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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
JOS. B. CLEMENTS, {. 5. CLEMENTS
HPELOUSAS. La. KINDER. La.
CLEMENTS BROS.
RICE BUYERS
Highest cash price
paid for Rouge Rice
aug66-mo.

Motion by Mr.. Theo. Doucet-
Duly seconded and carried, the fol-
lowing license ordinance was adopted
for the year 1911, as follows, to-wit:
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
Section l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of St. Lam
dry in regular session convened, that
the license laws of the State of Lou
isiana now in force in so far as ap-
plicable, shall be the license laws of
the Parish of st. Landry for the year
1911; provided, that the question as
to whether or not the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors shall be licensed or
not shall remain in allegiance until
after the result of the election which
has been called to be held on the
31st inst. on the subject, shall have
been ascertained; and provide d
further, that the licenses for ped
dlers in one and two horse vehicles
shall be fifteen and twenty dollars re-
spectively.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That this ordinance shall take
effect on and after January 1st, 1911.
Adopted Dec. 18th, 1910.
W. F. CLOPTON, President.
Attest: ]. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
The following ordinance was Of
fered by Mr.. Daley, seconded by
Mr.. Singleton, and upon being duly
read, was adopted unanimously, to-
wit:
ANNUAL TAX ORDINANCE.
Whereas, by resolution adopted on
November 9th, 1910, this Body
framed a budget of ~ninety-nine thou
sand dollars 1898, 100000, as an es-
innate exhibiting the various items
of expenditures that the parish of
St. Landry would require for the
1911, and
Whereas, said budget has been pub
lished in the St. Landry Clarion, the
official newspaper of this parish, for
the full term of thirty 800 days as
thelaw directs, and
Whereas, an ad valorem tax of
nine (9) mills on the dollar ON all the
taxable property of this parish will
be required in addition to the reve-
nues to be derived under the license
ordinance adopted to meet s a i d
budget:
Now, therefore, be it ordained by
the Police Jury of the Parish Of St.
Landry that a tax of nine (9) mills on
the dollar be levied on all taxable
property situated within this parish,
on which the State levies a tax, to
meet said budget of expenditures for
the year 1911.
Adopted Dec. - 1910.
W. F. CLOPTON, President.
Attest: J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14

HOW TO FIX UP THE FRONT YARD
The key to the beautiful home
grounds is the lawn. Any
smooth, grassy surface suitably
bounded is an object of admira-
ton. A house is made important
not only by it's own size, but by
the size of the lawn in front of
it. The beauty Of the lawn is it's
unbroken character, and any
thing that destroys this, destroys
the lawn. The rule is to keep the
center clear with the exception
possibly of trees.
A common belief prevails that
grass will not flourish in the
Shade of large trees, and so
people often excuse the barren,
wind swept lawn by saying that
grass and trees will not flourish
on the same space, and that they
prefer trees. Now, the facts
are that practically the only place
that the the beautiful bluegrass
does flourish in the South is in
the shaded lawn. Trees with
surface roots offer rather serious
obstacles to the growing of grass;
but as successful lawn grass as
as | have ever seen has been Gull
tivated on a lawn thickly studded
with naples. The trouble with
the lawn is that the seed bed is
to shallow. A frst-class lawn
can not be made without 6 or 8
inches of good soil. With the
yard we'll drained, 3 to 6 inches
of clay, over which there is at
least four inches of soil made
rich by coWpeas and good stable
manure, no good reason exists
for the presence of the broom
swept, cherries front yards too
common among u s.-Mrs. F. L.
Stevens, in the StarkvilIe Miss
Progressive Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
OpeIOusas Teachers Institute,

The fourth meeting of the
Opelousas Teachers Institute will
be held at the High School Build
ing on Saturday, January 21st,
1911, at 1000 a. m.
PROGRAM.
/. Model Opening Exercises
Miss Noemi Richard.
2. How to Study, Chapter 4
Miss Ethel Lacombe.
3. Superintendent Critique-
Mr.. C. J. Thompson.
4. Education for Efficiency,
Chapter q Miss Lily Durpe.
5. Education for Efficiency,
Chapter 81 Miss Fannie B.
Horton.
6. The Place of Industries in
Public Education-M S.
Matte Fielder.
7. Singing-Miss M. E. Dolan.
8. Civics a n d Health-Miss
Gertrude Sandoz.
9. Hygiene and Sanitation of
Public Schools-Dr. R. NJ.
Littell.
10. How to Test Seed Corn-Mr.
D. E. Durio.
Adjournment.
All teachers OF this Institute
District are required to attend
and do the work assigned them.
All teachers should provide them
selves with the books of the In
stitute Course. Those not pro-
vided with Institute Manuels
may obtain same from the Super
intendent.
Respectfully,
W. B. PRESCOTT,
Conductor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
MRS. Craig As MINERVA.
New Character Creation of Thomas DlxOR'S
In Able Hands.

