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The Star VOLUME XI—NO. 45. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, August 28TH, 1920. SUBSCRIPTION—$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE drilling on well NO. 1 NEAR OPELOUSAS BEGUN ON WEDNESDAY w&a the occasion of much con gratulation and rejoicing when Supt X. P. Thorton of the American Petrol entn OU and Driling ompany pull the lever that touch the button that start ed the machinery which will develop we hope, one of the greatest oil fields In the country. Some delay in the. procurement of an engine pump had ' delayed the commencement of drilling'er for several days, but the announcement | that Wednesday about 5 o'clock would marked the beginning of active opera-! a s____— _ -1 tions attracted a large and en thusias tic crowd of prominent people to the scene. The dpHTpenterated a depth of *6 feet in 30 minutes, and at this writing had gone down several hun- t dred feet more. Of course no predic tion can be made at this time as to the ultimate outcome of the expert ment, but geologists and practical oU men. Including Mr. Thornton, have ex pressed the opinion that he field is PROMINENT CITIZENS SUFFERS SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT - AUTOMOBILE TURNS TURTLE ON WASHINGTON DRIVEWAY ON LAST MONDAY EVENING - A party of prominent Opelousas business men 0 n their way to Wash ington, and consisting of Gustave Tu jacque, A. M. Haas and Julius Sund er, occupying a high powered Nash runabout owned by Mr. Haas, nar rowly escaped death when they auto mobile turned turtle on the Washing ton road. The accident resulted from the car skidding in a ditch and the driver losing control, when he made an effort- to right the machina. Mr. Tu jacque was Severely injured about the head and also suffered a broken leg. He was taken to the Opelousas sanitarium where his injuries were pronounced serious but not faUL Late reports indicate that he is on the road.^ to recovery. Mr. Stander suffered a contusion of the foerhead and« Mr, Haas a slight bruise about the face, The car was damaged to a consider able extent. riTMOi ir church catholic chukch - • Saturday, September 4 the BENEFIT FOR THE On Daughter of Isabella will give a chil dren's party at the K. C. b*li between 4 and 6 o clock. Numerous games and dancing will >e Indulged in. Refreshments will be on sale. MRS. KELLEY ANDR Tr S. Grand Regem. —; Miss Vita Guilbeau is spending the week-end with relatives in Breaux Bridge. Mrs. W. W. Smith and son of La Cour, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. Richard during the past week. C. P. DUNBAR, OF OPELOUSAS, AND PERRY JOINER OF ORLANDO, FIA, INVOLVED IN SERIOUS DIFFICULTY FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN LOBBY OF THE EMPIRE HOTEL—BOTH PARTIES INJURED Our much esteemed fellow towns man. Mr. C. P. Dunbar, who has been at Orlando, Florida, for the past four months engaged in a business enter prise, became involved In an unfortun ate controversy with a young man of that place on last Monday, and the re suit of the matter were serious bruises suffered by Mr. Dunbar and also by his opponent. The version of the matter which has reached us is to the effect that Mr. Dunbar was criticising or complaining of the service given him at the Palace Cate, an eating house, to some parties in the lobby of the* Empire Hotel, Young Joiner, who was an employee of the eating house in question took the matter and used language »hieb Mr. Dunbar considered insult teg, and which insult he resented bad in his hand at the time the mat ter came up. Mr. Dunbar was ar rested bat subsequently released from imprisonment, and we learn that the condition of young Joiner, who »as removed to the local sanitrium. 1* much improved. We quote the fol an extremely promising one. The drilling contract calls for a depth of' 3000 feet, and a sufficient amount of piping is already on the ground to explore more than one-half of that depth. The officials of the company are going to suffer no delays and will complete the drilling with the utmost:of expeditiousnesa. All of the machin- ! y and equipment is modern and standard and a full and experiened orew is in charge of the operations s which will continue night and day. An L.. X.