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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
BROUSSARD IS TICKLED.
Ez.ShsFIif Of Lafayette Feels Hilarious Over
Result Of Lafayette Election.


Ex-Sherif Ike B~roussard, Of Lafa-
yette, was in Opelousas Thursday,
having come here to tell the boys how
good It felt to once again feel the
flushed cheeks of victory.
He was mixed up ii the municipal
fight ii Lafayette, which resulted ii
the election of the Martin ticket, in
opposition to Che tells us) every office
holder, municipal and parochial, in che
city Of Lafayette.
The election was held last Tuesday.
One was a combine ticket, sup
posedly agreed to BY both former
municipal factions in the city, and
the other was an Independent.
ticket, headed BY DR.. G. a.. Martin,
who was a candidate for Mayor. The
candidate Of the combine" was Mr..
Jos. P. Colemb. DR.. Martin was cleo
ted, receiving 266 votes against ITO
for his opponent.
The independents candidate for
Chief-of-Poliee. ]. 5. Martin, was also
elected over the present incumbent, A.
3. Chargois, by a small majority.
Every other candidate Of the In
dependent" ticket, except two alder
men, were elected.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
RIAL DBgqA GLE8 70 PROG
RESS

HThe time to test what kind of
blood runs in the veins Of a man is
she time Of difficulty, the time when
new plans are to be worked out, and
new triumphs to be Won.s
The above is the keynote of an
editorial III the Alexandra Town
TALK. It Is more than ! keynote. it
ia the sounding of a toesin that
should be taken up the country over.
The man who has enjoyed the
bounties Of the land, has thrived and
accumulated when everything was
smiling and there was not a dark
cloud, and who, when the night comes
and the country seems groping in
darkness, snugs up in bis sacks Of
geld and only comes out occasion
ally To growl at q more unfortunate
brother for the pound of flesh due
him, IS not the country's friend, is
not mans friend.
The Town-Talk editorial ii as fol-
lows, and is worth careful considera
ton:
'aThe Town Talk has many q time
tried its best to dispose of the Alex
andFia knockers, but we now find
that We have a task Far harder than
that of holding up the knockers, and
that ii, Of awakening the complacent
and weH-to-do sleeper out Of his som
nolency and persuading him that the
man who has his snug bank account,
and his endowment life insurance
within easy reach of maturity, and
who does not care whether the city
grows, or stagnates, and whose only
view Of municipal prosperity is To
take care Of what we have. or at
least what be has, and leave the rest
to Providence and the boil WeeYil,
the man who owes no debt to the
future, and no duty to the present,
except to care for bis little self, and
his own interests, this kind Of a citi-
zen Is the genuine barnacle on the
huh De the municipal ship.
sIf he has succeeded, that is If
success can ever be attributed to q
man Of this type, Alexandria's streets
would still be knee deep ii mud,
shanty frame school honses would
have still sheltered our school child
rem and the song Of The silnrian let
things be as they have been, we all
ways cot along well enough in the
old way would have been the only
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
Saturday, April 10. 1909.

