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ABSORBED THE ST. LANDRY COMMONER ON JULY 2, I M "Here Shall The Press The People's Rights Mantain, Unawed by Infueno 8and " APili. OL. XXII.--NO. 4 5. OPELOITSAS, LA., SATURDAY, AUGTJST 24,1912. $1 PER YE2 - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i -- - --.. . .. .--. .... .p.. . mums mas gsse mmsn' TOR !OEB AW EIS THE lIERN COIPANY Irecrd to Shew Thqr ateds-e All They Asked Fer, JONES MAKES AFFiDAVIT ag the Uayor'sCesteuiee...*le Futre floe Could Abrogate A Contract Segally Made by This oard." the Editor of the Clarion: ~ the last issue of your paper, rs, under large-typed head i two column tirade with ance to the "Stave Factory" proposed 'to be located and now being established Barre. It not for the fact that article may injure this comr ty abroad, I, as Mayor, and person directly attacked, treat it with the silent t whichk it richly de But, in order .that peo from here, and citizens nmunicipality may not be upon, I desire to give a of these matters, and let e know what the rer May 2d, 1912, Mayor Hal called the Board of Alder in special session, for the of appointing. i commit look into the matter of ex the water system tO the the proposed Stave : Fsac The following comnaittee pinted: Messrs. Larcade, and Loeb, with the Mayor l sMay 7th, 1912, the Board ; rmt en being in session,I mmittee submitted the fol - report: C Mayor and Board of l Aldermen of the City of oI Opelousas. en: committee appointed to Sinto the matter of sup water to the ed a factory and of thebest J ;. oonstructingtha nain* s riose, beg.t sayt o it pay for the cost ngsame and the crTY P THEM by crediting S meathly with the amount t indebtedness to the city ervice, until said amount ti be liquidated, and provided P , that the city shall have C vilegeof making such con- d for private use mr said as may become ne essary. ti M. HA LPHEN, b Mayor. t4 E. L. LOEB, G H. D. LARCADE, ARMAS DU RIO.. report was unanimously by the Board, and met approval of those inter mn the factory as expressed representatives. June 10th, 1912, Mayor having been succeeded in that office, Mr. Danel me to call a special "for the purpose of ap a committee to draw up nce to amend Section the General- Water a n d ordinance, and for the purpose of acting on the of extending the water to the western corporate on Grolee street, for the ousas Stave Company." This Pwas issued, meeting of Board and Messrs. ~ Danel and her were appointed on said ttee. Under directions of bommittee, City Attorney n R. Sandoz, drew the or e changing the rates for service to suit the de of these factory people. June 29th, 1912. at a meet of the Board of Aldermen, said committee presented ordinance. Mr. Sandoz had this ordinance with me a few before this meeting. I had ally gone over the same, `discussed the whole matter some of our business . and - with the ntendent of the Water & Plant. After a full and te consideration of the matter from the stand of the Water Plant's con I became convinced that pt to operate the same, the proposed lowered rates int a short time, result in ailure on the part of the city nue supplying water to .ihabitants and tax-payers, e simple reason that the rates were lower than to the city, for furnish-i r to said factory. That correct in this conclusion inued on page 5) TE PRIMARY ELECTION YI WILL BE HELD ON - SEPTEMBER 3. T Primary elections will be held throughout the State on Tues day, Sept. 3d, for three Justices rof the Supreme Court, eig h t 3 Congressmen, and Judges, Dis trict Attorneys and members of the Schovl Board in every parish and judicial district. Railroad commissioners w il I , also be elected. - In the New Orleans district h Judges Somerville and Frank t McGloin are opposing each other d for Associate Justice. • d For Judge Breaux's seat on the Supreme bench there is a t cloud of candidates, among them the Judge himself, Judge O'Nieil d of Franklin, Judge Caillouet of Thibodaux, Judges Guion and t Pugh of Assumptien, Judge Reid of Tangipahoa, and possibly an other. s For the seat made vacant on the Supreme bench by the resig Snation of Gov. Hall, Judges Land t and Watkins are candidates. jI In the first congressional dis etrict Judge Otero is opposing Estopinal, the incumbent. In the second Sheriff Lebour geia is opposing Garland Dupre, the incumbent. In the third Senator Gueydan is opposing R. F. Broussard, the indumbent. In the four* Representative Clayton and --.