St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1902-08-30

corn for sale. Il. e. Lee, Shutes-
ton, Louisiana. aug23
Remember the llth of Septem-
Der is election day. Come out and
vote. You owe it to yourself; you
owe 1t to yonr parish.
--E. X. Wallior left to-day for
Tennessee. He will return in a
few days with a carload of thor
oughbred horses and mules.
Mrs. Stephen F. Read, former
ly of Opelousas, but now Of Goliad,
Texas, Is spending a short while
in town as the guest Of Mrs. M. NJ.
Hayes.
The School Board will meet on
next Tuesday, the End of Septem-
ber, in special session, for the pur-
pose of assigning teachers for the
coming term.
The Constitutional amend
ments to be voted on in November
appear in this issue OF the Clarion.
Read them carefully, so that you
can vote inteliigently.
Money to loan ON good security
at reasonable rates. Address un-
dersigned, lock box 679, New Or
leans, or Kenneth Baillio, Opelou-
sas, La. mh30 V. w. BoAGNI.
"A copious rain Thursday even
ing helped things along consider
q ,Iy. The drought was getting to
be serious matter. The cisterns
were nearly dry, and cattle We're
suffering.
Mrs. Ida Jackson, who has
spent d couple of months here as
the guest of her brother, Mr.. G. L.
Hayes, and other relatives, left
Thursday morning for her home in
Houston, Texas.
The primary election for Con-
gressman and Railroad Commits
sioner is OH the 11th Of September.
Remember the date, and go and
vote, and st. Landry will come
near landing this time.
MIR. e. G. Herbert, of Cheney
VILE, was in Opelousas Wednesday
and gave us Il brief call. Mr.. Her.
bert will shortly locate in our par
ish, having purchased plantation
on Bayou B@uf. We welcome him
to our parish.
Cotton picking is progressing
throughout the parish, and new
cotton in small quantities is
brought on the market here.
Farmers tell us that better crop
than expected will be made. We
trust they are right.
Miss Alice Judson, Of Crowley.
stopped for couple of days this
week with Mrs. NJ. NJ. Hayes, while
returning from her summer vaca-
tion In New Orleans. Miss Judson
is the efficient stenographer In Mr..
p. J. Chappuis' law office.
The Clarion Is desirous of ex-
tending the thanks Of an apprecia-
tive crowd to Mr.. Jack Moresi, the
genial proprietor of the Opelousas
Ice and Bottling Works, for keg
of fresh Lemp Beer. Cold beer is
not at all Objectionable these hot
days.
The second ball given by Com
pany B, First Battalion, L. s. n. Ct,
at their armory last Tuesday night,
was nice affair. OF course it was
not expected that it would be any.
thing like the first ball; 1t was
merely hop, and an enjoyable one
at that.
MIR. Aaron Jacobs, the popular
representative of Edward Rose &
Co, and proprietor of Jacobs News
Depot, returned during the week
from his summer tour through the
East and West, combining busf-
ness with pleasure. MIR. Jacobs
has succeeded in obtaining the
agency Of the largest manufacturer
of stationery, blank books, etc., in
Chicago, for the purpose OF distri-
buting and selling to the mer-
chants of st. Landry and other
parishes, anything in his line di-
rect from his News Depot in Ope-
lousas, at wholesale prices, thereby
saving our merchants the usual
middleman's profit. ag20
There is a movement OF some
kind on foot among the fair sex.
We notice great crowds of them
collect at the Board of Trade office
nearly every day, and in the even
ing late the same bevy CT beauty
take absolute charge of the armory
of Company B, and the familiar
voice of Capt. Stewart can be heard
giving the commands aRight,
dress "Right shoulder, arms,n
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