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T-IE ST. .LAND Y CLARION
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SXXXI-NO. 51. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1921 TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVACE
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.j K 1BRIGHTER
r. PWR CROP FOR
ALL LOUISIANA
P wcam Plentiful and Weath
r Condition Assures a
Big Harvest.
OANE CROP HITS
NEW HIGH MARK
Sugar Cane Crop in Fine
shape - Rice Thresh
ing Under Way
Tire ideal weather conditions that
rervildl al over the state with
labor to safely take care of
S-'s ops, and a fair price being ob
t asd, bas given the people in gen
Snla more optimistic feeling.
. .ali reports the Louisiana crop
S. .W his larger than it has been
: a mbe.I3 r of years and the farm
r e receiving a fair- price for the
~ the first big production of
,¶1,asbLa Sweet" oranges in many
from the lower coast; ideal su
o pi-w ripening weather; conditions
r:.r bse threshing of rice that have
been equalled; the continued
teg weather has enabled the farmers
to uMe a bumper crop of hay. Never
i la the history of the country
Si ~ ¢ plking and ginning of cotton
g.Wp pursued under better conditions,
~b9-the gathering of corn an dpota
All the above is enough to make
wu. dtetnuned to fight old Gloom and
Sstthe same time think of better times.
Busineses is temperamental, sensitive
to environment, and responsive to the
attitude of the public. Business, has
seed the turning point and has
tWrt . upon the upgrade; the indica
Sions of such a trend are unmistalka
M. Be optimistic, talk optimistic,
:artpt 1miC and just watch the re
DI-Big Circus Comes to Town
Thousands Swam City
The bi. Hagenbeck-Wallace cifms
Siads in.Opelousas some time in the
CaIly hours of Thursday morning, and
S.1taig their tents and making
a4y for the afternoon performance,
* gate to Opelousas one of the largest
r . 4a best iarades of its kind ever wit
: Led here.
People from many miles began to
.our into town early Thursday morn
i(~g and by noon when the gigantic
.i~a.e was to start there were thouse
'-I' of country people serging to and
.1 in the old town. It really made
tWuW look like old times to be in
i h:aJa:m, and to see so much busi
'. 6~ dora on.
i,`'The weather conditions could not
" eM been better for the circus folks
Swell as for the many thousands of
*' men and women, to say noth
l ' d'e children.
ii.e Hageubeck-Wallace cirous ear
-il i with on# of the largest and beat.
£sagstia s that has ever .been
bt to Opeousas and the usual
Sstnts were of the very highest
OF EDWARDD.
nrrMAY OCCUPY
TIN IALL FAME
White ,Was One of
Lot·siana's Most Illus
:i trious Men.
*U atative A. T. Higgins of
parish announced Tuesday
i Ws r.te introduction of a bill to
te a sufficient amount of
to pay the cost of making a
4of the late Edward Douglas
t het fustice of the United
Ua eme court, and place in tahe
V t.ae in the capitol at Wash
state in9 the union is entitled
S ina the Hall of Fame for
(f two ilustrious citizens.
is among the few states in
Sthat have placed no statue
would indeed honor her
gracing in the Hall of Fame
Ot that noted son, dward
layton Davy and baby re
hoe this week after spend
time In Lafyette with her
Mra. Joe Ducote.
. Lewis and iSanly penat
at Ball Oheney aprings.
Guitbean who is at
seared Heart convent at
n epen the mee.tig
barents, Mr. and Mrs. Dud
MEMBERS OF WOMAN'S CLUB
SELLS CANDY FOR BENE
FIT OF ENDOWMENT FUND
Delicious home made candy, was
sold on' the court house square on
Thursday, by, the womnss club of Ope
louses, for the purpose of raising
funds, for the State Federation En
dowment Fund.
Mrs. W. T" Stewrt whose capable
management always insures sa..ess
to any undertaking, acted as chair
man and was most ably assisted by
members of the club.
The sum of $25.00 was realized; the
demand far exceeding the supply
though each five cent bag was most
generously filled with candy.
