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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
SHOWN THE COUNTRY
!. AND ROYALTY TREATED
Farms rendered Usual Opelousas
Hospitality

TN FflQay evening, the SGf1, a
party of Nebraskans arrived in
Opelousas, consigned to the ten
der mercies of LitteH & LaWler,
real estate firm of this town.
It appears that these progress
sive gentlemen, LitteH & LaWlsr,
who have been engaged in hand
ling timber lands SO successfully
for many years, have now turned
their attention to agricultural
lands and the placing of settlers
in and around this community.
IF this is a sample Of their work,
we predict a boom in the land
circles of ST. Landry, for finer
lot o f German farmers never
drifted South. They were really
a party destined for Brownsville,
Texas, and switched off at De-
Quincy to view the famous land
Of EVangeline, under the chap
eronage of that prince Of good
fellows, j. B. Ladd, of Kansas
City, Mo-, who is a represents
tive of the Robinson Investment
Company. Mr.. Ladd is a gem
tlenlan, college-bred, and made
an extremely favorable impress
sion on all who met him. We.
congratulate Messrs. Littell C
Lawler on having formed a busi-
ness connection with this firm,
that has succeeded in bringing
millions Of dollars into the
Brownsville country. Local land
owners have awakened to this
fact and it's business advantage,
for they have already commenced
listing their lands with Messrs.
LittelI & LaWler.
Among the visitors were Mr.. !
BaIlah, a banker of Norfolk,
Nebr., j. II. Hutchinson, of Lin
coin, Nebr., J. L. Ogler, E. J.
Evans, Hans Sealck, B. Setting
and wife, J. j. Jasper, and Tom
Beekman of Elgin, Nebr. These
men all represented something
self-made men, who have dug
out of the soil from fifty to a.
hundred thousand dollars each,
who have turned their attention
South, because the high price of
lands in their section enables
them to sell out at a profit, and
purchase cheaper and richer
lands. and especially lands where
the products are not restricted
as in their own country to corn,
wheat and hay. while our lands
will make as much corn and hay
per acre as theirs and IN addition
will produce the great staples,
cotton, sugar cane and truck
and rice, should they want to
plant the latter, and stock and
hogs can be raised for one-half
what it cost to raise in N Nebraska;
then the climatic conditions are
not as severe as in Nebraska.
They are practical men who pre-
fer to pay a liberal price for good
lands already cleared and IN cul-
rather than invest in re-
claimed lands where the cost
Of reclamation amounts to about
what they would have to pay
for the lands here.
To say that they were pleased
with the outlook but family ex-
presses their appreciation. The
first shot out Of the box, one of
them, Mr.. Evans, invested in the
Veltin Place in Bellevue, a finel
tract of lat acres. Two others
were ready to take It Il Mr..
Evans had turned loose. Others
declared their intention of re-
as they were merely On
d prospecting tour and not OUT
with the coin.
Littell & LaWler gave al
Banquet at the Lacombe, and
mine host Cretin, as usual,
tickled the palate with the fol-
lowing raenu:
Chicken Salad.
Olives. Pickles.
Gumbo Creole.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

A good cotton crop atafgood
prices" is prescribed by one of
the most successful farmers and
business men of this section as a
counter er-irritent to the pessilnis-
tic condition of our farmer-class
which now prevails to a certain
extent.
And this successful farmers
opinion is borne out by express
sions from other successful farm
ers, who join him in the belief
that there is strong hope Of MAX
ing a fair cotton crop this year,
and Of getting fair prices for it.
Have you noticed, " remarked
this agricultural wise one, how
braYely and hopefully our farm
ers have fought the several years
of boil weevil and other crop dis
asters, and how now they seem
about to give up?" But, /" he
continued, the failures were
not due to any fault of the
farmers or Of the country. Just
stop and think: Here is a class.
Of people who had been raised in
one agricultural environment all
of their lives; knew practically
nothing of cultivating anything
else but cotton and corn, brought
suddenly face to face with the
necessity of turning to other
crops with the cultivation and
marketing of which they knew
nothing, and were unprepared
even had they known how, for
the cultivation of these to them
foreign crops. This transforms
ten Of farm methods, succeeding
their two years of cotton failure,
was disheartening and disastrous,
and they have done well to have
survived.
This gentlemen said that in his
opinion the gritty farmer would
come out on top this year. That
he had learned the cultivation Of
various crops, and would venture
back to the cotton field this year
with prospects of a fair crop of
cotton and fair prices for it, add
ing to this staple product some
of the other crops which neces-
sity had taught him to raise.
The boil weevil has disappeared
to a great extent, and early
planting and following the cul-
tural methods he had learned
during the period of the pest.
would enable him to make a crop:
Cane planting has proven a
failure at this time, due to the
lack of knowledge on the part of
the farmers in this science, and
to the Vaccinations Of the out
side mills to which they had been
compelled to ship. Refneries at.
home were necessary prerequi-
sites to successful cane planting,
thought this experienced farmer
who inspired this article.
Live at home" should be the
slogan of the farm, he said. At.
the high cost of the necessaries
Of life, a farmer cauld not travel
the road unless he raised at home
his own pork, chicken, eggs,
corn, etc.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

