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.he Weekly Messenger, I t:'t .INHFI, Y P V II [V. ItD'Y A A S'IT. MARTINVIIiLLE. - LA. ALBERT BIEN , ENU LAIZAIRE BIENVzNU ; ED.TUUS Sclluul Board t)ficial Journal -- ~- _- - . .. u.SCr:ptiot) I oO d year in dvarn e Saturday, August 30, 1919. VVVVVVv vv Tv v v v vvv vv v v v v The Mayor's Answer --0- - T,' Mr. T..1. L, ainle", Mlain str'eet Mrchant. I have read your open letter ad01 dressed to le in last weeks lin iltr. but fail to see onell arg.lument whrltr I can see you are right. Yes, the building tf roads is a i)tlunt.ss proposition, andl onet of greatest importancec Did you sot cnsideretd the proposition whet, you voted ai1'arinst You stcm to be ignrant of the fac't atthat \,cerythI.ng was tlhort,ugt - ly planed byI tlte Council, after the first tatx was vihted aud the war came, the first estimate of the en ginel.r.l of 63h.000 whenl only ý2i. 000 was available, JMr. L. J. Voo rhics, enlgineer, your son-in-law was calledti before the Council to discuss the matter and after retvis ing his estimates and cutting down all that was possible. brought it down to figures that were possible only Iby a second tax he estimated at *23.000. In the mteantimei a p)ropositioln ctaIIc before the Council asking an eletctiou for the town tax payers to vote 20U.000 to build roads in the parish entirely outside of the town, 1and YU). were one of those who favored this proposition as your signature is attached to thl peti tion. This wounl have been a HALF BAKE proposition. After going over the situation thoroughlly with the enginee'rs the tax of *23.000 was sul)mitted to the talux ptayers who wtere thorough ly fuailiiar with tlhe sitlation, ex cept whietl solit of the few who fought the tax inisrepresented tilhe s~ituation in order to confutlse ilonlt of tihe voters, by telling all the tax wouIld got on Main street. )Don't you think, as a business prplosititi, that $2.000 or $3.000 splnit oiln lain street, for full width, when tiat partion of Main street in paying nearly half of tilthe tax, is better and more business like than giving $2 000 to go in the pariash entirely outsilde of the town? Thelt asrsessmenlt of tachl street and thi estimlate of gravel eost gi v.en ill iachi case, tlhis shIIws lthat t'verythilg wOs well tlanined hte f,,l'r it was submi ttl it, tih tax playt'rs f,,r their 1111 t rt t' id tr rt' j,''tion, and th y h;\,a altprovi, lt it b~y a vote of two, to, n,,n,, Inst.ead tf justifyin_. y)uir nlti)ll in voting agai ni t tilt tax. w, It,. lievte you have IImth' it wt, rls,. ALI;I r I 'IEN IvENt', M.ay,,r JUST A SI'(i(iESTION avit' w llar picf. Thrii 's rI Ilt larl lttile ,.xIbert lta] ,i in " u .l e date, with thli possibilit. t of ,olhn M. Parker coumilg ,ut r s..tll We do all kinds of Printing -T Dresses for School Children .thoNol t armeonts that are Fturdy. .dhl eudable. and economlical are iIlwua) aHsur, d through thI choluiLoe of LaPorte DI)RESS FABRICS Wi hai., anticipatei ),your ni.eds ini our comurlhlete iatortment of fa brics for Fual ul Winter wear. 'rTh wide range of muilterials aud l*'-igN which we have on hand rnedn., the tprobleim of children's clothes a simpl,le matter. Let u, show you these splendid valuea. BIENVENU BROS., Leaders of Fashions Married Tuesday at two o'clock Mr. Mar tial Bienven U and Miss Bessie Labbe, were married at the honme of the brides parents, Mr. and M rs. T. J. Labie. by Father Peeters. Only close relatives were pre sent. Mr. and Mrs. Bienvenu took the train the samet evening, for Tulsa, Okla,. which place will be their home. The front of the big store of R. J. (iary ('o Ltd is being rebuilt on modern lines, with a view of im proving the appearance of the building and pimlwitting better display of goods. The white schools of thle Parish of St. Martin will open ,n Mon day. September 8th at 9 o'clock. Repairs at the various schools are being made and the work is being rushed so that the schools will be readly for the opening. The em ploymnent of additional teachers in soe1' of the schools and the addi tion of (dsks and otlher equipment will iad maleiially to the effec. ti\venes of t hel work this session. All teat'hels have been selected except for ,io, f t the rural schools. Thtese vacaumiis, however, will be tilled before the opening. A meet ing of all u' lit,, te