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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
VICTIM OF AX.BLOW BY
STEP BROTHER DIES
AT PINE PRAlRIE,

.
The little negro boy, six years old,
who was struck on the head By his
step-brother, Tom Godfrey, died one
day this week.
The little girl, aged four, who also
received a blow from an ak in the
hands of the young criminal, may
survive. She is reported improving.
The baby, who was fed to the hogs
by the Godfrey boy, has entirely re-
covered. His wounds, inflicted By the
hogs on it's feet and legs, were mere
" flesh deep, and soon healed.
An account of the fendish act by
a 12-year-old negro boy was given in
last weeks Clarion. Godfrey, the
father of Tom, took up with me-
gro woman having several children.
During the mothers absence Tom.
took the infant baby and let it down
in the hog pen. The beast attacked
its feet and legs, and bit great chunks
from them. The mother on her re-
turn whipped Tom, and left for a
to get turpentine to put.
on the baby's wounds. It was during
her second absence that Tom struck
down the 6-yearold son of the wom-
an, and when a sister to the wounded
boy attempted to run for her life,
she was pursued and also struck
down with the ak.
Tom is in jail at 0pelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
IN IBERIA
PORT BARRE R. R.
4 New Tax to be Voted for
Railroad that Is Expected
to Extend to OakdaIe.

New Iberia, April 28-There is not
able activity in reYiving agitation for
the building of the EYangeline Rail-
road from this place to Port Barre,
and eventually to Oakdale. through
Washington and Vile Platte.
For somtime past things railroad
wise have been innocuous, and it was
greatly feared that the enterprise
would fail. F. NJ. Welch, the promo
ter, who it is understood is laboriDg
in the interests of the Texas & Paci-
fc. he being immigration Agent of
that road, has never Jagged il his eff
forts, and his indomitable spirit seems
about to be rewarded. He has al
ways contended. that n e " iberia
would ultimately realize the necessity
of shaking off the clutches Of the
Southern Pacific, the only road ira
versing the city now, and its citizens
would come forward with energy that
would insure the road.
The calling of another election for
d renewal Of the tax subsidy of three
and one-half mills for ten years, just
made, for the road, will be carried by
the votes Of the people here. 4 b e
time limit for the tax will shortly ex-
pire, and this election is to extend the
limit. The tax viii produce limit
of $8050 for four years and $1,000
for SIX years, a total Of $4,000 for
The road from this town. Under the
terms Of the call t h & road is to be
completed between this place an d
Port Barre on or before September
1st of this year, and the company is
to operate and maintain one passen-
ger and express train per day within
six months Of the first of September.
This city viii be exempt from the tax
If the road is not completed as above
stated. Work is to commence next
month. An election for the Board Of
Directors has been called for next
Monday, May 3rd.
It is intimated that the road will
eventually extend from Port Barre,
through Washington and Vile Platte
TO OakdaIe. Il Ii no secret that the
Texas & Pacific is anxious to cover the
territory along this proposed route.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
Shate-Ohachere.


At the residence of the brides pa
rents, MIR. and Mrs. Robert Chachere,
in 0pelousas, on Thursday, April 29,
1909, Mr.. James Shute and Miss Hell
oise Chachere were married ID the
presence.of relatives and few friends,
Rev. Father Louis Savoure, Of Ghenal,
officiating.
The nuptial ceremony was 8 quiet
and unostentatious affair, no cards be-
ing issued, and the contracting parties
leaving for their Port Barre home
shortly after the ceremony.
The young people who bound their
hearts as one upon this occaion are
popular and esteemed in our commun-
ity, and the vel wishes Of the entire
city go to them for 8 happy married
life.
The groom IS the Oldest son of The
late DR.. /. &. Shute, and q young man
of sterling worth q n d steady habits
while the bride is the lovable and &C.
complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Robert Ghachere, prominent citizens
of 0pelousas
The Clarion joins their nnauy friendi
ID wishing them happiness
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
First LOt Sold Saturday for one Dollar ana
Twenty Gents Per BusheI Net.
FROM HOLLAND PLANTATION
Expert from Chicago Locates Here.-Reauy
Cash VIII SOon Circulate in Channels Of
Trade, and Song Of KnoCkeF SfIIIed.

