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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20
n IS UNCON
STITUTIONAL.
H that It Provides
for IA Majority
and 2-3 Is Ne
cessary.

peuresenting that they are large
sransrty owners within the territory
be included IN the mother parish
M Landry in case Of the division
tbe parish and the forming of the
ish 81 EYangeline, and that the
5ivison by reason Of the fact that
tAs line Of proposed division trans
fers ID tie proposed new parish
much the larger portion Of inhabit-
sbls and cultiyable territory, leaving
sotbe mother parish large swamp
srsss and 4 cumbursome number Of
bridges to maintain, would be a pub
lic calamity and would materially in-
hre their property interests, Messrs.
BB Dubuisson, Jacques B. Sandoz,
Edward II. BOagni and Edmond D.
EstiIette yesterday evening at q
o'clock obtained an order signed BY
be Clerk Of Court enioining the COM
nisslOners Of election from issuing
notices or selecting commissioners,
ihe sheriff from sending cut ballot
boxes for The election, and the
publisher If the st. Landry Clarion
ilon publishing The necessary pro
slsnatiOn pertaining to the election
h the division Of ST. Landry ordered
y ha held Oh April 13.
Petitions aver that these officers
% about to enter upon the discharge
4 tho various duties enumerated TO
bile tho election legal, and that IN
aess they are restrained from doing
g aHd said election is enioined they
slA proceed IN 50 doing. and after
The election shall have been held and
sAe returns promulgated the Governor
you'd h case majority was cast for
slsion at once issue his proclana-
to the effect that the parish Of |
gelile has been created, and en-
Iaiss The provisions of the act of the /
legislature, unless said act shall be I
daeared unconstitutional, null and
qia bg the Courts.
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9se that 6at orc r Ll N
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sHeshirds i lS.n sSa ,...,:a5 ah,eaangea unless
h psrisb = ~ qaalaIea 81 electors of
Il ,sfs s';a n u parishes affected there
Therefore s's5 s,sa., = suca 5 election.
Il sgeste rash rasl sag act proposes
lsug terr;torS " galisn wv 2. Ene a
sadry AS sSs.oS. Y sae PARISH q 81
% Western s4IssOs $500 . cnaage les en-
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20
TO INCREA Mill CAP ACITY |
Ie8nVlIla saRmIII WIN Expand from 1900 ii
ao,0OO Capacity officers Visit 0peIousas.

Messrs. Frank shinn, manager; 6.
W Watkins, yard manager G. Il.
Shspperd, lumber Inspector, all Of the
Sc. Mary Hardwood Lumber Col, To-
Gated at Leenville. this parish, were
il 0pelousas On Wednesday
The mill, recently erected, is doing
a hourisEing business. SO much 50
that it has been decided to increase
It's capacity from 1000 to 10000,
and make ii q seven-feet band saw
mill.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20
THREE MI. IS SPECIAL
TAX, TWENTY YEARS
Petition Being Circulated Asking Police Jary
for Special Election lar Tar ieF
PELOUSAS SCHOOL Dis STRICT
such 4 Tax VIII Raise $4,000 for sehcOl
Buildings and GFaunds and
Emergencies.
OPEL ELOUSAS School DISTRICT