___ M _ electric lighting plant has been in stalled for night work, and Supt. Thornton expects to bring in this well in record time. The place of drilling is about two miles from Opelousas on the planta tion formerly owned by Capt. J. J. Thompson, now the property of hie daughter, Mrs. Creswell. Some 8000 acres has been taken under lease in this vicinity. ..... SPECIAL PRAYERS Special prayers for good weather are being said every morning at St. Landry's Catholic church after the 6:15 mass. These devotions have been ordere dby RL Rev. Jules B. Jean mard, Bishop of Lafayette to be fol- lowed in the entire diocese because of the bad weather prevailing in var- ions sections. These prayers will continue until October to implore of tbe Almighty preservation from Sep tember storms, vvfv*} i nTriirilT AI IJfx AK I EI MCm I 8 AL , W|LL _ _ The departmental sy8tem of educa ^ ^ followed at ae Opelousas AT CATHOLIC CHURCH ■ SYSTEM ADOPTED BY OPELOUSAS HI BE PRACTICED IN GRADES FROM FOURTH THROUGH THE SEVENTH high school in the grades from the fourth through the seventh during ^e wrnteglesaion, 1920-2L j .. .. . . . .. __., teaching that subject to the different; » grades. This method of teaching en ! fbte,. tether » put «1 bi. time «i „teBtion npoo the one subject Instead of a teacher to eyery room teaching all subjects to the class un der his care, thgre will be a special teacher for each branch of study, j Um and ^ attain in it a degree of perfection which he could hardly be omApfMl t« harp in all subiocta. It expected to have in all subjects. Ja to ^ hoped thls me thod wiU prove 8UCCes8 f u i here and add to the al-j ->»ady efficient training of the Ope lousa.: high schol. It has succeeded. . .. , ^ the Mvh school grades! where i. hi? euip ered for some back bat wU1 bs the ! fir* 1 t-i:e it has been tried in the * lower grades. The grades from the kiadcragrten to the fourth will have a teacher to each room as formerly. lowing statement from Mr. Dunbar in an Orlando paper: a fight I defended myself the best 1 could." However, these deformities are not appearant. An Elk and a Commissioner This affair is very humiliating to me. It is the first trouble I have been in. I have no one to speak for me at present, but if I do say it, I an» looked upon in my home town as a re spec table law abbiding citizen. I am a member of the state Democratic Cen tr&l Committee and was recently a member of our city council. I am at, present an Elk in good standing regret the suffering, I have caused the young man and want to do all In my power to reliver him. Dunbar came to Orlando about four months ago. representing the Indus It to establish paper mills, Dunbar once came into prominence when his tour-year-old son was stolen from a passenger train, The search which followed lasted for several months and- cost Dunbar twen ty thousand dollars. SUPERINTENDENT FOR POWER PLANT ARRIVES ON SUNDAY MR. AYMOND WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE POWER PLANT SUNDAY NiGHT After a most trying period, extend ing over some days, the citizens of Opelousas were given light and water service on last Thursday under the supervision of. Mr. Aymond who sue ceeded Mr. Burgess as superintendent the Light and Water'Plant. Mr.' ! Aymond took charge on Sunday night and worked continuously to reestab lished service. He states that he s found the plant in very bad shape due in part to neglect and in part to its nrnwn mi *■ TV« a mi n worn out condition. The new superin tendent promises to the people of Opelousas his best efforts to keep the service going until new machinery Is installed, but he says it must be re membered that the plant was practi caily broken down when he took' charge of it. Mayor Loeb has been constantly on the job exercising all of the energy and resources at his command to bring light out^ of dark