The announcement that Mrs.
Charles G.. Craig would have a
part in Thomas Dixon's new
drama, The Sins of the Father, -
has interested many. It will
now add greatly to their pleasure
to know that the role of Minerva
in which Mrs. Craig will be seen,
is a decided novelty in black-face
type. Instead of the conven-
tional nanny or the shrewish
darkey Of previous plays, Miner
va is a big, whole-souled, jolly
negress, the kind that "gets''
you at the start and makes you
grin and chortle whenever you
are near her. Minerva always
wins. She is quite overwhelm-
ing. Those who saw Mrs. Craig
in New York in The Clansman''
and THE Warrens of Virginia."
can imagine her unctuous hand
ling of such a character. The
actress-who was a clever dialect
reader before she went on the
stage-is the highest-salaried i'm
personator of negro female types
in this country. She is writing
a book about the darkey folklore
and dialect, and hopes to accu-
mulate considerable material for
it in the course of her trip South.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
How ''The Sins of the Father
Was Made Ready for It's
Southern Tour.

1t isn't generally realized that
hundreds of plays are read and
often thousands of actors inter-
viewed before play and players
are launched upon an important
dramatic tour. That, at any
rate, is the method of one clever
caterer to public taste-M Manager
George H. Brennan-and to it
the wonderful success, first,
of The Clansman',, and now of
THE Sins of the Father" is
largely attributed. Mr.. Bren-
nan had read and rejected a hun
dred and fifty manuscripts when
Thomas Dixon placed in his hands
the manuscript of THE Sins of
the Father" He read it and
was delighted. He asked other
trustworthy critics and advisers
to read it, and their verdict was
Another Dixon success!" He
read it again and saw there the
same emotional power and comic
mastery as in Mr.. Dixon S
"Clansman," but with an entire
ly original plot and treatment.
He then decided to produce it.
Typical of the care in choosing
actors was a day in the managers
office when he interviewed ia
applicants for parts and found
only three-tWo men and one
woman-who met requirements.
The winnoWing process was con-
tinued for two weeks until the
C a S t was filled. Followed a
month of rehearsals, in which
the frst-picked candidates were
tried out even more severely and
several of them fell by the way
side. Their places were taken
by others who combined looks,
temperament and technical abili-
ty more suitably to the parts
assigned, and at last the cast
was complete. In constructing
the scenery and choosing the
furnishings of the stage, a like
process of selection was used.
Altogether the production that
affords the care-free playgoer
two hours and a half of enter
ment represents six months of
hard preliminary labor, and the
best effort of skilled specialists.
Of course there are many
"'scamped" productions too, plays
hurriedly accepted, scenery jerry
built. actors herded from the
first dramatic agency and sent
out to get the coin" regardless
of artistic merit: The Sins of
the Father is not in that class.
1t is not only the choicest prod
uct of a master playwright's
brain, but is marked by a care
full artistry evident in every de-
tail of the superb cast and pro-
duction. The coming of this
great story of Southern life will
be the event Of the season.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
HOW FEEDS ARE WASTED

