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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
WASHINGTON AFTER
MORE CEMENT WALKS
Citizens Realize Good of
Sidewalks And Are Work
ing For More.

The people Of Washington are
now wondering why they did not
construct cement sidewalks SO
many years ago. Since the
walks on Main street have been
paved it is the general consensus
of opinion that the council of the
Courtableau town will see to it
that there be more sidewalks
built in the town. In fact it is
reported that some of the promi-
nent citizens Of Washington are
agitating a move to lay concrete
sidewalks on two or three of the
most important streets.
The sidewalks already con-
structed lend a great deal of
beauty and attractiveness to the
old town, all Of which make the
place prettier than ever before.
The people Of Washington, how
ever, are looking forward to the
material benefit which can be de-
rived from the cement sidewalks,
and it is expected that it will not
be long before several other
streets in this important CONNER
cial town of st. Landry will be
adorned with sidewalks.
It is also rumored that the
plank sidewalks, which are not
SO very good in certain portions
of the town will be replaced with
better and more modern walks.
It is hoped that the Washington
people will obtain just what they
are looking for at present-ce-
ment sidewalks.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
JOHN POSEY BOAGNI
COMMITS SUICIDE
Illness Is Attributed To
Action OF Young Opel
Ousas Man.

John Posey Boagni, youngest
son of the late DR.. Vincent Boa
gni, of this city, committed sui
eide, at his residence in the
southeast end of this city, on Sat-
urday evening, by shooting him
self through the head. His
death was almost instantaneous.
Mr.. Boagni, popularly known
as Bee, !" had been i'll for several
months, which caused him to be
mentally disabled. The doctors
had long given him up and his
death was expected at almost any
moment. His action, however,
came as a shock to the whole
community.
The funeral of the young man,
who leaves a widow and a little
boy, took place at the Protestant
cemetery Sunday afternoon,
where the Masons and the Elks
performed their burial ceremo-
MES. A large number of friends
and relatives of the family at
tended the ceremonies.
Mr.. Boagni was connected by
marriage. with another pronli-
nent and influential family of
this parish, having married the
daughter of the late DIR. |. E.
Shute, Of this city.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
CRACKSMEN DO WORK
HERE THIS WEEK
S. P. Safe Is Blown Up And
Attempt Is Made On
Boagni's Also.

Some expert cracksmen
though that they would take adj
vantage of the fact that Thurs
day was a legal holiday. Perhaps
thinking that the Southern Pa
cific SAFE had q considerable sum
of money in it, because the five
banks in this city were closed on
last Thursday, safe-blowers went
to work and used their nitrogly-
.cerin and blew up the safe ait the
depot.
Luckily for the company there
were but four or five dollars of
silver in the safe, the rest of the
money being checks. The cracks
men were slick enough not to-
tamper with the checks.
That same night an attempt
was made on Mr.. E. M. Boagni's
safe, at his Office, in the western
portion Of the city. It is pre-
sumed that it was the same gang
of thieves attempting to rob the
Boagni safe, but their trial was
unsuccessful. Although they had
drilled a hole in the safe nothing
more was done, as it is thought
that the bandits must have been
scared away.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
ST. LANDRY STATE
SCHOOL BOARD AGENT
DR.. Haas Bank Is Made
Fiscal Agent for Next
Two Years.

The st. Landry State Bank
was awarded the fiscal agency
by the parish board of school
directors at its meeting, held in
this city, on last Monday. This
bank, of which DR.. ]. A. Haas is
president, was the only bidder,
and the bid being in conformity
with the laws of Louisiana and
within the bounds of reason was
accepted.
The proposition of the st.
Landry State Bank was the same
as the one made to the City of
Opelousas by the Opelousas Ma
tional Bank, that is, 8 per cent
on average daily deposits; 8 per
cent on loans to the amount of
average daily deposits, and8 per
cent on loans exceeding the aver
age daily deposits.
The fiscal agency has been
awarded for the next two years.
For several years the ST. Landry
State Bank has been acting as
fiscal agent for the school board
of st. Landry parish, and apply
ing once more and being given
the contract it can be deducted
that the business relations be-
tween the school board and the
st. Landry State Bank must be
beneficial and satisfactory to
both parties.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
ROBBER PLAYS RAG
time and IS CAUGHT
Raymond Kelly's Love for
Music Is Responsible
for His Capture.