ness, and dampness out of dryness. I Mr. Aymond comes to us highly re ■ commended and we be l ieve wiu Si ve the people of this city conscientious aad able service. DRILLING TO BEGIN SOON IN CHURCH POINT SECTION Mr. W. G. Morgan, Oklahoma oil man, has secured the mineral rights on 900 acres of land in the vicinity, of Church Point and expects to be gin drilling operations not later than September first | Mr. Morgan is especially sanguine of bringing In oil In this section for] not only do the fault lines run by Mr. teer Harris, government geologist l *^'®** sector, but In 1903 Tbe Crow ley Oil and Development Co., sunk a well in this neighborhood and local people state that they brought in a 25 barrel well. But, oil at this time was only worth 15 per bar i through lack of funds. Mr. Morgan, states that he has found large quantities of parafine and j natural gas, both, unusually good in dications of the whereabout of oil. .__. . . This concern has no stock for gaie . _. . , , , _. ... " 1 f i mi j rel so they drilled further In the hope of striking a gusher. They failed in this and drilling operations "his ^tlreT into Held ' Mr Mgn h d ' ! an agreement with Ex-senator Geo. Wesley Smith to begin driling opera tions not latter than the first of Sep tember. Mr. Morgan Is especially fortunate in having secured the co operation of « man whose Integrity is as unquestionable as Wesley Smith. that of Geo. - YOUNG MILLS WRITES OF APPRECIATION OF TRIP - Opelousas, La., Ang 24, 1920. Mr. Alfred A. Mendoza, Oeplousas, Louisiana. Dear Mr. Mendoza: — I want to thank you and the other people of tbe parish who contributed and made It possible for me to go on the Boys Farm Tour through the Ree Stout middle Wdet It is a trip that I will always remember, both for the good time and the knowledge that I got from this trip. I hope that I will be able to give some of the information some of the other boys our friend, Mr. T. H. Harris, has plan ned for the boys. | I want to thank you as well as those who help put up the money tor this _ MARRIAGE LICENSES and Miss Bertha Zer ! grand trip again. Your club member, CHAPMAN MILLS. Stelly Joies rengue. Walter Gibson and Miss Ernest David and Miss Myrtle Myrtle . , „ Adeline M., „4 Teah P " l Emile Prejean, Jr. telle Castille. and neu OpekKU BM. JITS to. to« operated « « U. B.to.,1«., Rouge sanitarium. St Landry Quota Not Yet Secured PERSHING WAY MEMBERSHIPS ARE COMING IN SLOWLY BUT MANY MORE APE NEEDED In spite of the best eforts of the iadies' committee, headed by Mrs. A.! A. Anding, the two hundreds member-! ships in the Pershing Way Association w hich-are n^essary from this com-j mun j ty have not yet been secured.! There are a large number who signed card8 January who have not as yet paid thelr memberships and these 1 are requested to mal, their check to tbe chamber of Commerce at once, There are still lacking over eighty memberships and, if . the people of Opelousas realized jusft what it means ^ {, ave this road go elsewhere they wou j d gee to it that they were each _ « ____ m . « * and every one members of the asso cation. It means only paying a five dollar membership for three years, or a 0 j fifteen dollars each. This a j 80 t nc i u des the subscription to the Pershing Way magazine, a p^^j. ot muc h value, highway! * This matter must be closed up with-' ^ tWQ weeks ^ Chamber of commerce directors feel that there ^ no dou bt Q f the success, if each one. I will do his part. Chamber Endorses Colored Farmers I # Parish Fair, _ J BER OF COMMENCE , RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT MEET ING OF DIRECTORS OF CHAM rectors of the Chamber of Commerce _ , .... At a meeting of the board of dl held Wednesday the following resolu .u CB u», tion was introduce by Mr. H. F. Rich lard and unanimously adapted : ' Whereas, the colored farmers of St; _ . . . Landry parish will hold their annual | fair in Opelousas, October 15 and 16 of this year, and whereas, the Chamber of Com m erce is heartily in of this movement and believes that such a foi r w m have a tendency to improve ^he conditions of the colored fanner and make him more happy and con tented, be it, therefore i Resolved, 1 rt~t ~"th colored farmers^ ° a ^ d other ' ceased__Opelousas and St Lan dorses the that this movement Chamber en and lends its residents of _____________ dry parish to aid the promoters of the fair in every way possible. INDUSTRIAL INSTITUE OPENS ON SEPT. 13 BEGINS ITS TWENTIETH SE88ION WITH SPLENDID AOD1T10N8 TO IT8 FACULTY I Lafayette, La., August 25.