-- are op posing Judge' Watkins, the in cumbent. l In the sixth T. Sambola Jones, Lewis L. Morgan, A m o s L. Ponder and Ferd. Claiborne are candidates for the seat m a d elI vacant by the death of Congress- i man Wickliffe. In the seventh John W. Lewis'. Dr. L Lazaro and P. J. Chap I puis are the candidates. In the eighth Dr. J. B. Aswelt8 and T. W. Perrin, a lawyer of I Jena, are the only candidates.. In the nSt I dry-Evangeline y judicial disrt dge Pavy ap OQertoi is uopoed TA. Sdwards and G. F. aGie, forte principal of the Opelousas Hfigh Shool,., are eandidte- for Di. In the Lafayette-Acadia ,- J trict Judge Campbell is a .no posed. C. B. De Bellevue, P... 3j Ogden and H.I E. Bruner are can- 1 didates for District Atiorney. iii In the St. Martin-Iberia dis-.S trict Judge Simon is opposedf f by L. 0. J.iEa r District Ate- i torney Muller is,. opposed by t Gordon A. Sandoz. a In the Rapides-Grant district e Judge Blackman is opposed by I Judge Andrews., h Cut this oiit and paste it in i your hat. Though incomplete, c it may be of use,when you read J the papers a day or two after G the primary. i k Died. At Opelousas, Aug. 18, 191Z, at midnight, Jos. A. Gil, Sr., aged 60 years. Mr. Gil was a native of Baton! Rouge, but has been a resident ! of St. Landry for about 35 years. He leaves a wife and daughter at Lake Charles, a brother, Jules Gil, Esq., at Arnaudville, and several nephews and nieces throughout the parish. Advanced thinkers throughout the country are still discussing ways and means whereby to do away with loud and unnecessary noises. And we rise to remark I that, while Opelousas is no t cursed with the nerve-racking and ear-splitting noises that afflict large cities, we know of no good reason why the steam whistles hereabouts should per sist in prolonging and lengthen ing out their unearthly screeches in the early morning, to the ut ter dismay of people who have gone to bed late and are trying to make'up for lost time. William Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, who died in London on Tuesday night at the age of 83, was the father of Ballington Booth, head of the organization in America. Rev. J. M. Schleyer, a Catho lic priest, inventor of the arti-I ficial language called volapuk, died a few days ago in Switzer land, aged 74 yearc H. P. FISETTE A Battle-Scarred Veteran With A Glorious Record. We are pleased to be able to present in this issue of the Cla Id rion a good likeness of the ven-s erable Rosemond Pierre Fisette, 5 a native son of St. Landry parish! t and one of the noblest veterans f of the civil war, still living and i enjoying excellent health at the h age of 741 yYears Like his neighbor, Francois C. 1 Carriere, he has a military rec 1ord for distinguished gallantry equalled by few and probably d II d t dI f dni R. P. FISETTE. . not surpassed by any of the sur- t Svivors of the lost cause. He f participated in nearly all of the great battles fought by the Army t of Northern V'rginia, was d wounded several times, taken b prisoner three times and on each i occasion, as soon as released v went back immedietely into the ti 'confederate army. He was born a near Port Barre, May 31st, 1839, s+ attended two sessions of public i school, became a fatrmer by occa- p pation, and at the breaking out p I of hostilities between the States h was engaged in the public serv ice .n the capacity of/mail ear- p .Tir. ýiut"d in . , S I Infantry, Army of Northern Vir- h: glnia, under command of Stone- it wall Jackson, Ewell, Early, and st Maj. Gen. Gordon, Brigadier I Gen. Harry Hayes, 1st Brigade; h; Capt. J. C. Pratt, 1st Lieut. Dr. C John Taylor, 2 Lieut. G. W. If SHudpeth, 3d Lieut. Albert De- cc jean. Reorganized April 25th, w 1862, elected Albert Dejean Cap-' cc itan, John Taylor 1st Lieut., E. S. Taylor .2d Lieut., Albert re Moore 3d Lieut.; E. S. Taylor be- tI: ing the third and last Captain of tr the Company. He was present at and took part in the following di engageinents: Bull Run a n d ti, Manassas, July 18 and 21, 1861; M heid in reserve May 23d, 1862; le Front Royal, .May 24th, Win- di chester, June .8; Cedar Keys, th June 9; Port Republic, June 27; cc Gaines Mills, hit by a minnie ball M knee; June 28 Cold Harbor; July ec 1,' Malvern Hill; Aug. 10, Cedar th Mountain; Sept. 17, Sharpsburg, of Maryland; belt .buckle broken by i fragment of shell; Dec. 13, Fred erickburg, V.; May 4,1863, Fred ericksburg; May 24, Winchester, I where the gallant Capt. Albert! fo Dejean was killed; July 1I and 2, i F Gettysburg, PL., wounded in the fo .breast; Sept 15,. Raccoorf Ford;B Sept. 20, Broad Run; Nov. 7, tb Rapphannock.Bridge, taken pris- yc oner with bulk of companiy; ex changed 1863; Nay 27, 1864, lic Gaines Milis; July 9, Frederick at City, Md.; Aug. 4, Sniggers Fer-I be try; Aug. 25, Shepherdtown, I wounded in leg by fragment of ipa shell, Maj. Gen. J. B. Gordon co istruck by same shell in temj!e, PCc ten feet distant from the spot hil where he Wvas wounded; General oc G.ordon had to he assisted off of a his horse, otherwise he would an have fallen to the ground; Sept. he 