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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
STORM DOES DAMAGE
TO LEONVILLE FARMS
Several Houses Were Blown OF
While others Were Damaged
to Some Extent

The rain storm which struck
this parish on Wednesday of last
week wrought considerable dam
age in the Leonville section of st.
Landry, tearing down farm houses
in great numbers.
While the rains were beneficial
to practically every section in st.
Landry, two well-knoWn planters,
residing near Leonville. were not
so fortunate.
Raoul LeBourgeois and Joseph
Benoit, two of the largest farmers
east of Opelousas, suffered severe
loss, on account of the storm.
Forty-two buildings, including
farm houses, cribs and out-houses,
were blown down or damaged on
the LeBourgeois farm, while Mr..
Benoit lost nine houses, besides
sustaining a heavy loss on several
cribs and other buildings on the
place being damaged.
Reports were SO scant on last
Thursday and Friday that it was
impossible to give detailed inform
alton concerning the damages, as
all telephone communication was
cut off.
It was reported that two negroes
lost their lives as result of the
storm.
The kitchen of the LeBourgeois
home was smashed by large tree
falling on it; the wind cut the tree,
which was at least five feet in dia-
aeter, nine feet from the ground,
as cleanly as if the work had been
done with a saw.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
RUGS ON CUCUMBER VINES
EASILY DESTROYED

It has been reported that Bugs
have been detrimental to the Gu
cumber crops around opelousas
but according to r. W. Hall, the
well-known Opelousas pickle man.
these bugs can be easily destroyed
Mr.. Hall is anxious that the
farmers destroy the bugs, VIII =
are injurious not only to the GU
cumber crop, but also to water
melon vines, beans, peas, and IN
fact practically any vine crop. me
poison which will cheaply and
readily destroy these pests is COM
posed of a solution of one ounce of
Paris green, two ounces OF lime
with six gallons of water; tnis So
luton should be sprayed on tne
vines every week or ten days, un-
til the bugs have disappeared.
In order to familiariLa the farIn-
ers of this section with the use OF
this poison Mr.. Hall is will"is TO
show any farmer how to spray the
vines; he will spray the Vines Tor
them, if farmersaround here de-
sire, free of charge.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
CHlLDRDN in PARISH
Enrmerators Make Final Report to
st. Landry Board of Education
fST WARD LEADS OTHERS
I'M EDUGABLE CHILDREN
Valuable Statistics Finally Compiled
By Enumerators Showing $1,000
in ST. Landry

The various enumerators an
pointed by the st. Landry parish
school. board, to ascertain the num-
Der of educable children in the
six wards of this parish, have made
their final report, which shows that
there are over seventeen thousand
educable children in this parish.
The first ward, which comprises
Opelousas, Bellevue, Andrepont,
Plaisance and Prairie Ronde, leads
the sixth ward, in which Eunice is
situated, which ward is second, by
nearly one thousand.
The eolored educable population
exceeds the white by approximately
one thousand; it is shown also that
the very large per cent of litter
acy, existing in this parish, is due
to the eolored population. But this
is being rapidly remedied and it is
expected that within the next five
years the negroes of st. Landry will
be given all the opportunities avail
able to secure little education.
Following is the report by wards
on educable children in st. Landry
parish:
Ward f-White, 1880; colored,
2578; male, 2o39; female, 2Ot9, to-
tai, lO58.
Ward 2-White, 1887; colored
1863; male, 1887; female. 9i9; total
zoos.
Ward 3-White, 164i; colored,
s97; male, 1903; female, 1880; to-
tai, 253s.
Ward White, 927; colored,
1875; male 1858: female, i144; to-
tai, 2502.
Ward 5-White. 1911: colored,
1915; male, i444; female. 1882: to-
tai, 1896.
Ward 6--White, 1900; colored,
1896; male, 1872; female, 1924; to-
tai, 1896.
Grand total: White 1906; colored
ei29; male, 1907; female, 1918; to-
tai, 1925.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
OPELOUSAS LA. SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1915
WILSON WARNS
GERMANY TO KEEP QUIET

The Lusitania, one of the Cunard Company
palatial steamers, travelling between New York
and Queenstown, was torpedoed by German
submarines on last Friday evening at about 2
O'Clock, only eight miles from Kinsdale Ire
| land The Lusitann, like the Titanic three
years ago, went down with the majority of its
passengers, carrying over twelve hundred souls
into watery grave, of which number over one
hundred were Americans.
The sinking of the Lusitania by the Ger
MANS is considered one of the most serious in
cidents of the European war, as citizens of
every neutral nation were on board the ship.
People throughout the United States became
spirited with indignation, when the news of the
torpedoing of the Lusitania was flashed over
this country; the leading newspapers of the
United States, began camoring for reparation,
On the part of Germany, while President Will
son, secluded himself at Washington, ponder
ing over the critical situation, with dignified
calmness assuring the American people that he
realized the seriousness of the affair and prom
Using full and deliberate examination of the
International law, bearing on the matter
The peaceful head of the United States
Government, however, warned Germany that
Americas patience was at an end and that this
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
MISSIONARY NOTES
BY THE SOCIETY.

