulee Croche, at Guidry's School,
Sunday, January 4, at 10:30 a. m.
Grand Coteau, at Merry Makers'
Hall, Sunday, January 4, at 3:30 p.
m.
Sunset, Sunday, January 4, at the
Sunset school, at 7 p. m.
Arnaudville, Monday, January 5,
at 10:30 a. m.
Leonville, Monday, January 5, at
school house, at 7 p. m.
Notleyville, at school house, Mon
day, January 5, at 3:30 p. m.
Mallet, at Bertrand's store, Tues
day, January 6, at 10:30 a. m.
Plaquemine Point, at Bourque's
store, Tuesday, January 6 at 3:30
p. m.
Opelousas, at court house, Tuesday,
January 6, at 7:30 p. m.
Faquetaique, Wednesday, January
7, at 3:30 p. m.
Eunice, at Picou's Hall, Wednes
not's store, Thursday, January 8, at
3:30 p. m. '
Washington, at Plonsky's opera
house, Thursday, January 8, at 7:30
p. m.
Whiteville, Friday, January 9, at
1 p. m.
Garland, Friday, January 9, at 5
p. m.
Grand Prairie, at Ozeme Fontenot's
store, Sunday, at 11:30 a. m.
Morrow, Tuesday, January 13, at
10:30 a. m.
Big Cane, at Goudchaux's store,
Tuesday, January 1», at 1:30 p. m.
Palmetto, at Ganson's store, Wed
nesday, January 14, at 10:30 a. m.
Waxia, at school house, Wednes
day, January 14, at 4 p. m.
Krotz Springs, Thursday, January
15, at 7 p. m.
Melville and Bayou Current, Fri
day, January 16.
NOUN BUILDING
FINE BUNGALOW
Modern and Comfortable Home
Being Erected on East Gro
lee Street for Publisher
W. F. Nolan, one of the publishers
of the Star-Progress, like many other
citizens of Opelousas who believe
that this city holds in store for its
people a great future in property in
vestments, has decided to quit rent
ing and to build a comfortable and
pretty bungalow. The contract* for
the Nolan home, which will grace
East Grolee street, next to Robert
Perkins* residence, was let out last
week, and on Monday morning Aug
uste Amy, well known local contrac
tor, had a crew of men at work break
ing ground. \
The Nolan home will be one of the
prettiest on Grolee street and will be
a valuable addition to one of the
most desirable residential sections of
Opelousas. It will be ready for oc
cupancy in about six ot eight weeks.
ACADIA VOTES
FOR DRAINAGE
Tax Carried by Big Vote in Ba
you Wikoff District, Adjoin
ing St. Landry
The special election held in the
Bayou Wikoff Drainage District cf
the adjoining parish of Acadia, last
Tuesday, was carried hy a large ma
jority, which assures the further ex
tension of the drainage work now go
ing on in this section of the state.
A special election was to have been
held for the same purpose in this
district some months ago, all pre
liminaries to that end having been
made; but at the last moment some
parties got out an injunction and
held up the proposition.
The Bayou Plaquemine district of
St. Landry has dredged the bayou out
as far as the Acadia parish line and
is now engaged in dredging the later
als leading and draining into that
water course. This work assures bet
ter artificial drainage for the low
lying lands in western St. Landry,
and the immense amount of water
poured into the bayou would have
drowned out the farm lands in the
adjoining parish, had not the people
there taken time by the forelock and
voted a tax to continue the work of
dredging the bayou from the St. Lan
dry line on southward.
Their decisive vote Tuesday de
cides the matter and now within a
short time some of the very finest
agricultural lands in the entire state,
once a risky proposition for fanning
on account of lack of drainage, will
be certain crop producers, every year.
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TO TOUR PARISH
WITH THE MOVIES
Mendoza and Francioni Giving
Exhibition of Agriculture to
the Club Members
Beginning Monday afternoon, A.
A. Mendoza, local federal farm dem
onstrator, and J. B. Francioni of the
extension department of the L. S.
U., at Baton Rouge, will tour St.
Landry with a. movie machine, ex
hibiting very interesting pictures of
modem agriculture. These pictures
will be shown at various school
houses in the parish absolutely free
of cost, and while they are intended
mainly for the club boys and girls,
as well as school children, the grown
ups are cordially invited to witness
these absorbing pictures of present
day, progressive methods of tilling
the soil and taking care of livestock.
The tour begins at Prairie Ronde
Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. At
7:30 that night the party will be in
Lawtell, Grand Prairie at 2 p. m.