at III o'clock q. m., the following described
property, toWit
gether with we dwelling housessand harms
and known as the Steve Johnston and OIfde
Gradfego buildings, ana one school house,
alI the FENCES On the said land and ons en-
CINE not complete and being Of the name of
II. N. Nagles size 1fx15 inches. one dTive
wheel. n old boiler known as the A.@M5
GodWtn boiler ~ old smokestack ana one
deep vel pump therein, q the said
tract of lar being the north half IA tha
northeast quarter of southeast Quarter 81.
" of .. %. "a Of s. %. All, the east half Of
souansasl 9aaILer 81 northeast quarter e.
hundred ana forty-thrae Yards fI8g vdsY nv
two hundred and twenty yards 1870 Yds.3 81.
southeast corner or portion OF the north.
east quarter OF northeast quarter, ana.
starting to measure ut the southeast corner
OF northeast quarter OF northeast Quarter
and running north d hundred ana forty
three yards 1881 then and there turning
b going west two undre ana fgzenf2
G2201 yards then and there gurnffag end
going south one hundred and forty@fhree
sIaal yaE9ss az q LhesaDove mentioned and
described q being situated III the Parish
I q. LandT State ofLoufsiana, Int being.
aH#ln sect-Jn seventeen ISL IN fownshg1
I'VE t0l souta.of range two t2l west Of
LOUISIANA meridian line, and containing
one hundred 4 tWent-efgnt I2sl more az
less aTpenfe Of land. ID Ig nndersfnod ard
agresa npon. that b said slnlonJohnsfon
or his heirs Oh assigns retains reservas
u eXcepfs and saTe6 from this sale and
delivery altof the lumber gard, Its lumber
thereon or about, all of the dDlIYrun arc
It's llmber and q f~ulIrigtaK oil W-aysgbarefhe
said lumber yard ROW standsand1he uss an
the deep WeHfoE enough water To rgn ard
operate saWm1u outfit TOR three ~ vs4rs
free 81 charges of anY kind. All Ihe
bug4dangs and tmpr0FemeM1sO school land
IsInczHdad In this sale hui q road is re-
served E~hronKhxhe said school land 6
SAID property 70 ne sold To pay and satisfy
hessumo nine nundrad and Ws100 collars
I*a91.O0l Ehe1ghE Per cent Isl Per annam
interest thera0n from DAcsnber lSth. 89
on said sum en- princlpaF i~9feresf gYr
attorneys Fsee and costs 0f thssa preceen-
aMgSs01 which amount the n~axeHaaea ensf{
pay In cash the COSTS lnsefeSk asd aE4or
neg Tess. aHu shaH also paF IS cash fne
maEMTau notes N04Sy1Es Tive k3 notes ss#
ono hundred ana etgasy a03saNs @8f
each. daSeG December 1afh sS98.aaS rade
payable December 1Ska. 1901 ana Azes sKs
1913 respectively OK 3fsfN pro raEa HlSanare
the property n02 se1 ~faNen0ugh "a pT w
SnE anauu1s Quas ARID balance en- EaFsnS
01 @Ean4t WITH Tie aaafaFHF
ut The an NOES asak Bo Sas
eesabeg Nsth #es 9scegabsrIs kn, HN9; aH4
esaEa9eT Ask 4914 Sal0ae8eNsa aet9
~ tAa
as security
8Nsi@Se1 aESe4 Be4Ge JNsMs & 1
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
Grand COtean


Messrs George Mcdonald Ct Abbe-
vile, Z. j. GilYin of Hammond, j. q.
McGrafb and M. B. PhiIihert Of.
Shreveport and Carroll Of Vernon,
were business visitors III our town
this past week.
Miss Leonie Burleigh IS visiting ii
0pelousas.
Mr. and Mrs. George Melehoir of
Carancro we're In town Sunday.
Mr.. II. C. Smith returned home
Monday after visiting rel ves in the
Crescent City
Rev. il s Maring
Saturday after d short q New
Orleans.
Mrs. q 8. Barry
Hrs. . ID. Jones 81 ans
.0peIousas Tuesday
Constable 0BrIaa
0pelousa Saturday
Hiss Xsa
alter i 1elaa
Mr q Barry
to La lIe
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
The TOymaker,s Dream.