The st. Landry Commoner i
it's last issue has the folloWin
article:
The St. Landry Clarion has
been the printer for the
school board as well as for
the city of Opelousas a nd
the parish of ST. Landry for
many years past, and has
reaped SO large a revenue
from these sources that to-
day it should be firmly es-
tablished upon an independ-
ent basis. For some reason
or o t h e r the bodies con-
trolling the public printing
have continuously rejected
bids other than that of the
Clarion, apparently from po-
liticaI favoritism, and thus it
is that this journal has unin-
terruptedly enJoye e d this
alinony without effective
opposition, Notwithstanding
that proof is accessible of
serious overcharges by the
official printer and in contra
vention of the law.
Let it be understood, how
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
LEFT At the Post. .

The Clarion desires to say that
much interesting news and other
matter was left out by the rush
this week.
The Clarion has made up its
mind to print the paper in time
Tor the early Saturday mails
EVERY WEEK, and intends to
pursue this policy at any cost.
II IS found a better policy to
get out ON time. even at the
sacrifice of late news matter.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

Red Snapper. Sauce Mayonnaise.
Stuffed Grabs.
Roast Turkey. Creole Dressing
Petit Pois Francais.
Quail on Toast.
Asparagus. French Dressing.
st. Rose Wine.
Demi tasse. Cakes.
Cigars.
Mr. LaWler sat at the head of
the table and Mr.. Ladd at the
foot. At 9 O. clock, Mr.. LawIer,
in his usual and felicitous style,
addressed a word Of welcome,
which was responded to by Mr..
Ladd, both doing themselves
proud. Mr.. LaWler then called
on Lawyer and Banker Dubuis-
son to welcome, in behalf Of the
parish, which he did in happy
vein, including il his remarks a
feature much appreciated by the
visitors a resume of the laws Of
Louisiana relative to inheritances
and tax titles, showing the diff
ference between our Civil Code,
based on the Code Napoleon, and
the common law in vogue in
Nebraska.
DR.. A. ]. Rercier, President
of the Progressive League,
welcomed them feliciously in be-
half of the commercial interests.
Hon. Andre BilIeaud, of Brous-
sardyille, was unexpectedly
called on and rose to the occasion.
His carburretter was as clean as
a hounds tooth, and he struck
his usual 50-nile-an- hour clip
without once climbing a tele-
graph post. Mr.. Rilleaud invited
the whole party down to Brous-
sard the next day.
Mr.. G. G. Cary, the handsome
son of old Father Cary, repre-
sentative of the Frisco Railroad,
shotin some telling points and
kept the table. in d roar with
yarns and poems.
Hon. John w. Lewis eloquent
Iy responded in behalf Of the
State, and caught the crowd.
Mr.. Hutchinson, of Nebraska,
responded to the toast What
are you people looking for, any
way He told them In no un-
certain lines; he made it clear
that they were a serious propo-
sition in search Of bona fide in
vestment and homes, and dem
onstrated what an advantage it
would be to this section to have
ii their midst as settlers men
who had more than made good
in their own community, where
the climate at times was so se-.
we're that autos would freeze and
stick going down hill.
Mr.. Ballah, banker, of Nor
folk, responded in easy and flu
ent words to the toast What.
do you think OF lands that can be
bought from $40 to SIS that will.
produce from $40 to $50 per
acre ?a He said It was certainly
d gilt edge proposition to any
farmer who was satisfied with
making at home from SIS to SIS
on lands worth $3.50, and that
the most important question with
the prospective immigrant was,
would the climatic conditions
warrant him III working the
open?
Mr.. Hans Sealck was called
on. Mr.. sealck made an ex-
interesting talk along
practical lines. MFR.
Sealck is connected with a co.
elevator concern In
Nebraska, and is one Of the most
respectful citizens in his COM
Mr.. Setting, one Of the most
successful, practical and we'll
fixed German farmers In Nebras-
ka, was called on and in his di-
rect and practical German way
CONTINUED on nage s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