—South western Institute at Lafayette, an neunces tbe opening of its twentieth session on Monday, September 13, 1920, under by far the most favorable auspices In its history. With the lib-! eral apprepriations provided by the ' 'governor and the general assembly for maintenance .equipment, and build ings. it is enabled not only to increase j 1 teachers' salaries but also to add sev eral members to the faculty and to provide a few much needed new build-^ fogs. j Among new buildings in prospect within ~tije"next "twelve months are a model prac tice cottage tor the house-'girts' bold arts or home economics depart men t, a new girls' dormitory, several f arm structures including a model barn, a residence for the farm director a new bui j dJ ng for. science laboratories ta ali departments. Am0 ng former highly valued teach ers that will return to the faculty af ter an absence of several years are Mr G W Goldsmith, professor of bloloxv. Miss Ruth Rayn. director of -'Aeate nrofessor of commerce. Other additions to the faculty are Miss Eli xabeth Denbo, recentiy awarded the; degree Ph. B., of Chicago, in house hold arts- Mr JodTl* Iletcher, B. S.,; hold arts Hr J aMMtarK : Jtf „ " p vewcomh Col Miss Clara HalL A. -, - ...... JpZn *-■ l B . Pd"!: "nlver.lt,. In (U..1, pro<««.r of «.»totr, Stat eNormal school, Florence, Ala.) BEING MENANCE TO OLD EYE SORES TO BE REMOVED FROM LANDRY ST. State Fire Marshall Orders Their Removal from Grounds The O ^Stable 0wnetJ Hea, * y rnMMCDri AI rrwrrD CUMMËRUAL CENTER and Two Buildings by Riseman Are Condemned by Marshal aa Detrimental to City Mayor Loeb Is in receipt of a letter fro™ Conrad J. Lecoq, Deputy State Fire Marshal, enclosing (»pies of no tlcea aen t Ben Riseman and J. J. U oalûTT Ae/lamnw tV» am la A am /V* * ''--■* Healey ordering them to demolish and remove debris within ninety days the following buildings, as being a men aad dangerous fire risk to the commercial district I Mr. Healey Is ordered to demolish and remove debris within 90 days the Livery Stable building on Landry street, recently purchased from J. J. Perrodin. ; Mr. Riseman is also ordered to re move buildings number 226 to 248 in clusive, on Landry at' 7_ZTT_ nnV.- _ n io «_ within the .. . - j-' „ said 90 days and remove all debris, j , . . , . ... The mayor is requested to keep the whether 391 fire office informed as to these orders are being complied with. We print the following extract from the fire marshal's law. "Any owner or occupiant of build ing or premises failing to comply with the orders of the fire marshall or his authorized representative, as above specified, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall be punished by . flne of not lesa than $5.00 nor more than $25.00 or by im pri80mnent for not legB than one day * or more than 25 dayg for each day8 ' neglect. v - ]yp|JUI?C|i NAMETI Hi nLLwL llAmu!/ LOUISIANA HEAD OF LEGIONAIRES ï ! t - 1 OPELOUSAS POST NO. 45 WAS REP RESENTED BY DR. PERRAULT AND MR. DURIO - 1 The state convention of the Ameri 0411 Legion was held in New Iberia, -----— La " on August 20-21-22. OpelousasP ost No. 45 was represent ed by two delegates Dr. A. J. Perrault Post comander and Mr. D. E. Durio. Mr. Durio was a member of Ameri canazation committee, while Dr. Per irault was a member of tbe military and naval committee. Entertainment Friday, a dance at Elks Club, and auto drive to Cbarenton for those not dancing. Saturday—Fish fry nd dance club house at Spanish Lake. Sunday—Elections of officers. Oswell McNeese of New Orlean* was elected state comander over Roy, Mac&ruder