# the special tax, an election for
which the Police jury viii doubtless
order at it's next meeting, id District
No. / Of the First Police Jury Ward,
known as the 0pelousas School Dis
trict, carries, the school problem Of
this city and adjacent country viii
have been solved for years to come.
The petition to the Police Jury,
which is being circulated for signa-
lures, asking that body to order the
election, calls for a special tax Of
three mills for twenty years. Based
on an assessment Of two million dol
lars this will bring 5000 year, or
$4,000 in twenty years. Il can be
counted upon to realize more than
this, however, as with The increase
in population and increase in business
Of Opelousas and contiguous territory
to be included III the district, it IS to
be expected that the two million as
sessment is a matter of very few
years, and il can be expected that
ere ten years Of the period have
passed the assessment will have dou-
bled itself.
But even with S120,00O the needs
of the High School here could be-
taken care Of. OF course consider
able amount Of the $780, 600 will be-
taken up in paying the interest on.
the bonds, but as certain number Of
them are paid each year, this inter-
est amount viii be minimized to j
great extent. But, as said before,
the increase in the assessment will
more than Offset the interest.
District No. 1 Of the 1st Police
Jury Ward was created at a special
Of the School Board held
last week, and al there ii to do now
to complete the good work is to vote
the tax.
The resolution creating the Dis
trict reads in part. That the court
house in the city Of Opeiousas be
taken ais the center Oh starting point,
and that the school district be ia
eluded in the territory embraced in
the square formed by connecting the
termini of lines running three miles
North, three miles South, three miles
East and three miles West from said
courthouse or starting point; thel
square thus formed TO contain a dis
5rict thirty-six square miles
The petition to The Police Jury
asking for an election prays that " An |
election be called for the purpose Of
to the taxpayers Of said
district, entitled to vote att said cleo
lion, the proposition of levying a spe-l
eiaI school tax De three mills on the
iollar for the period Of twenty years
1n ell Of The taxable property ID The
said district for the following obi
iects and purposes: Said tax levy to |
be for the purpose of acquiring school
grounds ID the city Of 0pelousas, I
riot /, ! s. a5isesnt tbarsto Is "a far sob..olE
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20
Now On Exhibition

Mrs. Larcade has on exhibition q
complete line Of Spring goods dress
hats, dress goods, millinery of All
styles and fashions.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20

The films at the Dreamland will
be especially attractive next week.
Many have accumulated during the
shutdown Of the electric lights plant,
which assures al abundance Of variety
next week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-03-20

Reports from North Louisiana water and in his drunken CON
ena! tne Doll Wee has greatly df dtion could get up
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24

You read and look afar with
equal facility, but no one OBJ
serves that you are wearing bifo-
Gals because the usual Zines"
are absent. Wear the genuine
KRYPTOKS awhile and you will
never willingly return to old
style bifocal glasses.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
MAR
7

The princess costume is a feature
of the season.
The pointed waistline is a novelty
after the straight cross effects of the
empire cut.
Stripes are not as wide as they
were last year in mems shirtlngs; nor
are they as fancy.
Among the materials used for bath
ing suits are mohair, fine serge, taf-
feta and silk serge.
Some of the newest and smartest
of skirt and coat costumes are being
made without sleeves.
The princess, both fitting and semi
fitting. the directoire and the empire.
are all holding their own.
Necklaces of small cut jet beads will
be worn much this summer by those
who favor the collarless gown.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
CUIRASS STYLE is POPULAR
For Young Girls 1t Is Acknowledged
One of the Most Effective
of the Season.

The cuirass style of gowr has
brought about an effective comoina-
tion of net covered with embroidery
and other materials. One of the popu-
lar evening frocks for a girl who has
good figure is gracefully fitted
cuirass which extends to the hips, and
knife-plaited long skirt. The for
mer is made of coarse net covered
with fiat embroidery of silk SOU
tache, and the latter of messaline with
scroll of the soutache outlining the
top of hem. This has tight elbow
sleeves fastened with frills of lace
and is cut into Dutch neck outlined
with a fiat band of valenciennes lace
or tucker of fine white net run with
a colored silk ribbon. This frock Is
fastened down the back with lace
buttons.
The original model came out in
linen with the cuirass of coarse net
covered with an Egyptian design of
fine soutache. 1t ran straight to the
neckband and was finished with a
Dutch collar of baby Irish lace. The
sleeves are long, almost tight-fttine.
and finished with turnover cuff Of
baby Irish.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
OF THE COLORED SLIP
With a Number of These a Good
White Frock Can Be Worn
on Many Occasions.