This is the first of a series of sales
to be given by the club throughout the
winter.
REALART WEEK AT
PRINCESS THEATRE
Don't forget to read the program
for next week. Manager Dietlein an
nounces that- next week will be en
tirely given over to Restart pictures,
wanich company boasts of such popu
lar stars as, Bebe Daniels, Wanda
Hawley, Alice Brady and Constance
Binney.
The 'public is fully aware of the
meritorious ability of these stars and
with the production It self should be
a double assurance that Realart week
should be a banner week in the mov
ie world of Opelousas.
Wolff-Bauland
An event of specdal interest to the
many friends of A. J. Wolft; of the
Doerr-Wolff Farnfture;Oompany of LaI
fayette, La., and very prominent
young business man of that city, will
fe Mr. WolfZ's marriage in New Or
leans Thursday afternoon " to Miss
Etta Bauland, of Gibson, La.
The wedding was a very quite af
fair, with only the linmediate rela
tives of the eo-trac..ag parties in at
tendance. Mis :iana Loeb of this
city and a niece -of the groom, was
bridesmaind, while the groom was at
tended by his birother, Mr. M. Wolff,
of Alexandria, I.
Mr. A. J. Woli* is he son of one
of St. Landry's most respected and
highly honored citizens, Mr. Leon
Wolff of Washing;tourC Mr. Wolff
was connected with- his father's buil
ness in Washington for -a number of
years and his many friends of O(pe
lousas and Washington wish the hap
py oquple the choist blessings in life.
The Clarion extends congratula
tions and a happy 'oyage through
life.
Hoover is Making
Plans for Moving
Fuel and Foodstuff
Washington, Oct. 20.-Plans for the
movement of essential commodities
in the case of a general railroad
strike have been completed by the
Commerce Department, Secretary
Hoover announced today.
Mr. Hoover said his department
was prepared to cor-ordinate the ef
forts of governors of states and mu
nicipaitlees in continuing the trans
portation of food, fuel and other pri
mary commodities in the event of a
ti-up of the railroads. He indicated
that the use of trucks and water
transportation would be resorted t
an well as the rail carriers.
Iarge tthLdries, Mr. Jloover de
clared ~re maobiliing surplus stocks
of supplies, snuch as gamoline, in or
- to guard agay~et a shortage, and
the department would be in a pos
tin to asslut in the distribution of
supplies to the poi~t* ~here they
might most be needed. '
MISS BURR ENTERTAINS
EIGHT O'CLQCK FOLLIES
The Follies met at the home of
Miss Sydaliee Burr on Thureday night
and a very interesting game of "five
mudmred" was enjoyed. The home
was bleautifully decorated with cut
flowers and ferne and all present
spent a very pleasant evening. The
following member. were present'
Misses Rosa Hebrar4, Corinne La
Combe, Brelya Lewis, Myrtle Morn
hinveg, laes Durlo, Evelyn Stagg,
Geraldine Brown, Rosalie and Irmae
Rooe, Vtta Gullbeau, Noenie and
Sydalise Burr; Mesers. Henry Bovil
ian, Leonce Raoos, Edwin Goodi,
Howard Dejean, Arnoip WinsberSg,
Dudley Lastraepes, lrakle Dietlein,
mugedne and Robert Mel4s,
Delicious refreehneqte R ere sev
ed after whish the guests took leave
of their charming hosteps. All ex
pressing thqaks for a meet delight
ful evenilg
mise avere LesIp e4ptuared the
k ,aie iprise, and i.. rsmbe Rnoe
the gentlemaa's prize. Mles Ies I-fu
ri. and Heny Boexilh llaftured , th
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COLORED FAIR BIG
SUCCESS-MANY.
FINE EXHIBITS
Prominent Speakers Present
and Many Make Spendid
Addresses to the Crowd.
