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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
CONSTRUC-
ton GREW HERE

The construction crew of tht
Cumberland Telephone Company
is here working on a line be
tween this city and Hazlewood,
Louisiana, about twelve miles
from Opelousas. Mr.. f. I.
Lovers, foreman of the crew,
has been keeping his men hare
at work stringing a pair of wires
over the Frisco to the mammoth
hardwood saw mill situated east
of here.
The saw mill which is the
property of the st. Landry
Realty Company. has only re-
Gently been erected, and being
situated a good distance from
town, will now be connected
directly with Opelousas by tele-
phone. This means that the
saw mill people will have the
same telephone accommodation,
which the people of Opelousas
are at present enjoying.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
RARUN TARUM MOTION FILED
non. Paytan Sandoz Works way to Quash
Twelve Indictments.

Hon. Payton R. Sandoz has FL
ed a rarum tarum motion to have
several indictment quashed, or
the plea that District Attorney
r. Lee Garland, is not the official
attorney for the parish. Mr..
Sandoz states that because of
the fact that Mr.. Garland has
rendered his service to the vii
lage of Grand Coteau and
has receive d fees as
attorney for that pla e
he has thereby vacated his posi-
ton as District Attorney.
'The law is plain on dual office
holding" !" said Mr.. Sandoz and
he read the law to the Clarion
representative. Il have not
filed that motion on account of
political purposes. . said Mr..
Sandoz, but / think that it is
my duty, as attorney for about
twelve persons who have been
indicted by the Grand Jury to
act in this manner. If I can
uuash the indictments, that is all
/ want. =
Mr.. Sandoz stated that he
would bring the case before the
Supreme Court il his motion was
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

nant to a dwelling house; Joe
Houston, C. C. W.: John Black
wood, C. G. W; Marshall Win
frey, murder; Adam Sam, Louis
Sam, Willie Sam and Menethis
Booker, cattle stealing; w a d e
Andrus, wife desertion and fail
ure to support; Bebe Adams,
Thomas Adams and Felix NAL
veau, burglary under section R.
IS. 854; Joseau Freeman, Gilbert
Ledet, Yves Jones and Artemon
Lafeur, disturbing a peaceable
assembly; Arthur Dumas a n d
John Leblanc, arson; Emmett
Hawkins, Arthur Dumas, Sam
Littell and John Leblanc, arson;
Willie Lias, arson; Jim Smith,
manslaughter; George Albert,
arson.
The Grand Jury also reported
the following not true bills:
Joseph Keigler, shooting with
intent to murder; Willie Fruger
and Fastin Fruger, Jean
Stevens, Wilfully shooting at; A.
A. Goudeau, selling liquor on
Sunday: Arthur Jones, assault
and battery; Marshall Cheney.
arson; John Fruge, Albert Fruge
and Victor Fontenot, placing OBJ
structions on r. r. track; Ben
Baptiste, manslaughter.
The Grand Jury, through it's
Foreman, Hon. ]. J. Thompson,
reported that there were several
cases of homicide that came up
before that body, and that most
of these cases existed among the
negro population of st. Landry.
They advised the Judge that suf-
ficient police force be placed at
the an1usements, when the trou-
Bile is usually started, This is
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
FORTY. nine TRUE
BILLS REPORTED

The Grand Jury for the Octo-
Der session of the Criminal
Court, made its report to the
Judge, of the District Court, on
Monday morning. This body of
iurists reported having found
forty-nine true bills and eight
not true bills.
The true bills were found
against the following: w. C.
Walters, kidnapping; Paul Ar
toll and Jasper Fedora, man
slaughter; Chester Freeman,
murder; Daisy White, murder;
Arthur Domingeaux, murder;
Christoval Allen, murder; Val
sin Willis, murder; Willis Stroth-
er, murder; Willis Brown, dis
turbing a peaceable assembly;
Jose Jardoin. Leonard Jardoin,
Henry Linton, w. R. Linton,
Clarence Comeau, Will Williams
and Nom Eagland, disturbing
a peaceable assembly; Fl nry
Brown, assault with intent to
murder; Henry Brown, G. c..
W.; Robert Papillon, burglary; !;
Pliny Eagland and Edgard Sam,
cattle stealing Pliny Eagland
and Edgard Sam, cattle stealing;
Joseph Fruge, cutting with in
tent to murder; Milton Fontenot,
cutting and stabbing with intent
to murder; Isaac Jean Pierre,
wounding less than mayhem;
Joseph Reigler. C. C. w; Alibe
Bertrand, Kenneth Reed, Noah
Vidrine, E. Landreneau, A. D.
Rougeau, ]. E. Tate, Claude
Chameaux, Duvic FuseIier, Do
restine Fruge, Clem Lafeur and
Oliver Reed, hunting deer out of
season and hunting without a
license; Henry Landry, embez-
element of public funds; A. E.
Laheur, assault and battery; G.
P. Hubbard, burglary of freight
car; f. M. Bondurant, wife de-.
sertion; Armand Chariot, violat-
ing act 81 of 1886; Prien Meche,
Gilbert Meche and Melon Fall,
violating act 81 of 1886: Jerome
Sicily, cow stealing; Maurice
Landry, assault a n d battery;
Joseph Emonette, C.. C. W.;
Alcee Benoit, G. C. W.; Philo-
gene Savoie, Wounding less than
mayhem; Tom Brady, G. G. W..
Joseph Guy, burglary of a ware
house: Jack Woods, assault and
battery and G.. G. W.: Nutum
Deur, alias Willie Jones, alias
Curley, larceny; Samuel Bush.
burglary of out-house appurte-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

