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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
MR.. BUSINESS MAN.

You should join the Opelousas Progress
siye League because it will perform a speci-
fc service for you in equalizing and correct
ing four freight rates and protecting you
against bad accounts which, experience in
neighboring communities shows concluslvely
will more than return the money on your IN
vestment.
You should join it because every COM
munity need a centre of interest for the
PRONUNCIATION Of plans for the public good
(which is your good) and your failure to en-
roll inevitable stamp you as lacking in public
spirit.
You should join because experience has
proven that such agencies are the only sue
cessful ones in providing profitable markets
for your customers, the farmers, whose
patronage is surely going to those of you
who take the greatest interest IN the solution
Of their problems, and who will be guided
largely in their conclusions by the appear
ance or absence of your name on the mem
bership list of this organization to be pub
lished from time to time.
You should urge your farmer patrons
themselves to join and receive the full bene-
fit Of the marketing service this Office can
give, SO, by self-help, helping you to the
betterment of conditions rapidly approach
ing the unbearable.
Every farmer in st. Landry parish
should take advantage of this opportunity to
join in a movement to better the business in
which they are most intimately concerned.
Look for the SIS Sign of Progress SIS when in
town and drop in. IF you can come, write.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

Our attention has been called to the
fact that the Weekly Gazette of Vile Platte
in reproducing our comment on the new pa
per failed to insert the following paragraph:
willie Platte people are now served with
two first class newspapers, which goes to
show how rapidly that town has grown up
in recent years"
Some of our readers, as well as some of
the readers Of the popular Gazette seem to
think that in complimenting the new paper
in Vile Platte we Disseminated against the
Banner. On the contrary we praised both,
as weebelieve that Vile Platte should be
proud of its two papers. The Gazette in
reproducing our article had perfect right in
leaving the paragraph out and we only make
this statement to show that we are friendly
to both Mr.. Ashlock and Mr.. Bailey.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
ARCHBISHOP BLENK.

The venerable and we'll beloved Arch.
Bishop Blenk of the New Orleans Archdio.
cese has recovered from his desperate illness
in Chicago, under the care of DR.. Points,
and has returned.
His Grace is now at Hammond, where
he will spend a couple of weeks with his sis
ter, Mr.. Georger Boos. He sent the follow
ing cheerful and affectionate message to his
thousands of subjects:
II am feeling my old self again; am
very glad to get back to Louisiana and am
deeply grateful to the people of New Or
leans for their many ~kindnesses and remem
ORANGES during my illness. will be back in
harness in a couple of weeks"
Nothing perhaps shows the hold which
this honored prelate has on the diocese than
the soIicitude expressed by friends during
his illness, friends from all walks of life and
all denominations.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

ally, who are strong and carry guns no
doubt. Every City in this broad land of
ours is unfortunately blessed with the anne
Look at Shreveport, and Eaton Rouge the
Capital of our state, lately honored with
these undesirable gentlemen and no doubt
there is an open field Tor some strong, brave
and fearless person to get onstne Police
Force. somewhere, somehow. at some time.
and whenehe does he may expect to be sub
ject to unjust criticism, and my advice to
him is, just grind along and do his duty,
hew to the line and let the chips fall where
they may, someone may be struck, sy1npa-
thize with him, but keep GA shopping, chop
ping, and everything viii come cut all right,
JOSEPH ANSELM.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
FOR A STATE LIVE STOCK ASSOCIA.
TI0N.

Shreveport Journal: The Alexandra
Chamber of Commerce has taken the initia-
tive in a movement to organize a State live
stock association, and has called a conven-
ton of stock raisers and others interested to
be held in Alexandria Dec. 9 and11. There
can be no sort of doubt about the need for
an association of this Observation-Disclosures
is going to get away from cotton planting
as an exclusive business proposition, and
the wise farmers are going to turn their at
%tention to raising cattle and hogs for mar
ket. To do this intelligently and successful
ly they will require just such an organize
ton as it is proposed to establish at the
Alexandra convention, and it is certainly to
be hoped that every parish in the State will
be represented.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
Resents Criticism by Roberts.
Editor Clarion:
E. K. EASTMAN.