ST. LANDRY'S COLOREDI
FARMERS' CONFERENCE
Most Creditable Exhibits in
Needle Work, Canning
and Farm Products
On Thursday and Friday, October
13th and 14th, was held on the Color
ed Public School grounds of Opelou
sas, the Third annual Fair and Prize
Show of St. Landry's Colored Farm=
ers' Conference. It was marked by a
decided all-around improvement; in
exhibits, interest and attendance. On
Thirsday at 2 o'clock the visitors and
speakers arrived at the fair grounds,
and were greeted by the fair officials,
while some 400 pupils of he Holy
Ghost schools marched to "the
grounds carrying American flags.
They formed in ranks in front of the
entrance, and sang the Star Spangled
Banner to the music of the band.
Dr. Clark, president of the Southern
University of Baton Rouge, briefly ad
dressed and Pongratulated the chil
dren on their singing anad display.
Following the w'elbome of guests,
dinner was served in one of the class
rooms to the Hon. E. L. Loeb, mayor:
Supt. Prescott and office force, Judge
Pavy, members of the police Jury,
town- council and visitors.
The review of the exhibits and prize
winners was followed by an address
of welcome to the farmers by Hon.
E. L. Loeb, mayor of O elhusas. He
urged the co-operation of instructors
and farmers, so that scientific agricul
ture might be encouraged. His ad
dress was short but to the point and
was received with mUtch applause.
Prof. W. R. Perkins, director of ex
tension work, set forth in his re
marks many instructive hints for the
preparation of the soil in order to ob
tain the best results. His address was
scientific and prabtical and was re
ceived with much interest. Prof.
Wilkinson, district agent, and Prof.
Hamilton, market specialist, both- of
the extension department, were on
hand and gave valuable service to
W. W. Solete, local agent and mana
ger of the fair. Prof. Wilkinson gave
a very good and most instructive talk
on practical farming, and from the
generous applause was very much
welcomed.
Mr. J. H. Barry, local agnt (white),
gave valuable service to the managers
in the way of judging. Miss Lyda
Dowell, home economic agent, and
Miss Gertrud Sandoz, domestic art
and science teacher in the Opelousas
high school, also gave valuable ser
vice in the judging work in their re
specive departmens.
Miss Stockton, parish public health
nurse, made a short talk on public
sanitation and health in behall of her
work and announced that she would
officially visit the colored schools in
the near future. Membere of the po
lice jury of the parish added not only
to the financial aid, but instructive
talks to the program.
F. ather Hyland's address dealt with
the basic structure of colored citizen
eship. He said in part: The mind
that controls the plow must be train
ed as well as that which directs the
pen. He quoted the leading edmca
tore of America as declaring that "a
trained mind without the control of
religion is a danger to society, for in
telligent trickedness is worse than ig
norant wickedness. Neother goal or
gallows tree wil prevent a boy from
awlessnese if his conseence be not
trained by religion. He said it was
his exgerience in Opelouas that the
parenAts obeyed the children and not
the children who obeyed the parents,
and that such ohildren, sooner or lat
er will laugh at the law of man and
God. The home is the corner stone
of the nation, and the corner stone of
the home is the home is the sanctity
of the marriage bond.
He siid that the professor of the
colored boy or girl should show that
he believes and means what he
teaches by practicing the moral law
himself, for example is a powerfut
teacher for children. His last plea
was for a negro sanitarium where tu
bercular patients would be treated in
the first stag~s. The number of such
is ppsallig-they are too weak to
work and they hang around the
streets end homes as walking disease
sprAerL
&ev. Simmonss made a splendid talk
.aind told his hearers that better days
mies siere fa r his people.
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CLARION PUBLISHING
A SERIES OF ARTICLES
BY HON. W. J. SANDOZ
READ HIS ARTICLES EACH WEEK
-THEY ARE EDUCATIONAL
AND MOST INTERESTING
Just recently Mr. and -Mrs. W. J.
Sandoz returned from a tour of Ea
rope, and upon the solicitation of the
Clarion Mr. Sandoz very graciously
consented to give us a weekly letter
describing his trip through the Old
World, and thereby giving the bene
fit of his trip to many of our read
ers who will possibly never be so
fortunate as to take such a trip.