over ruled by District Judge B. Fl.
Pavy, if his clients were convict
ed, and he is confident that he
will win out in the Higher Court.
Mr.. Garland takes the view
that he is the District Attorney
of st. Landry, even though he is
holding another public Office, be-
cause he says that his successor
has to be elected and qualified
before he can vacate this office.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
OPELOUSAS LA. SATURDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1913.
COLUMBUS DAY WAS
OBSERVED BY K. C.'S
Knights of Columbus Celebrate
the Anniversary of the Dis
c0yery of America.

The local Knights of Colum.
bus celebrated the four hundred
and tWenty-frst anniversary o1
the discovery of America, the
land of the free, by Christopher
Columbus, at their beautiful
home on Main street, last Sun
day evening. Quite a number
of the members of the local
lodge, as well as a few visiting
knights participated in the splen-
did lunch served.
Mr.. William J. Sandoz, Chair
man of the entertainment com
mittee, acted in the capacity OF
toast-master. As is customary
with Mr.. Sandoz, he made an
interesting talk to the members,
after which he. called upon Grand
Knight John M. Prescott, Chan
cellor A. L. Andrus, DR.. A. J.
Bercier and Past Grand Knight
Lionel Bienyue, all of whom re-
sponded with appropriate toasts.
DR.. Ladislas Lazaro, Con-
gresham from the Seventh
Louisiana District, and United
States Senator, Joseph E. Rams
dell, were invited as guests Of
honor. Both were in Opelousas
the morning of the entertain
ment and fully intended to be
present at the smoker, but to
their ill-luck and to the disap-
point tment of every Knight of
Columbus in Opelousas, they
were called away on official busi-
ness, and were unable to attend
the meeting.
The guests at the Knight of
Columbus smoker were COM
posed of only men eligible to
membership in the order, it be-
ing strictly a K. of c. affair.
All those who attended the
smoker had a most enjoyable
time and some go so far as to
say that they wish that Colum-
BUS day would come two or three
times year instead of once.
At the next regular meeting,
which will take place on Sun
lay, October 26th, the officers
for the local lodge viii be chosen.
Every member is urged to be
present so as to cast his ballot
FOR the ones he thinks should
nold the various offices.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
Opelousas Still Increasing.

On Sunday morning the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. Duflhe
was visited by father Stork, and
this happy couple were made the
present of a big boy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Duflho have only recently
moved into town, having been
living on the outskirts of Opel
ousas, on Mrs. Charles Thomp-
sons place, about two miles from
here.
Mr.. Anderson jackson, at one
time connected with the st. Lam
dry Clarion and also with the st.
Landry Commoner, was present
ed with a girl, by his wife, dur
ing the week. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackson live about four miles
from this city. in the Bellevue
neighborhood.
The mother and child are do
ing fine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
MAYOR HAS BAWDY
NEGROES ARRESTED
Mayor Loeb Makes Personal Investigation of Negro
Dance---Judge Kerr Imposes Heavy Fines
on Violators of Moral Law.

