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THIE ST. LANDRIZY CLARION "Here Shall Tre Press The People's RIghts Maintain, Unawed by Inuwenel and U:brIbe by Cain." VOLUME XXV-NO 37. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1915. $1.00 PER IIUPRE PAYS TRilB iTE TO ATTORNEY LEWI Withdrawal from Delegate Race Is Deplored by Lewis' Friends PERSONAL REASONS ARE GIVEN FOR RETIREMENT Sure of Election Hon. John W. Lewis Deelines to Run as Dele gate to Convention This morning in open court room. John W. Lewis made announce ment to me, he had retired from the race as a delegate to the Consti tutional Convention. His retirement when' his election was assured beyond peradventure, leads me as one who was an aspir ant for the same office, to assert that it is a pity he could not see his way clear towards continuing in the race. I have been soliciting votes, hav ing canvassed the parish some, and I am thoroughly convinced he would have been elected. I regret his' retirement. I had promised him my vote and an announcement of this fact was in a measure beneficial to his eandi dacy. his retirement is the parish and state's los. He would have been I and brilliant member of .Convention. He is young, He may yet see his way clear to as pire to of lcc, when- the writer hopes to. support him. I have not heretofore done so, and I hoped uSpinthis occasion to help him a'lre-wltbout antagonizing other ojpeients, which I am not doing. SLewijs' retirement is unt. tvektily deplored by his supporters wii were confident of his election. Yours truly. GILBERT L. DUPRE. The above letter is self-e.plan stor.y In common with Mr. Lew s' ,supporters, the Clarion regrets his, retirement. He would have bien elected. The Clarion force ware supporting him. Both fao tb,: rather the leaders of both, had tendered him ,their support. His reasons for retiremeit are suf- i Rient. They are purely personal. e It is a disappointment to his ad- c mirers to see him forego the race far an office to which he was cer- ( tain of election. CHCOT -om Let our big sister send three of her ablest citizens to the conafltu d tional convention. ii The old reliable Sam Gardner of p Ville Platte, is a candidate to the v constitutional convention,. Sam is p well liked by the people of Evange- o line and will no doubt get a very f flattering vote. p Chicot is now connected by pfnoV' with Ville Platte; should any one a want to call up Chicot he can do so z, hl phoning Mr. L. I. Ortego, The a Gazette, Sheriff Fontenot, Dr. Lit- ta tell, or DrDr. Milbirh. We have g no: central as yet but will shortly h make arrangements for one. The tl phone company is called the Evan- it geline Telephone Company, which h was organized last week. Judge Gilbert Dupre should bbe 1 sent to the constitutional conven- ir times from St. Landry on account of h fearless stand he took in the late tt extra session of the legislature. Dit- f! to Hon. Austin L. Fontenot . If you want to get on the damin- a istration ticket ask the Boss and a :ou may get the permission to run. Several new candidates were lni ated into the Woodmen of the a World here last Sunday. m Chicot received a pleasant call as last week from Capt. Sam Haas, D. ca D. Has, Sam Haas, Jr, W. . Er liheh of Alexandria, Cashier Marshall o of the Merchants & Planters Bank sb of Bunkie and Mr. Jos. Fredlander de of the Climax Lumbber Company Of m Bunkie. Crops of all sorts are good in this s parish and in line condition. Rain, St however, is very much in demand se here. iE The people should elect to tRl constitutional convention men who an will.not be dictated to by the Boss; te -men who will go there and cast im their vote against any mesue whtieh will rise to prolong the teew of Ot aftee of present omslcbbldders a. Uzed- they do otherwise it will or telStbe~i a step in the wreug di- R itzb. Not only that but It willn ease a upheaval amons me o.- le fee seekers, who have already an- g nouaced their candidacies. air WASI-HNGTON TO HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING Citizens of St. Landry Invited to Meet Government Engineer Schulz and Discuss Bayou Improvement Proposition The citizens of St. Landry are offered an opportunity to meet Ma jor Schulz, government engineer, a' Washingon on next Wednessay af ternoon at 2:30 to discuss the prop osittion of improving bayousCourt ableau, Cocodrie and Boeuf. Con gressman tazaro secured an appro 1. priation from Congress for the sur - veying and investigating of these n streams. The people of St. Landry - are expected to show Major Schulz that the Government would derive n some beneflts if these bayous would , be dredged out and cleaned. - If these three important bayous t would be dredged St. Landry would a be given an opening to the Gulf and e water transportation would once more be revived. Following is a letter received Sfrom Congressman Lazaro on the a snbject: Waahingtou, La., J i 30,. 