Don't miss your Clarion for these let
ters of Mr. Sandoz are most interest
ing and highly educational: The vast
knowledge and the minute description
of the many places visited proved Mr.
Sandoz not only a very close observ
er, but one cpable of putting his ob
ervations and ideas in a concrete form
so as to be of great value to others
less fortunate.
I
SEVEN CERTIFIED
ACTS CQST TAX
PAYERS $106,666
House Draft of Road Measure Re
ported on Tuesday-Committee
Work Strenuous
The legislature has been in extraordi
nary session for 40 days, and has cost
tile taxpayers of the state $106g686,40
These figures are staggering when we
take into consideration the real work
that has been accomplished. In
these 40 days, the legislature has fi
nally passed and certified to secre
tary of State Bailey only seven acts.
Of these seven acts, only one is of
general state importance, And that is
the bill of Representative Moise of
Baton- Rouge, creating a governing
body of 15 for the greater agriculture
and mechanical college. The remain
ing acts are of minor importance. One
is the Winmann bill making armis
tice day a legal holiday, effective
Novinber this year. Two others are
part of th state banking. grop- of
bills introduced by Representative
Conpor, of eoncordia.
SThe list of seven acts includes one
concurrent resolution petitioning the
federal govrnment to help the state
in the distruction of the water
hyacinth, clogging navigable streams
There you have the complet results-of
-the spcial sesion when it closed its
sixth week on Friday noon and ad
jurned until Monday evening.
At the close of the sixth week 203
bills had been introduced in the house
and 67 in the senate. The difference
betwen the total number of 260 bills
Introdnml in the two branches of the
legislature and the number of bills
finally passed tells the story of leg
silation cogged in committees.
There were only four bills on the
senate calander and 19 on the house
calendar for final passage when the
session convened on laqt MoMnday.
Of these 23 bills none are of major kn
portance. The point in reciting these
statistics is to show that none of th
vital measures for which this extra
session was called, have been far
enough advanced on the ways to in
sure an adjournment of the egeilea
tour at the end of sixty days.
The highway bill perhaps is the
most important of (X1 the bills that
this session will ibe called upon to
pass, and very little donsideration has
been given it. Tlhe highway bill, have
been in the hands of se-oImmittees
in the house and aenate. This sub
com~mittee has -bees working eight
days on te, drat. This bill will pro
vide for a highway system and routing
the roads. It is said it will contain
the best parts of all the bills intro
duced, and provides for a comnmis.ton
of three, named at large by the gov
ernor, for overlappaing terms of two
four and six years The burden of
highway control rees entirely with
the commission, which is authoriszed
to arppoint a highway engineer and ad
minister the letting of contracts.
A provision giving the commiseion
elasticity in the routing of roads is
contalded in the substitute bill. This
is done for the purpose of saving Fl
era8l aid.
iMr. E. B. Burleigh and sister,
Miss Allce Porter returned Thursday
from a visit to relatives in Cotton
port.
Rev. C. A. Battle presidin elder
of Lake Charles, was the ~aest of
Rev. 8. a Riggs for the wae.n..i.
Mesdames Cmwford and Hender
son's -'with their house guests bdsi
Mayos of Lake Charles motor.l to
Rosa on ~Skturday iad spent the day
visiting relatives and renewing old sa
q~uaintances,
The Ladies Aid of the Mehtodist
ehureh wll meet at the home of
Mrs.. 3. I. Ballard on Wednesday at
tornan
HUNDRED YEARS OF
SACRIFICE AMD
SERVICE RETOLD
Ladies of the Sacred
Will Observe Centennial
October 27 and 29.
DAINTY ILLUSTRATED
SOUVENIR PREPARED
Achievements of Century
Recalled Until Now One..
of the Best in the State.