/. thus far that there has not beer
some fstical encounters between
some whites and blacks, in the
midst of the business district oi
i Opelousas.
j There IS a law in this city pro.
hibiting any baWdy and leWd
women from coming into the
/ business portion, are in other
words, around the court house
square. This law was passed on
account of the white women OF
the restricted district of Opelou-
sas. Now if the people of Ope-
lousas resent letting these white
| women of ilI-repute come into
town, why should they put up
with the disgraceful conduct of
some of the negro women? tits
a generally Well-known fact that
every evening many of the negro
girls come up town, just to carry
on their smashing" and see
whether or not they cannot
string some young fellows.
Some go SO far as to induce
white boys.
The people of Opelousas will
be glad to learn that the city au-
thorities are determined to stop
all of this most shameful and
disgraceful conduct on the part
of any woman or pimp. The
Mayor stated that it would not
be long before the town will be
free from such uddesirables.
When Emile Elias appeared
before City Judge Kerr, he read
lily pleaded guilty. whilst the
woman pleaded not guilty. Mil
lie Monroe, another n egro
woman, was the principal wit
ness for the prosecution, and
from her evidence the CITY au-
thorities obtained some valuable
information as to the frequent
occurrences, almost in the very
heart of the city, of dances, the
like of which took place, on Mon
day night, October 9Th. It
would be shocking not only to
the womanhood of Opelousas,
but also to the entire population
of this city, if the dances and
actions Of these drunken coons
were to be related in bold
facts"
No one wants a repetition of
1896, and the only ard safest
way to prevent a regulation"
again, is to prevent such things
taking place in this city. #
the--e were only one place like
this one here, it might easily be
done away with, but it is a sad
fact that this city is literally
studded with these illicit dancing
halls, as well as immoral houses,
the inside of which, in many in
stances. can be seen by the pass
ers-by. Such a sight for young
ladies to behold Still there are
many who are forced to see such
things.
We are pleased and gratifed
to see that the Mayor with the
assistance of the City Judge and
police are going after these de-
generates in such a manner that
it will be only a short time when
our City will be entirely free
of such characters.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
Notice to the Public.

The subscribers of the st. Lam
dry Clarion who have receipts
from one, Paul d'Orsennen. are
requested to send in their re-
ceipts so that they can obtain
credit.
The Clarion wishes to make
good every subscription given to
d'Orsennen, and its management
would especially appreciate it If
the persons who have subscribed
through this solicitor, would send
their receipts as early as Is con-
venient.
YVES. ANDREPONT,
Business Manager.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

indeed a good idea and should
appeal to the people of st. Ian
dry, not only with the negroes,
but in many instances with the
white people, as at balls, a fight
often occurs. which frequently
ends up in a killing or 50.
The Criminal Court will open
on next Monday with a heavy
docket; it will require a fe "
weeks to trash out all of the
criminal cases in this parish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
"DUBY" WON BY ONE
WITH LEWIS SECOND
Hon. 6. B. Dubuisson Is Elected Delegate To The
Convention BY The Majority OF One vote--
At First Thought Beaten.

-
Jubilant is not a word strons
enough to convey the sentimen
lof the friends of Mr.. Dubuissol
| on Friday and Saturday. It wa.
such a pleasant surprise to all o.
them that some Of his supporter,
have not gotten over it yet
They had been figuring out how
they had been defeated, willis
| the Lewis supporters were hap
by that their man had won, nj
matter If it was by the slim ma
jority of six votes. Now, it hap.
pens that the Dubuisson follow
ers are tapping themselves or
the back and congratulating
their ideal upon being successful
by the still more slim majority
of one vote.
As is naturally supposed Mr..
Dubuisson is exultant over his
success, and wishes, through the
columns of this paper. which
made a hard fight for him. to
thank his many friends, who en-
abled him to be elected to the
honorary position Of delegate to
the Convention. He is full of
gratitude to the one man, who
gave him the majority, hut the
one man, in this case represents
the 667 votes which he received,
as he can not help but think that
if that one man had not gone to
vote he would have been de-
feated. Mr.. Lewis has taken
his defeat manfully, although it
was a mighty hard blow to suf-
fer, after he had thought him
self elected, to have the victory
out of his hands by one
vote. He has resumed his legal
work.
Mr.. S a n d o z, in COM
upon the small vote cast
for him. said:
After receiving assurances of
from leading men of
both political factions, practical
ly every one deserted me for one
or the other of my opponents,
and without giving me notice
that they had done so, except in
one or two instances. Not only
this, but some deliberately de-
ceived me by insisting that they
were still supporting me when
they were actually engaged in
me with all the power
at their command. Some Of
these leaders used the specious
among those voters
whom they found to be in my
faver, that they too were 'svot-
ing" for me, but believed the
other candidate would be sue
cessful, and in some cases stated
that had withdrawn from the
race. Under these circ u M
stances the only wonder lis that
| received as many votes as T
did. I may add, that having
early discovered the perfdy of
my leading political supporters,
I ceased to believe / had any
chance of success, 80 gave the
canvass little attention, and de-
voted myself almost exclusively
to my legal business. The vote
received was a purely personal
one, and thank those who
stood with me To the last :,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

