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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-11-21
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE
Number Thirteen of 1914.


To levy a special assessment on the
property abuttin q the west side OF
Lombard street between South street
and Grolee street; north side 81
North street between Lombard street
and Walnut street; west side of Wal
nut street between North street
and Vine street of the City of Opelou.
sas, La, for the purpose OF defraying
the cost of construction of sidewalks,
curling and appurtenances, on said
street, under contract by the Mayor OF
the City of 0pelousas, La, with De-
August 4th, 1914, and to
sidewalk. curbing and appurtenances
between the abutting property owners,
and to provide the manner of enforc-
ing the payment of said special assess
ment and authorizing the Mayor OF said
City of Opelousas, La, to issue Certifi-
Gates of Indebtedness covering the de-
ferred payments due by the respective
property owners on account OF the con-
sfructing of the said sidewalks, curb
ing and appurtenanees.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen OF the
City of Opelousas, La, in regular ses-
sion convened that the Special Assess
ment be and the same is hereby levied
upon the following described property
In the manner set forth after the de-
s~cription of the separate piece of prop
erty, for the purpose of defraying the
cost of construction of the sidewalks,
curbings, and appurtenances, abutting
said property under said contract en-
tered into by the Mayor of the City OF
0pelousas, La, with DeJersey & Naff,
on August 4tf1, 1914, to-Wit:
ST. LANDRY SCHOOL BOARD:
$40 feet front ON Lombard street and
bounded as follows: North by Vine
street, south by South street. east by
Lombard street, west by Walnut street,
the sum of four hundred and fifty-tWo
and 45-100 dollars (S452.4al.
DR.. CHARLES F. BOAGNI:
$40 feet front on west side of
Lombard street and bounded
as follows: North by Landry
street, south by Vine street, east by
Lombard street, west by Coneau, the
sum of four hundred and fifty-two n
45-100 dollars {$452.4 40.
Al. A. CROUCHET:
1863 feet front on west side Of Lom-
bard street and bounded as follows:
North by Boagni, south by Landry
east by Lombard street, west by bar
nett, the sum of two hundred and tWen-
ty-seven and $500 dollars {Ss221.Sbl-
II. Nj. BOAGNI:
1853 feet front on west side OF Lorn-
bard street and bounded as follows:
North by Bellevue street, south by
Crouchef, east by Lombard street, west
BY the sum OF
two hundred and twenty-seven and
l6lM dollars 1927. 161.
ISAAC ROOS:
$40 feet front on west side OF Lorl-
bard street and bounded as
North by North street, south Dy
Bellevue street, east byLombard street,
west by Walnut street the sum OF TOUR
hundred and fifty-two and 54-l0O dollars
ts45254l.
+. C. JENNINGS:
$50 feet front on west side OF LoIl-
bard street and bounded as follows:
North by Pulford, south by North street,
east by Lombard street and west by
Boagni and ST. Cyr, the sum OF q
hundred and seventy two and 22-l00
tsIE22}
GEORGE PULFORD:
Sc feet front On west side of Lombard
street and bounded as follows, NorIn
hy Pulford, south by Jennings, east by
lombard street and west by Puiford
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-11-21