So we deemed it best to ignore
the insinuations, feeling b a
we had done no wrong and those
whom we were serving knew
that we had done no wrong.
But when a paper edited by q
gentlemen of Mr.. John w. Lewis
standing and usual fairness tries
to make use Of this old corpse OF
Slander, we feel that it is time
that the people should be made
| to know the entire affair, with
out varnish, abbreviation or
/ alteration.
We give the whole matter SO
that we will not have to refer to
lit again. The people are inter-
ested in matters of this sort just
l.so far asit concerns them to know
that they have been, or have not
been robbed.
Otherwise newspaper contro-
versies do not interest t h e m,
merely serving the purpose of
engendering acrinony and tax
| ing up space that should be de-
voted to the boosting of the
country and to news matter.
We might say here that the
Police Jury has no auditing
committee to look over the ac-
counts of the Clarion. That body
might feel safe in leaving this
duty to the Clarion's competing
frien d s. T hey have
proved excee ding | y
efficient in detecting any little
flaw or error on the part of this
paper in the past, and they are
still on the job without p a r..
The position, though, is not a
very difficult one to fill. There
is the type, measuring SO much,
and there are the bills, amount
ing to SO much. There is no way
of escaping the vigilance of the
auditing committee, !" # one
would want to; and when we are
charged with trying to fake
anything, an additional charge
of being a danphool is leyelled
against us.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
oPELoUsAs. La, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY II 1912
no APOLOGIES TO
MAKE, NO BACK
TRACKS TO
TAKE. !"

In reference to the editorial in
the Commoner appearing last
week, dealing with an inter
view with Mr.. Z. Austin Fonte-
not published in the Clarion a
week previous, Mr.. Fontenot
says:
I have been correctly quoted
by the Clarion, and / have no
apologies to make or back tracks
to take. IF what / said be trea-
son the Commoner may make
the most of it. When DR.. j. B.
.AsWelI toured the parish of st.
Landry / took the stump in his
behalf and in language that could
not be mistaken, publicly and
above board, gave my reasons
for not believing in Judge Hall.
However, with AsWell elirni-
mated my choice had to be made
from the two remaining candi-
dates. I chose Hall as the lesser
of two evils and it would i'll be-
come me at this late date to try
and make believe that / thought
Hall was a hero, or savior. Yet
as ! said in my interview I am
willing and ready to help carry
out the reforms promised by
Judge Hall, and to force them on
him should he weaken. / have
no revenge or pique to satisfy
and the very interview was given
for the purpose of making it
plain that ] would not join hands
with Mr.. ]. C. Henriques or any
body else to obstruct the prom
ised legislation. In doing this /
will not attempt to boost the
political fortunes Of Judge Hall
but to heW to the line and do the
best / can to carry out the re-
forms the people demand.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
At the Methodist ChArch.

The first quarterly conference
of the Opelousas charge will be
held on Saturday at Ii a. m. by
tlle newly appointed P. E., Rev.
. B. Carter, who will also
preach at the Methodist Church
sunday, both morning and
evening.
I 7. REAMS, Pastor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR
COTTON in ST. LANDRY
Prominent Farmers Believe the EssVlT Scare
Has disappeared.
WE need GOOD COTTON CROP
10 Restore ChesFfuInsss to the Farmer Much
Cane Land Viii Bo Planted In the
King Staple.

'I believe conditions this
year will be such as to as
sure q fair cotton crop, and
| believe much of the sta
pie will be planted. We
need a good cotton crop at
good prices to put cheerful
ness in our farmer class,
which has been hard-hit. /"
"A Successful Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
Our Answer.