The girl with little money and n
great need for pretty clothes would
do well well to remember that old but
none the less clever device of using
colnred slips over white gown.
Girls who could not afford both a
class day dress and a commencement
dress bought a nice white frock and
wore it on class day over a colored
slip, with colored accessories, and usu-
ally flowers to match.
BY having various slips, of lawn or
silk, a good white frock may be worn
upon an endless number of occasions.
Besides providing a change of cos
tune, the slip actually protects the
gown and helps to keep it fresh.
A thin gown frequently looks better,
hangs better, with a slip than without
one.
There are various accessories which
may be had to match; sash, necklace
or pendant, stockings and even shoes,
and, where possible, flowers.
Charming and inexpensive frocks
may be made of white eyelet, embroid-
cred in a color and worn over a slip
of the same color.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
Shantung for Summer.

For comfortable summer suits, fine
serge with shantung for the coat, both
in the same shade. is being employed
Such suits are finished simply. the
only braiding often being on the turn
down collar, which comes only to the
side of the front and around the
sleeves at the hands and possibly
above and below the elbows.
The fancy for trimming sleeve.
around and around at different parts
vf the arm is growing one. A waist
which a girl has just embroidered for
herself has band of embroidery near
the shoulder, another on the arm be
low the elbow end another at the
wrist.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
NOTICE.

To the Members of the Colorado State
Negro Business League and Negroes
Throughout Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona Who Are Interested in
the Material, Moral and Mental Up
lift of the Race.
Greeting:
The time for holding the fifth an
nual session of the Colorado State
Negro Business League is fixed for
July 27th-2Sth and the place changed
members of the League govern them
selves accordingly and be present at
the roll call at 10000 a. M on the 27th
There will be much very important
sion, business that will require the
best brain and thought of the entire
membership. The Negro Townsite
Company which was launched by the
living reality and full report will be
made at this session. Much remains
TO be done and great reward awaits
those who have a part in the doing
Arizona has had great commercial
awakening and good reports will be
presented at our meeting. | leave here
on the 18th for tour in the interest
of our League and will speak in Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Colorado arriv-
ing in Denver in time for the opening
session. Let us agitate all along the
line and make the Denver meeting
the best in the history of our League.
Send all communications to w. A.
Gatewood, secretary, No. 201O Curtis
street, Denver, Colorado.
Yours for God, the church and race,
H. FRANKLIN BRAY,
President.
Done at Phoenix, Arizona, this 18th
day of July, 1909.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24
Woven of Linen.

For the stout woman there are
beautiful combination garments even
thinner than the usual batiste and
linen affairs made by the perfect
seamstress. They are low necked
and of knee length.
Those corset-cover-pantalon combi-
nations ere of exquisite make and
beautiful finish-the really best gar
ment for the would-be hipless.
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24


tele Main
The Colorado statesman., 1909-07-24

DR.. JOSEPH P. WINSTON BAILEY
1s41 Stout St., Denver, Colo.
s the only Colored oculist in America
now making a specially of the Kryptok
bifocal and other first quality eye
glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed in all
cases.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24


dmiral sigsbee, who commanded the
Maine when II was blown up in the harbor
of Havana, has been expressing himself
as opposed to an attempt TO raise the
wreck. He thinks that it is not worth
while, first, because the wreck is not a
very serious obstruction 20 the harbor.
and secondly, because II would be impossi-
bic TO raise the battered battleship in its
entirety, and II IL were knocked to pieces
we should be accused Of trying to conceal
something. He believes that the Board Of
Inquiry reported correctly that the ex-
plosion was from an external mine and
that that conclusion should be considered
final, One answer to this is that It Is
not so considered universally. while the
desire OF 'conceslment'' actually has been
suspected from the refusal TO attempt tho
raising of the wreck. Admiral Luce and
Admiral Chadwick both also member Of
the board. have urged that the wreck
should he removed. both in the interest
Of historic certainty as well as OF lnterna-
tional comfy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
Versatile Railroad Men.