the sum OF one hundred and nineteen
and 14-1O0 dollars ($119. 14l.
ESTATE GEO. PULFORDS, Sir:
40 feet front on west side of LON
bard street and bounded as follows:
North by Reid, south by Pulford, east
by Lombard street and west by Walnut
street, the sum of fifty-seven aid 81
100 dollars (957.37l.
w. r. REID:
125 feet front ON west side of Lom-
bard street and bounded as follows:
North by Grolee street, south by Pull
ford, east by Lombard street and west
by Lord, the sum of one hundred and
sixty-seven and 47-100 dollars (167.47l.
F. C. JENNINGS:
SO feet front on north side of North
street and bounded as follows: North
by Pulford, south by North street, east
by Lombard street and west by Boagni
and st. Cyr, the sum of one hundred
fifty-one and $500 dollars 1851. 85l.
DIR. CHARLES F. G
GAG feet front on north side of North
street and bounded as follows: North
by ST. Cyr, south by North street, east
by Jennings, west by Walnut street,
the sum of three hundred and ninety
eight and 71-1O0 dollars 1898. III.
MRS. LINDA OGDEN:
100 feet front on west side of Walnut
street and bounded as follows: North
by North street, south by Roos eft al,
east by Walnut street and west by
Blaeksher, the sum of one hundred
and seventy-two and 75-100 dollars
ts172. 75l.
ISAAC OOS:
SIS feet front on west side of Walnut
street and bounded as follows: North
by Ogden, south by Comeau, east by
Walnut street and west by Ogden, the
sum of se~venty-six and 46-100 dollars
($76.46@.
PAUL COMEAU:
81 feet front on west side of Walnut
street and bounded as follows: North
by Roos, south by Opelousas Musical
Association, east by Walnut street and
west by self, the sum of sixty-six and
32-1o0 dollars 1866. 32l.
OPELOUSAS MUSICAL ASsO-
CATION:
IG1 feet front on west side of Wal
nut street Sand bounded as follows:
North by Comeau, south by Bellevue
street, east by Walnut street and west
by Comeau, the sum of one hundred
and thirty and g9-100 dollars t$130.09).
IDA CHEVIS:
$40 feet front on west side of Walnut
street and bounded as follows: North
by Bellevue street, south by Landry
street, east by Walnut street and west
by LAS ct ais, the sum of four hun
bred and fifty-one and 30-100 dollars
($451. 30l.
JOSEPH mi. BOAGNI:
265 feet front ON west side of Walnut
street and bounded as follows: North
by Landry street, south by Boagni, east
by Walnut street and west by Moseley,
the sum of three hundred. and forty
seven and $500 dollars {s34T.S8l.
E. M. BOAGNI:
rs feet front on the west side of Wal
nut street and bounded as follows:
North by Boagni, south by Vine street,
east by Walnut street and west by
Mosely, the sum of one hundred and
46-iO0 dollars fs100.46l.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
ETC., That twenty {20) per cent of the
amount herein assessed against each
property owner as above set forth,
shall be paid in cash, and the balance
shall be payable in five Isl equal in
bearing interest at the rate
Of six f6) per cent per annum, INTEREST,"
payable annually, from the date of ac-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-11-21

E@&E 4
CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS
FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
0pelousas. La.*...
This is to certify that the City of Ope-
lousas, Louisiana, is indebted unto De-
Jersey & Naff, Contractors, in the sum
of
dollars, together with SIX (69 per cent
interest, said interest payable annual
~, from the date hereof until paid, pay
able to the order of the said DeJer-
Sey & Naff, - years from this date,
out of the funds derived from the Spe-
ciaI Assessment, levied by the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Opelousas,
La, .s--.-..., 1914, the following de-
scribed property, and the owner there
of,
on account of said sidewalk and curb
construction abutting said property,
the entire proceeds OF which
said Special Assessment
are dedicated to the payment
of this Certificate and interest and
the other four Certificates and interest
of this series, and being one-fifth part
of the balance due to the said DeJersey
G Naff, on account of the sidewalk and
curb construction as per their contract
with the said City of Opelousas, La, of
date -., and of record in the office
of the Clerk of Court of the Parish of
ST. Landry. Louisiana.
The interest to accrue ON this Gertifi-
cate from date until maturify thereof,
being represented by coapons hereto
attached, which, with the amount Of
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-11-21

IN order to encourage the young
men and young ladies Of Ope-
lousas to make a start IN life which
IS sane, profitable and practicable,
we have decided to issue a Bank
Book with Five Dollars to his or her
credit from the savings depart
ment OF our bank Absolutely Free
to the one securing the largest
number of subscriptions to the ST.
LANDRY CLARION beginning on
Monday, Nov. %, and closing tuesday,
Dec. |, at 4p. m.
We believe in cooperating with
the ST. LANDRY CLARION in
boosting the schools of ST. Landry
parish and feeling that it is our du-
ty to show courtesy to our school
we have decided to make an offer
which has never been made in the
history Of the banks in Opelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-11-21