Editor Clarion:
In last weeks issue Of your valuable
paper appeared a letter or communication
from Mr.. Herschel Roberts. headed School
Boys Scuf1es," wherein he takes a side
shot at me, in as much as / was the arrest
ing officer referred to, I therefore beg leave
to reply thereto.
wish to state that he certainly has
failed to give a full and concise statement
of the facts as they really existed, he has
caused the readers of this paper, or some
of them at least, to believe that these
school pupils were kiddies only fifteen years
of age, possibly in knee trousers, which is
not a fact.
Now | venture the assertion that if one
of these pupils had happened not to be the
brother of Mr.. Roberts, he would have re-
manned as mum as an oyster and would not
have acted so hastily and rushed into print
about their arrest and the subsequent i'm
position Of a fine of which the minimum
was imposed by the City Judge, upon their
own admissions and plea of guilty made in
open Court, out of which fine | received as
cost the SUM of seventy-five cents each, ag-
gregating one dollar and fifty cents, instead
Of fifty cents as quoted by him. For the
further information of Mr.. Roberts | de-
sire to say, notwithstanding the fact that
he may still be under the impression that |
was actuated solely with a desire to make
this fee), that | intend to do the same thing
in similar cases and do my sworn duty as |
see it, lending my official assistance in pro-
noting peace in this City wherever it may
be necessary, and particularly when a viola
ton of the law is called to my attention, or
by chance it actually occurs in my presence
which is a fact IN the instant case, when
these young men twice the same day en-
gagged in a fight the later by consent, and
over the protest of Professor Prescott, their
Principal, and still these young men are
from arrest. "A sorrowful aspect,
use the term young men, ad-
as both of them are donning long
:~rousers. one of them in particular smoking
he pipe of peace and skylarking with the
rapidly approaching his eighteenth
as his brother so informed the
Mayor of this City in my presence, and the
through his father to myself, the
Judge and others.
Certainly we have the webbing drunk
n men in our town as well as the Wobbling
ober ones, and we also have thieves that
reak through at night and steal occasion
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
WHAT TO Do WITH SCHOOL
BUILDING.

Editor Clarion:
The matter has been several times
brought before the City Council OF attempt
ing to dispose of the old High School build
ing and grounds. At the request OF the
Board. the City Attorney drew up an ordl-
nance designed to meet the legal phases OF
the question. By this ordinance, as or1gl-
nally drawn, the Board of Aldermen were
to set a minimum price on the property ana
same to be sold Or off cred for safe at pub
lie auction after due advertisement for cash
or on such terms as the Mayor OF 0pelonsas
together with the School Board Of the Par
ish should find advantageous, The pro
ceeds of the sale to be used first to defray
the cost of the furnishings of our New High
School building and any balance to be used
by the School Board for the use of the Pub
lie Schools of Opelousas. A portion OF your
Board felt this to be not the proper time to
sell real estate in Opelousas and to go to the
cost of advertising and offering this partlc-
ular property unless sorne purchaser were
at least prospectively in sight. The matter
was therefore laid over. Also the Board
was, I believe, unanimously OF the opinion
that even in case a sale could be made at an
advantageous price, the proceeds should
NOT be turned over to the School Board but
its administration and expenditure be con-
trolled by the City direct either tnro
referendum to the voters or thro your Board
of Aldermen, but in any event for Opelou-
sas school purposes, according to the origi-
nal dedication of the property in question.
In view of this uncertainty rather than any
disagreement among the members OF the
Board, I for one should like to have the
views of the citizens of Opelousas, who paid
for the old High School, as to the proper
course to pursue at this time in the matter.
I may add that personally, I hope to see
shortly the launching of a movement which
will result in the the separation Of the
schools of Opelousas from those of fha re
mainder of the Parish, particularly with
reference to their alimony. As | feel sure
such a result would forever prevent such
catastrophes, and I do not regard the word
as too strong, as the curtaiiment of the
length of our term thro a shortage of the
general school funds of the Parish. This
separation of City and Parish schools has
been done with splendid results, | am told,
in Monroe, Lake Charles, Shreveport and
possibly other cities of the State. And if
we accomplish the same, the holding in re-
serve of the City's ownership of the old
High School property will provide a splen-
did nest egg for the new system.
Let us hear from you.
E. K. EASTMAN.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

The citrus fruit growers have had an
important conference with Gov. Hall OF the
subject of a quarantine against Florida, on
account Of the canker, a contagious disease
of oranges. The Louisiana orange industry
is now in its infancy and this bids fair to be
the. chief orange growing state in the Union.
All precautions should be taken to prevent
diseases and insects from taking a firm hold
in the orange sections of Louisiana.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
Louisiana Press Opinion.