Tuesday and Washington the same
night, at 7:30 o'clock. Wednesday,
Arnaudville will be visited at 2
o'clock p. m. and Leonville at 7:30
o'clock p. m. Morrow on Thursday
afternoon at 1 o'clock and Port Bar
re the same night at 7:30. The final
trip will be made to Bristol on Fri
day evening at 2 o'clock, and Sunset
the same night at 7:30 o'clock.
—Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stagg and
children of Dubuisson station, Bayou
Boeuf, spent Christmas here as the
guests of Mrs. Stagg's parents, Mr.
land Mrs. Tom Winfiele.
—Dr. C. A. Gardiner of Bristol
was among the many prominent out
of-town attendants at the highway
meeting here last Wednesday morn
ing.
—John R. Thistlethwaite and Leon
Wolff were among the Washington
good roads boosters to attend the
meeting of the Evangeline Highway
Association at the court house the
middle of the week.
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WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
The many friends .and acquain
tances in this community of Miss
Eveiina Trichell will be interested to
know that she underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis in Shreveport
on December 30, and is now doing
nicely* .
Mr. Atwood Zemott spent several
days here as the guest of Mr. W. R.
Boudreau, Jr.
Mr. O. C. Rabb has been a recent
visitor at the home of Mr. Robert
Dunbar.
Mr. J. G .Carrière, Jr., spent last
Saturday in Lafayette at the home of
his uncle, Mr. J. J. Carrière.
Mr. W. R. Boudreau, Jr., has been
in New Orleans for several days of
this week.
Mr. Edw. Thistlethwaite, who has
been on a visit here of severeLweeks
duration, returned to his IsHme in
Sheridan, Indiana, accompanied by
his son, J. E. Thistlethwaite.
Mr. Lucius Zemott of New Orleans
visited friends in this town for sev
eral days this week. *
Mr. Bob White and Miss Cora
Corduay of Crowley were guests at
the home of Misa Lizzie Kilpatrick
on Christmas day.
Miss Helen 'Fux and Mias Vivian
That Opelousas is a »prosperous
city must be granted if one is to
judge by bank resources and money
on deposit in the banks of this city.
When it is taken into consideration
that a number of banks in the coun
try surrounding Opelousas will be
found the records attained by the
three local banks is the more stupen
dous. There are banks in Washing
ton, Eunice, Lawtell, Arnaudville,
Melville and Sunset, serving the
country districts of St. Landry.
Therefore, it must naturally be as
sumed that the money in the Opelou
sas banks must fefevOpelousas money,
fLS the territory outside the ^city is
liberally covered with banking insti
tutions.
The St. Landry Bank and Trust
Company still maintains its lead in
resources and deposits, with the
Planters and the Opelousas National
steadily crawling upward. The St.
Landry has jumped over the two
million mark in resources the Plant
ers over the million and the Opelou
sas National pressing that mark
very closely.
The total deposits of the three
banks for 1919 is $4,073,576.68, as
compared with $3,031,697.99 in the
four banks in 1918. Resources com
pare as $4,670,983.75 for 1919 as
against $3,857,057.07 in 1918.
Following is the way the banks
lined up in 1918:
Deposit«:
St. Landry State ....$1,084,498.57
Peoples State ....... 651,038.08
Opelousas Nat'l 571,636.73
Planters ............ 724,524.61
BANK DEPOSITS SHOW
HEALTHY INCREASE
IN PAST YEAR
Over'Four Million Dollars on
Deposit in Opelousas Banks
on January 1, 1920
MILLION DOLLARS
INCREASE IN YEAR
Total Resources of Three Local
Banks Jump to $4,670,983.
75 for Another Record
Total ...........$3,031,697.99
Resources '
St. Landry State ... t $l,400,016.83
Peoples State........ 714,717.10
Opelousas Nat'l ____: 781,838.30
Planters ............ 920,384.84
Total ............$3,857,057.07
This is the way they stand today:
Deposits
St. Landry..........$2,380,642.58
Opelousas Nat'l...... 731,739.22
Planters ............ 961,194.88
Total ............$4,073,576.68
Resources
St. Landry.......*.. . $2,605,661.58
Opelousas Nat'l ..... 952,742.34
Planters ............ 1,112,579.83
Total ............$4,670,983.75
The St. Landry Bank and Trust
Company is a merger of the St. Lan
dry State and the Peoples State
banks, which occurred some time in
March of last year.
Cain of Opelousas attended the dance
herd on last Monday night.
Misses Wilmer and Fannie Rem
bert are visiting in Lake Charles this
week. .