this Certificate are TO be paid to the
holder at maturity by cash warrant OF
the Mayor, upon surrender thereof out
OF the funds which have been espe-
cialiy appropriated therefor by ordi-
nance OF the City of 0pelousas, La,
adopted on the-day of November,
a. d, 1914.
Mayor.
Attest:
City Clerk.
Section z. Be it further ordained,
etc, That the Mayor be and he is here
by authorized to have placed ON the
back of these certificates the following
fern Of endorsement to be used, If so
desired, by the contractors, to-Wit:
This certificate, and so much OF the
contract price, named in the contract
between the City Of 0pelousas, La,
and DeJersey 6 Naff, Contractors, for
the construction of sidewalks and curb
ing in the City of Opeloasas, La, un-
der contract date ss as IS represented
by these certificates is assigned TO the
ha!gaf. hereof and such heller IS here
by subrogated to each and every right
existing under the ordinance and the
contract to enforce payment Of same.
Contractors.
Section s. Be if further ordained,
etc. That for good and safEEIeIens cause
this ordinance shall taEe effect from
and after its adoption.
Sgd. & Is LOEB. Mayor.
Attest: H. q. CALLAHAN. Civ Clerk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-24
To Win Woman Suffrage Through Motion Pictures

Austin visits her and OFFERS her money
Corneiia refuses to accept IT, That money Is
not yours" she says 1T belongs 20 the woman
whom you married in order legally to rob-
Then Austin. in his rage. threatens to take
the despairing woman's child away from her.
I am the child's father" he leers. and under
the Law of this State l am entitled to it,"
A radiant woman. IMPLYING equal suffrage.
appears in a vision TO both Cornelia and Rosa
End and tells them that further troLtles such
as they are undergoing could be avoided by
winning votes for women. But they refuse to
heed the warning.
The fact that Rosalinc becomes the mother
OF two children only makes Austin's treatment
Of her worse. He continues to claim her
money and squander It on himself and his
worthless friends. When Aunt Jane objects he
orders her out OF the house.
Aunt Jane renews her efforts to induce her
niece to work for suffrage. but Is met with the
familiar argument that "a womans place Is In
the home. The kindly old lady discovers
Cornelia on one Of her trips through the siums
and learns the truth about the young woman's
relations with Austin. They both agree that
Rosalind must never know.
In the course OF her efforts TO secure better
conditions for the tenement jewellers Aunt Jane
meets Alderman Hoagland and gets from him
comprehensive idea Of the rottenness OF many
man-made municipal governments. The absence
OF the. fireescapes. which she had tried to in
duce the city council to provide results in
Cornelias little son being burned to death. But
even this sorrow does not make Cornelia any
more ready to follow the spirit OF suffrage.
One night Corneia. on the verge of starva-
ton. goes into a cheap restaurant. brute In
human form buys her food and she, mistaking
bis intentions for Kindness. eats II ravenously.
When she realizes his true character she re-
pulses his advances and calls on the manage
ment OF the place to protect her. To her
amazement her companion accuses her OF rob
bling him and she is arrested.
The poor disfranchised girl. without money,
friends or influence. Is about to be convicted
on utterly false testimony when Aunt Jane
hears OF her plight The old lady arrives in
court just in time TO denounce the injustice OF
the proceedings and save Cornelia from q prison
sentence. She secures Cornelia a position In a
canning factory owned by Ricketts,. friend OF
Austin. Ricketts, is employer OF child labor
in evasion of the law.
In the meantime things in the Austin home
are going from bad 10 worse. Rosalind at.
tempts to stop OF her husbands drinking
debauches and orders Ricketts, from the house
She fees with her two little daughters to her
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America but we In England are what IS
called a backward nation. And the most back.
ward thing are doing IL 10 attempt to x.
tend 90 the poor the divorce which has al.
ready driven the two most advanced nations
10 despair.
The disadvantage Of that sort OF divorce -
that u introduces into daily life a perpetual
element OF disturbance Tor a doubt OF disturb
ancel which human nature vas not made 20
endure. u r. a. N the doorknocker Knocked
and ran away, taking the door with &C. n la IS
n the staircase started Sliding down the ban.
nisters. There must be a hrm framework Tor
human life
II you pull that framework 70 pieces. and try
% patch and repatch g. you viii and al last
hat u r. past repair. You WIN discover what
VII be 70 you. as % r. 20 me, an exceedingly
annoying fact: that the years Of a mans iIfo
are thrce-score and ten. You will be content
With one companion for 20 brief and thrilling
an adventure. You viii not 10 In for that
speculative polygamy which IL far more profit
cate than practical poyEamy You win not
even so, In FOR biEamy. For hicamy IL Dual
pe'sohaiHf ana thrf gay rladness lies
The more a modern European man thinks OF
fhe question. apart from bis PAGAN passions cr
his Puritan fada The more be VIII come 20 the
conclusion hat ote home a. a. much AZ one
man or woman can manage. and thar being
married again is ike being PVT into breech.s
again There are many possible pairs OF trsu.
sers. Of vivid colors and varied design Bns
fNfv wIll not give YOU the ancient pleasure
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BY c. X. cHEsTERToN.
Inc DISTINGUISHES Enoiish Esssyist