of Ami ta, La., and Roland Howe n of New Orleans, La. Mr. Me Neeg0 won on second ballot over How „ b , votea ' ^ ^ wa8 elected member f state executive commttte from 7th Dlstrict j 1 °^ e ^vention was well attended, abut 250 de i e gates were present and all bad a good tl me . Boga j aaa wag chosen tbe next con j vention city. - ! director in in chemistry and social director In dormitory; N. O. Tudor, B. S., University of Kansas director of a?hel tics for boys and professor of physi cal education; and the Misses Adele and Amelle Sabatier of Crowley, La., * ----*"* ent session are A. B.. Newcomb, English; Harry L. Chatterton. B. S., Ala., Polytech., di rector of agriculture; Miss Eleanor L. Crfcler, stenography; Miss Edith G. Dupre, A. B., A. M., Newcomb, Cor neU, English; Irving P. Foote. A. M.. Peabody College, director of educa-j tion; Miss Margaret Foules A. B Newcomb, mathematics; Miss Jene I. Gibbs, Newcomb, drawing; Harry U Griffin A- B., University of West Va. : ^history and social science; Fuller M Hamilton education; Miss Gabrielle , Miss Esther Kend for «,U; C. icN»p,. pbyntei; h'«.: Pr»k CroowOU, «.p«int.to»t of.buildings and grounds. E. HADLEY SHOT m BACK BY EX-CON DUCTOR SURRENCY preparatory to receiving his running When the Frisco freight No. 43 veiled into Opelousas, at 6:1» p. m.. Friday afternoon, Conductor Hadley as usual, dismounted from the caboose orders. But, ere his feet touched the ground a shot gun held in the hands of ex-conductor Surrency bleached forth its death dealing charge. Conductor Hadley was shot from the rear with a single barrel shot gun loaded with buckshots. Nine of the shots entered his left shoulder in — * " " * flictlng a wound of a most serious na ture. Conductor Hadley was imme diately rushed to the local sanitar ium In Mr. Levin's car, accompanied by the engineer of his train. Other than the train crew Mr. W. B. Prescott and Willie Burr were the first to arrive on the scene of tradgey. Ex-conductor Surrency wishea to commandeer the train acting in the 'capacity whom he had shot down but a few moments before. This Mr. P re8COtt refused to let him do. Mr. j Prescott asked the wounded man If he ..... „ _ could identify Mr. Surrency as the ' J "Dîpp 4-.-a * • LL/ Arrive inOpelousasj The first rice to reach Opelousas this season Is being placed in the new warehouse of Irving and Atterberry aear the Frisco tracks. Messrs. Atterby and Daigle have started threshing and have delivered 1.000 sacks of first class rice this ----- J* week. The rice is in good condition and shews a fair yield to the acre. „ ... . ... . , Good weather from now on will tend ... ... . to bring In the crop rapidly and pres ^ .... ent indications are for a better than fair ieid '_ ï ! »AOW COVER CROP® t ON EVERY FARM" t - To the Farmers of St Landry Parish: 1 The above topic is worth your earn est consideration just now, especial^, .when prices on other money crops are falling. Every farm should have 1 winter cover crops, because they pre vent the land from washing, they prevent the loss of plant food by leaching, they furnish grazing furnish grazing for livestock during the hard winter months, then In the spring they may be plowed under, or left tor harvest for hog, grain or seeds. The small grains and clovers are the most satisfactorily crops for this purpose. Oats and the welches sown with oats are valuable cover crops. If profitable returns from the money crops are hopedf ro, the soil fertility must be maintained. WM. W. SOLETE, Demonstration Agent. "Birthday Party" On Wednesday, August 11th an en „ .. . ^ oyable party was * lyen at the Bailnxd home lil bo "° r ot M1 " °* ne ^ a Z!"' who Tlliltiog öer * Uter ' The part:^ ^ ^FOR Jacobs Kerr ' Elsie Duri f and LilUa J ^ dul *f <i J®. _ _ * ments were served. Those in aattend BUVC V"g ~ t h ~H Trn ! OXB"®» East ham, Yvonne Psvy, Connie And-! ing. Rosa Savoy. Rose Roberts, Patri-; ing. Rosa Savoy, Rose Kooerts, rzar, <da K«T R^ Stags. Areilna Camp . u a ° niihean' er *" " ' ..... ' _ ary a ® ' E ^ e 1 ^ Ballard, James Broussard, Vance