St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-04
TWO ROUSING MEET
INGS in AVOYELLES
The AEsysIIss, PsImstts & aHlf Railroad
ATRsst Assured fer apsIsasas.
SURVEY MONEY Being RAISED
In this City, ARd thsFs Is Ne Boubt Bat that
Fail Amount Necessary viii Be- FsEih.
coming Without Traubls.

ousas committee having in charge
the gathering together Of an amount
necessary for the preliminary survey
: Of the Avoyelles, Palmetto & Gulf
: Railroad, which road has route
mapped out from 0pelousas TO Nat
chez, Miss, received sufficient en-
couragemsnt to assure it that the
needed amount would be Forthcoming.
Over half Of the amount necessary
Twelve hundred dollars was sub
scribed, and there will be no trouble
: in raising the deficiency.
The people effected in both the
parishes of st. Landry and Avoyelles,
in the proposed road, are enthusiastic
! in the project, and the two meetings
! held in Moreauyille and PlaucheVille,
; Avoyelles pariah, last week, seem to
indicate purpose that is bound to win.
On Friday last the Opelousas dele
cation, composed of DR.. Bercier and
Messrs. Harry, Guilbeau and Veazie,
left on the morning @. G. Railroad,
! bound for Moreauville to answer a
; call from the people there who are
determined to build this line into
0pelousas.
On reaching the town the citizens
turned out, and together with the
: progressive league, escorted the visit
3 ors to the large and spacious resi-
: dence of Mr. Roger, where they were
/. entertained in manner most cordial
: and pleasing. Later, about seven p.
: M, a large meeting was called to
! order by Prof. Lewis, that kind, able
and scholarly gentleman, for a num-
] Der of years member tof the faculty
] Of the Catholic College Of this city
and known as the leader of educa-
tional matters in st. Landry twenty
years ago. The Professor was charm
led to meet the Opelousas boys, and
g asked many questions concerning the
: friends of his youth, displaying in all
be said that same deep sympathy
which SO marked his course in Opel
ousas. The Professor has been at
the head Of the High School in
PlaucheviIle continuously during the
past seventeen years.
This meeting was addressed by the
Rev. Father lambert, President Plau-
che, of the A. P. & G. Railroad, by
Mr.. Boyer, by DR.. Hawkins, Of Pal
metto and the Opelousas delegation.
n The outcome was blazing success
from railroad standpoint and Mo-
reauville surrendered to every de-
mand made upon her patriotism and
civic pride. She will vote a five mill
q tax and give the right of way.
3 The event of the trip was scheduled
+ for Saturday and at s p. m. the
whole army Of citizens and visitors,
: on horse back, in buggies, carriages
9 and automobiles, started for Plauche-
+ IvilIe, headed by the brass band. The
. only thing which marred the pro-
ceedings was the fact that DR.. Ber-
3 cier insisted on introducing the Opel
!. ousas delegation as hot air PROPOSE
o tions." Sheriff Swords retorted that
g the Doctor has talked himself deaf
8 and blind urging the railroad scheme
and the only one Of the five senses
j, left to him was the power of speech.
. and if the railroad plan did not ma
ture pretty soon that would be gone
Mr. Guilbeau said to the people
that while be knew they were glad tt
:. meet the Opelousas crowd, he knew
;. also they would be glad to see then
go; he called their attention to the
scarcity of things edible due to boil
[. weeviI infeststion and told them thai
), there was good forager in the buncl
in the person Of Mr.. Harry, who haC
/ proved champion in every contes
where good things had to be disposeC
{. Of.
After actual trial at supper at Mo
|. reauville and dinner at PIaucheville
no regrets were expressed when thl
time came for 0pelousas to leave.
The PlaueheYille meeting, withou
doubt, was the grandest railroal
rally ever held in the State. Tht
visitors were surprised and amaze,
when they saw the town-a nice littl
N city, with beautiful, white and arts
|. tic residences, ensconced ii the will
2. woods between Moreauvilge and Pal
metto; this lovely and most inviting
= little place has four thousand com
/ municants at the Catholic altar, tW
syrup mills. cotton gin, oil mill etc
as and all Of these being seven mile
from the railroad at MoreauyilIe.
r. Of course these ptople are unani
m nous for the railroad and fairly de-
J. uged the visitors with requests an
i'll petitions to aid them not only j
D building the road but building it
Il. quickly as possible.
lg There is but one sentiment to b
or found in southeastern Ayoyelles, an
ID that is, cost what it may, this SCI
# tion of country can get along z
TX longer without railroad service, an
they are determined TO see this roa