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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
GOOD HIGHWAYS ARE
BOUND TO WIN OUT.'
Prominent Farmer of Parish Says That ST. Landry
Can Not Do Without
Good Roads

Are you in favor of voting q
tax for Good Roads?' was asked
a prominent farmer of this par
ish, during the week. I would
vote any amount of tax to obtain
good, substantial highways, .
was the answer. In my opin.
ion" !" continued the prosperous
planter, this parish could do nc
better thing, If it should try for
years, than construct durable and
permanent roads. througout the
length and breadth of st. Lam
dry, no matter if it takes years
to accomplish this feat"
Here is one man who has the
right idea about roads, besides
being in favor of having good
roads it is the opinion of this
man that after the roads will
have been built the farmers will
not be tied up with too much
land as is the case, at present.
In fact there will be an increase
in the demand of farm lands,
and one will be able to dispose of
his plantation at fabulous prices.
The tax could not amount to very
much; the small farmer would be
the one to pay the least for his
roads and at the same time he
will derive, in proportion, more
than the large plantation owner.
The time lost by the farmer
during the winter months, the
repair bills, and so many other
.unpleasantries caused by bad
roads, would be enough to dou-
bly, pay the good roads tax of
any.man, and besides there would
be money saved. There is very
little cost in good roads, but the
profit to be derived from these
is SO enormous that there is no
burden on the property owners
when it comes to pay the tax.
Some one may say that Good
Roads advocates say that good
roads pay for themselves just be-
cause these men want to have
them in their community, or
some other selfish motives, but
such is not the case, Mr.. Moss
back. Experience will teach you
that good, substantial and dura-
BILE highways will eventually pay
for themselves and that they are
not a burden to the taxpayers.
bnt on the contrary they are a
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
BILBOS COMING HERE
TO IDENTIFY BOBBIE
witnesses for Walters to Come to Opelousas to See
if Little Fellow with Dunbars Is
Bruce Anderson.

! that the little fellow is Roberr
/ Dunbar. Besides being sure
that the boy now in the hands o1
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Dunbar is
Bobbie, their son, who disap.
peared at Swayze lake eight
months ago, the citizens of Ope-
lousas, as well as the great ma.
jority of the people of Louisiana,
firmly believe that Bruce Ander-
son will be brought in the lime
light before long.
Mr.. Percy Dunbar left this
city on Monday for points in
/ Mississippi, where he went to
follow up some clues which may
lead to the finding of Bruce An
derson and the clearing up Of
this most mysterious of cases.
He was in the neighborhood of
Poplarville, Miss, when last
heard of, but he would not give
out any statement, besides that
he had enough evidence to prove,
to his own satisfaction, that
Bruce Anderson is still alive and
will be found before very many
days.
On Monday Attorneys Veazie
and Garland received a tele-
phone communication from a
man, supposed to be a detective,
who said that he knew the ex-
act place where Bruce Ander-
son was and if his transporta-
ton was wired to him he would
set out Immediately for Florida,
in which state, this detective
claims that Bruce Anderson is
at present living.
Governor Brewer has contin-
ually refused to sign the requi-
sition papers, by which means
Walters, who is confined in the
county Jail at Columbia, Miss,
could be brought to Louisiana to-
stand trial for the kidnapping of
little Robert Dunbar, Jr. He
has been guided, it seems, en-
.tirely by evidence of only one
side, but it is evident that it will
not be long before he will, in
conscience, be bound to give his
signature to these papers.
Mrs. Dunbar, after all of this
worry and trouble, took her long
needed rest. She and her two
little sons, Robert and Alonzo,
spent several days with Mr..
Robert Dunbar, Sr., after whom
the little fellow, who has caused
SO much excitement during the
last few weeks. was named. 1t
isssaidIthat Mrs. Dunbar has been
doing wonderfully well, consid-
ering the strain under which she
has been living since the disap-
pearance Of her little boy, being
more excited than ever when
Robert was found last month.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
MISS SANDERS Wins
HON0RS OF CLASS
Bright Young Lady Carries OF Medal Octave
Castillo Is Close Second.