WHY DOCS HAIR DIDN'T STAND UP.
Abbeville Meridional: Only this week
we received a bulky enyelop, branded in
red ink, Unity, Opportunity. Alexandra"
1t was a modest demand for about a column
of free space to boost Alexandria. No
Florida or California land CRATER and
boomer could embollish the advantages,
present and passible Of the aspiring Hub
Of Louisiana" 1t was one of those things
that would make your hair cnrl. But the
hirsute covering of our noble dome eff
thought is a trife thin and coarse, so ours
did not curl.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
A LUcLY NEGRO NURSE.

Chas. J. G%authreaux, late second re-
corder of New Orleans, in his will says
AS my relatives have known me only when
they needed me-, Idesire that should the said
Mrs. Juiete Victor die before me, my estate
as above described, be divided between her
daughter, Georgiana, and the Little Sisters
of the Poor, one half, each"
Mrs. Victor was a negro nurse who at
tended Gauthreaux.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

A New Orleans dealer, Louis P. Rice,
has secured a quarter of a million dollar con
tract for saddles and harness from England
and France. being a part of the million dol
lar contract divided between New York, st.
Louis and New Orleans. This goes to show
that New Orleans can hold her oWn if her
citizens would only fight for their rights.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

DIR. j.. S. York of Rayville, was elected
Secretary of the Probe Commission, succeed
ing Thomas Harris, resigned. York is an
administration man and landed by a vote of
4 to 3. Senators Smith and Amacker and
Representative Bouanchaud having support
ed Howell.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

NOTICE is hereby given that / will
apply to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the town of Washington for a
license to operate a saloon for colored
people, for the year 1915, at my former
place of business, in the building
known as the Old Dupre Building, on
Water Street. JOHN LEER. dec 5 At
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

Santa Claus has made his head
quarters where the merchants
give Clarion trade coupons.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
BEST AND CHEAPEST,

For Constipation, Biliousness, Headt
ache, Royaline Liver Regulator is bes-
and cheapest. Is cents. Money back
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

Wake up your Liver. A lazy Liver
brings on the worst of diseases. Take
LlV.. Ven. LAX now at Shute's Drugstore.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05

NOTICE is hereby given that | will
apply to the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the town Of Melville, La, for a
license to operate a saloon for negroes,
for the year 1915 in the building on
Front Street near Church Street, at
present occupied by me as a saloon.
dec 5 at PAUL ARTALL.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-12-05
q + Boys or Girls !
W Raincoat Free w

In order to still further cooperate
with the pupils Of the Opelousas
High school | will give the choice
Of a boys or girls S. raincoat for
the one securing the largest num-
Der Of subscriptions to the Clarion.
This coat is absolutely one Of the
best that we carry in stock and
one that any boy or girl would be
proud to wear. This offer is open
Saturday, December 9Th and clos
es Friday, December 18th.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
IS CLAIMED
BY BAILEY
and RIDDLE

Basing their figures on partial re-
turns that they have been able to OBJ
tain up to date, both f. Il. Riddle and
F F. NJ Bailey claim the nomination for
supreme justice. F. E. Riddle tele-
rhoned frcm Oklahoma city today
stating that he had complete returns
from six counties. and making an estl-
mate from those returns together with
what scattering returns received. he
would win the nomination by about
1000. The counties he referred to as
having received complete completely
were McClain, Jackson, Tillman, Cot.
ton, Canadian, Murray
When seen in his offices at o'clock
Judge Bailey said. $50 far, the returns
have been able to get simply sub
stantiate my predictions OF yesterday,
and | estimate that win win the
nomination by from 1000 to 1900 plur-
ality. Seml-official returns from every
county In the district excepting Gar.
vim point to such d result
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
Great Difficulty in
Getting the Returns