2, Charleston; Sept. 16, Martins- a burg; Sept. 19, Winchester, tak- go en prisoner and exchanged Nov. - 10: remained in Petersburg siege i Fi from Nov. 20 to March 23; charg-iof ed Federal Fort Heil, slightly in wounded and taken prisoner and'on held at Point Lookout, Maryland, he until July 4th, 1865, paroled and be furnished his transportation of home, arriving Aug 8, 1865. to Since his dischdrge from the pr Army he has industriously I du occupied his time in different lis ways, farming, carpentry, ma-1gr chinery, clerking, assessing the hi! property in his district for Asses- in sors E. T. Lewis, Alfred Stag hir and W. M. Prescott. For some 'an time he was afflicted with mus-- to cular rheumatism and partial th blindness from cataract, but is th now able to see and is enjoying ito good heaith. Mr. Fisett. has a'.co large family of children ,and of grandehildren (a son, M., P..aLof fiREAT WORK STARTED h The Sewerage System Under Constrnetlin is First Class and Up-to Date. Ground was broken the latter -;part of last week by the con tractor on the construction work i of the sewerage system, when excavation was begun at the e place where the purification plant was located by the Board of Com missioners. This plant was lo cated on the property of E. M. y Boagni, between the Camn Ham ilton road and the right-of-way of the Frisco Itroad, near the eastern boundary of the city. The plant when completed will be the most perfect of the kind ever erected in this part of the country, every precaution having been-. n to avoid contamina tio he bayou in which the Sfi water will be discharged Bthe sewage passes through ification plat. The plant mists of three large Imhoff ks, a dosing tank and a dozen filter beds, and :when the water passes out into the bayou it will be clear as crystal and free from bad odors. The excavation for this plant is progressing rapidly and nearly eight thousand cubic yards of 4 earth will have to be removed to make room for t~he works. The I place where the tanks will be 4 placed will have to be excavated 1 to a depth of about twenty-five 4 feet, due to the fact that the I ground at that point is high, but I the tanks will le seventeen feet deep. They will be built of brick and cement, reinforced i with steel, and,-will be covered with iron covers, the construe- t tion being thoreiughly scientific and up to date ;throughout. As i soon as the gro~d has been ,re moved actual construction of the t plant will begin, and when com pleted this part of the work will a have cost about0$17,000. f The sewer pipes are being placed along treet as fast a ement, sand aid-other mate s have arrived. The large trench- o ing machine, which digs by a steam the trenches wherein the o (sewers will be placed, P has been shipped here from Lake t Charles and is due to arrive be fore this paper is read. Actual k construction of the sewer work t will begin as soon as the machine t] comes and can be set up. a Mr. Ruderman is on duty as tt resident engineer, Mr. Stanley is V the represenstative of the con tractor, Southern Asphalt& Con- 0 struction Co., and Mr. McCorker- C dale is in charge of the excava- P tion for the purification plant. a Mr. E. H. Reeder, thecompany's P leading man, came in on Thurs- ti day and will from now of make b this city his headquarters. The g company, under Mr. Reeder and ti Mr. Chisholm, has about complet ed the Lake Charles contract, d the time limit being a long ways p off yet. n Francois Fontenot. We publish, in this issue, the formal announcement of Mr. Francois Fontenot as a candidate for the membership on the School Board, from the fifth ward of this parish. Mr. Fontenot is a young man of sterling worth, devoted to the cause of the pub lic schools, and enjoys an envi able reputation among his neigh bors. He has always taken an active part in the public affairs of the community, has held the office of Constable, and now represents his ward on the parish Dem ocratic Committee. He will make a valuable member of the Board, and it is pretty well assured that he will be elected. "Frans" is a fine fellow, and will render g'ood service. Fisette, being a useful member of our police jury), and not only in his family circle, but through out the neighborhood in which he resides, is he respected and beloved like one of the patriarchs of old. The ardent devotion to country such as that which promnpted the noble old Roman during his young manhood to en list, on the Southern side in the great civil war and to offer up his life in that notable struggle in defense of what he believed his country's rights ought to be' an example to the young men of to-day and ought to inmeite in their breasts love of country and the ambition to respondpromptly to the call of duty when our country nfoes the song arms of her sons to defend the ibetie of the pjeople. 