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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13

this section, joined the great ma
jority. Mr.. Duson was the third
son of the lamented Curley Duson,
who was one of the most promin-
ent men in Southwest Louisiana,
and was connected with some of
the leading families of this sec
ton. For several months Mr.. Du-
son had undergone much suffer
ing, and was an invalid at the
home of his sister, Mrs. L. Fl.
Mornhinveg, of this city, during
all April and May. His death was
not unlocked for, and to him it
came as a peaceful relief from a
life that was monotonous and
painful and sad.
Mr.. Duson' wife preceded him
to the grave several years ago.
He is survived by his sister. Mrs.
L. II. Mornhinyeg, of Opelou-
sas; two children, Julia and Rod
ney; and two brothers, DIR. w. w.
Duson and George Duson. The
funeral services were held Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock from
the Methodist Church. The in
terment was at the Protestant
Cemetery, the last rites being
by Rev. Morgan, pas
tor Of the local church. The out
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
DRAINAGE EXPERTS
GATHER AT CROWLEY
Continued from page one

Al the night meeting H. M.
Mayo of the Sou. P. delivered
an eloquent address, pledging his
company to every movement for
the uplift of the commonwealth,
and especially drainage and rec
lamation. Mr.. Chevis called on
DR.. Mayer to discuss the problem
from the health end of it. The
former took the position that the
one paramount inhibita to the
proper development of the I'M
rivaled resources of the Attaka-
pas county, the Eden of Louisi-
ana, was defective drainage; that
it did not have reference to sur
face drainage at all, as that was
not a debatable question; that the
speedy ridance of excess surface
water was a fact patent to all,
both as breeding grounds for
mosquitoes and as an interior
ence with agricultural opera
tons and the building and up
keep Of roads, but that he had
reference to the ground water
that it was automatic that
The lower the ground water level
The healthier the community;
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
Neurological.
CAPT. K. A. DUNBAR.

Captain K. A. Dunbar, aged
70, expired at a sanitarium in
Eunice last Wednesday, follow
ing an operation. Captain Dun
bar was we'll known in all Sec
tons of the parish and was a
member of a prominent family.
He was an old steamboat cap
tain and formerly operated a
large boat between Washington
and New Orleans. He is sur
vived by a wife and two sisters.
The funeral was held at his
at Mamou, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
RANDOM NOTES ABOUT
OLD OPELOUSAS TOWN
Written by "A. Bruf" of The Clarion Staff
from Facts Furnished by Old Citizen

chised Southerners. The meet
ing started with wild rejoicings.
Savage yells rent the air. Senti-
mental speeches of mullatoes and
their white leaders stirred to a
frenzy the great army of grin
ming, ape-like blacks. At last
one or their number mounted the
platform and soon his stentorian
voice burst forth in wild and vile
denunciation of the vanquished
heroes of the South.
~"Gemmun," he was saying,
"Ah tells to- de time am comm
when dars a-goin' ter be wah.
An dat wah ain gWinter be
tween white and white-hit's
gwinter be tween us cullud
folks an white trash. We's
tired OBJ bein' bossed. We's got
ter fight desc heah white -,
an now's de time. Dey's got
ter be kilt"
And just at this juncture,
eighty white men burst into the
hall. Every one of the leaders
on the platform was covered
with one or more guns. Eighty
men were ready to fight to a fin
ish against this great multitude
Of freedmen and their leaders.
1t is needless to say that the
speaker was panic stricken.
"Fo' Gawd's sake, gemmun,
don't shoot!'' he cried. and sank
to his knees in humble and earn
est supplication.
The eighty white men stood
firm. The meeting was quickly
adjourned by unanimous con-
sent, and the crowd of negroes
dispersed.
This is but one incident of re-
construction days. On another
occasion a party of sixteen white
men fought a pitched battle with
twenty-one negroes. The ne
groes were jailed. On the fol-
lowing night they were taken
out by unknown parties and
brought to a nearby grove,
where they were hang and their
bodies riddled with bullets.
The Opelousas of to-day is, of
course, quite different. With its
5000 inhabitants, all working
for a better city, it bids fair to
become one of the South's most
progressive small cities. Vari-
GUS manufacturing plants are in
operation: three railroads
enter the town: there are many
miles of paved streets and side
walks; a modern sewerage sys-
tenn has been completed; one of
the finest high schools in the
the State has just been turned
over to the people by the con-
tractors; and various other i'm
orovements are contemplated.
But, with all her progressive
ness, she still retains the air of
he typical Southern town that
was founded before the war.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13