The Toymaker's Dream Company,
which viii be at the Opera House on
Mch. IL, is one of the very few shows
that has Withstood the present The
atrical Panic A great majority of
the companies that took TO the road
at the beginning Of the season have
closed, with great loss to their own
ers, but the Toymaker's Dream still
continues to draw large audiences
wherever they appear.
The story Of the play deals with
Rudolph Schmidt, an old Toymaker of
The German Province who desires TO
make a wife for his son Archie. The
doll which Che Toymaker has invented
is perfect in every form and he offers
to sell his very soul to the person
who will advise him how to put life
into this doh. The situations that
arise through his never falling desire
to make a wife for his son, lead up
to some very comical elimaxes. and
with the assistance Of The Devil =
portrayed By Geo. w. LemeIy, the
audience IS kept in perfect mirth all
through the show.
The musical numbers are asfolloWs:
OVERTURE.
A Pianologue BY Prof. Jno. S. Calvin
Act
Opening Chorus Our Beauty Chorus
The Boogie 0ogie Man
Polly and Chorus
Look Out for the Automobile IRE
stricted) Archie and Chorus
IF You Love Me as Love You
Archie and Polly
The Mechanical Doll Dance
By the Misses Gaty, Crawford,
Martha and Schroen
The ToYmaker. ..... Rudolph
Roll Up Thou Dark and Deep Blue
Ocean ........ Almond
Snuggle Up Closer TO Me
Maiorie and Almond
Won't You Be Mine Majorie
Soldier Boy In Blue Archie and Chorus
King Of The Imps .Armond
Finale Entire Company
ACT d.
Medley Chorus Our Chorus
Character Solo Rudolph
BY the Same Old Light
Marjorie and Almond
Tony the Hand Organ Man
Polly and Chorus
Note-Al money collected iii this
song is devoted to charity
I'll Whistle and Wait for You
Archie and Chorus
Crazy Jay on3a Circus Day
Rudolph and Chorus
Wish Had 3 Girl Archie
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
IL D 0%RDINANoE.

8H @g
Mayor Halphen has drafted an
amendment to the stock law Of the
city Of 0pelousas.
10 has some good features, notably
the one reducing the fine from three
dollars to one dollar.
One, however, does not seem to
the Clarion practicable or wise. 1t
Is the one making the entire corporate
limits the outlawed district.
lit is notorious that the corporate
limits of Opelousas extend well into
tie country, and it would be practi-
cally impossible to enforce the law IN
the suburban districts, and it is not
right To do 80.
The provision designating a special
pound keeper, in lieu Of the police
men, does not strike us with much
favor. He would be put to the neces-
sity Of doing too much "hustling" in
order to make the job pay him any
thing like a commensurate salary.
And then there always turks danger
ID forcing an official to earn his own
salary off Of the public.
The stock law as it is, however,
needs remedying. The arresting
officer and the city are both paid too
much, and the allowance for the
~maintenance OF the empounded animal
ii insufficient for it's proper care. To
our personal knowledge there has
been suffering Of empounded animals,
due, we are informed, to the meagre
allowance for feeding them.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
Stallion for Sale

I will be in Eunice on Saturday,
March 20, 1909, with by fine bay
Bohon stallion, years old, Is hands
high, weighs 100 pounds, which I
will sell there at public auction.
Starting price $3.50.
The horse is very gentle and re-
liable, and q lady can drive him.
mch6-2t THELEsMAR LANgLOS.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
PREPARING TO RESUME WORK.
Commissioners Of PIaqBemlns& MaIIet Drain.
age District Meet and Take Action IN that Line

On Monday last the Commissioners
Of the Plaquemine and Mallet Legee
District held a meeting ii the Office
Of their attorney, R. Lee Garland,
and discussed plans for the resump-
ton Of work on the drainage canal,
which was stopped by the abseonding
of the supervising engineer sometime
ago.
There has never been any doubts
as to the ultimate completion Of the
canal, but the many difficulties which
the Commissioners have had to en-
counter by the condition in which the
supervising engineer left the work
made the task very arduous.
Now, however, it is believed that a
few weeks will see the work in full
operation. 1t has been found that
some changes IN the excavating ma
chine are needed, and the house from
which it was obtained has been writ
ten to. As soon as the changes are
made work will begin.
The canal is being built by means
of a special tax levied in the district
comprising it, but the taxpayers did
not lose anything, but delay, in the
vamoosing of the engineer, as the
latter's bondsmen had to make good
the amount he was short.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06

freshments were served and all left
regretting that the parting hour
came SO soon. Those who enjoyed
themselves on this occasion were:
Misses Kate Perkins, Ward Ella
Turner, Hart Wilkins, Bee Smith,
Willie Hedgepeth, Miss DAILY, and
Mrs. Wilson and the follsWing gentle
men: Messrs. Lee Wilson, G. Wilson,
Louis Dezauehe, Patton Blacksher,
Marvin Turner, Hubert Phillips and
if j. Dezauche.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
IERIFF's SALE.
SIMON JOHNSON
vs.,
NUMA F0NTENOT.
10. 1854, Civil Docket 18th Judicial District
Court st. Landry Parish. La.

