St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-05-01
And COUNTY SEAT.
'Chlcat'. Makes Thesa THa Interesting sub.
isets me Taema d lhls Weeks Lelbar.

Chicot, April, ga meeting was
held at Pine Prairie last Wednesday
to discuss the site Of the new court
house. And On Saturday another
meeting was held there on the sub
jeet Of the proposed schoolhouse, the
occasion being The visit Of a commit
tee Of the school board consisting Of
Messrs. Boudreau, DevilIe and Lyman
to look over the site.
Born, to Dir. and Mrs. Sam Forman,
Saturday night, April n, girl. Con-
gratulations.
Ghas. 2. King, Of Lees Summit,
Mo-, was here several days this week,
mingling with old friends. Mr.. King
IS on bis way to South Texas, where
his father has purchased d large
tract Of land.
Died, At 0akdale, la, Saturday,
April Il, Peter q. strother, aged
about SIS years. he was a Gonfeder-
ate soldier, 1 member Of Capt. Sam
Haas Company <, Third La. Regi-
ment, and q prominent and esteemed
citizen Of his section. He was at the
time Of bis death a deputy sheriff Of
Calcasieu parish. ali Office BE filed
for many years.
Crops Of all kinds are very promis-
ing, and the Irish potato crop, which
consists Of many acres, will soon BE-
ready for market.
The Ghicot Baseball Club viii soon
be ready to tackle 0pelousas.
Come, gentlemen, don't be too
stubborn about continuing your divi-
sion suits. Eyangeline is coming inst
as fast as she can, and all obstruc
tons put IN the way to stop her will
just insure that much more sympathy
and assistance.
With the prospect Of two or more
oil wells in Pine Prairie, a high
school, che courthouse and other pub
lie places, that little town on the hill
puts On B lot Of airs.
Dr., s. L. Wharton, of West Gold
Dust, accompanied Capt. Sam Haas
on a drive Tuesday evening.
am in receipt Of the Oakdale Adj
vertiser, Vol. | No. 5. for which I re-
turn thanks to the editor. / consider
the Advertiser a nice, clean paper,
fully up~-to-date and deserving Of The
patronage Of all acquainted with the
growing little city Of Oakdale.
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Hon. Henry Singleton IS repairing
the front Of Capt. Sam Haas store.
He is assisted by his brother Louis.
Capt. Sam Haas took a trip 70 the
future great, -Mamou n Evange-
linerlast Tuesday.
Thanks are due my next door neigh
boz, Mr.. L. ]. Derbes. for a basket Of
fine strawberries.
Messrs. Armand Goreil, Theodore
Coreil and B. :. Derouen, Of Vile
Platte, passed through here Thursday
evening.
The fight for the courthouse Of
Evangeline il on. Mamou, vile
Platte. Euniee and Pine Prairie are
already actively at work. May the
longest poll reach the persimmon.
Capt. Sam Haas, Charlie Wolf and
Erich, JE, attended an entertain
ment al Miss Rosa Tatman's school
at Black Lake last Friday evening.
From q conservative standpoint, II
appears that Mamou is in the lead
for the courthouse Of Evangeline.
Should Mamou become the capital
of Evangeline and the Southern Pa
cite Railroad extend TO eheneyville
via Chieot, we viii then be IN touch
with the outside world as much as
any other little town.
Mrs. G. r. Griffith, Of Cocodrie, was
visiting Ghicot on Sunday.
Marx Burleigh, shipping clerk d
the Phelps Lumber CO., was here On
Sunday.
Cur Baptist Minister, Rev. Willie
Stagg, Of Garland, failed to I'll his
appointment here last Sunday, nc
doubt due to bad weather.
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