One reason why farmers have
not given more study to the
feeding problem is that the ami
NAL is able to accommodate
itself to an improperly bal
anced ration without serious
injury to itself. That is unless
a ration is too far out of balance,
so far, indeed, that the animal
can not eat and digest more than
enough of one food element in
order to obtain what it needs of
other elements. For instance
when an animal has digested
enough corn to supply the carbo-
hydrates and fats needed it is
still short of necessary amount
of portein; but if enough corn is
given and the animal is able to
digest it, enough corn will be
taken to supply the necessary
amount Of portein. In obtaining
this necessary amount Of portein
more carbohydrates than is ne
cessary must be taken, hence
these carbohydrates are wasted.
The loss, then, in failing to bal
ance the ration is tWo-fold. /.
Feed is wasted-proper gains are
not made for the feed consumed.
2. The animal may not be able to
digest enough of the feeds to get
all the materials it requires to
sustain life, or in an attempt to
do so, it may injure it's digestion
or cause disease of some kind.
Since practically all feeds con-
tain all the materials needed, in
larger or smaller quantities, and
the average animal is able to
overcome a considerable lack of
balance in a ration, if given
enough of the feeds, we think
the loss to Southern farmers
from their neglect to study the
feeding problem is probably
greatest in the amount of feeds
wasted; but the loss is also great
in the failure to produce strong,
vigorous animals of good size and
development for breeding pur-
poses. TAFT Butler in Starkville
Miss Progressive Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
NOTICE..

Sealed bid viii be received, from tbs
banks of st. Landry parish, for the Fisca.
Agency Of the school Board, from Decemi
O'Clock p. IN. The contract will become
operative on February, 10Th, 1911. II con
tinue one year from that date.
Ali bids should be addressed to G. J.
Thompson, Secretary, and should have en-.
dorsed on the back Of the envelope, Bids
for the Fiscal Agency Of the School Board
decI- CD. THOMPSON, Secretary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
Invitation to Gov. Sanders

Memphis, Tenn, Jan, Gov.
Sanders of Louisiana. Congress-
man Richmond Pearson Hobson
of Alabama, Private John Allen,
Gov. Donaghey of Arkansas, and
other prominent people have been
invited to a banquet arranged
here for Jan. II in honor Of the
commander-in-chief of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans, Clarence
J. Owens, of Alabama, and to be
rendered by the n. B. Forrest
Camp. ..
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14

Talon lin In the neIghborhood Of Ma.
AuA"h up moa. La, one unbranded red
heifer, which has been round premises for
about one year.
The owner IS hereby notified to come for
ward, prove property, pay costs, or same
Will be sold according to. the Police Jury
o. l.. FUSILIER,
aec24~3t MamOu, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
Saturday, Jan. 20, 1911

the following described property, to-wi
Section sixteen (i6l township seven ~,
south range seven "a east, Louisiana Merl-
dian.
Said property will be sold on the foLIoW-
ing terms and conditions, to-wit:
One tenth Q-10) of the purchase price 70
be paid in cash on day of sale. Inc Dai-
ancst in nine (91 equal annual 1nstallments
from the day of sale. represented by notes
of like amount bearing eight per cent
yearly interest from date of sale until pa1d
70 be executed by purchasers, with per
sonal security inSolidO; said notes MADE
payable to the Auditor of Public Accounts
and shall be secured by special mortgage
and vendors letn and privilege.
In the event of suit to recover aymen
Of any of the notes or part thereof, the
purchaser shall pay ten per cent attorneys
fees on the amount Of principal and inter
est. In the event of the purchaser neglect
ing to pay any of these instruments, or IN
terest at maturity, the mortgage shaIl De
forthwith closed and the land TeSold. Inc
interest on the whole Of the notes to be PAID
annually.
The above property will be sold in lots
according to a plat which will be exhibited
on day of sale. OF not more than one nun
ared and sixty Q60l acres and not less than
forty (4O acres.
The Parish Treasurer shall be author
lied to receive in cash the whole amount
bid for the land, dedncttng eight per cent
interest which the credit portions would
bear. On above land Is 657 deadened cy-
press trees which is reserved and viii not
be sold and which Evans GuidroZ has right
to remove within two years.
CHARLES THlBODEAU,
dec24 ct Parish Treasurer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

o~pelousas, La, December 10th, 1910.
Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting Of the shareholders OF the Opel
Directors, Will be held at its banking house
OH Tuesday, January 10th, 1911, between
the hours OF 10 a. III. and ! p. IN.
Respectfully,
deCI7 A.. LEON DUPRE, Cashier.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
Notice.