Never before we're such great diff
culties experienced in getting election
returns in Oklahoma. The Express
made the usual arrangements, exert
ing every possible effort. to get early
returns from Grady county, and had
all the assistance that Secretary Grit
fin Of the county election board could
give but so stupendous task did the
election officials face that the best laid
plans failed to accomplish the desired
result.
In each precinct in the county the
election officers were requested to re-
port returns Immediately by telephone
and many of them did so, but in num-
erous cases the count was so slow that
it was not completed till late in the
night and with the wires working over
time, it was impossible to get the re-
ports. When the boxes were brought
" tONh JSStciuaS III luahe lhstdilSSS
there was no copy of the returns kept
out and hence these returns were not
available till the boxes were opened
for the official canvass. This was true
in the case of some of the Chickasha
boxes Everybody did their best but
the number of tickets, the rotation Of
names and the long list of candidates
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
By United Press.

Washington, Aug. 6.-Mrs. Wilson,
wife of the president, is making a
brave fight for life. Her condition TO-
day is improved over yesterday, ac-
cording to announcement made by the
attending physicians.
Or. Grayson stated that she is suf-
fering from chronic kidney trouble.
He stated that the president is bear
ing up wonderfully under the strain.
He had an all night vigil and can
celled all his engagements today.
IT is believed that Mrs. Wilson may
live several days. She is conscious
only at Intervals. Her serious illness
dates from last March, when she sus-
tanned serious injury in fall. Only
within the last few days did it become
known that her condition was critical.
Up to the last week she had steadily
improved but took sudden relapse.
Al one time yesterday it was thought
that the end had come but she rallied.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06

made delay inevitable.
Probably few people who have not
been through the mill realize how big
a job it is to handle election returns,
getting them in sFaps for publication
or even for bufletl.ls. The Express
force, assisted by e. E. Colby, F. l..
slusher. James O'Neill and several
others. worked like beavers Tuesday
night and Wednesday preparing the
bulletins that were given out and tab
ulating the figures, but even then the
results were far from satisfactory.
It was not only hard work but also
expensive to the Express to furnish
the service that was given to the great
crowd that assembled in front of the
office Tuesday night. To get the
county returns incurred a large teIe-
phone bill. while the state returns that
came by wire made heavy telegraph
bill in addition to the cost of the CORE
spondents' service. All of this expense
was incurred simply to serve the pa
irons and friends of the Express by
giving them the earliest possible in
formation. The Express management
desires to thank election officials, Sec
retary Griffin ana all the friends who
volunteered. their assistance in this ef-
fort to serve the public.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
Governor.

Ward 2. precinct ! Jennings SO,
Robertson 56. West s, Williams n,
Dunlap 3, Herring g.
Ward 2, precinct ?, Jennings 40,
Robertson 4s, West 10, Williams a.,
Dunlop 5. Herring 10.
Ward l, precinct /, Jennings 16,
Robertson 2S, West 8, Williams 20.
Dunlop 3. Herring 4.
Ward 8. Jennings 6S, Robertson a.,
Dest 9, Williams 81, Dunlop 2. Her
ring 4.
Ward 1, precinct 2, Jennings 80, Rob
ertson 90, West Z, Williams 72, Dunlop
Z. Herring Z.
Ward 4, precinct /, Jennings 81, Rob
ertson %. West 2, Williams 10, Dunlop
2. Herring 3.
Ward 4, precinci 2, Jennings 2T, Rob
ertson "A, West ii, Williams So, Dun
lop Z. Herring 10.
Bali Park, Jennings A. Robertson
AZ, West 2, Williams 46, Dunlop 2, Her
ring 3.
Amber, Jennings 10, Robertson 26,
West y. Williams II, Dunlop l, Her.
ring 4.
Bradley, Jennings s, Robertson 81,
West 6, Williams IS, Dunlop 4. Her
ring A.
Caddo. Jennings 5, Robertson 2s
West 6, Williams II, Dunlop 2, Her
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
Partial, Unofficial
Grady Co. Returns