19i6. I Editor of St. Landry Cla$, z Opelcusas, LouisianC M My cg Mr. Andrepent: U. p. the seritation of' many citizens of the Parish, during the i last sesion of Congres I secured a a provision, in the River and Harher r Bill for a survey and investigation bf Bayoms Courtablean, ca codrie and Boeuf, with a view of improving them. I have since had the mater up with the U. . Engi Diesese Atteaks ARMi Amses o Fam aMl Is Tiean1eb e to Manlt.d e -. The prevalence of charbon in L certain sections of the state is call - ing attention to the best method of lease, but there yet seems to he - combatting the spread of the die e general ignorance on that suject. One means of spreading the dis ease is the custom of skinning and selling the hides of. anima which have died of the disease. This it absolutely prohibited by the sani tary code of the state. t Chapter IX of the code has to deal with althrax or charbon, and it is made the duty of the munici rpal or parish health officer in [ whose jurisdiction the outbreak ap i pearsto promptly take steps for its control, based on the well known Sfacts that the disease is especially prevalent in the lower Mississippi valley, and along the Gulf littoral and coastal prairies, where it is en zootic and attacks all farm animals and is transmissahle to mankind through inoculation by the horse fly or misquito, or through tne handling of affected a.:i.'als through food and water contamina ted with the spores, and by the in halation of dried spores. The spore retaining its vitality for long periods in surface soil, manure, infected food stuffs, blood, hides. hair and wool, and animals contract the disease while grazing over in fected areas. The disease is widely distributed by car,.nrm crows and small farm animals also distribute the malady by running at large, or by dying and establishing fresh foci The symptomt of the disease are explained in the code, and it is made the health officer's duty when an animal dies without apparent cause during the warm weather to have the body isolated and protect ed from flies with fish' oil emulsion, or by covering with netting. He shall obtain immediately after death half of the ear of a large ani mal, or a foot of a small animal, and placing it in a striiue bot tie, properly sealed and packed, ship it to the State Experiment Station at Baton Rouge for micro scopic examination. He shall also immediately inject the carbuncular swellings in the live animals with a 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid, and promptly vaccinate by the Pas teur or Soberheim method all an imals that have been or are likely to be infected. In the eveat of the death of an animal, it it the di of. the health officer to stop all fees of the body with i twavstae or moss, to prevent the escape orf fle~fs als then to cremate.- the body an the spot, wi& ermd petro. loom. It cremation is found to be Impractical.thebody must be buried in a deep trench overed with af satratm of lime. Ina s eseaaboald re neer Maj. Sechulz of N. Orleans and a- with the appropriation carried in a. this last bill he is now ready to i- make his investigation and report to p- Washington. I am today in re t- ceipt of the following telegram: 1- from him: a- "New Orleans, La., 6-30-15. r- "Dr. L. Lazaro, se Washington, La. y "Will come to Washington on lz the 7th, Frisco train. Arrive at re Opelousas 1:15 P. M. Would sug Id gest holding meeting at 2:30 P. M. that day. Is "SCHULZ, Engineer." td I have accordingly made arrange d ments for him to hold a public e meeting in Washington, on Wed nesday, July 7th, at 2:30 P. K., to' d which everybody is invited. At Le this meeting, everybody interested in the development of these bayion will be given an opportunity to be heard, and sincee it will largely de pend upon Mr. Schula' recommend ations in his report to Washington y whether or not Cgress will make e appropriation for these streams, I a would earnestly request our people r to attend this meeting and give the Engineer the benefit of their in , formation. Very truly yours , .L. LAZARO. MH MAY GO TO P3 MIWo Dana Jenkins, the. phenminial e.nag athlete of u :iwi)lt prb ably be one of the rrepresentative of the- Southern Athletic Associa