II there is any man on earth more
versatile than the railroad rate mar
Il is the tax agent of the same corpora
ton, He is not only a~mbidextrous,
but the insulation between his right
hand and his left is perfect, so that
the left hand in Nebraska has no
means of knowing what the right hand
is doing over in Iowa. He has one
set of figures Snd one method of
elaboration which will prove poverty
in Nebraska, but If they do not ht the
Iowa conditions he can evolve another
set for service across the Missouri.
No matter where he starts he will LIANT
his company just inside the line of
s~olvency. The representative of the
Omaha road has evolved a system
which when applied TO Nebraska eondi-
tions shows the actual value of the
eompany's line to be $37,542 per mile,
while the same method OF reasoning
under Iowa conditions would make the
lines in that state worth $121 $40 per
mile. As the assessment in Iowa is
much below this figure there is no
probability that the company's tax
agent will spring the Nebraska logic
on the Iowa board.
II the public could only realize what
a brilliant display Of mathematical
legerdemain is afforded by the tax
agents before the State Boards of AS
sessment the attendance upon the
meetings wonld be largely increased.
Nothing like II is 10 be seen anywhere
else except when a raliroad rate case
is 40 in court. The fare is only ? cents
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
Law of the Sidewalk.

The city of Lincoln has beer getting
supreme court decisions recently on
several points affecting the powers of
their city government which may be
applied TO all municipal corporations
in this state. A little while ago II
had the authority of the mayor and
council to levy an occupation tax on
the public service corporations using
the streets confirmed, and now it has
secured a ruling unfolding their right
to prohibit abutting property owners
from leasing or renting sidewalk space
for their W profit. The particular
case which went to court turned on an
attempt of the lessee of a store room
strip of the sidewalk space adjoining
for $50 a month in violation of a city
ordinance prohibiting the use of such
space in that way. The law of the
sidewalk is laid down by the court as
follows:
Whatever space in a public street of a
city is set apart for the use of the public
as a sidewalk the public have a right to
use in Its entirety, free from any and all
unauthorized obstructions. and 1t is the
duty of the mayor and city council to see
that 1t is kept in that condition. 1t is no
defense to a party who is being pro-
ceeded against by the city for unlawful1y
obstructing a sidewalk that others are
obstructing the walks in like manner, nor
is the city estopped by reason of its past
failure to enforce its ordinance against
distractions of sidewalks from subse-
quently removing all distractions there
from.
This is plain enough that the side
walk space belongs to the public ano
not to the abutting property owner
and that while sidewalk distractions
may be tolerated they can never be
maintained as of right. If the city OF
Omaha ever gets ready to clear its
sidewalks of boxes, showcases, curb
posts, or extension signs, its power
and legal authority to doIso cannot be
successfully challenged.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
HIS FATHERHo0D.
Coventry Pamore.

Coventry Psmore.
My little son. who look'd from thoughtful
eyes,
And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up
wise,
Having my law the seventh time disobeyed.
I struck him, and dismissed
with hard words and unkiss'd-
His mother. who was patient, being dead.
Then fearing lest his grief should hinder
sleep
visited his bed, s
But found him slumbering deep,
With darken'd eyelids, and their lashes yet
From his late sobbing wet.
And |, with moan,
Kissing away his tears, left others of my
own. .
For. on a table drawn beside his head,
He had put within his reach,
A box OfJCounters and a red-Yeined stone.
A piece Of glass abrsded by the beach,
And = or seven shells.
A bottle with bluebells.
And two French copper coins, ranged there
To comfort his sad heart.
So when that night praY'd
To God. ! wept and said?
"Ah, when at last we lie with tranced
breath,
Not vexing Thee In death.
And thou membrest OF what toys
We made our Joys,
How weakly understood
Thy great commanded good,
Then. fatherly. not less
Than I, whom Thou hast moulded from
ThouTt leave Thy wrath ana say,
I will be sorry for thy e~hildishness.'"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
WAYS OF SECRET SOCIETIES
How the Black Hand, Maaa, Come
mora and other Criminal Or
E~aniSattous. Work.

