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Still Going Strong Our July Clearance Sale of all summer clothing, hats, shoes and furnishings Look at these Drastic Reductions on Summer Clothing $26.90 $12.90 For suits made by Hart Schaffner & Marx For Palm Beach suits of the better tailored that sold as high as $40.00. kind that sold up to $18.50. $9.90 For Linens, Seersuckers and white suits which sold up to $13.50. Greatest Values on Men's Shoes in Four Years All styles, shades, shapes and sizes-Four hundred pairs of the better grade oxfords at old-time prices $2.95 - $3.45 - $3.95 - $4.35 They're all new; all stylish. We need room for Fall merchandise, that's all; and we're giving you these extraordinary prices as a special inducement. Winsberg's "The Quality Shop" (OFFICIAL) City Council Proceedings ,[ Opelousas, IA., July 5, 1921. The board of aldermen met this day `.a regular session. Present: * E. L. i-eb, mayor, presiding; Aldermen 4. C. Mouret, J. A. Dejean, Simon Mtelly and John W. Clark. Absent: Alderman L. L. Danel. SQuorum present. Meeting called to seonered On motion of Mr. Stelly, seconded e Mr. Dejean, and carried, the reid mlg of the minutes of the previous tiug waB dispensed with. Th:i monthly reports of officers ?' r read and filed. :;r. Clark, seconded by Mr. Mouret dilted Mr. John W. Lewis as of city printer. , telly moved that all nomina c be closed and that Mr. John W. be elected by acclamation. Mo duly `ecoded and carried. ,i. ;Rohn W. Lewis designated the l ndtry Clarion as the official for the city. ved by Mr. `Mouret, seconded by t tlly, and carried that the may o0mmunication relative to against Mr. Geo. C. Jordan, of the electric light and wat works plant, be received and filed referred to the city attorney for tghdla on the legality and reg of the proceedings tInder the of this city. a (vtio , duly seconded and car bte meeting was continued until the 8th inst., at seven o'clock E. I,. LOEB, Mayor. .-J. J. PERRODIN, City Clerk. Opelousas, La, July 8th, 1921. 4 °l board of aldermen met this day t to adjournment. ii~get: E. L. Loeb, mayer, presid Aldermen A C. Mouret, J. A. De , sad Simon Stelly. Absent: Al , L . Danel. o .present. Meeting called to n by Mr. Dejean, second b- Mr. telly. Or the third time in less than the of one year the Grim Messeng has beckoned to a member of this 1st nd in the still mid hour of last Tuesday Alderman W. (LARK answered the eter .1SUons and passed to the Great SW.would deplore his death under e~aamemtances, but his tragic and td taking off moves us to poignant grief than more words s dequately express. AIad be passed away unattended in 1idat of the mighty desert, or alone in some forest wilder. or, abandoned, had he suffered :ilots death in the briny deep, he not have been more deserted he was in his own home at the of death's visitation. a honored and respected him as Mtau and as a citizen; and as a of this board we unhesitat credit him with the utmost sin of purpose and honesty of in Witios however much we might have with his views at times. it behoves us to give public 1ti of the regard and esteem kbih we held him, and to which kas ' o justly entitled. Therefore, ol.ed; that in the death of Al John W. Clark this communitv been deprived of an honorable Msteemed citizen; that this board beea bereft of ann of its m wat painstaking and conscientious mem bers; and society at large has suf fered the loss of an upright, moral and examplary man. Be it further Resolved, that this resolution be en tered upon the official minutes of this board, and be published in the offi n cial journal of this city. a The foregoing resolution was unan imously adopted. The communication from Mrs. R. M. 0 Littell was read and filed. The opinions of Mr. P. R. Sandoz, city attorney and of Mr. R. Lee Gar land, on the legality and regularity 5 of the proceedings against Mr. Geo. C. Jordan, manager of the electric light and water works plant, were received read and filed. Moved by Mr. Stelly, seconded by Mr. Dejean, that Mr. Geo. C. Jordan be notified of the following charges which are hereby preferred against him as justifying his dismissal and discharge from office, viz: 1. Committing an unprovoked as sault upon the mayor, on Feb. 11th, 1921, while the latter was in the dis charge of his official duties. 