The Sacred Heart Convent at
Grand Cotean, Louisiana, will cele
brate on the 27, 28 and 29 of Octo
its foundation. The 27th will be
"Alumae Day." Invitations have 'beenr
sent to the former pupils - of the
Aicademy who are eager to avail them
selves of this exceptional occasion
to prove their loyalty to their alma
mater.
The centenary celebrations will
open with a solemn pontifical mass
at 10 a. m. in presence of His Grace,
Archbishop J. W. Shaw, of New Or
leans and of the Right Rev. Suffra
gan Bishops. Right Reverend J. B.
Je nmard, Bishop of Lafayette, will
be celebrant, and Very Rev. E. Mat
tern, S. J., Provincial of the Jesuits
will deliver the sermon.
The rest of the day will be devoted
to a reception tendered by the pres
ent students of the Normal College
and Academy, and to social functions
where each and all will live over
the joys of "Auld Lang Syne." Sol
emn benediction of the Blessed Sacra.
ment in the evening will close that
day of thanksgiving for a hundred
years of blessings.
A glance at the dainty illustrated
"Souvenir" 'prepared as a memento
of that great day will suffice to give
a fair idea of the work and of the
success achieved by the Religious of
the Convent at 9ratrl. oteau during
the wide .span of a hundred years. On
the opening page of the booklet
stands in striking contrast with the
present beautiful convent, a simple
frame build!n. fifty-five feet square
surrounded by a veranda. In this
humble building the first pupils were
received in October, 1821, by Madame
Eugenie Aude, a French religious,
who had arrived a few weeks before
from St. Louis, Mo. A woman of
great ability and personal charm, she
had been chosen by Madam Duchesne,
the pioneer religous of the Sacred
Heart in the New World, to organize
in Louisiana this second house of the
order on the Westren continent
The hardships of the beginning
were severe and many, but in spite
of them the school grew and prosper
ed under the zealous and courageous
direction of Mother Ande and her able
successors. In 1830 the present sub
stantial brick building was begun; ad
ditions were made to it in 1834 and
1833, it was finally icompleted in 1891.
During this period the avenues of oak
and pine trees were planted and the
beautiful garden laid out. The Acade
my, then the only institution of its
kind in Southern Louisiana, became
very flourishing and maintained its
prosperous condition until the Civil
War. During that painfn period, and
the still more demoralizing period of
reconstruction, the Conveit shared
the fate of every institution in the
fair South. The horizon was dark"and
the work ~f education received a do
cided set -back.
Those days of gloom were bright
ena4 ot the inmates of the Convent
by a striking miracle whion took place
in 186. A young postulant, Madam
Mary Wilson, being suddenly recalled
ifrom the brink of the grave to perfect
health at the close of a novena to
to Blessed John Berchman. Twlce the
saint appeared to this favored child.
The -infirmary thus hallowed by a
heavenly visitant has been trans
formed into a shrine , and has be
comed an dbject of pilgrimage. Nu
snereous yraces and favors are con
stantly being obtained there through
the intercession of the saint
At the request of the archbishop of
New Orleans a fare school for color
4 ohldren was opened in 1873, That
work has taken a large extension and
prodaues much good.
Twenty-five yearas ago the religi
one took charge of the Jesuits' paro
chial school situataed in the town of
mrand Coteau, about a mile from the
bonvent
Well attended an~mul retreats for
women pf the world is another worhk
of seal through which the religious
seek to spread the kingdom of Christ.
To meet the demands of high school
graduateo wishing to qualify for the
pr.dabion of teaching, a tra;finng
course was opened in 1917. This
eonre& offers two years... of college
*nrk sea- a meanis ed bW the nBOrd
POSTMASTER G...L.. L :
LASALLE MAKES
COMPLETE SURVEY
Acting Postmaster G.: L. Lasalle, in
an interview with tio eitor of" the
Clarion just a few daq t ago, made it
very plain that his undivided atten
tion will be given to the post office
id he hopes in a short time to give
to'the .people of Opelousas the most
efficient mail service possible.