TT seems singular that nobody $50 far a. I
know. except Mrs. BellocLowndes In me
New Witness. has noted a quality IN the
Caflaux case which IL quite apart from us
crminaiity or innocence. and does not pre-
Judge the result I. for one. should count "
q point OF conscience not 10 pre- Judge any such
result The best test Of honesty Is whether
We obey laws IN a land where they cannot %
enforced. I have always thought the rule
against preiudcing an impartial tribunal was
a fair rule. and Il would be despicable 70 oh.
serve % In ones own country and despise q
in another.
But the very interesting point raised by Mrs.
Belloc Lowndes has nothing 20 DO With tho
legal issue Of the legal prosecution. Sac
points out that. whoever may be right in tae
Quarrel there never would have been any
quarrel but for the vast license Of divorce a.
Owed IN France since NJ. NaQuers law vas
passed Now. this IL really one ~ the great
fnallfles Of the modern world Whatever Do
.hr cause. whatever be the complexities. 90 is
quite certain that the two highly cultivated
Iamocracles which have allowed large o.
-0rce are nov rather wishing they hadn'
TIu VIII not End this in the daily papers. You
ul not ind anything IN The daily papers *
sspt fhiuRs that happened a hundred years ago
and things that didn't happen the day before
ytf'nrffr. fTe narHflE m orr bubble p 'rg
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mas reached such a point that weekly pape-
a. generally ahead OF a daily paper; and a
monthly paper more on the spot than either.
U Is no part OF the business Of our average
daily Press 20 tell us What real Frenchmen or
real Americans are really talking about But
n they did report the recent and real things.
Do they put down word for word what vas said
in Paris cafe or q Californian saloon. Il -
quite the cards that the speakers would %
considering Uhat Mrs. BelOc-towndes was
coz idcriug. thc % oseuess and the landslide %
ttVcfce.
That IL the fresh and arresting fact both IN
France and America. In both countries al
kinds Of people are nov talking about divorce
a. " 70 we're calamity coming upon their
country from the outside; like cholera or mill
tary invasion. 70 has become impersonal. Ike
what We call problem. New York Divorces
talk about divorce. Just as London drinkers
talk about drink They talk Of u as a public
plague. quite apart from the question OF
whether 40 is private sin. Mrs. Belize.
Lowudes. who u for many reasons sans
iudge as between the old French Republicans
and the new French Naf .oualista. says seFt
ausly that nobody Of an older generation. "hov.
ever Noltairian." does not regret the fux %
hckleness into which. through the new divorce
laws. the French family life has fallen. And
though I could mo-, test the French case ~ al
thoroughly. : can Say that this confirms wat
I have heard from al my American friends.
and read In numberlosa American books and
.nava1nes. about ihc DANGERS ~ divorce m
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MADE IN AMERIGAl