Now and then, in the study OF
Louisiana history, the reader
sees some mention of Opelousas.
It is true that the mention is but
a casual one; nevertheless, Ope-
lousas has played quite a con-
spicuous part in the development
of our commonwealth. It is one
of the oldest towns in the State.
The exact date of its founding
is unknown. 1t is certain, how
ever, that long before the admis-
sion of Louisiana, it was a trad
ing post where the Indians ex-
changed their paltries for the
goods of the pioneers. A garri-
son was also stationed here for
the protection of the settlers.
Opelousas was the scene OF
much action during the Civil
War. It was here that Tay-
Tor colleced thousands of men
from all over Southwest Louis
lana to fight for the Confeder-
acy. It was near here that the
battle of Bordeaux was fought,
in which the Confederates killed
and captured some six hundred
Yankees, and took a number of
goods and a bounteous supply of
food. It was here that the YAM
KEGS encamped with 30, 600 men
to meet Taylor's army. The
State capital was at Opelousas
for a while, and the building
still stands where the govern
mental affairs of the State were
administered. The building is
still in excellent condition, and
has been used, in turn, as a drug
store, a hotel, a plumbing shop
and a store. 1t is now lavishly
furnished and used as the Elk's
Home.
During t h reconstruction,
Opelousas was the scene Of much
trouble between the true South
ern whites and the allied carpet
baggers, disloyal whites and ne
groes. After the war, the coun-
try was overrun by scheming
csrpetbaggers who resorted to
all sorts of methods to incite the
ignorant negroes to action
against their former masters.
Foremost among these negro-lov-
ing whites was one --, who
was later driven from the place
and settled at Donaldsonville, or
thereabouts. - was largely
Instrumental in Transforming the
affairs Of justice of st. Landry
a negro minstrel farce. On
one occasion he organized some
thousand negroes and
them to Washington,
six miles distant, where a large
mass meeting of negro sympa-
thizers was scheduled to be held.
. wagon load Of rifles and an
! ndant supply of
/ m m was brought
long to guard against
he interference of disfran-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13

of-town attendants were: DIR.
W. W. Duson, of FL Campo,
Tex; W. W. Duson, Gus. Fon-
tenot, Mrs. F. Coleman, Mrs.
Hoffpauir, Mrs. Foreman, all of
Crowley; and Mrs. Clarence
Straus, of Chicago.
May he rest in peace.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
R. R. DUsoN.

At $40 Thursday morning,
June 4th. R. R. Duson. Familiarity
known as Rod by his friends in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13

indifference of farmers in the
proper sanitary disposal of char.
bonous carcasses; that there was
no hope of reclaiming these vast
infected areas until thoroughly
drained and put under culture,
not only on account of the exist
ence of insect life, serving as
transmittors of the disease, but
that the spores remained indefi-
nitely in the soil which might be
purified by drainage and cultural
treatment, a question, of course,
which would have to be decided
by Federal or State experiment.
al work.
Mr.. Switzer, before adjourn
ment, called on all to use their
influence to secure members for
the Southwestern La. Develop
ment Bureau, engaged in a work
of incalculable benefit. and that
such work required the sineWs of
war to carry out its labors to a
successful fruition.
We take this opportunity of
saying that the presence of Mr..
Chevis as head Of the Bureau is
an earnest, that it's labors will
never be prostituted to any pri-
vate ends, and that it will keep
steadily in view the development
of the Attakapas region along
high, ethical grounds. It is the
duty, therefore, of every good
citizen in this section to affiliate
with it, so as to make it a tre-
mendous engine for good in the
exploitation of the resources of
Southwest Louisiana. To do this,
to get out bulletins and litera-
ture, and to call conferences that
will attract outside capital and
interest the timid. wary and
elusive dollar of our own people
requires funds to keep the pot
boiling.
Mr.. Gerrac, of Lafayette, sug-
gested that the scheme Of Nh.
Bradford should be endorsed by
resolution, in which he was sus-
tanned by Mr.. Medlenka. but the
chair took the position that such
a motion would be out of order,
as it would be the endorsement
of a private operation planned
for irrigation, whereas this con-
ference was called solely in the
interest of drainage.
The concensus of opinionof the
engineers present, voiced by Mr..
Reed, was that 1t was a waste Of
time and money to institute local
drainage schemes; that what was
needed was a comprehensive plan
that would include the water
or entire basins. The en-
committee was in
to create basin districts
with no regard to political lines,
with the idea of protecting the
from the excess Of
from the highlands, and
also it's final dispersion Of waters
Of the Gulf.
The committee to investigate
and report on the advisability Of
the Mermentau Drain
age District is composed of J. G..
Crowley; Geo. Hath
Jennings; L. E. Littell,
Opelousas; ]. G.. Neelis, Guey-
R. P. Howell, Lake Arthur.
The appointment of the Calca-
sieu and Vermilion Basins
will be taken up later. The
meeting adjourned and was pro-
nounced a successful entering
wedge to open up the general
problem of the drainageo of South
vest Louisiana.
NeCrOI0picaT.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13
Randy Kitchen Changes
Hands,.