2. Absenting himself from duty without 'leave on two occasions dhr ing the month of January, 1921, on a trip to Colfax, La., in violation of a resolution of the board of aldermen adopted on June 4th, 1918. 'That the chief of police be and he is hereby directed to serve the said Jordan with notice of the aforesaid charges in conformity with the pro= visions of ordinance No. 4 of 1921 and it is further moved that the said Jor dan be and he is hereby suspepded from office pending a hearing by the board of aldermen on the above charges. It is further moved that a special meeting of this board is here by called to convene on the 20th day of July, 1921, at four o%clock, P. M., to conduct a trial of the said Jordan on the above charges and to take such action on said charges as this board vote: Yeas: Mouret, Dejean and may deem warranted. Motion carried by the following Stelly. Nays: None. Absent: Danel. On motion, duly seconded and ear ried, the following bills were approv ed: e D. E. Durio .. ....--*....... $125.00 George LeBlanc .. .......... .75 HI. Bodemuller .... -......- . -18.25 L. 8. Hass, G. & M. shop..... 9.25 R. V. Miles ................ 102.00 D. C. Rose, Jr... ............ 4.50 Est. J. B. Sandoz.. .....- -- * 57.81 St. Landry Lbr Co., Ltd...... 137.28 A. L. Hollier.. -. ........... A. L. Lacombe Co... ......... 32.00 Andrepont & .Dossmann ...... 1.9, Robert Dunbar .. ........... 2.00 Alcide t. Cyr .............. 2.50 M. Ringrose .. .............. 32.50 J. A. Dejean ..- .......... . -.95 Jacobs News Depot Co. .... 6.80 Clarion Company Ltd. ........ 38.00 Shute's Drugstore .. .......- 1.00 Soniat & Deblieux, Inc.. . 27.12 IOpelousas Ins. Agency ....... 172.25 LH. E. Estorge.. .. ........ 172.25 Southern Stationery store.,... 1.07 Dameron-Pierson Co. ........ 1.11 Gulf Refg. Co., of La... ...... 7.5 Bush-Salzer Bros. D. E. Co.... 10.50 Gulf States E. Co............ 86.25 There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. E. L. LOBB, Mayor. Attest:-J. J. PERRODIN, City Clerk. Miss Ruth Barry of Grand Coteau, is spending a while here as the guest .ft fl&a Mildred Richard. ODE TO THE GIRL i (Printed by Request) a Little girl, you are so small, I Don't you wear no clothes at all? Don't you wear no himmy skirt? Don't you wear no petti skirt? Just your corset and your hose- - Are those all your underclothes? Little girl, you look so slight t When I see you in the light. With your skirt cut rather high Won't you catch cold and die? Aren't you afraid to show your calf? It must make the fellows laugh. Little girl, what is the cause Why your clothes are mad of gauze? When you go out fully dressed? Don't you wear no undervest. Do you like those peek-a-boos? S'tead of normal underclothes? Little -girl your 'spenders show. SWhen the sunshine plays just so. iI can see your tinted flesh Through your thinnest gown of mesh It is modest, do you 'spose, Not to wear underclothes? I can see way past your throat To a region most remote; 'Taint my fault, now, don't 'spose; Why not wear some underclothe ,? 'Little girl, your socks have shoals Of those tiny little holes. Why do you want to show your limb, I don't know; is it a whim? Do you want to catch the eye Of each fellow passing by? Little girl, where is the charm In your long uncovered arm? And the "V" behind your neck Is it for the birds to peck? Little girl, I tell you those Are not as nice as underclothes. Little girl now listen here: You would be just twice as dear If you cover up your charms- Neck, back, legs and both arms. I would take you to some shows If you'd wear some underclothes; But no lover--goodness knows Wants a girl "sans" underclothes. Little girl, your mystery Loving charms, and modesty Are what makes us fellows keen To possess a little queen. S'pose I wore some harem pants Or no shirt like all my aunts, Or a ringlet through my nose They'd arrest me, don't you s'poee? I mtwust wear a coat of mail, Clothed from head to big toe nasl; I must cover up my form, Even when the weather's warm. "CHNK" ROBERTS NOW WITH BIG COTTON FIRM One of Opelousas' popular young men, Lester Roberts, known to his legion of friends as "Chink" has avc cepted a position in the local cotton office of Lawrence Blum & Company, on outh Court street. "Chink" succeeds his bosom friend Charlie Thompson who is now em. ployed in another office here. The former is just