The Graduating exercises of
the st. Landry High School, of
this city, were held at the High
School Auditorium, at eight thirty
last night. Eleven of Opel
ousas's most promising young
men and young ladies were
awarded diplomas by Superin-
tendent of Public Education, G. j.
Thompson; these were Misses
Ruth Bertheaud, Marguerite
Brand, Matte Kelley, Wardie
Kelley, Lena Marine, Marguerite
Sanders; Messrs John Brown,
Octave Castillo, Prentiss Obier,
Frank Pulford, Lawrence Sandoz.
Miss Marguerite Sanders, the
pretty daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. T.. Sanders, carried off the
laurels of the day, being award
ed two medals, one for English,
the other for the highest aver
age made in the last three years.
Mr.. Octave Castillo, the eldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lucius Cas-
tile, of this city, lead his boy
companions, being second only
to Miss Sanders. As a whole
! the graduating class was a very
bright one, every member hav-
ing no difficulty in passing the
rs per cent mark.
The graduating exercises were
opened by pretty march, played
by Miss Elizabeth Balm, to. the
tune of which the graduates Of
the class 1913 marched on the
stage. Mr.. Thompson, who
awarded the diplomas did moi
make a speech, but said a few
very impressive words to the
graduates, congratulating then
upon their achievement. Hon.
Jno. w. Lewis delivered an ex,
cellent talk, which was received
with true enthusiasm on ths
q
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
OPELOUsAS TEAM To
TACKLE RAYNE CLUB.
Sundays Battle to Be A Hot
One.---Rayne Team
Very Strong.

The Opelousas baseball team
will tackle the strong Rayne
club tomorrow evening and a
battle royal is expected, as the
Rayne team, it is reported, is
very strong this year, and you
fans know that Opelousas has a
classy team, so there is no doubt
that the game tomorrow will be
a real live one.
If the weather is favorable an
immense crowd is expected to
turn out to root the.hone team to
victory, as there is no idea how
the people of this city are taking
interest in the present baseball
team. There is more spirit
among the fans of Opelousas
this season than any previous
year. There is cause to take
interest in the home team, as at
the end of the season it will be
foundfthat the local aggregation
is as good as any in this section.
They have already doWned the
strong Kinder team, which was
considered one of the best anna
teur clubs in Louisiana. ff Ope-
lousas accomplishes 50 much
with so little practice, what will
be the result when the boys will
have been whipped in shape and
in mid-season form? There will
be no team around here to de-
feat them, unless some fiuke
plays would be pulled off or there
would be some costly bone-head
plays.
Having won both games play
ed, the Opelousas team has a
certain confidence in itself and
in all probabilities the local
bunch OF ball players will take
Rayne's scalp in the coming
battle.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

For the last two or three
weeks it has been discussed pre-
and con whether Mr.. and Mrs,
Percy Dunbar of this city would
take their child, Robert, Jr., tc
New Orleans for the Bilbos te
identify him. These people are
witnesses for w. C. Walters, the
alleged kidnaper of little Robert
Dunbar, Jr., with whom the lit
tie fellow is supposed to have re-
mained during the last year, and
whom the Bilbos claim is Bruce
Anderson, son of the woman
who came here from North Car
ollna, saying that she could iden-
tify her child in thousands, !"
but failed to pick him out in five.
It had been the hope of Messrs.
Dale and Rawls, Walters's at
torneys, that Messrs. Garland
and Veazie, Dunbar's attorneys,
would take the little fellow to
New Orleans for these people to
see him, but the focal attorneys
were of the opinion that it was
best for the Dunbars to remain
within the jurisdiction of this
court, as little trouble might
be anticipated, if they would go
to New Orleans. But neither
Mr.. Garland nor Mr.. Veazie had
any objection to having the Bill
bos and others from Mississippi,
who claim they know the, little
fellow here, come to Opelousas
to see whether he was Bruce
Anderson or Robert Dunbar, Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Dun
bar, whose kidnapping case is
probably the most sensational
ever recorded in this country.
On Monday evening District
Attorney R. Lee Garland sent a
telegram to Governor Brewer,
of Mississippi, and one to At
torneys Dale & RaWls, of Colum-
bia, stating that the meeting of
the Bilbos with Robert Dunbar
would take place in Opelousas,
instead of New Orleans, and the
day would be on Wednesday the
18th.
Following is the telegram sent
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