He has been making a personal sur
vey of the various rural routes- and
will next make a personal survey of
the city delivery routes, and by 4oing
this he will hear all comvplaits and
he is determined to d4 everything
possible to have as few complaints
come in as posesible.
FAMOUS SOLOIST TO
ASSIST AT REVIVAL HERE
All music lovers of and vicinity't
have a treat in store to rthem in the
tIoming of Prof. J. A. Bodwn to on
duct the singing at the Prht Ba t'
church in a revival beginning to mor- t
row. Mr. Pevoto, the rpastor of the
dhurch and who will do the preaching,
says he has been trying to secure a
date from Mr. Brown almost ever
since he first came to Opelousas. Mr. b
Pevoto's interest in bringing good
things to our town is well known to
all. He is enthusiastically hopeful of
a great meeting with such a man to
dead the singingng..- very body will
want to see a$d hetir the biggest and
finest Uolian harp in the South. No
urging' will be necessary to get those
to return who hear Bromwn and hes
harp one time.
Services-Sunday, morning and even
ing. Fifty chairs have been addedb
to the seating capacity of the bchurch.
POLL TAX NOTICE
SERVED BY SHERIFF
ON MEN AND WOMEN
New Law Allows All to Pay t
Poll Tax for 1920 and
1921 and 'Vote.
Sheriff Thibodeaux issues the fol
lowing notice all men and women
who expect to use their franchise:
All women niust pay before January
1, 1922, their poll tax for 1920 as well
as their poll tax for 1521. All pen
who, for some reason did not pat
their 1920 poll tax, can pay the poll
tax for 1920 when they pay their poll
tax for 1921 and will be allowed to
vote just the same as if they had
paid the taw at the proper time. No
doubt many failed to pay their 1920.
poll tax and now that the bars have
been let down so as to make g.od,
by paying the 1920 poll tax when/you
pay the 1991 should be an incegtive
for many to place thembelvs in shape
for the cooling elections...,
MRS. H. D. LARCADE RWTURN.
FROM iAEW ORLEANS
Mrs. H. D. Lar ade, is iju back I
from New Orleans -here sie has
been spending he past .few days buy- I
ing her winter line of milias. We'
are told that she has mad8i the pur
chase of a lot of the Very letest hats
of the season and her line of millinery
will be found the "pMibst" in town.
Jefferson Mouton, aron Wolf and
John RoMan of Latcsette .otoredt
Opeloanss on Sunday to viit friends
and relatives.
of ed cation as a tata normal
college, Oraduates hoMldg i. dip
ploma are entitled to teache' certi
tficates of the "first grade," 'which li
cense to teach in the publ schools
of Louisiana.
Iatelldc tual an dvpfirtal achieve.
ments can not as easiy be ganged as
mater Material improvements; it is
only were hearts and minds are
weighed that the work accomplished
by this noble institution in the field
of Catholic education ean be duly esti
mated. However, when with a re
trospective glance one views the long
list of valiant women that have been
prepared for the trials and comnats
of life within those convent walls one
feels that the labors of these devoted
Religibus have not been void. At the
head dft this glorlious rom of hoor
stand the names of Mary ardy who
later as Reverand Mother Hardy,
founded the 'proaeperom houses of the
Order in New York and the East; of
Reverend .other "uuanna Bondresn
who opened the first convent of the
Sacred Heart in tar off New Zealsnd;
and of Reverend Iother Mary Moran
who was the apostle oftes Order in
Mexico. Next to these stand others
who in different walks Of life have
proved equally haithfl and helpful
and today rally to do honor to .their
Alsma Mater.
BIG SANK MERGER
DEAL CONSUMATED
LAST WEDNESDAY
The Opelousas National and
St. Landry Bank and .a
Trust Co. Merge.