rng 1.
Bradley, jennings 8. Robertson 81,
West 8, Williams is. Dunlop 4. Her
ring 4.
caddo. Jennings 5, Robertson %,
West 6, Williams II, Dunlop 2, Her
ring l.
Dutton, Jennings 10, Robertson %,
West 0. Williams 10, Dunlop Z, Her.
ring /.
Lucille, Jennings 16, Aobertson 1s,
West Q. Williams Z Dunlop q Her.
ring 1.
AIinco. 1, Jennings 10, Robertson 65,
West 4, Williams s2, Dunlop Q, Her
ring s.
Minco. 2, Jennings s, Robertson II,
West 2, Williams l. Dunlop /, Her.
ring 2.
Naples, Jennings 22, Robertson 20,
West 4, Williams Z, Dunlop 4. Her
ring 4.
Norge, Jennings 25, Robertson 10,
West /, Williams 6, Dunlop ?. Her
ring II.
Prairie Valley. Jennings 4. Robert
son 81, West ?, Williams II, Dunlop Z,
Herring 3.
Pocasset Jennings ~, Robertson 56.
West 4, Williams II, Dunlop 2. Her
ringa5.
Snow Hill Jennings 4. Robertson .,
tGonunued on Page ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06

IS READY

The First National bank of Chicka-
sha, United Statesl depositors, receiv-
ed telegram today from John Skel
ton Williams, comptroller of the cur
rency, advising that the treasury de-
partment has on hand available for
this bank $11O.740 of Aldrich-Vreeland
currency The full amount to which
the bank is entitled is s125.o0O. Ben
f. johnson, vice president OF the bank
stated that il it should become neces-
sary to use any or all of this money
to assist in moving crops. he viii ap-
ply for it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
By United Press.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 6.-French 6 ayiators
have arrived 70 assist the home forces
Of the Belgians In the war against the
Germans
The airmen did great service in the
fighting at Lege They signalled the
location Of the German columns and
dropped explosive shells. killing and
weunding hundreds.
One German aeronlane was driven
of. In another engagement in the air
the aviators fired pistols at each other.
One collision was reported. both ma
chimes falling and killing the occu.
pants
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
OFFICIAL
COUNT IN
PROGRESS

Up to noon today official returns had
been completed on II precincts out Of
the 4S in Grady county, indicating that
Robertson would carry the county for
governor by big majority, that Gore
was far in the lead and that Wilson
for superintendent of public instruc-
tion was ahead by about the ratio Of
five to three.
Official returns totaled from the II
precincts showed the following: Dun
lop AZ, Herring 70, Jennings POI, Rob
ertson 449, West AZ, Williams 2S4.
U. S. Senator: Gore 651. Hayes 359.
Secretary Of State: Askew 4SS Bat
tenfield 6S, Frans So, Lyon 1eo Spill
man 1903.
No official returns of the city Of
Chickasha had been returned at noon,
the above being entirely from the
rural precincts.
Additional unofficial returns receiv-
de do not change the results indicated
yesterday. 1t is certain that Hodge
Bailey won the race for sheriff. He
puts his plurality at from $50 to It's.
Thompson comedies defeat.
Complete returns on the candidates
for representative and county commits
sioners are still unavailable.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
Americans Would Aid France.
BY United Press.

Paris, Aug. G.-Hundreds OF Ameri-
cans have offered their services to
France and have asked permission 10
assume the French uniform like La
iayette did in the American revolution.
The Frekch cavelry killed five and
wounded two near Belfort Warships
win be sent to locate and destroy five
German cruisers that are known to be
in Mexican and West Indian waters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
Two Cruisers Sunk.

by United Press.
London. Aug. 6.-The Daily Mail cor
respondent reports that the German
cruiser Emden and the Russian cruis-
er Askold fought Off the coast Of China
and both sunk
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06
RusaIan FIeet eottIed up.

by United Press.
Amsterdam. Aug. 6.-The German
fleet is attacking the forts at Syesborg
preparatory to attacking the Russian
fleet. which Is bottled up in he Gulf Of
Finland
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-06

BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Brussels, Aug. e-The German
losses at Visie alone numbered $500
killed and wounded and fully double
that number at Liege and in that vicin-
ity. according to reports given out
here.
Fierce fighting continues. The Ger
mans received rcinforcements and the
French are going TO reinforce the Bel
gians at Liege.