From Wednesday morning un
til Friday at II o'clock the voters
of st. Landry thought that then
Representative to the Constitu.
/ tional Convention would be Hon,
EJ. w. Lewis, who was supposed,
from official reports to have beer
elected by the majority of six
votes, over Mr.. Dubuisson. But
Friday at II o'clock, when the
/ Parish Democratic Executive
Committee met in the courthouse
| to tabulate the returns of the
election held on last Tuesday, il
soon detected that the votes
were not as they were reported
to have been. The Bellevue re-
turns showed Dubuisson 5, Lew
| is %, instead of Dubuisson 2,
| Lewis 26, as the vote had first
been reported on the streets, and
the Garland returns showed Mr..
Lewis majority at that poll to be
one less than it had been report
ed. After a complete tabulation
it was discovered that the votes,
throughout the parish stood
Dubuisson 667, Lewis 666, and
Sandoz LA. giving Mr.. Dubuis-
son a majority of one vote over
Mr.. Lewis.
The Parish Democratic Com
mittee met at IL o'clock this
morning to proclaim the returns
of the election and declared Hon.
Edward B. Dubuisson elected.
The Dubuisson supporters had
practically admitted the defeat
of their candidate and returned
to their former tasks, and had
almost forgotten the past race,
when all of a sudden they were
so surprised that some Of them
were literally foolish" for a
while, by what one enthusiast
termed the resurrection" of
Mr.. Dubuisson.
The Clarion fought hard dur
ing the campaign for the election
of Mr.. Dubuisson and no one is
happier than the editor of this
paper. Mr.. Dubuisson will
serve his people faithfully,
efficiently and conscientiously.
He will be a leader among the
members of the Convention, and
will not vote by proxy, but in
person. The people of ST. Lam
dry can rest assured that their
interests will be well taken care
of by this man, who is one of
the most eminent lawyers in the
state of Louisiana, and, who en-
joyes asplendid a pu a t ion
throughout this state as a clean
cut and highlybred gentlemen of
the finest calibre.
The Convention will open in
the City of Baton Rouge. on
Monday November 10th, and St.
Landry's delegate will be in the
capital ON that date to assume
his duties. Mr.. Dubuisson's S
friends are anticipating great
things from him, and there is no
reason why they should be dis
appointed, since he is as well
qualified as any representative
who will be sent to the Constitu-
tional Convention from any par
ish in the state.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

4 llg# - AA%~ y 0Goh S4AA
heart of town, of which the
Clarion referred to in an editor
ial, last week, has been revonat
Led and cleaned out as best i,
could, under existing conditions
The Mayor has ordered the pro
prietor of the famed hoochJ
koochy dance hall' look fol
another place, but this time, out
side of the business or resident
ial districts. Emile Elias is the
name of the proprietor of the
dance hall and restaurant, where
! the women danced to the eve'
/! enticing melodies of a ''go-to-
and-come- from" as the ACCORDION
is often called these days; he is
now confined in the parish Jail,
at night, whilst he works
out his sentence of 20 3-4 days
on the streets of this city, in the
daV time.
Three of the women were
convicted; Daisy Cain and Pearl
Bowman were fined twenty dol
lars and costs or % 1-2 days on
the streets, w hilst the other
woman, Annie Carriere, was
given a sentence of $40 and cost
or 12 days at hard labor. All Of
the women paid their fines and
are enjoying their liberty once
more, but at the same time are
convinced that the people of
Opelousas, as well as the Mayor
and other authorities of this city,
have put up with this indecent
conduct too much already and
the time has come when every
spot, which is not what it ought
to be, will be ordered to be clos
ed.
On Saturday morning the
Mayor picked up his paper in his
usual nonchalance manner and
was perusing the columns of the
Clarion, when all of a sudden he
jumped to his feet. and i'm
made for the Clarion
office, where.he inquired into the
reliability of the editorial appear
ing in the paper of Oct. IL.
When he was informed that the
dance really had occurred he i'm
secured the assistance
of special officer Anselm, and ac-
compained by the Editor and
Foreman of the mechanical de-
partment Of the Clarion, made
the arrest of the women and
Elias. This caused a commotion
in the negro quarters and it was
not very long before the entire
negro population, as well as the
white citizens of Opelousas knew
the reason of the arrest and later
the convictions, of the sporting
women. " and the proprietor of
the negro restaurant, on West
Landry street.
The fact that on Saturday
evenings, especially, hordes
Of negroes congregate at that
place, make that particular spot
Of OpeIousas one of the most de-
testable and abominabk. places
in this city. When a gentleman
has to edge his way though a.
crowd of intoxicated and boist-
erous, as well as saucy negroes,
it is enough to make his blood
boil to a pitch and it is a wonder,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