Although we are few in numbers
in the society here at Opelousas; al
though they are very faithful and
are doing all in their power to help
send the Gospel to those who have
never had the opportunity of hear
ing it, we would ike TO enlist every
member of the church in this great
work.
The working girl is pleading for
a living wage so that she will not
be forced to sell her soul and live
a life of shame so that she smay
ave food and clothing; therefore
it is up to us Christians to do all in
our power to help.
We need not 60 across the
ocean to find missionary work to do.
We may speak to our servants or
the immigrants in our city. An
incident is told of a man who de-
cided to help the immigrant. He
began by talking to the Greek boy
who shined his shoes, to the Italian
from whom he bought his fruit, but
wanting to get nearer still, he learn
ed few simple phrases in the
Italian language. One morning as
a laborer was going to work the
man met him with a broad smile,
greeted the stranger in his own Ian
guage with Good morning, John.
John was so surprised that tears
filled his eyes as he dropped his
dinner pail. Then he passed on
silently. The next morning thf man
greeted him the same way. The
Italian stood still and in broken
English exclaimed: you are like
Jesus Christ
Why can't more of US be like
Jesus Christ?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
MRS. D. T. DUPRE DIES At
PRAIRIE RONDE

Mrs. Alvina Arkinson, aged wife
of D. F. Dupre, for many years one
of the most pror-.nent AMI best
known trainers of this parish, died
at the home of her son-ln-la y
Emar Andrepont, at Prairie Rondt,
on Thursday morning OF last
week and was buriei in the fam
lily graveyard at Prairie Ronde. on
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Dupre was the daughter of
David Atkinson aud Amelie Rich
ard, and was born Oct. |, 1885. Al
the the time of her death she was
70 years, 7 months and 5 days old.
The deceased had but one brother
Arcaduis Atkinson, who was killed
during he war between: the States.
The deceased was venerable
old lady, loved by all who knew
her and respected by everybody
with whom she came in contact;
she was always a kind, true and
tender-hearted mother, aiwavs hav-
ing kind word to address, to the
loWly as well as the high. Many of
the best citizens of iief section Of
the parish feel as though they had
lost mother, having been directed
in their young days by her kind and
pood words. Mrs. DuDrl was never
known to utter one unkind wer !
in her whole lifetime.
Mrs. Dupre is survived by her
feeble husband, one daughter, Mrs.
Emar rAndrepent, and one son,
Numa Dupre.
The community in watch Mrs.
Dupre resided feels the loss of one
of its most venerable citizens and
was deeply touched by the sad
death of Mrs, DuDre.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION-TENTH CIVIL
SERVICE DISTRICT-OF-
FICE OF THE -SECRE
TARY

New Orleans, La, May J, 1915.
Notice to Praeticing Physicians:
announcement is made that any
reputable practieing physician who
is willing to execute medical GER
tificates in connection with civil
service examinations for the min
imum charge and is desirous OF do
ing work of that character may
file his name with the secretary OF
the local civil service board or the
Secretary, Tenth Civil Service Dis
trict, New Orleans, La. Applicants
making inquiry as TO physicians
executing medical certificates for
the minimum charge will be ad-
vised of the names Of those listed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
|OPELOUSAS GOES TO
EUNICE TOMORROW
First of Series of Seven Games to
Be Staged Away from Home
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED TO
GO ON EXCURSION TRAIN
Manager Loeb Intends Sending Vel
tin in Opening Game OF Series
Against Eunice To-Morrow

! Tomorrow afternoon at $40
O'Clock the Opelousas team will
meet its fiercest rival in the state.
when the local ball club will battle
! with the strong Eunice team at
Eunice, for the first of the seven
game series.
The fans of both clubs are enthu-
siastically awaiting the game to-
morrow evening, as then will be
the first time this season that the
rival ball clubs will meet.
Low rates are being offered into
Eunice over the Frisco train, and
the Opelousas fans have been as
sured a special train Sunday night,
which will leave Eunices after the
ball game.
4. large crowd of baseball boost
.ers from 0pelousas, Washington,
Port Barre and other points sbaround
Opelousas, will go over the Frisco
to witness the royal battle; need
less to say to spirit the local boys
on to victory.
Both the Eunice and the Opelou-
sas clubs have been playing win
ming ball this season; Eunice was
defeated only twice this year, while
Opelousas played only two games,
winning these with great ease.
It has been reported that Mana
ger Loeb intends TO send Toby Vel
tin in the box against Eunice;
Tobe pitched a following good
game on Sunday before last against
the Welsh boys and his admirers
expect him to deliver the goods to-
when he meets the only
team, which he is bent upon de-
feating, since Eunice is classed as
one of the best amateur clubs in
The state and being such a bitter
rival of 0pelousas in the baseball
game.
A clean game is assured to-mor-
row evening, never cleanerbunch
If paid ball players ever represent
I'd Opelousas on the diamond as
hose battling for the local club.
Several new and good ball play
ers will be seen in Opelousas uni
'orm against Eunice Sunday.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
EUNICE EASY VICTOR
in ANNUAL CONTEST
Dana Jenkins Proves Stronger Than
Ever in Athletic Meet
OPELOUSAS AND EUNICE TIE
LITERARY CONTEST
Jones Only OpeIousas Athlete to
Win First Place in Annual ST.
Landry High School Track Meet