The mysterious house breaker
who kept the residential section
in Baton Rouge in a terrorized
state for the last ten days was
captured red-handed Saturday
night in the home of Fred Betz,
in Granpree street.
The robber, who gave his
name as Raymond Kelley, Is
years, admitted to the police
officials in the capital city, that
he has robbed the homes of sev-
eral of the prominent citizens of
Baton Rouge, since his arrival
there on Dec. 10th.
If Kelley had not stopped to
play the piano in the home of
Betz, after he had robbed the
place. the police would still be
worrying over the escapade of
the clever young bandit.
But the open piano was too
great temptation and as no
one was at the home, Kelley sat
down to the keys and played a
couple of rags. = He was in
the midst of his efforts when
Fred Betz, Jr., returned home.
The robber ran and was closely
pursued by the young fellow.
The robber was chased some
blocks and finally ran into the
arms of three policemen, officers
Emmit Lewis, Turner and Booth.
Several Of the stolen proper
ties were returned to their own
ers, after the youthful burglar
had confessed of robbing the
homes Of several prominent and
citizens of Baton Rouge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
BANK DEPOSITS BEST
IN CITY'S HISTORY
Surpassed Last Years Record by Fifty Thousand
DoIlars---Five Banks Have A
Deposit of S1,205, ,762.So

The barometer of local condi-
tions, bank deposits. shows that
this country is still improving
and prosperous. The Clarion
last week told its readers of the
various bank statements, but
this week it treats with the gen
eral prosperity of the surround
ing country.
The deposit in the FIVE banks
of this city for the yeal 1913 was
81, 205, 762. SO against ST., 155, ,634. ;
% for 1912. The St. Landry
State Bank tops the list with al
most half a million to it's credit,
having on deposit $461, 1889
The Opelousas National Bank is
second with S242, ,894.67, whilst
the Peoples State Bank with the
smallest capital of any bank in
the city is a close third with
$217, 615. .48. The Union Bank
& Trust Company, the youngest
banking institution in Opelousas
has s181, $50. 81. The Planters
National Banks record for De-
cember s0th was $1O3, 142. .86.
The years 1906 and 1912 were
the best until 1913. For many
years the statements of 1906
showed up better, but in 1912
this record was broken. There
were on deposit in the local
banks in 1906 ST., ,O95, 248. 90, in
1909 81, O94, o85.o0; these two
years were the best in the ex-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10
Small Pox Near Lewis
burg.

There were six cases Of small
pox in the neighborhood Of
Lewisburg, recently. but the
parish health officers quickly at
tended to these cases and re-
ported to the state health
board that there was no more
chance of a spread of the disease.
The local parish officers are
always alert to such diseases and
have generally managed to put a
stop to them in quick order.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

.istence of Opelousas up to 1912.
Lafayette, which is d railroad
center, is short Of the deposits
of Opelousas, approximately y
quarter of a million dollars,
which goes to show that the
financial standing of the people
OF Opelousas is much better than
those of Lafayette.
Since 1906 several banks have
been organized in this parish,
and that year is looked back by
many as the most prosperous this
section Of Louisiana has ever
had. Despite the fact that
money from other sections of st.
Landry which was sent to local
banks at that time does not
come here any more the Opelou-
sas banks are in a position, this
year, to show up better than
ever before. 1913 should GER
tainly compare with the most
prosperous season, 1906; in fact
the figures as far as dollars and
cents are concerned show that
this last year was even better
than 1906.
There are thirteen banks in
St. Landry and the statements of
these show that every one has
had a good year in 1913, conse-
quently this prrish has some-
thing to be proud Of its banks.
How many parishes in Louisiana
can boast Of SO many prosperous
Institutions?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