i wonderful source of economy.
I'm every state in the Union
wherein good roads can be seen,
one passing in these splendid
| thoroughfares through these
states will discover that the
farmers along these roads are all
prosperous and doing splendidly
with their little farms of fifty to
one hundred acres. There, a man
is considered we'll off, if he owns
so much land, whereas one who
owns five hundred acre farm
in this section, is hardly said to
be worth very much. One GER
tainty is that the land in Louis
lana does not command as high
a price as property in the pro-
gressive states of the United
States because there are no
roads over which farmers can
bring their products to market.
The thing which draws the at
tention of the tourists to France
most, is the fact that every nook
and corner of this old pictur
esque republic can be visited by
the trave.er inssautomobiles, while
in Louisiana il a person wants to
go some fifty miles, from any
point whatever, he has to sit on
a dirty and filthy train for a
couple Of hours. In France, or
wherever there are good roads,
one can travel at leisure in any
manner he wishes, day or night,
rain or shine.
Besides being a luxury, good
roads are a saving, and it does
not take a great mind like
Daniel Webster, or Napoleon,
to see this; it does not require
that you have a splendid classi-
cal e d U C a tion to discover
that in the long run good roads
pay for themselves. Don't be a
mossback; come out and help
your progressive neighbor to win
his battle and you will then de
serve the title of progressive,
also. Don't object to a good
roads tax, simply because you
are going to be a few dollars
out. Don't vote against a good
roads tax because you have been
brought up to vote against every
tax, whether it were a good one
or not.
Continued on page 5.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
DR. lADISLAS LAzARO
VISITS OPELOUSiS
Was Here On Monday To See
Friends Tells one on
Suffregrettes.

DR.. Ladislas Lazaro. Congress.
man from the Seventh District
of Louisiana, paid Opelousas 9
visit on Monday morning, for the
first time since he took the oath
| of office last March. He was as
pleasant as ever and looked like
the same old Doc, !" whom
the people of this District deem
ed worthy of serving them in the
House of Represatives, at Wash.
ington, D. c. He did not change
in appearance. nor in manner,
the hot political atmosphere OF
Washington not having any eff
feet on him, except making him
more determined than ever tc
stay with his Louisiana friends
and to fight for what he thought
his people wanted down here.
Mr.. Lazaro is very well salts
fed with the condition of affairs
in the Nations Capital, being
sure that sugar and rice can win
out if we Louisianans remain to-
gether and fight side by side.
While speaking of his exper-
ience at Washington, since he
made his first appearance in that
city, as Representative of the
people from the Seventh Louisi-
ana District, DR.. Lazaro told his
friends here of an interesting
encounter he had with several
suffregettes, who were in Wash
ington trying to push the suffrage
bill through. He was accosted
one day by suffregettes and ask
ed how he stood on this question,
Not wanting to offend the ladies
present he told them that he
might vote for it; but if this bill
would pass it would put the
colored women on an equal vot-
ing footing as the white women,
so he would wait until he would
consult his wife upon the suffrage
question, saying that he would
abide by her decision.
He IS still wondering if
these women ever expect to get
his vote on their bill not il Mrs.
Lazaro has anything to do with
her husband.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
POLICEMAN ANSLEM
CAPTURES THIEVES
Bunch OF Notorious Cattle Thieves Are Caught
Up With And placed IN jail.

Night Policeman Joseph An
slum, better known as Babe"
Anselun, with the able assist
ance of our popular Assessor,
Darius M. Fontenot, of this city,
and Mr.. Webb Quirk, of Wash
ington, traced up numerous clues
which led to the capture and
lodging in jail of six notorious
negroe cattle thieves, during
the week.
These six thieves had been
operating between Macland and
Bellevue and they would have
probably done more damages
than they really did, had it not
been for the alertness of the
ever-Watchful Policeman, Mr..
Anselum. Being assisted by
Messrs. Fontenot and Qsirk II
was not very difficnlt, whatsoever
for Mr.. Anslum to take the
thieves into custody.
It appears by the statement
of the thieves and Mr.. Albert
Martel, who runs a meat market
on the outskirts of the city, on
on the east side, that they had
been in the habit of stealing cat
tie and selling them TO Martel,
who in good faith thought that
the cattle. belonged to t h G
father of one of the thieves,
named Louis Sam. The men
passed off a few heads Of cattle
in this manner, but they were
soon discovered to be cattle
CONTINUED on page 10)
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
OPELOUsAs, LA. SATURDAY. NAY "a 1913
HOW 3 CONVENTION
DAYS WILL BE spent
Firemen Convention To Begin
On Friday, june 81 Prepa-
rations Being Made.