The popular Handy Kitchen,
for several years operated by the
firm of Theodore and Ballas, has
undergone a partial change OF
ownership. Owing to long.
standing i'll health, the senior
partner, Mr.. A. D. Theodore,
has sold his interest to Mr.. John
Mamalakis, who arrived here
with his family on June 1st to
take charge Of his part in the
business. Mr.. Charles Ballas
will remain here and will be as
ISOLATED with Mr.. Mamalakis,
while Mr.. Theodore has departed
for Mineral Wells, Texas, in
search of better health.
-. yrY n m -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-06-13

Miss Julia Walker left Tuesday
for Lafayette, where she will
attend summer school.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15


usual running
do not think this
though from
the
for the
VI course the handling the ball
for blocking the left hand
be made so as to protect the
M coaching a me nd he
@ was VINO taught the Mchsandes the play 1t
to be shelved No matter how good play
then o De
il
abb
1t
believe Harvard could do
other
sun Woodruff
steadily with
go the OF 1901
N
Strange to play has been
Onew
think that all needed until opposition
football field but that does All thoroughly
killed the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Famous Plays By Heisman
No. l3 Michigan's Triple Pass
By j. w. Heisn1an.

1894 Oberln
sions with the Wolverines the game by
singular of "a
with them
IN IN though
stood
when they lined
but there was the whole trouble for they did
that decidedly
ha worked out mighty well On all other
had us waoped by of IA
TO this triple play. 1t as
hey TOOK an ordinary kick formation
direct
snap from the center then The
AFTER getting 1t the
he punter This nesated the playing
the center
AS the usually
tackle would the ball
the left AS he arrived he
TO left
IN the meantime
mad all the the world
put up this
having
moment in his tracks and then
left halt, " - f " ~"
had
90 with winning the game the
seen put the first
hat very feature was what made work WELL
The first part of the play
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
.'FEDERA[S DEAL
VI I'll PLAYERS
ONLY TINKER
Famous Shortstop Thinks New
League Will Prove Death
Blow to Minors.
Bv Davenport.