Irish potato activity has commenc-
ed, and it is confdeEtially expected
that the next few weeks will witness
the distribution in the channels Of
trade Of much ready cash. This will
inYigorate business, and many who
have been walking around here with
lips hanging low and emitting the crv
Of distress, like the automobile the
warning notes of the horn, at every
corner will brighten up and Join the
merry crowd who have always main
tanned confidence in the possibilities
.of the country and who have never
for moment believed in the tommy
rot that everything had gone to the
sulphur region just because few
millions Of little bugs had devastated.
the cotton crop.
Irish potato culture is new in this
section. Never before has the po-
tato been raised for market. It
therefore can not be expected that
the results will be as profitable as
they will be in the future when ex-
perience will have taught the plant
ers how to plant, cultivate and mar
ket the product. There will be some,
of course, not meeting with the sue
cess they expected this year, who
will give up in disgust, resume the
song Of despair, and join the few.
clothes brigade. The wise ones, how
ever, will profit by the experience Of
this year; store up more experience
next year, and IN a short time our
section will have forgotten all about
boil WeeVils and aIl-cotton and have
settled down on a sane, sound, model,
progressive basis.
The market opened last Saturday
BY the sale of a lot from the Holland
Plantation, owned by Mr.. B. Bennett,
for ST 20 per bushel net. Bought By
Dietlein & Jacobs. Several other
lots were marketed here, all bringing |
d what may be termed fancy prices,
FOR anything like ST a bushel is a |
good price. Some farmers turned
1oWn S1.l0, expecting a higher mar.
set later on.
Mr.. G. 3. Scott, Of Chicago, an
IRISH potato expert, has located here,
laying his Office in the DietIein &
Jacobs Grocery Co.'S warehouse. Hell
advises the planters to bring him
SAMPLES before digging their pota-
,oes, for if not dug at the proper
iime the product viii bring a much
over price On the market than they
would otherwise. He offers his ser
ices to the potato farmers for any
Dther information on the subject they
nay desire.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
TRUCK GROWERS WILL.
MEET AT COURT
HOUSE THIS EVE

Mr.. Osborne, representing The Na-
tional Produce CO., Of Chicago, viii
be one of the lecturers on truck farm
ing at the meeting Of truck growers
to be held at the courthouse ait s
o'clock this Saturday evening.
Other speakers will probably talk
on the best methods 81 planting, cul-
tivating and marketing truck prod
ucts.
Mr.. Osborne will dwell largely on
Irish potato culture, subject of
paramount interest ID this section
just now.
Members Of the truck association.
as well as all farmers and citizens
generally, are requested 10 be pres
ent this evening at The courthouse at
three o'clock.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01

But his mission here permitted Of
no interference. He had travelled
the many miles to come here to at
tend the organization of the Louis.
lanai Conference of the Methodist
Church.
There we're other eompatriots with
him, bent on the same mission. It
was a notable gathering to plant
Methodism in this great Catholic com
munity. But all have gone to their
reward except this grey-bearded old
man. He is alone Of that crew OF
Jesus" still holding up the banner
he nnfurled in those days Of long ago.
Rev. R. ]. Harpe, this same old
pioneer, was the guest of the city of
Opelousas last Sunday, come to Wit
ness the celebration of the Sixty
third anniversary Of the Conference
he helped to. organize many, many
years ago. His hair, black as the
raven then, is now white as driven
snow. Age weighs down his limbs,
but in his bending figure one may see
the unmistakable signs Of a Well-spent,
Godfearing life. His looks bespeak
man who does not move with pain,
but moves with thought" His zeal
for the salvation of souls is not FROST
ed like his venerable head, and his
voice still rings out to the wayward
to come to the throne of God.
He was the central figure at the.
Anniversary ceremonies last Sunday.
The church was taxed to its utmost
capacity at the morning service, all
beaming with anxiety to hear this
venerable old gentleman who had been
in the service of his Master for So
long time, and who held the distinc-
tion of being the only surviving
charter member Of the Louisiana
Conference.
Two services were held last Sunday,
one in the morning, presided over by
Rev. Harpe, and one in the evening,
presided over BY DR.. Carter, himself
A4wz]4 ~. ss,pxz- sf<yh
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
The new HOTEL TO OPEN
ABOUT MIDDLE OF
THIS MONTH.
Furnishings Not All In Ysi, which PrscIudes
Opening On Nay Isl, As Intended by
Hi. CFailn.