/ the great F1remen.S s convention
which will begin on June the 27tl
and will lastfor three days. Ths
Firemen are all busy making th.
necessary preparations to max.
the Convention a great and per
feet success in every way possi
BILE. They are determined tt
make the best hosts to the Fire
men Convention than any othel
Firemen Company, which has al
ready been honored with the
presence of the brave fame fight
ers of Louisiana, and it is expect.
ed that the delegates to the Con,
Vention will be entertained in {
royal fashion during their entire
stay in the beautiful and pictures.
que little city of Opelousas.
Not only the Firemen of Opel.
ousas but also the citizens viii
put their best foot forward te
make the Convention one of the
greatest of its kind.
CONVENTION.
The programn for the Eight
Annual Louisiana Firemen's As
ISOLATION
PROGRAM.
Eighth Annual Convention La.
State Firenen's Assn.
Friday June 27, 1913.
The reception Committee,
composed of the members of the
Hope Hook & Ladder Go. No. l
and citizens will meet all trains
and conduct Delegates and mem
bers to their various Boarding
Houses, after having registered
atheadquarters.
All Delegates and members
will assemble at Fire Station at
Il o'clock a. m, from where they
will march in a body to the Con-
vention Hall, when the 9Th An
nual Convention will be opened
by Rev. Father Engberink who
will ask the invocation, followed
by an address of welcome by
Mayor Loeb; response by Chief
]. R. Gibbs, President of the As
sotion, after which regular order
of business will be taken up.
Adjournment att 12::3G to meet
in the afternoon; time to be set
by the President.
A Smoker at the Hook & Lad
der Hall will follow directly after
night session.
Saturday June %, 1912.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24
DISAsTEROUS FIRE
WEDNESDAY, MORNING
Ardoln q Sander warehouse and Bla. ksherss
Meat Market Go UP lR Flames Al
2.40 A. N. Wednesday.

What proved to be somewhat
of a disastrous fire was the one
which occurred early Wedndes-
day morning in the western por-
ton of this city, near the Branch
Saloon. In this fire went up the
building in which Blacksher's S
meat market was stationed and
also the warehouse of Ardoin &
Sandoz, liquor dealers. The
building was divided into two
sections; the front was occupied
by the market and the rear was
where Ardoin & Sandoz stored
their wines and beers. All of
this went up in the terrible
flames.
When the fire broke out it de-
yeloped that central could not be
gotten to sound the alarm, so
those desirous Of having the
fremen know that there was a
fire raging on the west end of
Opelousas had to have recourse
to pistol shots. So many OF
these rang out that one would
think that a fierce battle was be-.
ing Waged some thought that
the firing was being done in their
back yard. In a few minutes
the entire town was thrown into
a confusion and it did not take
very long for a rather fair sized
crowd to be on hand and assist
the firemen, who responded gal
lantIy to the call of distress, ex-
tinguish the flames.
It was too late when the fire
company came on the scene of
the diaster as the building was
already engulfed in the ravaging
flames and in a few minutes the
place crumbled to the ground,
reduced almost totally to ashes.
The cause of the fire is un-
known but it is supposed by.
some that a burglar entered
either the market or the beer
room, and after doing his work,
being afraid of being caught,
applied d match To the building.
e-azz = .
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

part Of the audience as well as
of those who are leaving the
high school, some to go into
universities and colleges, while
others will have soon to start to
battle life's canoe.
The audience was very large
considering the fact that this
city had been experiencing bad
wealth sr for the last few days.
1t was an enthusiastic audience,
|one which cheered the young
ladies and the young men, who
were closing their last leaf In
| the book of High School educa-
Ition, as they stepped on the
stage and took from the ex-
tended hands Of Mr.. Thompson
their long-fought-for goal their
diplomas.
MEDALS
The Littell Medal offered By
DR.. B. A. Littell to that member
Continued on page 10)
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

Ths 81 Landry (Ia.) Clarisa b Without
asuBt ons Of lhs best edited nd PRINTED
vsskIIss In fhs Khsis saih.--AHERICAN
Newspaper BEl0E.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

It is expected that the visit of
the Bilbos and whoever else may
come here to Identify Robert
Dunbar will not materially
change the state of affairs, as
the people here are convinced
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

OFFICIAL. JOURNA l.
The ST. LanarT CIarlsn IS the Official JUuF-
nal Of every pablie body 10 the parish, Pub
Ice JaFy, Sehasi Beard, LsVsa Board, MuBIa
clplaiieS Of opel0usas. Port Barre and MslFtlIs
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-05-24

MI es d Am es E. Strauss, of
Chicago. Ill. Lem Clark, Half
pauir, Gary Brooks, B. Clark,
and Percy Lawrence, Of Crow
ley, were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lorenzo Mornhinveg, on
Wednesday
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
GIRL s QUESTION
LED TO ARREST
Asked Her Papa if Moonshine
Still Was Running, and Of
ficers Heard 1t.