a mission, happened into this
country; Schell was a poet of
guiltless Of metred verse; his was
a soul full of poetry, a heart de-
string to do for his fellow-man
and an imagination which could
picture a completed principality.
Mr.. Schell found these fer
tile southwest Louisiana prairies
where the soil was so deep that
the tickle of the hoe brought
anything from the seed. The
finest weeds in all the world
grew on so per cent of this vast
domain. Nature had done her
best with soil and heat and hui
midity;; here below the frost line
was a territory seventy miles
long, fifty miles Wide-as big as
the State of Rhode Island-groW-
ing wild hundreds Of grasses and
great varieties of weeds.
THE only thing needed to
make automatic the regular pro-
duction of crops and to give per-
fection to the best character of
these products was to gauge the
water supply. Some years
Louisiana had sixty inches of
rain distributed over twelve
this was ali right but
when twelve inches fell in one
month! and that month Septem-
Der or October, as has frequent
ly happened, bumper crops were
destroyed in full fruit. This oc-
Cured in 1913. Within sixty
days last fall 100000 standing
in the field in the shape Of seed
rice was reduced to S25, 900 sal
wage drowned by too much
water.
.'The thing that Mr.. Schell has
done, and at an enormous ex--
pense, is the control arrange
ment Of canals whereby the
water is stored at a point about.
seventy feet in altitude near
Washington, La, in vast guam
tity, a great reservoir-350 feet
wide and more than five miles
in lengths built and ready
now. The water is lifted by i'm
mense centrifugal pumps, a
stream six feet in diameter, from
Courtableau river, which runs
put of the Atchafalaya river, and
this water flows into and nils the
fye-mile main canal reservoir
which commands the watershed
For the vast country that lies
southwark. This same canal, de-
.reasing in width, is extended
BY a lock gate system so that it
reaches some thirty miles and,
with lateral canals, is today sup
plying some twenty thousand
acres with just the exact guam
,ity Of humidity necessary to
produce anything from water
growing rice to fruits and truck
stuff.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

Messrs. Willie Healey,. Oscar
Mistric, Sidney Roos, and Percy
Walker have returned to Tulane
University toresume their studies
after spending the holidays with
their parents in this city.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

Divine services at the Episco-
pal Church. Sunday Jan. IL,
at 7::3O p. m, by the Rev. G. B.
K. Weed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

Miss Bernadette Fontenot, Of
Crowley, was the guest of Miss
Lily Reed, in this city. for seve-
raj days last week.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-01-10

Continued on page five.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
Three Collisions and Fire on Elevated
In New York.


New York, Sept 29.-Three COLI
sions of subway and surface cars and
fire on an elevated train sent
eighteen persons, more than half of
them women, to hospitals today. Two
of the injured were said to be mortal
ly hurt.
Four persons were injured in a
crash between subway trains at One
Hundred and Forty-Second street and
Lexington avenue. The subway was
blocked and ten of thousands of per-
sons were delayed on their way to
work.
Six persons were the, victims of a
collisions between surface cars in the
center of the One Hundred and For
ty-fifth street bridge over the HARLEM
river. One car that had been struck,
deserted by crew and passengers and
not held by its brake, then shot down
the incline Of the bridge and crashed
into another trolley car at the end
of the bridge.
Eight more persons were taken to
hospitals as the result of this accident.
The last car of a seventeen elevated
train at Third avenue and Sixty-sce-
ond street caught fire. There was a
panic among the passengers, three
women were injured and traffic was
blicked for nearly an hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

ton curtailment next year will not
pay their notes or their bills this fall.
/ came here direct from Washington
city, where only few days ago men
interested in the cott0. aitultica had
a conference with Secretary OF Treas
ury McAdoo and Pres slcnr Wi son.
Representative Henry's Dill is not
dead letter. and T. the S.,u .hcrn
interests will get behind this move
ment, so to speak, we can procure this
loan. The Aldrich- Vreeland act. pro-
viding for emergency currency. has
not benefited the cotton farmers You
cannot make agricultural needs con-
form with commercial benkiny sys-
tems-for relief this money must be
lent directly to the farmer. National
assistance in this matter is tine only
solution. The mere statement that
cotton acreage will be reducsd is not
going to advance the price # cotton
as Senator Clarke is inclined to he
lieve.
Il suggest that this meeting de-
mand immediate and favorable action
on the Henry bill, SO that we will
have something more tangible than a
mere statement of reduced acreage
for next year"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

Smile
Chicago, Sept. 29.-ln spite of the
losing streak the Athletics seem to
have run into, the members Of the
Philadelphia team are taking their
tip from Connie Mack and doing no
worrying. worry never won base
ball game yet" says Connie Mack.
and he continues, 1--WE expect to be in
at the fnish.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
BRAVES equals
OF THE MACkMEN
Boston Stands Fine Chance
Of Winning 1914 World
Series, Thinks Menke.
DOPE FAVORS THEM
Batting and Fielding Averages Of Man
Who Would Be Put in Field
Give Braves the
"Aidge."
DOPE FAVORS THEM
(By Frank G. Menke.)