It is plain the intention is to
convey the impression that the
st. Landry Clarion has been
guilty of willfuIly and purposely
oyercharging the parish for pub
lie work done.
1t will be made equally plain
that the mind of the writer
labored under one of two condi-
tions when it conceived the
article:
It was ignorant of the true
facts.
Or it reeked with malice.
It is possible that the Com
moner found justification IN MAX
ing the statement in exaggerated
and infamed reports of a con-
troyersy between the Parish
Printer and the Parish which
took place twelve years ago,
when the Printer insisted basing
his charges for work under what.
he believed to be the law regu-
lating the matter, but was re-
versed by the opinion of the
Parish Attorney, Mr.. Dubuisson,
which opinion the Printer
promptly accepted and himself
insisted that the parish should
be reimbursed by him for the ex-
cess which the difference of the
two basis of type measurement,
the real contention, made.
The ibels by inuendoes made.
at various times, arising from
this incident, has been studiously
ignored by the Clarion, they be-
ing SO ridiculous and unfounded
as to fall of themselves.
The very fact that at the very
same meeting at which the mat
ter was amicably settled between
the Printer and the Parish, the
same Printer was reelected for
another term by a vote of eight
to three, and that the same
Printer has been successfully re-
elected by four different Police
Juries twelve times since the
occurrence, seems to us sufficient
to put away as silly any insinua-
tion that the transaction was
ever tinged with dishonesty.
Why, If that charge were sub
stantiated, it would call to the
same bar of Judgment DR.. W. f.
Clopton, DIR. Paul Foster, Mr..
Homer Savant, Mr.. J. e. Daley.
Mr.. Diornel Durio, Mr.. ]. T. st.
Cyr, Mr.. Rene Derouen, DR.. J.
P. Saizan, Mr.. Robert Lafeur,
Judge Adolphe Guillory, Mr.. A.
j. Muller, Mr.. j. ]. Fontenot,
Mr.. ]. B. Deshotels, and vast
more Of st. Landry 5 sturdy sons
who have served on the Police
Jury then and since and voted
for the Clarion.
It would blacken the memory
of the late Jones F. Smith, of
the late Antoine Lanclos, and
other lamented ones who have
crossed the unknown shore
since, who had been friends and
supporters of the Clarion. The
Clarion would have been able to
commit these dishonest acts only
through the connivance and aid
of these men, who were familiar
with every detail Of the whole
affair.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
The Record.

AMO AbUGUA Ws
We will go back twelve years
ago ito the year 1900.
But before we go to the rec
ords, it is necessary in justice to
ourselves to explain what the
committee means when it says
we admitted" ETC., and to give
other incidents which occurred,
forming part of the settlement.
It was generally accepted as q
rule in most of the printing
Offices at that time that ten non
pareil lines constituted a legal
square. This generally accepted
rule, as absorbed by us during
our labor as a printer IN many
printing offices, was further
strengthened by a circular issued
by the State Auditor, in refer
|ence to tax sales. The reason
the circular dealt exclusively
with tax sales was that it was
issued to post printers in the
measurement of tax sale adver-
tisements, with which the de-
partment dealt with exclusively
as far as country printers were
concerned. 1t was not called
upon to fix the measurement for
police jury proceedings, but we
accepted the rule for measure
ment as setting a basis for all
official a n d judicial printing.
When the matter Of the parish
printing here came up, and Mr..
Leonce Sandoz of the Courier
charged that we were charging
at the ten-nonpareil lines basis,
when we should have charged
on the one hundred words basis,
we promptly in open session of
the Police Jury, as soon as the
charge was made, told the Jury
that Mr.. Sandoz was correct; that
we were charging according to
the 10-line nonpareil basis, and
that Wehad a right to do SO. We
told the Police Jury that the cir
cular which gave us (What we
then thougntl authority to 50
charge, had been misplaced, and
asked that time be given us to
send to Baton Rouge for another.
The Police Jury was then IN ses-
e;;f,y, os a Paas.d IF RnuinWn1,s
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