"HICAGO, Jan. l5.-Joe Tinker
manager Of the Chicago Fed
eral League baseball club fig
ures the new league is a death blow
10 the minor leagues. He doesn't be
lieve the mortalities will be confined
TO the minors, but he has a firm and
decided opinion the Federals will put
the minors very much on the blink.
we deal with the ball player and
not with the magnate," says the boss
OF the new Chicago ball club, land
thereby we hand out the death blow
10 the minors.
Instead of paying some minor
league magnate $4,000 for a player,
as did the Pirates for Marty O'Toole,
we deal directly with the ball player.
What's the answer? satisfied
ball player and everything perfectly
lovely with us"
VIEW it from another angle-the
L d erals have guaranteed
through each club a fund for the
purchase of big league stars. Each
club has pledged fund of $25. 900 fer
the obtaining of at least five major
league ball players.
Now, the FederalS could not, in this
day of the high cost of living, buy one
star OF even second magnitude for
SIS 900 if they dealt direct with the
magnates, but they go straight to the
ball player and make him an offer Of
5000 for the season. That means
five major leaguers for $4,000, and
they get a years work out of them
for that sum.
Do you get the angle?
1t was but a few years ago that
Pittsburg paid st. Paul $3.50 for
Marty O'Toole. Who profited? Marty
O'Toole2 Possibly he received lit
tie increase in salary, but about the
best he got was a 10-cen. cigar and
his meals at a big .-otel.
IT was only last summer that
Charles Comiskey, ways gener-
Gus, unbuckled his wampum belt ana
handed over a nifty sum of the long
green to the Milwaukee feminine
magnate for Larry Chappelle. Larry
bettered his condition, but il was Mrs.
Havenor who reaped the real har-
vest.
Nothing doing along those lines in
the Federal League family Had the
'ederals gone after Larry Chappelle,
they would have offered him, say
$4,000 a year for three years and
Larry would have Fleaned the profit.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
FROM RINGSIDE
AND BLEACHERS

YOUNG King cote Oung souL
His lcorkS o.
ne strings f. chance and grabs o ron
From the spendhrh oulac
cTNG a of
Giqorc at The athlete e "'"'
Fasting breath in kicks.
When the is
ECerythngs the
isn't that the cdy to get
The kate ont Of the
THERE chap totrn
L Whose bean past all
he and paid a frespo
TO White Hopes
nd heds the sorry oust
win al his might
He roked and earned another -
ana then ceht again.
uneasy about the charge of being
him ' " ~ WIN nave
IN PAYING
ciple of professional coaching without ~
CHARLEY HERzoe luck The Federal League
the fire of the he has releasing the
CRITICISM OF always deserved observes
m THgRe OBVIOUSLY truth report that Browns
9s as f R s{0e of the Giants for whom
letcs ~ pay ~ III III" A'"-
WILLIE RlrcHE's of $4,000 to fight man he has
much he would want to meet who had chance
WITH THE FEDERAL LEAGUE breaking Brooklyn Mr. Eb is
overlooking oraora openings
BRICKEY. KICKER is coming out for the t,
comforting inestinabe boon on MS snort
graphers ' r''
OLD BILL NAUGHToN happily Australia the Mecca of the
boxers the dope Mecca used there and
never figure on how you were going to get back
THE MAGNATES of the PLAYERS demands. h,t
when YOU k"" that one OF these
victory
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15

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on will soon realize it's wonderful in
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Red and Black PLAY
Auburn Tomorrow

ATHENS, Jan. 15.-The baske:
ball game last night between the Uni
versity five and the strong local Y. NJ.
{. A. team was one of great interest
and Importance, but the college inter-
est centers in the series of games
which will begin tomorrow.
Manager Brand is enthusiastic over
his team this year, with such men as
the following in the lineup: Albert
Peacock, forward; Tom Brand Au-
gusta, captain and center; Frank Car
ter, Atlanta, guard Toots Lester At
lanta; Steve Crump, Macon; Roths-
childs, Columbus; Fox, Atlanta; the
Lanier brothers, Athens; Corley.
RaWson, Flournoy and VonSprecken
Howell Peacock is coaching the
team again this year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Holland Receives
His 1914 Contract
From Clark Griffith

Harry Holland, who cavorted
around third base for the Crackers
during the tail end of the 1913 season,
has just received his 1914 contrac:
from Clark Griffith, manager of the
Senators.
Harry is satisfied with the terms
offered him and says he hopes TO
prove a valuable aid to Griffith next
season. Although Holland faces stiff
competition in Eddie Foster, the Sen
ators' regular third sacller. il would
not be surprising to see Griffith shift
Foster to second when the next cam
paign opens and try Holland out at
third
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Ritchie Fails to
Post Forfeit for His
Bout With Murphy

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.-The
BELIEF is growing here to-day that
Willie Richie is in fear of Tommy
Murphy and that he will never 60
through with the already twice post
poned match. now set for January 80
Richie failed to live up to h.
agreement of yesterday to post a
$4,000 forfeit and unless the coin is
put up by 6 o'clock tonight Promoter
Coffroth will call off the fight alto
gether.
Manager Foley, for Richie, ex-
planned the champs failure to post
the coin by saying Willie didn't feel
like coming downtown.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Bresnahan Easily
0utpoints Ketchel