RESOURCES ' COMBINED
IS OVER $3,5 ,000,0
Institution to Be One of the
Strongest Outside of
New Orleans
On the last page of this paper will
be found the announcement of the
consolidation of the Opelousas, e,
tional Bank and the St. Landry Bank
and Trust Company, which wa ne.ta. -,
summated Wednesday at a meeting of
the stockholders of the two institm.
tions. This announcement carries.
with it much real significance in t.:
financial circles of the perish and ofr"
the state. The capital of the ,ne
bank will be $176,000.00 cad the,sur.
plus will be $70,000.00, while the total`
resources will go to the oplendid fli
ures of $3;500,000.00. In the mierging.
of these two strong flpaneoal ~idtite:
tions, gives to the people of the eity
of Opelousas, and of the parish of 81.
Landry one of the largest baisk in
the state outside of New Orleais.
Dr. John A. Haas, president of tihe
St. Landry Bank and Trust Compa . o, ,.
has been made president of the hew °w'
bank, which will be known as tii
Opelousas St. Landry Bank, and I'let
Company. To the people of ,petom
ass-to the people of the parkish . .
St. Landry, and to the fLta.i~ters a
the state, Dr. Heas needs no Iftroi. e.
tion. 'The steady growth ano :.
derful 'progrese of the 8!. Legdrt
Bank & Trust Company, under, the':"
conservative leadership of Dr. ~Faan
has given him a unique place am.caq
the men of finance in the statS 4i
Louisiana. The placing of him at tih~
head of the new concern awssrel h
success of the new bank. Mr. U. B
Dubuisson, president of the Opaa
ass National Bank, will be first vi..e
president of the ,Opelousas St. La.i
dry Bank and Trust Company, and .'?
may safely be said that itwae thiougb
his aible efforts and sound legaln a
vice that has steered the Opel0tl
National Bank to a place of pTra*m
nence among the banks of the sateP
The two active vicepresidents wil,.
be Mr. L. T. Castille and Mr. "A. Aee
Dupre. The former, who sered 4to
more than twenty years in the .-Si
ty of-cashier of the St. Landry t.bk
and Trust Coampany, and ftWloog
whose efforts, fealty and close mi
cation to duty, had au*h A do with,
the remarkable euecess of tt tasti
tation. Mr. Dupre has served a.a*
ter df the Opelousas ENatioeI Ba k
every since Its organization Ml 1in 0
and much of the ecsueas of .sthats .
tution can be accredited to Mr. D
pre, who has at all times'h pi
good ofat the omarntty at sa tr
the fact that he ..1the w guari r ei
the tdbde of others.
Ifr. Lawrepce J. Lareada. atter
known s "Trico," now eashier as.
~spreeldenat of the St. L amry. 1a.t
& Trust Conmey wRh Ml hel d ,e pag
tHte in the new bank. The rtse t -i
young man hla-bees r meable. esa
teurtg the Peoples Slnta Bank as ;
general utility boy and made e.*' -
upon the resignation tof Mr. .. L W
rodin. In 191l the People StatlS .3k
and the St. Iai.ry Bank ,oamsodmat,
and became the St. Iandry Bank msa
Trust Company, with Mr. 3t, iOI
eade as vieepreslident and enalWig
He is one of those aedenade St. LAim
dry boys and his rapid rise ia the 0.
nanetal world of the psriks 1tt tie
autfilling of the expectations o ble.
many friends throuhhout thM perias.
His genial disposItion, ability to .d,
and knack of makinag friends, has ma
doubt won for him this high homer
and trust.
The new bank will opes it doep_
Monday morning In the Opeloansas a
tional bank bullilag and they estem
a cordiat taritatlon to aI to vieth
them.
The St. Landry larion extends coa.
gratulatonas and good wishes for thlis
continued unessE., and eaures the
officers of the Opeleusas St. Laaidsp
Bank and Trust Comipeny that we pen
proud to hail you as one 4t finan
cial powers of the state do Lrtf asp,
John nDesmars and laurreut
combe twoo of our promInent lur '.
ance men attended to Mbuaeaes is.
New Orleans several days last weekE
Bernard Reed- 'who is oonneeted
with the crowley Progress pm.Ose.
through our alty on Subdap a
route to hi. home la Wanhduginae
spend tb# day with relatives.