starting out in the cot ton game but everyone predicts that he will make a complete success of it as he Is unusually bright and can adapt himself to any conditions. The local office of BlIum & Co., is under the management of Percy Levy with Isador Isaac as second man, and these two with '"hink" " compose a team that will be hard to "curry" in the game of buying the south's great staple. Mr. -Levy Is accounted one of the best cotton men in the business, while "Big Izzy" is ranking right up to the top, his only failing being his tremendous ability to blush which 'gets the best of him at times, but nevertheless "Big One" is O. K., and .with the calm balance of -Levy on the one side and the affable "Chink" on the other we can expect some great doings from this bunch when the 1921 .crop begins to roll. TO REVIEW CURTIS PUBLISHING CO. DECISION Washington, June 6.-The supreme court today agreed to review a de cision of federal courts in Pennsyl vania setting aside an order of the federal trade commission requiring the Curtis Publishing Company to dis. continue an alleged discriminatory practice against its dealers. The com mission alleged that the Curtis Pub. lishing Company, through contracts with distributers, tended to create a monopoly by prohibIting the sale by those distribuers of competing maga sines. CARD OF THANKS We take this means of extending heartfelt thanks to the many friends in Opelousas of John W. Clark for kindnesses and sonsidernutions and courtesies shown at his recent death. We appreciate all that these friends and acquaintances did and their deeds and acts will ever be enshrined in our hearts. ROLAND W. CLARK AND FAMILY. Palmetto, La., July 12, 1921. Misses Mary Garbo and Josephine Marsiglia returned horhe on Tues day after a pleasant stay of two weeks with relatives in the Crescent City. ASSESSMENT ROLLS TO STATE BOARE ASSESSOR FONTENOT AND IELP ERS COMPLETE FIRST WORK AND SHIP IN BOOKS Rene C. Fontenot, popular St. Lan i dry assessor, and his office force Messrs. Ike Litton and Gervais Rich ard, are taking a slight lay-off aftel their past months' arduous work pre paring the assessment rolls for 1921 The preliminary work is complett and the rolls were boxed up and ship ped by express to the office of the state board of affairs the first of thh week and when the board get; through its review the rolls will bt returned to the assessor's office here Mr. Fontenot and his assistant: have established a record for quick ness in this year's assessment anc they are congratulating themselves or being able to rest up awhile during the hot weather, so that when work starts again they will be prepared tt tackle the job with renewed vigor. Unless the state board takes dras tic steps in revising the rolls the col Jection of 1921 taxes should starl earlier this year than it did the pass year, and 'Mr. Fontenot, and his co workers having been laboring to that end. INSURANCE AIDS THREE SERVICE MEN WAR RISK BUREAU SHOWS BENEFITS DERIVED BY INJURED HEROES Among the 341,347 active compen sation and insurance claims on file it the bureau of war risk insurance there are three cases on which a com pensation award for double perma nent-total disability is being .paid, thf only three coming under that provi sion of the war risk act. Each cast gives evidence of the degree of ingen uity and courage which survive Ii these former service men both blindec and maimed. Henry A. Bitter (C-165 389), cor poral, Company C, 352nd infantry, 88th division. Bitter was injured in Toul Sector, France, on the 16th of November, 1918, by accidental explo sion of hand grenade. His company was assigned to gas training at a Franch training camp. On the last day at gas school, maneuvers were ordered. While advancing through a smoke screen under orders, with a hand grenade to be thrown at an im aginary enemy, the pin in the hand grenade became loosened and the hand grenade exploded, causing in jury that resulted in the amputation of both hands and loss sight of both eyes. He was awarded $200 a month, and on his $10,000 insurance the monthly payments of $57.50. An at tendant was furnished him and he was fitted with artificial hands. Before entering the service he had been a registered Dpharm.aist. He was given vocational training and recently has notified the federal board that he had, with his brother as