and the very interview was giVeI
for the purpose of making i.
plain that | would not join hands
with Mr.. J. C. Henriques or any
BODY else to obstruct the prom
ised legislation. In doing this
viii not attempt to boost the
political fortunes Of Judge Hal
but TO heW to the line and do tht
best can to carry out the re,
forms the people demand.
==
while the circular IN question
stipulated ten-l1ne nonpareIl type
as a legal square for the meas.
urement OF tax sales, the specla
act dealing with parish printing
required q hundred words. The
committee was then called to.
gether, and we admitted oul
error in the construction OF the
law, and told The committee that
we wanted to refund to the par
ish any amount which it was
found had been created by the
difference OF the two laws, which
was done.
Here is the report OF the com.
mlttee:
TO the Hon. the President
of the Police Jury Of the
Parish of st. Landry.
Your committee appointed
to investigate the statement
made by Mr.. Leonce Sandoz,
Publisher of the 0peIousas
Courier, as to overcharge by
the st. Landry Clarion for
publishing the proceedings
of the Police Jury, beg leave
to report, viz:
Mr.. Breaux, Publisher of
the ST. Landry Clarion and
parish printer, and Mr.. San
doz appeared before the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Breaux admitted his
bills against the parish for
official printing had been
regularly made out on the
basis of one inch minion
type as a square. His
measurement, he said,
was based by him upon q
circular issued by the State
Auditor S office of date May
1897 and hereto annexed for
reference This measure
ment was arrived at on the
assumption that ten (l0l
lines of non-pariel was a
legal square. On that as
sumption his measurement
would be correct, but ten
lines of nonpareil is a legal
square only in the advertise
ment Of tax sales which the
circular hereto annexed and
above referred to exclusively
dealt.
But the legal square Tor
publishing the proceedings
. sgFA "
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

Continued on page q
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

C,ontinued on page 5
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

rhs 81 LRnsFJ (Ea.) Cysrian IS Rshaat
dssBi Sas o. me best edited nd printsa
essklIes In me WhsIs SOuth..-AMERICAN
Newspaper BHEsE.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17

Oh FIGyI1A Z cd IN = E.
me 81. IsRarY CIagion IS fhe official Jsns
nal a1 every pHbIic bsdy IN He pagsshs Pnl-
Ice JaFY, Seh0eE BaaFd, Lsvea Beard, MaHls
elpIafles OF f0psleHsas. Pert Barre and MslSill9
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-17
THE TRUE STORY OF THE
PRINTING CONTRACTS
In Refutation of the Inference That the ST. Landry
Clarion Has Not Honestly Discharged
It's Trust.

The st. Landry Commoner in
its last issue has the following
article.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
Fleshy People Suffer from
Skin Troubles.

Fleshy people are often troubled
with itching and irritation of the skin,
caused by perspiration and chafing,
which frequently develops into eczema
or other skin trouble. and, if neglected.
may become chronic. 1t matters not
how long YOU have suffered or what
kind of skin trouble YOU have, the new
remedy Cadum should he given a trial.
1t has proved blessing to thousands
who have suffered for years from dis
tressing, stubborn and disfiguring skin
diseases. Cadum is soothing and heal
ing wherever the skin is infiamed, irri
tated or diseased. IT is antiseptic.
and prevents infection from disease
germs 1t acts quickly upon eczema,
pimples, sores, eruptions, ulcers,
rashes, rough skin. chatings. itching
piles. etc. All druggists sell cadum at
10c and g5e. per box.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-09
Missing Salem
Lad Returned
To His Parents

Warren Lang, 13-year-eld Salem
lad, who has been missing from home
for several days was returned to his
parents, Monday, by City Marshal
Fletcher. The boy, who is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs Ambrose Lang, had read
of the splendid fishing that could be
found in Maine when the ice went out
of the Maine rivers
With his mind filled with the idea
of catching splendid strings of fish
up in Maine that would make him the
envy of his schoolmates, he drew from
the bank his savings of the past three
years, amounting in all to about SO
and bought a fine new fishing rod and
ticket to Augusta. He remained here
for couple of days, hanging around
pool rooms and lunch rooms and
growing more homesick every minute.
officer Witham found him, Sunday
afternoon and took him into custody.
The boy told the officers his story
and City Marshal Fletcher communi-
Gated with the city marshal of Salem.
who got in touch with the boys par
ents, who We're very glad to hear Of
the runaway and sent him sufficient
funds to pay his fare home.
Augusta is all right for day OF
| two but | am glad I'm going back tc
/ Salem" said Master Warren to a Jour
| nal reporter, as he was walking along
| beside City Marshal Fletcher on his
way to the train. which was to TAKE
him home