Myers WUlie Uttell, Frank Clary Miles^ Joe Eas am, »"° my and Frank Trosclalr. All report hav ing a splendid time. TTie party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ballard. j " Gordon^ Bnin«n of Crowley was « visitor to oar clt J 9u ° day . ^ Mr. and Mrs. Jno. ^J* D "" Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Lewis family returned this week from Belle Cheney Springs after spending two months at their summer home. Miss Lucille Vives left tor her home SÂÎÂTÂ - Snnänj In town «ne« ot Um. Tom, "ir Dirk Upd«^ 1 .» .ter .pepdta« . few <Ur. tto |guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stewart.^tlvee. man who had shot him. But before he could reply ex-conductor Surren cy spoke and said: "Sure I shot hlm, I had sufficient cause to." Ex-conductor Surrency were dis charged for unreliability according to the statement given out by Conductor Hadley. Some time previous conduct jor Surrency took his train into Hous ton, left it, and failed to report for two weeks. Both men were members of' the same union. Mr. Hadley was a mem * " * " * * * * * " ■* ber of the committee which had under their consideration the advisibilfty of asking the railroad authorities to re enstate exconductor 3urrency. After considering the facts of the case the committee did not see fit to answer the re-ln»tatment Conductor Hadley is of thé opinion that this coupled with recent family difficulties has prayed on the mind of ex-conductor Surrency to tbe ex tend of undermining his sanity. Mrs. Hadley who lives la Houston, was wired and will arrive on the af i_ ternoon Frisco. OIL MILL RESUMED OPERATION AFTER YEARSOF DORMANT COMPRESS, STELL Y f 8 GIN AND OTHER UTILITIES TO BE GIN OPERATION It must be a source of great pride . .. , . . and gratlfiction to the people of Op# ... ... . .. iousas that something of the old time ... , , . . . ... energy m the way of industries will . _ . > 800n pern,e * te the atmosphere. Mr. Barnett, to whose enterprise, business judgment and true toe sumption of operation of the cotton seed oil mill, says he wifi begin »pera tion as soon as the cotton season opens aad that he expects to continue such operation s long as cottonseed is available. The Compress under the able managment of Mr. Robert Per kins, is in readiness to begin compress ing cotton at any time, and he is confidently looking forward to a pro« perous season for that institution. Mr. Steity, ginner, rice miller, etc., hgs his machinery in perfect condition and has already opened his plants for buiness. The Soniat 4b Deblleux saw mill, the Opelousas Ice 4b Bottling Works an d other industries are running at foil blast and everything points to a prosperous season along the Unes in dies ted. The re-establishment of this splen* dld enterprise should merit the sup port and cooperation of all citizens, and on an equal basis of price the preference should properly go to the home people. - - -..... ___ , ___ , -, -, fAATTD IfT AWÄRHFfl vUIllKALl AWAfU/Llil PAD H7 A CIUPTAkf ^FOR WASWGTON finiim ifnVF frAftA |,R AND PRaIRIF ROAII iiliillUE FRANK oiMMICK CHAIRMAN 11TH CONTRACT BEEN AWARDED E Fisher and Son Road Coe tractors, haT4} been awarded the contract for 1116 bui5ding ot the wah ington-Grand Prairie highway. The successful bidders were awarded the contract on * bid of **,<m aad have deposited a forfItare bond of $25,<| job and bas at complete road building outfit qb the ground, ready to 8tart construction early Monday morn lag. Mr. Fisher states that he wants —. — - ^ puWk; to toow he has issued gtr|ct q^ers to all men in bis employ . tia e «ect, that where every they j encounter any person, be he a*tom<v bilist, wagoner or otherwise, in diffi CTltie .; he Is to render to «»4 pereon every assistance possible without otte # er charge than the usual curtteies of * the ' roa ^ j - Miss Eugenia Chachere, the pretty SSTA^. ST "* ** 3. Or. J. R.pbl.1 nnd Collin. Comlor of Port Barre attended to business in our city Wednesday. Judge Vannoy of Big Cane made a tto b«: tor «nu.dp.Mh« and oth« ml. Stewart.^tlvee.