associate and per sonal attendant, completed the for mula for a proprietary medicine. Pearl Perry (C-285 110), private field artillery.. The premature ex plosion of a hand grenade at Verdun, October 3, 1918, entirely destroyed both hands, right eye destroyed, ant hearing impared, and he was under hospital treament from date of injury until August 2, 1919, when he was dis charged. Besides his double per manent-total award of $200, conipea sation from the date of discharge, there was also made to him the insur ance award of $57.50 a month retro active to the date of his injury. He was a truck driver before joining the army and a recent report from a hoe ,pital where he had received treat ment for a minor accident contains the information, "he wears artificial arms and drives his auto." Charles Joseph Bronner (C-'85 766), seeaman first class, U. S. N. Bronner received his injuries in Italy, August 19, 1919, while on a recrea tion party with some other sailors from his ship, the U. S. S., J. Fred Talbot. While going through the trenches near the battlefield Monfal cone, Istria, looking for souvenirs a hand grenade or some similar explo sive was discharged and blew off 4at~ hands and blew out both eyes. These injuries were judged as received "not in line of duty, but not the result of his own misconduct," and be was awarded $220 compensation and at 'tendant allowance, and on the $2000 insurance which he had applied for had been granted he is receiving a monthly payment of $11.60. Imme diately upon discharge from the navy, Brotiner applied for vocational train nag and was given a course at the Red Gross institute for the Blind, at Bal timore, 'Maryland, the federal . board paying him $80.00 a month and the bureau of war risk insurance continu ing to pay $140 during the course. Bronners has successfully adjusted himself to his sapiarent unsurmonut able 'handicap by the use of artificial arms terminating in complicated at tachments with which he can carry heavy articles, serve himself, and hold' a crane for his guidance about the school. SHERIFF'S SALE ADOLPH J. CORMI ER Versus J. H. BROUSSARD No. 21,947, Civil Docket, Sixteenth Ju dicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana By virtue of a writ of seizure and sale, issued out of the Honorable Six teenth Judicial District Court in and for the parish of St. 'Landry, Louisi ana in the above entitled and num bered suit and to me directed, I have seized and will proceed to offer for sale, at public auction to the last and highest bidder, at the front door of the Court House of St. Landry parish 4 Opelousas, Louisiana, on SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1921, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following de scribed property, to-wit: A certain lot or parcel of ground, with all the buildings and improve ;ments thereon, situated in the Saizan Frisco addition to the town of Port Barre, St. Landry parish, Louisiana, and being Lot No. 18, in Block No. 27 of the official map of said addition and measuring fifty-seven (57) feet front on Clark's street, by a depth of one hundred and forty-two (142) feet between parallel lines. TERMS A1ND CONDITIONS---Cash, to pay and satisfy the sum of five hundred and no-100 ($500.00), amount of ten (10) notes past due and unpaid with interest thereon at the rate of eight (8) per cent per annum from 'March 2, 1920, until paid, together with ten (10) per cent additional on principal and interest unpaid as at torney's fees, and on terms of credit to meet the maturity of the notes not yet due, as follows: July 1, 1921, Aug ust 1, 1921, September 1, 1921. Octo ber 1, 1921 and November 1, 1921, and all costs, unless the same is imme diately paid. CHARLES THIBODEAUX, Sheriff, St. Landry Parish. July 16 tds. What a pity folks do not stay on the farm the way the old mortgage does. Charter No. 6920 Reserve District No. 8 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE Opelousas National Bank AT OPELOUSAS In the state of Louisiana, at the close of business on June 30th.ii 1921. RESOURCES: Loans and discounts, including rediscounts (except those shown In b and c) ..........$676,660.90 Notes and bills rediscounts with Federal Bank (other than bank acceptances sold) ........ 46,777.17- 629,58630i-' Overdrafts, secured, None; unsecured, $1300.14.'......... 