1t is to the welfare of Opel
.ousas that the Board of Alder
men choose a pavement which
will give this city the most SER
vice and has been proven to
stand the test of durability.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

Mr.. j. J. Henderson of Wash
ington was a business visitor
here on Tuesday.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

ma 81 lsndry da.) Clarion IS Without
-, =. ana Of the best edited nd printed
...,,.x IN ths whole seuth.-AMERiCiE
IrrsplPER UNION.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18

ism in the state.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-10-18
OFFICIAL JOURNAL

The 81. Landry Clarion Is fAs official JRur.
nal Of every public body In the parish. Fsi-
Ice Jury, School Beard, Leves Board, Muia-
elpIaiieS sf0pslousas. Pert Barre and Melv,tss
The Washington herald., 1913-02-26
STEAMER SUWANNEE
DAMAGED BY FIRE
$4,000 Blaze in Hold of M. & M.
Liner at Dock in Savannah-Wash-
inston People Aboard.

Savannah, Ga. Feb. c5-While eignteer
passengers on the Baltimore steamship
Suwannee. of the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company's line, filed. In
an excited but orderly way, from the
vessel at SO o'clock this morning, at the
docks at the Ocean Steamship Company
terminals. the crew, under the direction
of Capt. Eirwan. assisted by tugs from
the river fleet and soon re-enforced by
five companies of the Savannah Fire De-
partment. saved the ship from destruc-
ton by fire.
The flames were discovered in the upper
between decks, port valley. Robert Kelly,
Quartermaster. who was on duty at the
time. instantly gave the alarm.
The passengers on the Suwannee were
Miss +. A Cadana. of Worcester, Mass
G.. II. Pickett, C. +. Pickett. and Mrs. q.
Pickett, of Beverly. Mass; W. johnson
and C. johnson. OF Washington, D. c.:
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. S. Free, OF Pittsburg.
Pa: J. S. Parsons. W. II. Long. and DR..
Littleton, OF Accomac. Va; Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Campbell, of Pittsburg. Pa; b. Price,
II. Gambriel. Miss Mary Flaharty. Miss
Margaret PUZZLE. and F. s. Bryan. of Bal
timore. Nd; DR. II. Holbrook, and Mr.
and Mrs. II. Haywood. of Concord, n. II.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-26

In toxication Is the refined name for
drunkenness and is the only refined
thing about it.
Intoxication is produced by drinking
alcohol in all of its various disguises.
When a man is Intoxicated his mental
balance wheel Is thrown out of gear
and his brain goes Joy riding. A man
who is drunk will do things which
would seem silly even to an old-style
LEGISLATURE. The police records are full
of cases in which men. carrying
heavy deckload Of highballs. have tried
to shin up a skyscraper in order to kiss
the moon goodnight; while the coro-
ners' records are congested with the
tales of earnest but overloaded men
who have strolled haughtily down
railroad track and tried to kick
mogul engine in the headlight.
Intoxication comes In many forms.
Sometimes Il remains in the victims
legs, making them quarrel and go FAR
away from each other when they are
needed by their owner for transporta-
ton purposes. Sometimes 1t gets into
the victims fists and makes him re-
gard himself as a white hope when he
comes home to his family. When intox-
ication touches the heart. Its owner
weeps over the death of Adam and has
to be prevented from embracing Indian
cigar signs on his way home. Occa-
sionally intoxioation stays In the brain
and causes IL to exceed the speed limit.
thus making its owner more brilliant
and witty than ever. There Is little hope
for the man who has to soak his cere-
brum in whisky before it will produce
wisdom. Being wise only when he Is
drunk he prefers 70 stay drunk all the
time.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-26

fic to be repealed? Are We, or are we
not going back on anything we may
have undertaken to do in the Hay
Pauncefote treaty? Or are we correct
in our assumptions as to the Clayton
Bulwer treaty and our own coastwise
shipping laws of hundred years ago?
To conclude: There will be the trust
and finance issues 1t is to be pre-
sumed that the Sherman act, now that
its effectiveness has been established,
will continue to be made the basis of
trust prosecutions. Then there is the
clamor for better currency and bank
ing laws as a result of the Pujo COM
mittec probe; there Is Alaska and the
Philippines, water power and forest
conservation, woman suffrage, and a
number of other leading issues and
problems.
Verify, Mr.. Wilson's official path will
not be strewn with roses!