Briggs-Kerr Wadding
Mr. Arthur B. Briggs and Miss
Ruth Kerr were quietly married here
on Tuesday morning at 8:30 o'clock,
at the home of the bride's father, Mr.
L. Kerr* The ceremoty was perform
ed by Rev. Harper of Opelousas. The
bride and groom left the same day
for Merryville, La., where they will
make their home. With them gobs
the good wishes of their many friends
here for their future health, happi
ness and prosperity. _
Mrs. Gus A. Baillio and family re
turned to their home in Basile. La.,
on Tuesday, after spending the
holidays here at the hom| of Mr. G.
R. Baillio.
Miss Vera Zemott and Master Bil
lie Zemott of New Orleans have been
guests for several days at the home
of Mrs. Otto Anderson.
Mr. Kirtley Boudreau spent several
days of this week in Lafayette at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Rheil.
Master Josephus Rheil has been in
town for several days as the guest of
friends.
Miss Ellen Boudreau, after spend
ing the holiday season with her folks
here, has returned to her work at the
Charity Hospital in New Orleans, La.
Mr. Frank Lalanne, who has been
employed by the Thistlethwaite Lum
ber Company of this place, has re
{turned to his home in New Orleans.
Mr. and Mrs. Jac Bloch and daugh
ter, Miss Sybil, have been in New
Orleans for several days of this
week, and from there they will go to
Houma, La., where they will be
BIG STORE IS
UNDER WAY
k Started on Brick Build
g for. Christman-Rise
man Company
started the first of the pres
ent ^eek laying brick on the new
buildi ng which will be the home of
the recently organized Christman
Riseman Company. An immense
amount of bri$£, sand aftd other ma
terial has already been placed on the
ground and wQpkmen have been busy
the past few 'days in digging Idle
trenches for the wall foundations.
Manager George Pulford, who^is su-«
perintending the erection of the new
building, stated that it would , be sev
eral months before the building would
be ready for delivery to the owners
as workmen were hard to secure, and
this alone would make the job ahead
a slow proposition. The building, as
already stated in these columns, wi.*l
be one hundred and fifty feet deep
by about fifty wide and two stories
high. The big sheetiron warehouse
in the rear has already been con
structed and quite a lot of furniture,
etc., stored therein.
LARGEBOND SSUE
TO BE VOTED ON
JANUARY 12
Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District Will Issue Larg
est Amount of Bonds
MILLAGE AND ACREAGE
TAX PROPOSED FOR WORK
Prominent Taxpayers Predict
Overwhelming Victory for
Better Drainage There
On January 12 the taxpayers of
the Bayou Boeuf and Waxia Drain
age District will vote on the largest
drainage bond issue yet undertaken
in St. Landry parish. It is proposed
to vote a millage tax for the issu
ance of $200,000 worth of bonds and
an acreage tax of 16 cents per acre
for $150,000.
Prominent land owners and tax
payers o^the district assert that the
tax will be overwhelmingly carried at
the coming election.
For the past few months the lands
in the district have suffered heavily
'from the lack of drainage. It is said
that a large portion of these lands Are
under water at the present time, and
in some instances the public high
ways are completely covered with
rain water and rendered practically
impassable, save in boats.
The drainage district covers a
large area of ground, taking in Rosa,
Whiteville, Garland, Beggs, in fact,
covering that section of St. Landry
lying between Washington and Mor
row. It is proposed to dredge Bayou
Waxia, Cow bayou, Little Waxia and
the laterals of these streams. In fact,
it is said that every stream in the
district needing dredging will be at
tended to and the landowners are as
sured of a practically perfect system
of scientific gravity drainage.
The district is sorely in need of
this contemplated drainage. Land
values have been kept at a low ebb
on account of the lack of proper
artificial drainage, and it it is con
sequently argued that if the tax is
carried and the drainage system in
mind perfected, the lands of the Ba
you Boeuf and Waxia sections, long
recognized as the most fertile in St.
Landry, will once more command the
prices they should by demanding the
biggest price per acre of any lands in
Southwest Louisiana.
There is no fear of the defeat of
the proposed tax .according to the
best posted men. A large majority
of the property owners of the dis
trict are in favor of the drainage sys
tem, and it is understood that a prac
tically unanimous vote will be cast in
favor of the two bond propositions
on Monday, January 12.
guests for a while at th© home of
Mr. Bloch's sister, Mrs. Wiley Thi
badoux.
The home of Mr. R. L. Thompson
was the scene of a good bit of excite
ment and a very small fire, about 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. It was
indeed gratifying to see the quick
response that the local volunteer fire
fighters gave^to the alarm. The dam
ages amounted only to a small hole
being burnt in the kitchen roof.