10014 Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) ............................$50,000.00 Alo All other United States government securities 75,020.00 Total ........ ............ ..... ....... ........ 125,020.00 Other bonds, stock, securities, etc.:........... ....... 205,964..15 Banking House, $18,000.00; furniture and fix tures, $2,000.00 .......... ................... 2... 1,0(.00.. Lawful reserve with federal re'serve bank ................ 4S.007.5 Cash in vault and amount due from national banks........ 24,4786.09 Amount due from banks, bankers and trust com panies in the United States (other than in cluded in items 8, 9, or 10) ............... ......... 57,791.8 Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than item 12) ................. 67.0$ Total of items 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13..... ... $12,9438.8 Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items ....... .......... 1 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer .............. ............... 2,# Total ....................................$1,11$5,74 . LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ............................,.. 60 Surplus fund ............................ . ' 0 :. ý,O Undivided profits ........................... j «0,. Circulating notes outstanding ............. ..... ... 47,10 4 . Amount due to state banks, bankers, and trust companies in" the United States and foreign countries (other than included in items 21 or 2 )........ 9 r,8-8 ./ Certified cheeks outstanding ................... .....,,.. 2. . i Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding..... ......... 202I$* Total of items 21, 22, 28, 24, and 26............ ' ,981.90 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve (deposits payable within 380 days): Individual deposits subject to check............i ............ . 51,$8 Certificates of deposit due in less than 80 days (other than for money borrowed) ................ .... 26,477.9 Dividends unpaid ................................... 4,06y Other demand deposits ..................... ............ 11.7 Total of demand deposits (other than bank de posit) subject to reserve, items 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 ............................. 41,328.30 Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after ! 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more notice,r. and postal savings): Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) ........................................ .s,1116..4 Other time deposits ..................................... 110,659.38 Total of time deposits subject to reserve, Items 32, 88, 34 and 5 ......................$.147,8.22 Bills payable, other than with federal reserve bank (Including all obligations representing money borrowed other than rediscounts) ........... 50,000.0 Bills payable with federal reserve bank..................... 7,81.00 Total ......................... .................. 1,'t ,l4arS2 STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ST. LANDRY. I, M. J. Pulford, Assistant Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. M. J. PULFORD, Assistant Cashier. Correct:-Attest: Subsertbed and sworn to be. E. B. DUBUISSON, fore me this 9th, day of JuOTly OHAS. F. BOAGNI, 1921. ROBT. SANDOZ, E. G. BURD1IGiH, Directors. Notary Publio. ,.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~" , ,,,.. , . ,,i, , i'i, FIRST WOMAN IN U. S. COURT Being a U S. District Attorney in these hectic days is a task for Sthe ablest man lawyer-but to be the first woman assigned to the job and in the largest city in the land is a compliment to ability which needs nio added words. Miss Mary ,R Towne of New York was sworn in as first U S. district court law enforcer last week. SBILL GELVIN SMILES SBUT SAYS VERY LITTLE W. W. Gelvin, deputy registrar oi voters, is a candidate for the newil created position and will present hit claims to the police Jury when thai body takes up the matter of filling the office. Mr. Gelvin is extremely reticient about about his chances of land ing the position and when asked about the status of affairs he couches his reply in the nature of a broad smile which is truly convicing 'ind portends quite a lot for him in tl4 Scoming contest when the issue is rais ed in the parish legislative body it the early fall.