BY virtue of 4 writ OF seizure and sale
issued on the 18th day oil February, i. D..
1909. out of the Honorable sfxteenfh .Imdi.
eial District Court, In and for the Parish of
st. Landry, Ia thea above entitled and nnnl~
pered suit. IND to me directed. I nave seized
and VIII offer for sale, on the terms ard
conditions below named lat public auction.
to hel last and highest bidder. at the front
door OF the courthouse 0fSt. Landry Parish
at 0pe1ousas, La on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06

Mr.. Jules Petitin visited Arnaud-
vile and Leonville Tuesday.
The cornerstone Of ST. Charles
College will be laid March 28d.
VIOLET.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06

Now on exhibition, the Ladies' I'M
proved Laundry Machine, at the
building formerly occupied BY Rouss
Racket store. m6-2t
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06
THE r

laicIai journal 81 the Parish Of St. Landry.
,aeiai Journal of me Parish School Board.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-06

a 81 REFINERY.
q o. ~sUBsCRIPTION.

entered at the Post once at opelousi
La. al Bscond-class matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06
HOW DARIUS MILLER
 GOT TO THE TOP
Life History of Burlington Vice Presi- dent, Who Twenty Years Ago Was Stenographcr Here Back Again.

The rise of Darius Miller, who is now visit ng friends and relatives in Little Rock, from a stenographer to vice president of one of the most wealthy railroads in the UniteH States, commanding a salary of many thous- ands of dollars annually, forms one o1 the most phenomenal chapters in the railroad history of country where remarkable things are matters or daily occurrence. Less than twenty years ago the present vice president of the Burlington route was taking shorthand dictations and making out reports in the office of E. K. Sibley, general manager of the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad.
 The youthful stenographer showed remarkable aptitude tor railroad work. It has since been said that he is one of those few and favored in- diyiduals who are born railroad men. In any event he did not long remain an obscure stenograpaer. He was
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Another Cotton Picker
 To Be Tried Here
Thomas Oliver, Inventor of the Oliver Typewriter, Will Demonstrate New Cotton Picking Machine on Jeffcr- son County Plantation.

A new cotton picking machine, re- gently patented by Thomas Oliver. the inventor of the Oliver typewriter and president of the Oliver Cotton liar vester Company, of Chicago, will Dc demonstrated in a cotton field on the plantation of D. l.. Trimble. four miles cast of Pine Bluff, Wednesday, Feb ruary TO- The machine will be shipped to this city today from Chicago and will be set mp immediately after it's arrival Monday. Thomas Oliver, the inventor, will come here to personally make the demonstration. He has writ ten MT. Trimble that he would leave Chicago Sunday and arrive here Mon day. Many cotton growers in this county and from adjoining counties have been invited to witness the test and general invitation has been eX- tended to farmers throughout this county. The inventor claims wonders for his new cotton picking device. Mir. Trimble has permitted several acres of cotton to remain in his field to eI- able MT. Oliver to make the test, prac- tically all of the other places in the county having been cleared of the seasons cotton yield. Some months ago q vacuum cotton picking machine was brought here from St. Louis. The test was practically satisfactory, but the machine proved to be too heavy and many parts, planters contend, have to be perfected before 1t will te of service to them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06

soon promoted to the position of gen tral freight agent for the old Little Rock and Memphis line From this step he soon asccndej to the posi- :ion of gene ral freigfx agent for the Cotton Belt, with his headquarters q, Little Rock. He acted In this ca pacitv for several years, complftin@ his railroad experience and gainin,, what might De termed a master of arts degree in practical railroad work"
 MT. Miller did not remain long with the Cotton Belt, but accepted a posi- tion with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad as freight traffic man. ager. From that position he stepped into his present place as vice-presi- dent of the big Burlington route No- body hereabouts knows just what sal ary MT. Miller draws. ell is | bit rcticent about it. but some say that it is in the neighborhood of $50,o00 a year and that he is about the high est salaried railroad man in the West But then that is only <assip and Nr Miller won't verify or deny 1t.
 Darius Milier--his friends in Little Rock call hIm Dar!us--arriyed In Lit tie Rock in his private car yesterday morning. He was accompanied by his wife, who was Miss Brown Of Little RocH, and Der maid The MillerD will remain in Little Rock severa! dave- Little Rock Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06
Cotton Oil Mill and the plant of the ! National Wagon Stock Company.