=
Not wishing to open the New La
combe in an incomplete state in the
line of furnishings, the opening day
has been postponed to a date later
than May 1st, the date generally ac-
cepted as the opening day, although
Mr.. Cretin has never given out of
feially" that his reign in the new
building would be ushered in with the
month of flowers.
z have always said about May 1st' =
said Mr.. Cretin, but never did | say
that it was positively on May 1st."
The fact of the matter is that Mine
Host of the Lacombe and his Grand
Where's, if we may apply this term
to Mrs. Gretin, did all in their power
to have everything in readiness for
May 1st, but all Of the furnishings
did not arrive in time to compass
this desired purpose.
As in everything where all is new,
there is always something found lack
ing at the last minute, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cretin are determined on one
point above all others, and that is
that everything must be in tip top
shape from first floor to garret be-
fore the New Lacombe is launched /
Mr.. Cretin thinks that the forty I
rooms of the new hotel will be suffi-
cient to accommodate his trade for d
while. He has not determed as yet T
whether or not he will retain as an
annex the old hotel building. /
The opening night will be sometime
5he middle Of this month-perhaps
next week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
BAD Been In New Orleans Six Weeks, Under.
going Treatmsni--.als Homer Is MuCh
IMPROVED in HEALTH
Yet Unable TO Discharge Duties AS District
Judge and van not Be Able to BOSu
For Some Time t0 Come.

I
Judge w @. Perrault is home from
New Orleans, having come last Tues
| day evening.
His Honor has been ii the city for
the past six weeks, undergoing treat
ment. He had several trying SMELLS
while there, but The Clarion is glad
TO be able to say that he is looking
well and apparently on the way tO
complete recovery.
Judge Perrault will not open Court
for some time to come, owing to his
impaired health. His physicians have
given him positive Instructions to re-
frain from active work, and il was
upon bis promise to them to follow
their instructions in this respect that
they permitted him to come home
It is semi-authoritativeIy stated,
however, that criminal term Of
court will be held ID this parish il
the very near future. Jud ID
wards, who has been assigned to this
parish during Judge Perrausts illness,
promised the lawyers when last here
that he would convene a jury term
soon after the division election. Nov
that the election has been held, It
is expected that Judge Edwards will
not delay ordering the drawing of d
jury.
As it 10 possible that Judge Per-
ranlt will be unable to work for some
months to come, it is Imperative that
either Judge Edwards, Or If be has
not time some other Judge designa-
ted by the Supreme Court, should
hasten with a criminal term Of court.
The docket is congested, and many
are clamoring for trial.
While Judge Edwards during his
two visits here relieved the civil
docket to considerable extent, that
docket is still heavy. and needs The
Of a Judge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
Ursin Fruge Kills Negro
With Shotgun In Mamou

Urain Fruge surrendered to the
authorities here last Saturday, hav-
ing on the day previous friday shot
and killed ! negro By the name Of
Lede, ia Mamou, near Eunice.
The shooting occurred ID the store
Of Arthur Dugas, under the following
circumstances, ais far ais We can learn:
Fruge who IS . white man and the
negro Lede worked on shares for Mr.,
Tanas Fusilier, For 8 ON 3 months
past they Fruge and Leda) had beer
In dispute about the respective tracts
Of land they occupied. and on severa
occasions there came near being
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
CHARBON near OPELOUsAs.
III. Damon Bertrand Lest Two Mules lasi
week fFem Disease.

Ex-Police Juror Damon Bertrand,
living a few miles from 0pelousas,
while il the Clarion Office last Satur-
day reported that he had lost two fine
mules from charbon.
No other cases, to his knowledge,
have appeared in the neighborhood,
and the disease seems to have come
without any warning OF previous
history.
Mr. Bertrand has had i'll luck the
past few months. he was a sufferer
from the cyclone which swept that
section, and also lost his crop last
year through The ravages of the boil
Weevil.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
DelBuOno Mistric.

s.as AIihoay q DeBuono a n d Mrs.
Il II "a !, llstFIc I were quitely married at
iolle Church III 0pelousas on
s8aay april 28, 1909, Rev.
aHsbsrink officiating.
4 tomaEy eharivari was ter
asn by friends that night, the
ssiVlng them Hospitality and
as refreshments galore.
l9aag people are weil-known
alA ~ 4 0pslousas. The groom
q our esteemed citizens.
g. Paaquale DelBuono, and
~ z ths daughter Of Mrs. H.
liys in 0pelousas.
Flon wishes them unalloyed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
'uplls Of st. Landry High
school Go to Baton Rouge