tion at the San Franeisco Eposi tine, where the best athletes in the United States. will meet to battle. for national honors. According to reports and accard ing to the spectacular showing made by the young Eunice athlete, it is expected that Dana Jenkins. should. acquit himself with hon or at the Frisco meet. Bis friends expeet- him to capture either the hundred or the two hundred yard dash. lAND SrOM- AT CONVENT On"account of the misplacing of copy Hon. IL. Lee Garland was not given credit, in the sehool article, for making the feature talk of the convent exercises. The speakers for the occasion were- Rev. Father Eng- berink, Mayor Loebb andDistrict Attorney Garland, As usual Mr. Garland was emin ently fitted for the occasion and delivered one of his well known masterpieces. It was through no intention of ours that the Clarion failed to state that Mr. Garland had spoker on this occasion: In the shuffle, somehow, the copy of the article which gave an aeeeunt of the Garland oration was lost anr in 'le rush to gel he- paper out on time, the error was not caught in i the proof. TAKES OVER OVERLAND AGENCY Senator Leon Haas recently took over the agency of the Overland cars and ts determined to supply this parish with these fine cars. Mr. Haas is a hustler and a good business man and there is no doubt bf his making a success in his new I venture. Rene Fontenot, a prominent planter of the Grand Prairie sec- 1 tion, transacted business in Ope lousas Monday. While here Mr. c Fontenot had occasion to meet I many of his Opelousas friends. Reports from way of California 8 are to the effect that Dr. Fred J. ' Mayer, of this city, ex-president of E the Louisiana State Medical Asso ciation, is spendnig a most de~ght- 8 ful summer vacation, taking in the 8 expositions at San Diego and San i away for over a month and will robably not retun for some time to come. Miss Lena Lveh will leave this afterneon for erowley; where she will spend sometime as the nguest of her mule4 Aaron Loeb, Mayor c Pr'o Tern of the rice meetrj i '- the health oficer permit the body Ir to be dragged through pastures or -eass -ubli o o reade. The skinning or sale of hides g traon Jiseased animal is absolutely prhbnSaflited.? DEVILIJER TIEID OF LIFE IS A SUIIDIE Little Teehe Farmer Kills Self in Front of Uncle's Gate WILD LIFE ATTRIBUTED FOR YOUNG MAN'S ACTION 14 [n Louis Devillier, One Time Well-ta Do Farmer, After Visiting Town, 3- Shoots Brains Out Saturday Because he could not stand to face his uncle, Guilmar Sonnier, who had been a father to hus and n tired of a misspent life, Louis De villier, one time prosperous young farmer, with a bright future, L blew away his brains at his uncle's front gate in the Little Teche sec tion of this parish, early Saturday morning. o Young Devillier was at one time looked upon as a good citizen and e a promising young man. A few years- ago however, he began to d lead a wild life, took up, with Mary STimmons better known as Mrs. e Laverene, about a year ago, lear - ing his wife and two children be -hind and going, to. Baton Rouge, " where he engaged in the butcher e usinese. A disagreement, however, with the wonman in the case which 8 resulted in the woman takiig near a ly a dozen harmless shots at him Sin. Baton Rouge and which finally culminated in the. return of .De, villier to his family fve. miles from SIt. reported th at the time of his suicide young Devillier and his wife were parted. This and the fact that he was under a cleaer of Sforgery in Baton Rouge caused the act of his self dstruction. Devilliers was seen in Opelouase between the hours of three and four i Saturday morning, having spent pearly all night in a gambling house here, where it is reported l. h lost heavily. Returning home, when he arrived at the front gate of i Guilmar Son~ier's farm he placed " the revolver end on his right tem- n ple and pulling the trigger was In stantly blown into infinite. Relatives and neighbors rushed to the spot where they had heard the shot and were startled to find De villier lying dead. The news of the suicide spread like wild fire through Little Teche. Interment was made in the Cath olie cemetery, where a few friends I and relatives of, the suicide assem led to seni i mirir to Almighty God for the soul of one who mis used the plivileges given mortal beings. TO ESTARISH COMMERCIAL COURSEI Superintendent of public schools,~ C. J. Thompson, announced during the week that he had perfected ar- e rangements for the establishing of t a modern commercial adid business cdurse at the Opelousas High School. A