RACINE, WIS. Jan. l5-Tommy
Bresnahan last night easily outpolnted
Steve ketche in their ten-round bout
before the McCue \. c. Throughout
the fight Bresnanan led with clean
punches to the face and body.
In the semi windup Barney Richter
Knocked out Jack Racer in the sixth
round. Racer was in a bad way and
could not be removed from, the ring for
some time Later he lapSed into semi
consciousness and was taken to a hos.
ptal in an ambulance Physicians state
no is suffering from conclusion Of the
brain.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Locals Prepare For
Birmingham Quintet

The Atlanta Athletic Club basket
ball team will work hard tonight and
Friday night in preparation for their
game with the Birmingham Athletic
Club in Birmingham SATURDAY. nigbt
The locals leave here early Satur-
day morning, arriving in Birmingham
at noon. ~
rms game means much to both
teams. Birmingham will probably rule
as the favorite
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
FRATERNITY NOT
To GUST BROWN
AND JOE TINKER
Players Broke No Law by Jumping
to New League, Declares
David FuItz.
u
By Tad
BY Frank G.. Menke.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-"Ths
~ baseball players fraternity
will take no part in the pres
ent conflict between the Federal
League and organized baseball"
The announcement was made TO-
day by David L. Fultz, president Of
the fraternity.
1T is the feeling of those who are
connected with the fraternity" said
F'ultz, that a baseball war is a mat
ter between leagues and club owners.
and one in which a ball players Or
ganlzation should not take part and
mas no right to take part.
An interview came to my atten-
ton to-day quoting James L. Gaffney,
president of the Boston National
League club, as saying that he felt
that |, as president of the fraternity.
should take some action intended to
prevent players from jumping. / dis
agree with Mr.. Gaffney because feel
that such action is not within my
power.
I" HE fraternity, however, will
not countenance the jumping of
any player to the Federal League
VINO at present is under contract with
either an American or National
League club, or any other organized
club. Long before the Federal League
doomed on the baseball horizon
rule was made by our fraternity
which automatically expelled any
player under contract who jumped
that contract.
But the fraternity disregards the
reserve clause and will take no action
against player who signs with an
ORGANIZATION outside of organized
baseball, who is bound to organized
baseball only by the reserve clause
Miner Brown and Joe Tinker were
held to the Cincinnati club only
through the reserve clause and their
action in going over to the Federals
viii not mean their expulsion from
our fraternity.
GO mixer and Brown, in our
minds. broke no law when they
went to the Federals. They CON
tracted to play ball with the Cincin-
natl club for only one year. They
fulfilled that contract. and when the
Playing season ended in 1913 they le-
Sally were free to contract with any
one who offered them the best In
ducements."
t'ultz said that the National Com
mission had not requested him to use
MS influence with the players TO
prevent their jumping in return for
the commissions action in granting
the major portion of the players de-
mands.
Il don't know whether they ex-
pected me to do that" said Fultz, "but
you may assure yourself hat J
would not have done so had they
asked it. l do not care to become
up in the baseball warfare, nor
VIII | permit the fraternity. as an or
ganization, to take any part in 1t.
That is final"
s. 5 the fraternity planning any new
moves intended to better the con
ditions of the players?" Fultz was
asked
Not at present." was the answer,
They are well satisfied with what has
been accomplished. Practically all
the reforms they wanted were grant
ed by the commission. OF course,
may arise in the future
that may seem to be a detriment To
the players interests. In case they
do the fraternity will take the mat
ter up with the commission in the
same way as in the past"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-15
Indianapolis Feds
Out to Land Bush

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15-Owen Bush,
the star Shortstop of the Detroit Tigers
went into conference last night with
Manager Phillips and other officials of
the Indianapolis Federal League club.
Bush declared that he had not yet
signed Detroit contract and was up in
the air as to his future. He added that
President Navin, of the Tigers, had
treated him like a prince but that the
Federal offer was allurng.
Federal officers said they would "go
the limit to get Bush to sign up