When a new member is admitted to the
BLACK Hand" society he first Of all smears
a small figure OF HE own favorite saint
with his own blood. The figure is after
ward set on fire. and while Il IL burning
the candidate repeats the oath OF the as
ISOLATION as follows:
Il swear on my honor to be faithful to
the brotherhood AS this saint and drops
OF my blood are destroyed, so will | shed
all my blood for the fraternity; and as
these ashes and this blood can never be
restored. so can | never become free from
the brotherhood"
Then the initiate has 70 draw a revolver
and shoot at a crucific to show that he
would be willing at any time to kill his
nearest relation or most intimate friend If
commanded to do so.
He is then a fun member. and is said to
be a wearer of the "red antle." His name
as a member is not entered in any books,
but Is duly forwarded to the headquarters
and then II is communicated by word OF
mouth to all the other members Of the
district where he lives.
The Commorra Of Naples are much like
the Maffia. Those who join have to swear
a horrible oath of secrecy. and even so
1t is. not until they have been tried and
found true that they are accepted for full
membership.
The new member is given two daggers.
On the hilt OF each is craven the mystic
sign or the organization. The sign is,
however, changed from time to time. The
have a strange form OF greet.
ing.
When the Commorrist believes any one
ne meets to be a member he grips him by
the throat with his left hand. and with the
rlght draws his knife from his sheath. The
other' II a member, at once gives the pass
word and shows both his knives, after
Whlch the pair empty the contents of their
pockets in a heap, and share and share
alike.
Amongst the most notorious criminal So
cletles OF the present day. evidence of
whose grewsome activity appears In the
papers at frequent intervals, are the Box
ers In China, the Hatchet BOYS in Calf
fornia, the Apaches in Paris, the Hip Sings
In san Francisco and Les Freres de Ia Cote
all over France.
Most of the Chinese secret societies al
though their objects are as bloodthirstv
as any other, have more peaceful passwonds
ana signs, and they are generally asso-
clated with the national pastime Of drink
ing tea.
Ihus the Hip Sings OF San Francisco.
"heh drinking tea in a Chinese restau-
rant communicate with unknown members
py the way they handle their cups. which
they place In a certain manner, and by
giving a peculiar direction to the spout
OF the teapot.
The Tentschskists, an Armenian secret
society which has terrorized the Armenian
communities in all the big cities through
OUT the world, has had it's headquarters
established In London for many years. first
at shepherds Bush and now at Peckham.-
London Answers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-24
CONCERNING CANNED GOODS.
Very Small Percentage Carry Adult
Grants.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chief Wiley OF the government bureau or
chemistry, comes to the aid of the Amer
lean Gamers and gives their goods a rec
ommendation for purity that. ought to be
of appreciable value both to them and to
the public. In some quarters an impression
persists that supplies bought In cans are
likely to c~ontaian adulterants, IL not active
poisons. and that one who would preserve
his health had better forswear the
brightly labeled tins and stick to food in
the forms recognized by his fathers.
This is all wrong. Chief Wiley says so.
Having personally conducted various poison
squads and been actively engaged in seeing
that the pure food law was obeyed. the
chief ought 10 know. People will generally
acknowledge that he does know,
The Wiley pronunciamento in favor OF
canned goods is contained in a letter to the
chairman of the executive m of the
national organization of canned goods men.
Taking the whole matter OF canned goods
together . . . :" he says. 'only an ex-
tremely small percentage of them ever con-
tain any added substance whatever, except
food and perhaps a little salt or sugar"
Again: II am, as you know, a believer in
canned goods and in the canning process. I
think it is a blessing and a blessing which
is not in disguise"
Food products in cans enter into the
daily consumption Of practically every fam
lily in the land and 1t is a matter OF COM
fort TO be thus assured that the public Is
not being cheated or poisoned. 1t is we'll
for people to know that the Gamers are
not engaged in a conspiracy for breaking
down the public health; we'll to understand
that canned goods are generally whole
some and may be consumed without fear.