New York, Sept. 29-The Boston
Braves have mighty fine chance of
winning the world series if they clash
with the Athletics, as now seems GER
tain.
Fandom in general seems to be
spoofing the chances of the Braves in
such a battle. But fandom does so
without taking into consideration
these highly important facts.
"a The team that the Braves
would send into battle with the Ath-
letcs is, at the present writing, out
hitting the smuggling Athletics by two
points.
ca The Brave regulars are field
ing Is points better than, the Athletic
regulars.
60 The Brave pitchers-James,
Rudolph and Tyler-who will be
hurled against the Athletics are about
the equal in pitching skill of the three
best men the Athletics can pit against
the Braves.
ca The Athletics. are in something
of slump that may continue right
through the series.
W. hS DIdNCo, dllu lull
of fight, and with spirits high because
of their phenomenal squirt during the
past two months, will have the big
psychological edge.
Hitting Pitchers.
The statement that the Braves at
present are outhitting the Athletics
may seem surprising. But it is true.
The Braves, as a team entire, are
hitting about 20 points under the Ath-
letics. But, when the Braves meet
the Athletics, they will hurl against
the enemy their full hitting strength
both in pitching, catching and in the
field.
The Braves trio of pitchers is bat
ting for a .208 mark now. Bender
and Plank, who will do the bulk of
the pitching for the Athletics, are hit
ting for an average of 1873. Howev-
err, to give the Athletics the full bene-
fit of their hitting power the averages
of the three youthful pitchers who may
get chance to work in the series
was included in the averages. Two
OF these are batting over 200 while
the third, Bush. is hitting 1874. With
the averages of these three added to
those of Bender and Plank, it gives
the Athletics pitching staff grand
batting average of .176. -
Some, lin figuring the relative bat
ting strength OF the two teams, will
not figure in the pitchers. But why
shouldn't the pitchers be figured in
A pitcher constitutes one-ninth of a
teams batting strength. His strength
or weakness as hitter adds or de-
tracts just one-ninth to Or from the
teams offensive power.
Here are the averages:
|. lnfield Records.
ATHLETICS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
ATHLETICS.

And now, in summing up the field
ing and batting strength of the rival
teams, we find the following result:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
Sears Leaves So, 000, 900.

Chicago, Sept. Richard w
Sears. founder of Sears-Roebuck G
Co.. who died yesterday at his summer
home near Waukesha, Wis, left for
tune estimated at $25,000,000, it vas
learned today. Mr.. Sears, according
to business associates. was the orig
inator Of the mail order enterprise.
He began his business career in 1884,
while working as telegraph oper-
ator. making a purchase of a dozen
watches. He was then q years old,
and retired at the age of 45. He was
81 years old at his death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