lge entertained approxi-
-! hundred High School pu-
!. lng the sixty-four High
q &, sne State, yesterday and
occasion Of the High
Il. fot the event have
Is.s I, or weeks, and the
W. visitors with hearty
othing was too good
aEen foregathered there
D.,., Prescott and Miss I,
!. rl1cipal and teacher
sse g, Landry High
accompanying
pupils Of the school.
s;s Ieam-Betsv
lee i! Betsy DuDre.
scn Sandoz, Chas.
satoFa Thompson and
'stae Evans and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01

trouble.
On Friday the difficulty was renew
ed, and blows we're exchanged.
The negro left saying tia the would
get even with the white man. He
went to the Dugas store, and Fruge,
going home Tor his shot gun, followed
him there and shot him down, killing
him Instantly.
Sympathy in that neighborhood' is
With the accused, as it is said Leda
was bad niggery and would have
probably killed Frugs had not the lat-
ter got him first.
He are told that 3 dirk Was found
iii the negro's pocket.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
ORGANIZATION OF THE
La. CONFERENCE
SiKty-ihFee Tears Ago in0peEoasas Celebrated,
Last Sunday 1t Methodist Church.-ORIy
LIVING CHARTER MEMBER
Vas Present and Told Of The EVenl.-TrIaIs
and Hardships Of The Preacher Of These
Long Ago Days.

On bright day il April sixty-three
years ago there rode into 0pelousas
a sprightly Tennessean, beardless in
youth, just called by Duty, stern
daughter Of The voice of God, in the
service of his Master TO spread broad
cast His word.
10 arrive here he had trayersed
wilderness, vast expanse of boundless
prairies, crossed swollen streams, and
undergone many hardships unknown
to this age.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
''THE VOICE OF THE PEWSS. :
Layman Meeting at the Methodist Church ID.
HaFToW. Instead Of Regular Preaching.

Instead Of the regular preaching
at The Methodist Church tomorrow
at eleven o'clock, there will be what
is called THE Voice Of the PeWs.
By that is meant that the Iaymen
Of the church will meet for regular
business, at which short talks will Be
made BY them and things churehwise
discussed generally.
PASTOR Turner desires full att
tendance at this meeting, of laymen
as we'll as the general public.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
lB WHITE NAN
II GRAND PRAIRIE
.,..,, he victim Of Probably Death
,gst ii hands Of 4 Negro
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
.t,l VifisuIly oVsr Thsfi A Box Of Pot
Hin..Hhits nan Is Not
Enpeeisd 10 Live.

tba elimination of the theft Of
is - Il potted ham by Walter
,ss NJ / negro, he is a fugitive from
s ss 9th The crime Of stabbing
Iiis teDbens, d white man, hang
" ovsr his head, and Stephens,
deaths door. j
s. 81 crine occurred at Grand Prai-
!. X i tbe field Of Fred Fontenot,
' A. wounded man is stabbed just
sIsg M heart, and the last news
.issd from his bedside was that
lot expected to live.
s negro i d fugitive from JUS
crime occurred about in the
allowing manners
seDhens bad charge Of a gang OF
soss engaged in hoeing in the
"A II If. Fred Fontenot, at Grand
i5s. ibis parish. Thomas was
f the negroes. Mr. Fontenot
their noon meal canned
among which was some potted
Thomas charged that Stephens
,IbW had stolen one or more of
boSss Of ham, and Mr.. Stephen
iuq q he matter, went to whip
IN foF It. The boy denied the
g % strenuously and with such
8sp rnthfuIness that Mr.. Step
determined to investigate a lit
Rther BE went to Thomas and
sa him il be was certain the boy
Ia sosn the ham, to which Thomas
Eaa No, / stole it myself"
III Stephens, naturally angered
til Ii hsd come near whipping his
M ior something for which he was
rillleas, applied several epithets
s negro and when the latter
hksd back Stephens picked up a
s Of goed and threw it at the
aiHls darkey, upon which the lat
ah n to him and thrust his
ta inhis breast.
lie negro Immediately ran away,
nahg ior the swamps,. and up to
@ lime ao trace Of him has been
hi.
lhs sounded man is d Well-known
aiel d Tie Grand Prairie section,
slgabsrin-law Of Judge Robert, of
paea and Is otherwise highly |
soted
Y probable that had the negro
sarsbtthere would have been a
alug party. as the citizens there
highs incensed at the crime.
lhsas y about forty years old,
has family
la asSEo was raised IN that sec
aad comes from bad stock. He
twenty years old.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01

At the annual meeting of the St.
Landry Medical Society, recently held
in Opelousas, DR. r. G.. Hawkins, of
Palmetto, was elected President of
the organization.
DR.. Hawkins is native Of ST.
Landry, born on Bayou Waxia. He
won the prominent place he now oc-
cupies in business circles and in his
profession by his own efforts, having
worked his way up from the farm boy
through local country schools, then
to Tulane University student, and
finally to one Of the leading physi-
clans of the parish and one. ofits sue
cessfnl men Of affairs.
-s-sezs
Postmaster Lasalle wac On the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
The Ga gOH's CEAEH.