0 A FINE MTOIR SERVICE IN SiGHT FOR OPE LOUSAS 1- A banquet was tendered to a k number of visiting railroad offi cials by the Commercial Club of n Opelousas at the Lacombe Hotel . on last Monday night. These it gentlemen are prominently con - nected with the Frisco and New Iberia and Northeastern Rail roads and were fully empowered ' to represent them in the matters under consideration. They gave y our people the assurance that a e double daily motor car service between Charenton and Opelou sas would be inaugurated .soon, probably by the end of next I week, via New Iberia and Port Barre, and that it would not be long before the service would be extended to Franklin. The mot Sor car has been malfing daily trips to Opelousas from New Ibe Sria since about a week or ten t days we, believe. Mr. Dudley Guilbeau acted as toastmaster at the banquet. He' acquitted himself of this impor 1 tant function in a strikingly hap. py manner and kept the company i' in a good humor with themselves and the balance of mankind from start to finish. -Mayor Loeb wel comed the visitors, and Mr. L. H. Mornhinveg, President of the Progressive League, was parti colarly warm and emphatic in giving expression to the pleasure of the people of Opelousas at meeting their distinguished guests. Mr. E. H. Buffington, General ~gent of the N. L. & N., was the next speaker. He briefly and entertainingly discussed the ques tion of the relations of railroads with the people and made a fine impression. Judge G L. Dupre inade a fine talk. The Judge is al ways at home at a talkfest, biton this occasionthe 4 fairly surpassed himself. Mr. R. E. Tremble, an exper of the General l ectric C,, C f operation of chkseonew srs.gave a technical acout of the wBikii of the system which thougt sup. posedly dry pr otedý tobe e ry in teresting. Mr. Parker of-New tberia f- i lowed with a humorous d rip- I tion of the. "shotgun oo on' t that the com pany hato meet): and peacefully overcome in er- . tain backward localities through. s which the line rans, Mr. Morton H. Thompsonspoke of the aims of the Commercial (.ub, what it had already aom- t plished and what it hoped to a-e complish in the near future, and e painted a coUVEiJR DER Ess pie A ture of what this country would c become undler the Club's wise guidance and skilful manipula tions. Mr. H. . Thompson, a dent of the Commercial Clu, ex- i patiated on "~Sentiment' ins usi ness," and was listened towith Mr. H. e Owens, of New Iberia, extended a cordial invitation to our people to visit the pretty lit- r tie city on the Teche and assured t them of a heirty welcome. The Publie o.~)ls. All the public schools in St, Landry will open on Monday, September, 2d. The following teachers have been assigned to the Opelousas schools: W. B. Prescott, principal; Paul D. Pavy, assistant; Missess Belle Dupre, Leah Hareld, Gertrude Sandoz, S. B. Crawford, Inez Dezauche, Eleanor Littell, Ma thilde Estorge, Lolita Wilbert, Elizabeth Bain, Josephine Ward, Edith. Mayer, Noemie Richard, Lelia Sandoz and Mrs. F. War telle. We can not too strongly im press upon our readers the im portance of sending their child ren promptly on the opening day and of permitting no trivial ex cuse to interfere with their re gular attendance. The educa tion of the children of any com munity is a duty which bears up on every citizen thereof, and par ticularly is it the solemn duty of every parent and guardian to see that their children and -wards never to miss a day *without the gravest reasons. An educa tion is the best and richest legacy that a parent can leave his child ren. The state generously pro vides a school house at almost every -mIan'sdo. 'The man who fails ft sed his children to school under thete circstaes fails to perform one t othe plaei e 4Uties t~of d @itaenship EITiE GREAT WlOR 1S FINISHED. The eight constitutional amend ments prepared by the Tax Com mission and submitted to the General Assembly in extra ses a sion have all been formally i- adopted by the latter body, with f a few minor changes, and will in ;I turn be submitted to the vote of e the people at the electiou in No - vember. These eight amendments con stitute and embody a plan for i assessment and tax reform which S their authors declare is in most ~ respects superior to any yet der 1 vised by the mind of man. - The consensus of opinion among 'those who possess an intimate knowledge of the subject seems t to be that the gentlemen who t so patiently, laboriously and in Stlligently worked out this plan, :so full of` promise to the people -of Louisiana, are.entitled to the everlasting gratitude of all our citizens, irrespective of politics ºor factional alignments. The commission was composed of Hall men, Michel men and