to go into winter quarters ~ inc
western theatre of war, where Ger
many is battling France, Belgium and
Great Britain, there is a possibility
CT decisive action at any time.
"But on the theory, and all these
plans and suggestions you hear are
mere theories, that the war will bel
over in one year, the full crop this
year and a one-half crop next year
will find normal market. If the war
continues for longer time, that nor
NAL price would not be obtained and
similar action would again be neces-
sary. Besides this years crop ana
one -halfScrop next year, govern
ment figures show that 100000 bales
of last years crop are still in the
warehouses of the country.
"These conditions are not confined
TO the South; they are national. Toe
very fabric OF American trade hinges
on the South's cotton. When Great
Britain continued to control the seas
it was believed commerce would rot
be interrupted. In fact, it has not
been interrupted between here and
England, but the export figures show
that, compared with $4,000 bales ex-
ported during August 1913, only %
900 were exported during August 1914.
| We have the cotton but the spinners
won't buy, believing drugged mar
ket will lower the price where they
can reap fortunes.
No Help From Government.
| Despite the feeling to the contrary
We, are entering into the most pros
porous era ever known. But as ! said
before, the South cannot expect any
|rmcre help for anything from Wash
ington city. Washington city is all
in as far as being able to give the
i South more assistance
i Back to my theory OF legislative
| action, there is certain element who
j do not believe in telling man what
HE should do inside his own fence
That has an attractive sound, bal J,
won't pay the bills Of the cotton
farmers! 1t is necessary to compel
some to help themselves.
cit is up 10 US to look at the mdt-
j ter from a common-sense viewpoint,
and in business like way. Arkansas
cotton farmers, If the crop Of the
South is reduced one-half could get
4 as much for tnelre fill ..p this w.:
and their half crop next year as they
would for two whole crops. And. he
j sides that, the surplus lard, turned
to raise grains and live stock would
4 convince the Nor..ieia gran farmt RS
and Western stock raisers hat they
are interested vitality in the South's
$ cotton. 1t will be better to raise less
and get normal price than more and
J, give it away"
Urges Henry Bill.
: "A. C. Davis, national secretary o
!, the Farmers Union asked the con-
yention to endorse Representative
i Henry's bill calling ~ "A $5do,eoo.eot
i loan direct to the farmers.
II "Talk of curtailing next years cot
i ton crop is all right but tho farmers
} need assistance Immediately and cot
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
COUNTRY CLUB
SEEKING SITE
Relinquishes OPTION OH Property West
of City Because Of Price.

Kelinquislles ObtiOn OH Property West
of City Because Of Price.
At a meeting of the Country club
last night the options it held on about
eighty acres of ground were ordered
surrendered, the members considering
the prices named in the options as be-
ing excessively high. This does not
mean that the plans of the Country
club to have a permanent home have
been given up. On the contrary, the
members voiced their desire to obtain
suitable grounds as soon as possible,
provided such can. be obtained at a
fair valuation. From eighty to one
hundred acres of rolling land is desir-
ed and a committee will examine any
land offered if Secretary A. r. Cooper
is notified.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
B BASEBALL
RESULTS YESTERDAY.

National League.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
RIFLENOMAN HELD.
Ncgress Who Wounded BARLEY Simp-
= son Under Bend OF $2OO.

Martha Powell. negress, who shot
BARLEY Simpson Monday night when
she thought he was an intruuer, m
flicting slight scalp wound, was re-
leased on bond of 5000 yesterday at
ternoon. The bond was signed by hel
attorney, Greed Caldwell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
American League.

Weilman and Agnew; Cavet, Main
and Stanage, Baker.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30
SPORTING CHATTER.

Catcher Emmett Reilly of the Waco.
Texas, league club, is back in CO.
lumbus, Ohio, for the winter. Reilly
caught around 100 games and had a
good season. His team ended the
schedule tied with Houston for the
championship. Each club won the re-
markable number of 102 games. Waco
has protested one Houston victory and
may yet win out on technicality.
II John Camel consents to manage
the Maps for 1915, there Will be a re-
vival of interest in baseball in Cleve-
land. John is now leader of the
Rochester club of the International
league and he has made that team
winner. Camel is also a developer
of talent. This year he has had un-
usual success in bringing out the
good points in Walter Pipp, the young
ster who was taken from Detroit and
developed into one of the best first
basemen In the international league.
Friends of Jack Johnson say that
the black champion is perfectly will
ing to fight Jess Willard, but Johnson
thinks it is poor to be talking about
the championship at time when his
dear France" is in the throes of war.
Jack will have to get q better excuse
than that for putting Willard aside,
for Jess is willing to pony up the ma
yuma necessary to show good faith.
Johnson might do the same thing on
condition that the fight be postponed
until more suspicious time. II he
fails to accept any of the conditions.
it is said that an attempt will be made
to have him lose the worlds, title by
default
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

The i,Iding records of all the
pitchers liable to work in the world
series are not available at this writ
ing, but the pitchers on both clubs
are fielding at about the same per-
centage. Here are the batting records
of the pitchers:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

Federal League.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-30

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