That ii has AaEaag eiEeuEatiln sbaEl kEE
Of Tue newspapers published IN me par.
lsh combined; and as large eifcalalfan
as any Weekly published ln the Stale,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01

Postmaster Lasalle was On the
sick list several days this week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01

Continued on page SKI
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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-23
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

In the County Court of the State Of Oregon.
for Lincoll county
In the matter of the estate of A. E. Stout, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
administrator of the estate Of A. K. Stout. de-
ceased, has filed with the County Clerk OF
Lincoln county, his final account, and the
County Court. sitting for the transaction Of
probate business, has set Monday, June 7, 1902.
Mt 10 O'Clock a. m, thereof, at the County
Court room of said county, as the time ana
place for settling said account and hearing
objections thereto. If any exist. And notice
is hereby given thar at said time and place
any and all objections to said account IL any
exist, will be heard aud passed upon by said
Court
Dated at Toledo, Or, April s, 1909.
l.. STOUT.
Administrator of the estate Of A. Z. Stout. de-
ceased.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-23
CONTEST NOTICE.
Serial No. O915
u. s. Land Office, Portland, Oregon,

~ O' A@ohu OihCCS 0TtROHt
March IL. 1909
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Harry NJ. Henry, con ntes-
tant. against homestead entry No. 1850, made
February 2lst, 1908. for So swI4, sw14 seL and
nwl swIz, section 10. township 10 8, range W.
by Stafford M. Sheppard, contestee, in which
1t Is alleged that he is well acquainted with
the tract of land embraced In the homestead
entry and knows the present condition of the
same; also that said contestee, Stafford NJ.
Sheppard. has not lived. resided upon or made
said land his home, or has he been upon the
same at any time during the past eight mon tbs.
but that he has wholly abandoned said land
and every part of the same for more than
eight months last past. Contestant alleges
further that he has made due search and
inquiry from persons living in the vicinity Of
the land In order to ascertain his present
whereabouts and IN unable to learn the same
and therefore cannot say whether said con-
testee is In the employm ent OF the Army,
Navy or Marine Corps of the United States as
private soldier, officer, seaman or marine,
during.any war in which the United States
might have been engaged; SAID parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond, and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
q. m on May 8, 1909. before Ira Wade, County
Clerk oi Lincoln county, at his office at Toledo,
Oregon, and that final hearing will be held at
10 O'Clock A. m. on May IA, 1909, before the
Register and Receiver at the United States
Land ONCE In Portland. Oregon.
The said contestant having, in a proper
afidavit, filed Ma rch 10th, 1909, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service OF this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
ALoERNoN y. DRESSER. Register.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-23
RHEUMATISM.

More than nine out OF every ten
cases of rheumatism are simply rheu-
mstism OF the muscles, due to cold or
damp, or chronic rheumatism. In such
cases no internal treatment is required.
the free application OF Chamberlain's
Liniment is all that is needed, and it is
certain to give quick relief. Give it a
trial and see for yourself how quickly
1t relieves the pain and soreness. The
Medicines usually given internally for
rheumatism are poisonous or very
strong medicines. They are worse
than useless in cases of chronic and
muscular rheumatism. For sale BY
TOLEDO DRUG Co.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-04-23
NOTICE OF PROPOSED STREET IMPROVE

Notice il hereby given. that the Common
Council of the City OF Toledo, Oregon. con-
templates making the following improve.
ments.
On Hill street from Fifth street to eight feet
past the center o: Seventh street; said i'm
provement to consist of planking to he laid
without stringsrs, planks to be 16 feet long
and 2 inches thick with a 2x6 spiked on the
top near each end.
On Seventh street from end of present plank
ing to intersection OF proposed planking on
Hill street; said improvement TO consist oil
corduroy to be laid without strinsers; said
corduroy to be l6 feet long and from to 7
chesthick with 2x6 spiked on the top near
each end
Dated this 2Sd day of April, 1909.
FIN. HAYDEN, City Recorder.