Cotton Oil Mill and the plant of the National Wagon Stock Company
 She left home about z o'clock We'd nesday evening to go down town on an errand, getting on an East Four teenth street car. The conductor says that she got off the car at the corner of Thirteenth and Main streets. Since that time no trace whatever has been found of her, although the most dili- gent search has been made From that point she was lost so far as the knowledge of her family is concerned.
 When last seen she wore q check skirt and blue waist and was bare- headed. She has light hair, with one lock in front cut very short, blue eyes and fair complexion, and weighs about eighty-five pounds.
 Ethel is an orphan and has been raised by Mir. and Mrs. Palmer since she was an infant. Her foster parents arc devoted to her, and she has at all times appeared to be perfectly happy and contentel No reason whatever Is known for her leaving home 90 abruptly. She has been attending a country school on R. R. D. No. and is a very bright and intelligent child.
 On account of her tender age and her lack of knowledge of the ways of the world her parents are fearful that some harm has befallen her.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06
From y6 m Acre tO $96 an Acre
 Cause, X Good Road. -4.a.

At a recent convention Of the Ar Kansas Good Roads Association i'll Lit tie Rock County Judge Gould, o. Jeff ferson, said that land which formerly sold for $6 an acre in his county is selling for s2O an acre now that he has built macadamizei road along 1t.
 Take the case of some great section of Arkansas that has very poor means of communicatin with the railroads and the markets. Build through that region fine stone road and who can doubt the value of every acre of land would greatly increase?
 For opening and developing a coun- try a good highway is the next best thing to a railroad.--Little Rock Ga 2ette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06
Ire Children LiarSy

A university professor declared Tn a lecture the other day that all chill dren are born liars and that his four young hopefuls are just as bad as the nest. It was not. as might be sup yosed, a Chicago university professor who gave utterance to this bit of ancient and yellow half truth, which yerverts the facts even while it in wolves somo very interesting and in structive psychology. From the amount of adult mendacity In evidence in the world one might safely venture the assertion, or at least the belief, that the childish proneness to exaggerate ds never wholly outgrown. Somebody has made I sapient observation to the effect that the child is father of the man, which was preceded by Jobs declaration that all men are liars. md with Pope's statement that men are but children of a larger growth.
 The juvenile fondness for making things appear really larger than they usually are has behind it countless centuries of inherited tendencies. says the Kansas City Journal. For no one knows how many aeons, men have been boasters. The caveman who could tell the biggest story of the fe- rocious beasts he had slain with his stone aN or the enemy he had dis patched--and who could make the rest of the eavemen pretend to believe him was the greatest hero. This in- stinct survives today in the oldest inhabitant," and the man who caught the biggest fish, as concrete instances, while it Is reflected in the very preva- lent disposition to magnify the per sonal element.
 The pernicious character of the pro- feesor's libel on childhood lies in the tact that he limits this proclivity to the child. The youthful mind takes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06

little thought of time or distance, as compared with the calculating years of after life. He exagGerates not to ,,se 3 shorter and uglicr word not
 because he wishes to deceive inten
 tionally, but because it is a rndi- mentary survival Of the covenants E in stinct to boast It is far more con elusive evidence of depravity for 2
 man or woman to lie than for q boy or girl to, for the element of intent enters more largely into statements made by the grown-up. The professor would have been much fairer and much nearer the truth at which even university professors ought to aim had he declared that it is human, rather than childish, to lie, and that the child comes much nearer the truth, aa he intends to state it, than the adult tendency to deliberately create q false impression. All children are not 50 much born liars as born human bt- ings. Oyc;. whose shoulders there peer. from the cradle to the grave, the shaggy and boastfu! forbears of tue past ten thousand centuries, more s,r
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-06
Blake W. 'Fuqun, Business Manager.

0lntered at Postoiilce at plne Bluff. Ark, as second class mall matter.