large number of the Ope- T lousas students are forced to go to New Orleans and other places to se- c cure a business education and for v that reason Mr. Thompson was the local school, which will un doubtedly be of material benefit to y the students as well as the parents, who ar presently compelled to send their children to distant cities for commercial training. SATISFIED WITH CREAM a SEPARATOR P. P. Hidalgo, one of the most a progressive farmers in this section, recently purchased a cream sepa rator, probably the first in the par 'ish, which he has been using to great satisfaction. Mr. Hidalgo 3 claims that the increase of his P butter is suflficent to pay for the separator in no time. His butter is always in.demand by the local mer chants, who pay him more for his product than any other farmer. 's There is no doubt that more pro- a gressive farmers will realize the )great benefits derived from a cream L separator and consequently secure p this modern farm machinery.. WHOOIPING COUGH s For the past two or three weeks whooping cough, a dread disease to children, has been prevalent in this i~ty. While therr bas been no so rirs cam reported, all mothers wimth young ehildr are particu la:r these daysawhen they go visit Louis MEr r ha: returned rot New Oriesoa whers he has heeai ameleges at the Rors' Hiha schoo ates hrnant L. A. FONTENOT TELLS NEED OF CONVENTION Service Corporations Are Not Assessed Eneaough and State Needs Money to Operate Its Many Worthy Institutions. Hon. L. Austin Fontenot, one o1 * the administration leaders in the fight for the passage of the consti tutional convention bill, told the farmers of St. Landry, who had as sembled at West Bellevue at the Farmers Union picnic, why the peo Sple of St. Landry should vote for the constitutional convention. SMr. Fontenot stated that -some demagogues would have the farm ers of Louisiana believe that the [constitutional convention was call ed for no other purpose than to r raise the taxes of the land hold ers. He flatly denied this, admit 3 ting, however, that the adminis I tration was very anxious to have the assessments of the railroads and service coiporti4,nst Increased, so that these money-making concerns would justly help in defraying the expenses of the state. The well known St Landry repre sentative who was the chief orat at thd pizce elaims that the rail iroads, the .telephones and 8tehiap compJaies. and the various miing: coneerns would not be o-eraS li their lassesment wedb e le creased by mudtS 0ooe ;intaio.l "The only way thatrwe cabnJustl assess the service or.perat.esais by electing the memberms of thr State fiard of Appraisers. W,. voters, knew that when we ilect our plie jnron our assesor an our member of the lar of i i Iitton Mat- our. intessaet war as 'safe-amded Te. r h seas re elected by the peple anal have to Sil the will of their foltins ett haw in rthe world can we e.r. pect a beneftial result from the VfE t I mesns elvile and mle: Wal' PinasAe AimEfiLie Walar -im Since our stal issue, the following letters have been received by iudgee Dupre: From one of the leading business men at Eunice. "I see no reason why you are not - eminently qualified to represent this parish, if a Constitutional Con vention hi held" From a Jusice of the Peace in the Eastern portion of this parish: "I received your letter and you can depend upon me on the day of the primary. I hope that you will get the position." From a merchant-planter at Whiteville, La. "Yes, you can count on my sup port and hope the other candidates are men that I can support with as much pleasure" From another farmer-merchant at Dubuisson, La. "I am going to vote for you and do what I can towards getting oth ers to do so." From which it appears that Judge Dupre is running some. The Jtudge visited Melville on the 23rdI and 24th, and spent the day of the 30th at Eunice. He informed a re porter of this paper, his friends asserted he would carry both pre bincts. ' The Clarion feels certain that the Judge is going to be elected. It is supporting him with knowledge full I and complete he will do his dnty regardless of consequences. That is his greatest asset. uDty wrjl performed" has been with him a ruling passion Hisa past renord an Judge, as fepresenativ4, is an am -' suraneesof what he can and willt do if elected. That he is gingtto' be elected this paper beieves i.s.' af.or.egone coneson . The ninee a feaated the' pes abll tens aa h1 , Board of Appraisers, the members [of which are appointed by anothez - board, and not by the people. The. owe absolutely nothing