achers has been called for Sept. t; at St. Martin ville. The date of the openling of the seiols has inot yet 1been decided upon ,by the School l,oard. WAR HEROES TO BE HONORED AT THE FAIR, Wishing to pay special compltment: to the boys who participated in the. world war, the. State Fair of Louiaul ana has designated Thursday, Octo her 23. as Soldiers' and Sailors' Dynv. All soldiers, marines and sailors will he admitted free to the Fair on that day, and the manage ,nent invites all of them to come ini heilr mi!ltary clothes so as to add :olor to the patrintio demonstration dlanned in their honor. Special leatures will be on the pro gram in compliment to the war weroets, the program being in charge 3f a special committee. Patriotic music will be furnished for the ooca ;ion, and Governor R. G. Pleasalt will deliver them a special welcome. The Shreveport Chapter of the American Legion. is cooperating in :he development of the plans for the C -casion. which will be one never to be forgotten. Soldiers and sailors of east Texas and south Arkansas will also receive V special welcome on Soldiers' and aEail )r' Day. For further information, write to W. R. Hirsch, secretary, Shreveport, :._ Mr. Goulas' Lame Excuse. Mr. Goulas in his vacillating de fese last Saturday says: "I would like to say to (Good roads, state facts as facts." Yes Mr. Goulas facts are facts, and the fact that you voted against the gravel roads, opposing such a 1 big majority cannot be denied by you, and is the cause of your Trou lble conscience seeking for an ex c use. You request the writer to give Ssomle evidence of your greed in this matter. The best evidence is r your own admitance that you vot ed against the project, because you felt that MRin street would get n more than its share. The esti mate of the engineers, as well as the amount of tax paid by the tax payers on that portion of Main street to be gravel full width were published, and very clearly shows that portion of Main street not only pays 1.3 of the cost. but near ly three times the coet. Hence unless iblinded 1by seltish greed, and the very bad intfluenee which every Iholy knows you have had. you would not try to ride on that Mlain street Lame excuse. Besides, why should you now try to convince th li. people that your positio:: was so well taken, when the rc.t of the rmtater is you you could not convince yourself, For incidently I have been inform. ed iy a Iystander, that your c(on science tickled you so inuch when you clame to cast 'your vote atnd your two precious proxies against the tax that you twisted and groan, and that your gestures resembles those of one in the performunce of a shimiy (lance. In fact so comuical was your voting, that you your self styled your voting a Free Show. I admnire your pluck, however, in adniiting that you not only vot ed against t thtax, but lent your Great influence againust it. One would have rather have tho'ight that yu would be ashamed to ad mit, so fruitless were your efforts. It certainly shows that your influ. ence does not amount to much. Yes I confess "Bob and his Clique" are unmercifully severe and should censure you so. be cause you are not all to blame, af. ter all, if the Tax Prophets who were your guidirng Stars, and in whose great judgment you had placed your full confidence made a mistake. May you rest in peace. GOOD ROADS. NOTICE All citizens of the State who want John M. Parker for Governor should either write or wire him to this effect, and should attend the "PARKER FOR GOVENOR" mass meet ing at the Athanaeum, New Orleans, on the night of Thursday September 18. Parker For Governor Committee. THE Bank of St. Martinville, Having large Resources and Financial s connections to enable it to offer to our people all the financial facilities they may need. If you need money come and see us, we can accommodate you. - Come and open an account with us, we can serve you in the right way. R. Martin, Albert Bienvenu, P. A. Bienvenu, S President Cashier Asst. Cashier tl-- ___ - - - - Ladies Attention! The ladies are most cordially invited to vis it our store and see our New and Fall Line of Tailor Made Suits. IK. Schwartz. FRANK F. FOTI AGENT FOR . SINGER SEWING MACHINE, Sold on easy monthly or yearly payments. 'p I Let me put one on a Free Trial in )your home 'p Phone 32 at my expense jjmLII83 3383338