Aswell jmen-Regulars and Good .Gov ernment men-and close observ ,:ers of their proceedings have de clared that in no instance did `.politics ever cut atty figure in irtheir deliberations, all of them being apparently solely latent upon giving to, the whole people unselfihbly and in full measure their best thought, their most patriotic effort. There seems to be no doubt, but that their exhaustive workt will be almost unanimously rati fled by the people. EAM PARIBH SER Parochial Ballot Disttitrt From All State Ballots.i Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 19 Orleans :andevery other parish of the state will havea parochial ballot separate from n plo or the statesmprene eot - essoal and railroad cmWise have to print ,1, ý.WIT t ". lots for the prim ing all the candido lot, believing that to tent of primary law, as by the last , aturei1 provided that S o state- should print the 4lll all races, state, on The law, however , · f -that;section .of t. law which r eq iiir"E' e l p parate bealls. , one e pan chial and -local dffces, , te other for state. Therefore, there m sep arate tickets. Under Attorney Geneal Ple ant's interpretaton, the r± , tive committees willhave t nish all I? Paparaphq:aliaothar a ballots, just as they were n. ent sections of the r law has developed wh ih ay n a little trouble. ,i. one it is provided that the Seet of State shal print one-reg" ballot and one sample ballet *& each voter~. In anotboeeit ianree vided that a votesr sall a.v.|e right to use as many as t- sam ple ballots. If,. thePah vta desires to isrt g there will be one ha3ft be left out A New Ide.. It has been sugsted that iit would be a goa idea (and qite inexpensive besides if etery merchant and business =man in Opelousas, as well as every citi zen, whose place of business or residence is near a street cross ing, would cause the dust to be removed every morning ifrom these crossings in dry weatherj and the mud in wet weather. ItI is pointed out that such action would facilitate and make more pleasant the app eaChes to such places of business ande residenes and contribute ii no small de gree to the comfort of the gen eral public and the education of the public taste, beside eviA dencing some public spirit at lit tle or no cost. Who will give the example? Dr. MikeL Lyons, of Crowley, died last Sunda~y aged &,. He was bon int St.Landrand two of hiisters are living at Lake Charles. Heerved in the Con federate arny, graduated at 'Thiane and leaves wife at Trowley. .: - ":-.,:.:i- ::-::::.. .:'. :. . .'. S JOIN W. [ES W11W < THE BUSTIU He Addresses a heelfln He~r Tuesday Night on theiro e Public Sqpare. The first public speaking of the campaign took place herewi last Tuesday night on the Couat House square. Electric lights over and he iarksome shadows throw* r by the. nobleoaks which arethe pride of:)pi usas and reflecte# back the smiles of the ladies wh filled all the seats. Ifor the meri there was only standing r<ion sure enough. But they stood ti the end nevertheless, interest, listeners like the ladies to a ve interesting .expositio of tbe litical situation as it donerns contest for Congress in the S enth District. The meeting was called to , der by Judge E. D. Estile whz presidced with grCa an4 dignity an d introduced te speakers in his usual sehola manner. He paid a. glowin eloquent tribute to Mr.L and earnestly and felicSous~lye horted his hearers to givrd .hi their united support. ~Mr. Morton Thompson fol lowed in a brieftbut well-conIsi ered address, : ~cefully set f1th the claims and: qualii tions of Mr. Lewis for the tion hand eloquently mait t, at he was the best enppe for the position and cnseq Iould render to the people . best and most effitient service. , Mr. John W. Lewis wa s - lashtprcker« `He. a as f rat t ~i d case, an l and eq0en1jt .e voters of his native town their votes., He urged str sfor the sufragei o i of the- Dtri, anid. Mr. Lewis -wag p a beautiful bowyuet bly. isE ,. 'r.n. ofrfe aIn a fke 4 thhe fiatu e it ief adrefgvultr eiteown T okea Thsý doiest tJd bet ovsingers omsth se. Itaipho, was shfue of appore e. oeny nfeature in itshelf i reck e personall superl Thendn a he m ddoaubtedly the best singers aVr in this city ain lpaticular e. . some localtiseent is asit Our S'.reets. a Comiiat nerrasmst peope ight a full force of w ornen, has bten doing some i rexcellent wr on our streets this week. He o at peseonally superintending thm work and rs giving iet Mhsbt t tendon, taking particular are tow inprove the, drainage'' which, i some localitie, ise not as siale a matter as, most people migt take it to be. H is _proceeding with caution in such locai;tie and being a oem obsrve ema ,j be depenzded upo oget exactly ihet fi .ldoies. not l h ee to trip. Tet mandEti fe .lof theJve0 enortefa