to the pee pie and they give nothing to the people. The court has no Juris diction over the borArd, no other board has any power to review the work of this board.. "If the constitutional convention does nothing more than make the members of the Board of Apprais - ers elective to my mind it will have accomplished enough to justify its holding." By assessing the railroads andm other corporations -their just =ror portions, Mr. Fontenot asserts that during the term of the inscming administration Loultsia wIlP have uflicient money tor p allt,. ets, mataitn every pfubie : to stitution in the stato, and will hI in a decade in, a position to -hui model roads from the Gulf to tie Arkansas line and from ,.pi to Texas. If the can iotalle as eagenhea i held the Queaei ot t fe be taken up aoeu her w-r.i tten ni osf thy it stato The so .the e. a~toner of u hcra 'rsadi~a be show thpe fa iet wai t a reisard know. It wll h . s that a farmer in St.Landay t t loatr of tany feait i prodt--. t ch.e abe t~ o : S oteat 'thi poem thu faor ne o tan. Rbt.e Roht o ufta Andous and harl sz4 past weit sot8ti nh a e the voters k of" CI Mno La provider is bI i was, wherne he hatee adrn the at frien days tne iha er p evtr the .. a.e r gegg aracw vote al thsi toeta .There are constltutlonu coner tione tfar awnn unce prl b the n ° held-by Ho Thiruse ise Rete bo i Jnly ai R ale ay AndrT s and t Lha d w The registrationd o bk s closed taby Clerk of Cav tag ptest strape* Jr., on faneamistatten noon, as- provided libP taw.. The was nbeomash gwhater .ed ig e last few days tohe briOly aoach-p practicatlly as thosewdels at ist tp ticipatei litici esna for the in gaiste to the cokt usahion tepove tion which will take: pere on t 27t of July havring yurenad.irit The voters of wa Landr who are subjiect to registrati, did not a state to take advantage of Ol Ian, thus becoming ft -fledgede voter I.' in time for the raieff approahii the Uon.Bst, ak &ell as:t mapsat aontest, which wi . deide te flater of parigh eoitkoficiahs for ting. folr ofieafrst of Mrse Chalesf Thfodmplonwas married on maydnesd bemorniuf to Gteortee Bienvena, the etient an the rnion t Bahey wi Trl Cmd paev y where thea Binrestd erade asti:~ltall tim s·;~~iabedrii LAM~PlY AU at. IA"LL f - First Attempt at- Model Roa I stuction on Large Seale POLICE xURY PRAISED O,: Graffl Roads wiat in th, Pai , Pmvnglry Satisfactolr nd Expec to Be C t St. Landry has practically = pleted its 5rst attempts at med roads on a large.. 0e S Barre highway nearitý do n : There have been bilt duriatbe& past year na ly thiy mit modern and substanst ia 1oad4, connectiug Opelousan the prhicipttpoieldiefa it~s When the olice jury atod over one hundred olarf the erection of -ad4 many taxpqpers hin i it iwaw opse to theg$s, evel critiesing the perial ers for their supposedl l ast mopey. Now, howver. am people are among the oneaa erssetly pralsang the oPrjr xalth this hzat. ý outoftheusd Widl iti retata dege not boag of pesaga -e( maog!frada in the oue'caa deny the fee rawl roads built by the a peal relef to the 1 altO.sasad miles of mad aV d bring .a ket during the irU a t Isno sense~t lawlell, Weahingston Nort Barre byr gravel waawhich can be used du**nsg wePtP as well an the dry Wh*r trwers could only one base`o cotton to ,arbet `e nomw in a sition to br lunui six4-all of this on a`oouM the pereent police sury 4al fth Arst to begin -he earso t i he-a bae sot net atise, IDedittle and mnh etr 11at# mardeciddu(ii eaw roads d sth -efk delL angoods hadveeat W a thetni the pric heeo the 4ansbh loat of~ k igtsui the cbie( cor dsiable frwnearly avery td the perlEsk~ byLI means oF gu~ Teo wonth of eat ;a`t houehats maedrng reseclaloe ood oadst seean godasate $wurtaenbeo& whurhe lsei& contact. fir rheptainingshd lewe lqags the chistroi bullie M turn over ~iswrk fo easeie fr..46om nearlyev bythe parish fartmeans o g Wthin thet neveral day conrat orrgexpaintetuand en tire lsr buildingwti saI masby the prs ate er thil thve tht ew ra eTire building, withno adob adbythe pur o utose frafwyara 4a honites itwl tbe tapyers o Lanry will bae finisae oathioao frl the mosedt todord and cThr building il the state. ather Andeose on e e tuat preast. hasi theutxaes Leu~andr asistae nt pasitor to#~ forthe ot moern an beourn bsen ignt the stMe ofather cidtyo , wpelese a iv iestht hais beena ainbe lend, are deligstant lpastr mabwfiens l here bSb NEf~iad o this ity citi, whie t them, ~are~ de·sp6~;·lshe Id t ears et $1 $@prtant p~e,~iio:.~sit~ion give hes" orai~. Aadeso solmnse his~ 1ht -Ser sntaeen -undrnt crowded the Opelassedh