1914. they amounted 70 nearly half a billion
dollars-to be exact. S44S.312.94s.
Abraham Lincoln is reported as having said
that while he was not much OF an economist. II
seemed very clear to him that when buy
foreign-made goods we get the goods and the
foreign country gets the money. but when We
buy homemade goods we get the goods and the
money too.
Why is IL that Americans have found II de-
sirable 10 consume such vast quantity OF
imported manufactures when our own industries
the country over have been suffering from hard
times?
The people who buy imported" articles in
preference TO American-made goods may be
roughly divided into four classes.
Glass 1-Americans who are willing 70
make sacrifices In order to be exclusive and
who prefer imported" articles. which cost
more. because the average individual
American-made goods.
Class 2-Uninformed consumers who have an
idea that because a thing is imported and more
expensive II must be superior.
Glass 3-Foreigners living here who show
preference for the products OF the fatherland.
Glass t-Consumers who buy imported
articles because there IL no Americanmade
equivalent or the American-made article Is in.
ferior or dearer
Perhaps the most important class OF con
sumers Of foreign made articles consists Of
those who labor under the idea that because
imported articles usually more expensive
they must necessarily be superior and more de
sirable than American-m goods. Hundreds
OF million dollars are undoubtedly sent abroad
every year by Americans who would Just as
soon patronlze American Industries n they
derstood the facts. This fallaey about imported
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Save S2OOOOO0OOO Ii We Buy -hn9s Made i'm America

perhaps much as any from the unreasonable
demand for imported" goods. over $780,.
100000 worth of foreign wool and cotton manu-.
features are purchased by Americans every
year.
OF this vast amount OF merchandise IT must
be admitted that fair proportion represents
products which superior In quality
cheaper in price than the domestic equivalent,
but. on the other hand. many million dollars
are annually paid over to foreigners by Amerl.
can citizens for fabrics and wearing apparel
which are in no respect superior TO the domestic
variety.
As has been pointed out by the textile trade
journals. the manufacturers themselves are
largely 10 blame for the preference which is
given IL many quarters TO imported" fabriot
They not only permit their hieh-grade cloths to
be marked foreign" while the medium and
low-grade goods are invariably offered as Of
domestic origin. but they actually encourage
the practice
One OF the leading trade journals in this field
recently declared thar It knew OF a large New
England mill which manufactured very large
yardage of fancy worsteds for an importing
house. with special selvedges. packed in such
manner and with such tickets to lead the
secondary buyer TO suppose they were really
what they purported to be. Of foreign manu-
facture
In the manufacture OF fabrics containing a
minimum Of wool IL Is admitted that certain
foreign weavers are more efficient than we are.
but far the better grade Of fabrics CO. the
American consumer will make no mistake in
demanding Amercan-made goods. even though
persuaded TO purchase the more expensive i'm
ported offerings Here again 70 must be re-
membered that the difference in price repre-
sents. first. the duty; second. the freight. and
other incidental transportation charges. and
third. an added tar American crcdulitv and
Ignorance. As long as Americans continue TO
believe that imported goods are necessarily
superior TO domestic 80 long will foreign manu-
facturers require them TO pay for the imagin
AIRY superiority.
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articles being necessarily superior must be
cleared away. The consumer must be en-
lightened.
Take. as a typical example familiar to almost
every business man. the instance of beer. How
many mep who 20 into a restaurant and order
imported" beer in preference to domestic are
Influenced by any other consideration than the
fact that the imported costs ten cents a glass,
while the domestic costs only 1--WE. the natural
inference being systematically drawn that be-
cause the imported article costs twice as much
as the domestic 1t must be twice good?
Here are the facts: On every gallon OF i'm.
ported beer a duty Of fifty cents has been paid
There are approximately sixteen glasses 70 the
gallon. That means that a duty OF three and
one-eighth cents has been paid on every glass
involved in its transportation adds another one
and seven-eighth cents TO the tax on each
glass and reveals that the diner who pays ten
cents for a glass Of imported" beer is paying
FIVE cents for the beer and FIVE cents for the
duty. etc. And this Is true OF many other duti.
able articles for which Americans pay an ad
vanced price under the mistaken idea that the
Inference I'm price represents added value. when
a matter OF fact II Is tackled on merely 10
cover the duty and other charges incident to its
importation.
As far the relative merits OF Imported"
and domestic beer are concerned all that 10 Is
necessary TO say Is that domestic beer Is every
biz pure every bit as nutritious. every bit as
beneficial as the imported" The fact that
there may be slight difference in taste may
warrant foreigners who are accustomed TO ~
In demanding Il. but certainly does not Justify
Americans IN paying twice much for H.
The American textile industry has suffered