Misses Hinda and Hannah Klaus
were in New Orleans for a few days
this week. The latter went there for
medical treatment of a minor nature.
Misses Erma Schell and Carrye
Klaus have returned to their studies
at L. S. U., after spending the holi
days with their respective familier
here. . /
Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Holloman of Al
exandria have been the guests at the
home of Mr. T. C. Q. McCaffcry
DISTRICTS MAY Bi
CONSOLIDATED ON
NEXT MONDAY
Committee Appointed to Sug
gest Best Plan to Bring on
Unity of Road Work
ELECTION MAY BE
CALLED TO VOTE TAX
Evangeline Highway Associa
' tion Recommends Road Tax
on New Assessment
An old sore has been re-opened—«
that is, part of it has, anyway, for
the Evangeline Highway Association,
at a special meeting held in the po
lice jury room of the court house, on
Wednesday morning, recommended
the consolidation of the road dis
tricts in the first, second and fifth
wards, in order to assure the bonding
of sufficient funds to erect a model
highway from the Avoyelles to the
Lafayette parish lines.
President Boagni of the Evange
line Highway Association named the
following committee: Frank Dim
mick, chairman; L. A. Andrepont,
secretary; E. B. Dubuisson, Jno. P.
Savant, J. E. Beal, Leon Wolff, Jno.
R. Thistlethwaite, Fred Martin, E.
M. Boagni, E. L. Loeb, W. J. Boud
reau and Dr. C. A. Gardiner. The
committee is composed of men from
every section of the four districts
included, and it is believed that this
committee can arrive at a proper so
lution of the proposition, thereby as
suring the final settlement of a very
important and grave question.
Mr. Dimmick has called his com
mitte to meet on Monday morning,
in order to go over the situation and
arrive at some plan to ask the po
licé* jury to consolidate the districts
and to appoint one board of super
visors, giving representation to ev
ery section of the proposed new dis
trict. It is believed that this com
mittee will suggest the ordering of a
special election to vote a bond issue
on the present assessment, thereby
giving the district the benefit of the
higher assessment.
It is argued that by a new election
additional funds can be realized ; that
the smaller districts, by merging with
the Opelousas-Washington district,
would be the beneficiaries, and suf
ficient funds would be available to
construct a model road from Eoia to
the Carencro bridge, according to
state specifications and thereby give
St. Landry its link of the Evangeline
and Pershing Highways.
Should an election he held and th
tax not carry, the bond issues already
voted would not be annulled, but
would still be in force. There is no
chance, therefore, of the good road*
boosters losing anything by this pre
ss.
Prominent taxpayers who attended
Wednesday morning's meeting ex
pressed the opinion that a consolida
tion of he districts in the first, sec
ond and fifth wards was the most
logical thing to do, if St. Landry
cared to be on one of the big interna
tional highways. It is generally be
lieved that the tax would carry by
an overwhelming majority, should
the police jury decide to consolidate
the several districts and call the elec
tion in the proposed big district.
Members of the police jury in at
tendance at the meeting said that
they favored the merging of the dis
tricts and would recommend the
adoution of an - ordinance effecting
the unification of the good reads
work of the first, second and fifth
wards.
since last Sunday. >
Miss Des Jackson was a guest at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. L. B.
Ewell, the early part of the week,
Mr. C. P .Helluin left Wednesday
morning for a short vacation to be
spent in Napoleonville, La., his home
town. cm
Mr, C. H. L. Gibson has retg^ned
to his work in Lake Charle^after
spending a week with his folks here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Leon Dupre of
Opelousas accompanied their daugh
ter, Miss Xine Dupre, to the dance
here on last Monday night.
Mr. T. B. Wayne of L. S. U. has
been the guest of his mother, Mrs.
S. T. Wayne, daring the holidays.
The younger set enjoyed a very
delightful party on the night of De
cember 30, at the home of Mr. Paul
Pitre. Dancing and games of dif
ferent kinds furnished the pleasure-:
seekers all the fun they wanted and
later during the evening, refresh
■ nJ-ts were gerved, consisting of as
sorted cakes and puneh. Those pres
ent were: Misses Vera Zernott, Ifary
Baillio, Mary Anderson, Doris Plon
sky, Cora Baillio, Lela Boudreau,
Rose Pitre and Florence Ortego, and
Messrs. Kirtley Boudreau, Mordecai
Plonsky. Lawrence Thistlethwaite,
I Anderson. Albert Richard, Ira Mul
1er, Q .ilk and Matt Pitre.
«Archie Quirk, Edgar Muller, Robert
! Anders«