St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-08-02
DUNLAP MOTGAGES RE-
GENTLY ACQUIRED
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DUNLAP MOTGAGES RE-
GENTLY ACQUIRED
PROPERTY.
with the purchase of the 49,
600 acre tract of Atchafalaya
lands recently perfected by Mr..
James E.. Dunlap, of Plaque
mine, La, and wants you to
answer some questions. | in
sist that you had better let me,
or George, do it.
| wrote the article in question
and handed it to the Clarion and
two other papers as a news item
considering the settlement OF
the litigation over this land as a
matter of general interest, es-
pecially in st. Landry parish,
and sometimes, like the Judge,
suffering with scabies scribendi
so badly that / think that the
newspapers simply can't get
along without my assistance. |
am young yet and by hard efforts
may be able to overcome this bad
habit. In this case. I did not
intend to go beyond a short and
accurate summary Of the facts,
and certainly did not intend to
precipitate a controversy with
such an experienced and willing
antagonist as the Judge. I'm
fortunately, however, your
proof-reader failed to see that a
certain clause in my article,
stating that Mr.. Dunlap had
proved that he was not running
a bluff, the clause that has evil
IDENTIFY stirred up the Judges
ire, was matter which should
have been left to be deduced
from the facts, not to be stated
in the body of such an article.
We must learn by experience.
The same clause was summarily
executed by the proof-readers of
two New Orleans papers to
whom the identical copy was
sent.
Judge Dupre has discovered
and proudly heralds the fact that
Mr.. Dunlap, after having OBJ
tanned title to the property and
after paying the amount re-
quired to be paid in cash, about
of his $50, 900 bid,
placed a mortgage for $40, 600
on the property purchased, at
the time he paid over the bal
ance into Court. This fact was
on public record, so no
effort was made to conceal it
from discoveries.
Yes, Mr. Dunlap did borrow
this $40, 900, and while he has
not confided in me, / consider it
quite likely that he borrowed
the whole $50, 900, one-half that
we know of, by the mortgage on
the land which Judge Dupre has
discovered, and the other half on
some other security before he
got the land. Mr.. Dunlap is a
banker, and I don't suppose all
he five banks of Opelousas to-
gether had as much as $40, 600,
much less $50, 900, in money not
out at interest or otherwise in
vested, on July Sd, 1918. There
ire a few men so foolish as to
cave large sums of money unin-
vested, just as there are very
who can borrow $50, 600, or
even $40, 900, on any kind of Sc
especially on short notice
n July, 1913. Governor Hall
md Mayor Loeb can tell you
hat even bonds are hard to sell.
f you or | or the Judge could
'aise that much, we could start
/ pretty newspaper, If it didn't
,ring us around to a more prac-
ical view and give us the idea to
tart a cannery or brewery or
ONE other needed local improve
nent. If / just had something /
,ould raise $50, 600, or $40, 900,
N, / would be almost content,
nd wouldn't even kick at the
rice of ice.
But to come back to dry land,
.oes the fact that Mr.. Dunlap,
Ike any other business man or
'anker, sometimes borroWs
noney, prove that he was run
ing a bluff when he bid $50, 600
or those Atchafalaya lands in
anuary, 1910?
Judge Dupre must have real
led by this time that Mr.. Dun
ap was not bluffing when he
lade that bid. IF he doesn't, it
almost time to wake up. He
as seen Mr.. Dunlap bring suit