Reports OF activity among the rev.
enue men in Southwest Virginia, were
received here yesterday by Colonel w.
II. Chapman, internal revenue agent
for the Second District OF Virginia.
Three seizures OF stills in Wise Coun-
~ and the capture OF blockadcr near
Big Stone Gap, were made during the
past week, and the contraband pro
perty destroyed
\ raid conducted by Deputy Collcc-
/, tor Miller and j. G. Davis, with n num-
Der of possemen, resulted in the arres 81
OF Jerry Stidman. K. V. Boiling and
ID, w. Stidnan. who are being held
under heavy bond for trial on a charge
of being Illicit distillcrs. The strong
est evidence is against the former. who
was seen going into the still with his
small daughter. who was overheard by
concealed deputies to say:
Its running amt il papa
NO. Stidman was heard to reply.
1T is not running now. honey. but it
Will be in day or so"
Boiling and ID. w. Stidman were np-
pretended as they were about TO
spread the alarm. The same day the
posse seized two other stills and more
than 1000 gallons of beer Special
Gauger McBrown and Deputy Marshal
Abingdon were in charge OF q force
that took possession and destroyed one
on the property OF Franklin Hun
| sucker. All of the men were bailcd be-
fore Special Commissioner A. III. Wick
ers.
Special Gauger Nitzer and DEPUTY
Marshal Stultz captured blockader
eight miles south OF Martinsville They
conhscated horse and wagon and nf-
ty-onc gallons of whiskey. The owner
or the team. G. d. Douthlt was taken
I before Commissioner A S. Gravely and
held for trial
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
BOARD MEETING
IS POSTPONED
w. II. Turpin Returns to His
Duties as Overseer of
Girls Home Farm.

Because of the absence from the
city Of several OF the members. the
meeting of the executive board of the
Virginia Home and Industrial School
for Girls. near Bon Air. which was to
have been held yesterday. was pos,-
poncd until to-day. II Will be held
either this morning or this afternoon.
w. III. Turpin. the farm ovcrseer.
who was left stranded in the middle OF
the road two miles from the home by
several of the inmates last Wednesday,
returned to the home yesterday after
noon. and with the return Of Matron
NJ NJ. Light. normal conditions obtained
again.
When the executive board meets to-
! DAY II is expected that the members
"iIi take up the matter OF a reply TO
4 the report Of the State Board OF Char
iticS and Corrections TO Governor
mann which the board thinks was
/ 700 severely drastic and critical OF
me management II is pointed out
! mat the institution is supported I'm
the main by private subscription ana
mat the members OF the board ncr-
FORMED oncrous duties purely for
charity's sake Every dollar expended
was accounted for before the investi-
| cation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-06
GIRL DETAINED
FOR THREE DAYS
Minnie Forsythe, Held as Fugi-
tive, Is Now Charged With
Being a Vagrant.

y prisoner since Wednesday. when
she was arrested on charge of being
4 fugitive from her parents in North
Carolina, Minnie Forsythe, nineteen
years old will go before Justice
Crutchflcld a second time this morning
when she will appear on 4 charge OF
Nagrancy.
The girl was sent TO court THURSDAY
morning, when the case was continued
Yesterday morning Justice Crutchncld
ordered her to he taken TO the City
Home. The City Home authorities
not i'll, and because she WAS not Il
resident OF Richmond. After sho left
Police Court she was placed under ar
rest d second time, the police not know
ing what else TO do with her. and not
wishing to turn her out alone upon the
city, and charged her with vagrancy
1t was hoped that her family or some
friend might come to her rescue. She
telegraphcd friend in North Carolina
last night TO send her S25. so that she
could return home If the money be
forthcoming, the police viii not detain
her longer. Otherwise the matter may
J.. laid before the Juvenile Protective
Association or s.Crio chqritahle organi-
cation which '.,nis1is iiterest itself in
her case.
The girl became i'll last night. and
was treated by nr. VI. +. Torregrosa, OF
the City Hospital. Her ailment was not
serious