The public schools OF 81. landry Parish
VIII close for the holidays on Friday after.
noon, December n, 1910. and reopen on
Moncay, Januf Y, End, 1911.
decL1 CD. THOMPSON, Parish supt.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
SUCCESSION SALE.
ESTATE OF JOSEPH FONTENOT

No. 6479, Probate Docket. 10th Judicial Dis
triCt Court, Parish OF st. Landry, La.
By virtue Of an order of the Hon. B. H.
PaVy, Judge Of the 18th Judicial District
Court of Louisiana, in and for the Parish of
st. Landry, there will be sold at public
auction. to the last and highest bidder by
the undersigned Administrators or
any duly qualified "auctiOneer OF this Par
ish, at the last residence Of the deceased in
MamOu, on
Saturday, Feb. d, 1911,
at II O'Clock a. M. the following described
property, tO-Wtt
ated in Prairie Mamou, in st. Landry Par
Ish, La. bounded north by and of Theo-
gene Reed, south by a of Joseph II.
Boutte, east by land of Theogene Reed and
west by land Of Dondiegne Ledet, contain
ing twenty-five arpents, together with all
the buildings and improvements thereon.
2. One CREOLE mare and colt.
3. One half American colt.
4. One American horse.
5. Two heads of cattle.
6. Four hogs.
T. One old buggy.
8. One lot old plOWs.
8. One lot of sixty barrels of corn in
shucks.
10. One lot of household furniture.
II. One lot Of kitchen utensils.
Il. One double barrel shot gun.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Movables cash on day of sale, the i'm
moVables 13 or more cash on day OF sale
and the balance, If any, payable in one and
two years represented by purchasers
notes drawn to the order Of themselves,
and by them endorsed in blank, and bear
ing interest at the rate OF s per cent per
annum from date until paid and 10 per
cent attorneys fees in case of suit, or if
placed in the hands of an Attorney or Col
iector for collection; special mortgage and
vendors lein and privilege to be etained
until the full and final payment of said
notes. E LEDET,
dec31-6t Administrative.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14

Taknu Tin BY the undersigned, at Durald
aAou Up La, one dark brown Creole
f1lY, about Is months old. with a white
spot in forehead and a barb wire scaI on
right lower hip.
The owner is hereby notified to come
forward, prove property, pay cost n take
animal away. EMAR FDSILIER,
deC3-Jt DuFaId, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14

The owner is hereby notified to come for
ward, prove property, pay costs n take
same away. VALERIEN EAGLAND,
dec3l unse P~ostoffce. !
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-14
PUBLIC SALE.
Sixteenth (l6thl School section.

By virtue OF the power vested in me by
law, and by virtue of orders issued by the
Hon. Paul Capdsvielle. Auditor OF the state
of louisiana. dated at Baton Rouge, La
on the 18th day of October. 1910, and to me
directed, l will offer for sale, at Public U
ton, to the last and highest bidder under
the provision of act No. 16s OF 1894, al tne
front door of the our House, in the city
of OpelousaS, at II O'Clock a. IN. on
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-06
When Rabelals Died.

From the stories told OF Rabelais.
he must have been In life the same
strange, wise, and mirthful imp. which
he appears in his writings. He seems
even to have looked death In the face
with a grin Of his own. AS his friends
were weeping round his bed. he ex.
claimed, "Ah! II were to die ten
times over. should never make you
cry half so much as | have made you
laugh" AS he was dying, a page en-.
tered from the Cardinal Du Bellay. to
inquire after his health. The old
humorist muttered in reply: Tell my
lord In what circumstance you found
me: | am just going to leap into the
dark. He Is up In a cock loft; bid
him stay where he Is. AS for thee.
thou'llt always be fool Let down
the curtain; the farce Is done" I'm.
mediately after his death. bis rela.
tions seized upon a sealed PAPER. pur.
porting to be his last will and tesla.
ment. which on being opened. was
found to contain three pithy articles.
Il owe much; have nothing; l leave
the rest to the poor."-Whipple: The
Ludicrous Side Of Life. In Literature
and Life" .....
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-06
General Sherman Was Little Un.
certain About George II. Thomas
Position When War Broke Out,
but Was Soon Reassured.

A few years before his death Gen.
W. T. Sherman was asked: General,
you knew Gen. George II. Thomas
well, didn't your
Knew him well?" was the reply. 81
should say did. We were In the same
class and very intimate at West Point,
and we saw good deal of each other
after we had been graduated. came
to know him at West Point as one OF
the noblest characters that ! have
ever met. He was absolutely truthful.
He was the soul of honor He plant
ed his feet slowly, but when he did
plant them they were planted surely
upon principle. We drifted apart. how
ever. about lS4S. or right after the
Mexican war, although we kept track
OF one another. | say all this to ex-
plain what am leading up to.
81 think 1t was In June. 1S6l-any-
way, | know that hot weather had
come In that year-when | happened
to call at the White House one day,
having some business with President
Lincoln.
u don't remember now what It was
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-06
He Considered Him, a. a Fighting
Commander, an Extraordinary
Combination Of Great Oar-
Ing and Caution.

John Russell Young. the distin-
gulshed Civil war and Franco.Russian
war correspondent and newspaper edi.
tor. who accompanied General Grant
In his tour Of the world, was chatting
with some friends at his hotel In
Washington shortly after President
Mckinley. In 1897. had made him libra
rian OF the new Congressional library,
when some reference was made by
one Of the party to General Grant. and
especially to Grants very high regard
for General Sheridan, both as soldier
and as a man.
yes, ! know" said Mr.. Young. "in
what high regard General Grant held
Sheridan. for ! often heard Grant say
that he was sure that Sheridan had no
superior. living or dead. as the com.
mander Of an army.
II remember. on one occasion. Grant
met several Americans one evening
after q reception. and In the course OF
conversation he was asked what he
thought Sheridan would have done
had he been in command at Gettys.
burg instead OF General Meade. Gen.
eral Grant replied practically in these
words:
"'There should be very little or no
criticism Of the manner In which
Meade fought the battle OF Gettysburg.
In a three days battle there are al.
ways sure to be some mistakes. What.
ever these may have been upon our
side. Meade speedily rectiaed them.
"'But you have asked me what sher.
idan would have done had he been
there. Sheridan. as a fighting general,
was an extraordinary combination OF
great daring and great caution. His
judgments we're intultiye. He believed
In very swift action and In taking
great risks. II the chances were In his
favor. He had no patience with those
critics who spoke Of = battle ~
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Grants Opinion of Sheridan

drawn battle. He was Of the opinion
that every battle was victory to one
side or the other. although the advan.
tage may have been slight. Now. his
temperament, his understanding Of
warfare and his methods would, be-
lieve. have persuaded Sheridan. had
he been In command at Gettysburg,
that there was only one thing to do
after Lee began to retreat, and that
was to follow Lee so swiftly that he
would be unable to reform his lines.
| have sometimes thought that II Sher.
idan had been there there wouldn't
have been much OF Lees army left
after Gettysburg was fought. How.
ever. do not say this In the way OF
any criticism of General Meade
"Then." continued Mr.. Young. "one
Of those present suggested to General
Grant that Meade's army was prob.
ably exhausted by three days fighting,
and 1t might have been perilous to put
the army In pursuit OF Lee.
For moment or two General
Grant was silent, and then he said:
"'If Sheridan had an army Of not
more than 10000 men. every man In
that army being a soldier trained un.
der Sheridan. as much like Sheridan
as It is possible for private soldiers
to be like q commander to whom they
are devoted. then ] am certain that
Sheridan. with such an army, could
defeat any army In the world. don't
know how can better express my
opinion Of General Sheridan as a sol.
der. 30 that will say again. an army
Of 10000 men, trained under Sheridan
SO that each man was as nearly like
him as possible. and commanded by
Sheridan. would, am sure. be the
match OF any army In the world. He
would have had an army Of that kind
had he been at Gettysburg. You re.
member how. under him. and with a
rather small army at his command
the Shenandoah valley was complete
ly cleared Of Confederate soldiers and
remained In our hands until the close
Of the war"
copyright, 1911. by 2. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Rsssrved.)
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-06

top Of each other. A five-room two
story house built for $500 or $4,000
must necessarily be plain, uncompro-
missing cubical box. II these same five
rooms were to be grouped on one
floor the unpleasant square proper.
lions are avoided, the angle Of the
roof becomes more pleasing and the
whole effect more graceful. with no
additional cost.
A very good illustration OF what Is
meant by this is shown In the accom-.
panying perspective and plan. This
Is fve-room cottage. 80 feet six
inches long. 1t has been successful.
ly built for $4,000. 1t is appropriate
not only for summer cottage use, but
also for rural or suburban site where
a small. homelike dwelling Is desired
for use the year round. 1t has just
a suggestion Of the bungalow style.
Just enough to give It attractive
ness without making It look out OF
place.