Dana Jenkins, the stalwart ath-
lete of the Eunice High School
team, reputed TO be the most prom
ising high school athlete in the
South, was again largely respon-
sible for the additional laurels for
the Eunice team, carrying away the
gold medal for the best parish high
school athlete. Fred Bailey OF
Washington won gold medal for
being the second best, while Huges
of Eunice and Larrabee of Wash
ing ton tied for this honor, both be-
ing awarded medals.
Eunice had no difficulty in win
ming the athletic honors at the par
ish meet held in this city on last
Saturday. The athletic contest was
held at Wallior's park with the fol-
lowing results: Eunice 63 points;
Washington 80 points and Opelou-
sas 6 points. The Eunice team was
awarded the loving cup.
For several years past the Eu-
nice team has been the strongest
in athletic contests while Opelousas
usually carried away the literary
lhonors. This time however Eu-
nice tied Opelousas for the first
place in the literary contest, both
teams scoring % points, while
Washington came out second with
IS points and Melville third with
10 points.
On account of Eunice having by
far the strongest athletic club,
Opelousas and Melville took very
little part in the contests, only one
Opelousas man scoring first, that
being Campbell Jones, who took the
prize in poll vaulting.
: Prof. Prescott was mighty satis-
fed with the financial result of
the meet, the people of Opelousas
Showing considerably more inter-
est in the meet this year than ever
before, while the Eunice team was
escorted to Opelousas by a large |
crowd of high school athletic sup t
porters who journeyed here on a
special train.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
TWO HUNDRED WILL
RECEIVE COMMUNION
Large Glass OF Catholic Children
TO Make First Holy Commun-
ion Tomorrow Morning

The annual First Communion at
the st. Landry Catholic Church in
this city will take place tomorrow
morning at ZOO o'clock, at which
time it is expected that the Ope-
1ousas ediflce will be crowded to
overflow with interested rela-
tives of the two hundred children
who will make their first commun-
ion.
The venerable old pastor of the
local Catholic Church has been
working strenuously for the past
two weeks examining the children
in the principals of their religion
and preparing them generally for
the receiving of the Holy Sacra-
men.
First Communion day in Opelou-
sas is the day on which the Catho-
lies around Opelousas take a great
deal of interest. Thousands of
members Of the Church, as well as
scores of Protestants attend the
ceremonies and it is thought that
the church will be the center of
attraction in this city Sunday
morning.
The Jesuit Fathers of Grand Co
teau have been assisting Father
Engberink and on the morrow
Father NJ. A. Grace, president of
st. Charles College, will be here to
aid Father Engberink in admins
tering the Sacrament to nearly two
hundred children.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
Southwestern Reflections


With the advent of the growing
season reinforced by abundant
rains, the farmers declaration OF
war against the all peryasive grass
must be backed up by energetic
and unceasirg work. Along with
everything else, good and bad, in
4 Southwest Louisiana grass grows
with exceeding rapidity, and the
luckless farmer who once permits
it to get the start of him is in a bad
way.
And yet, if we but realize it fully,
one of our most prolific sources of
natural wealth lies in these very
grasses which we farmers spend so
much time and money in the effort
to subdue. When the late Father"
Cary, who did so much to develop
Louisiana, lit from tthe train on
the vast bald prairie where the city
of Jennings now stands and looked
around him at the exuberant grass
es with which the land was covered,
ne exclaimed: when look at the
luxuriant growth on these prairies
no longer wonder why Nebuchan-
nezzar resigned the power and
splendor of the Babylonian throne
and went out to eat grass.
And so, after all, the question
will obtrude itself in these days OF
war and grass, whether it were
not better for us as farmers to be-
come rich growing grass than to
impoverish ourselves in the vain
fight to destroy it.
A few years ago Bill Pork intro
duced bill in the Louisiana Leg
islature making it penal offense
for railroads and others to permit
Johnson Grass to grow on their
properties.
A month ago DR.. S. NJ. Lyons, OF
Sulphur, pointed out to the Pros
perity Campaigners" forty-acre |
plot of ground planted to Johnson
Grass, as a commercial PROPOSE |
tion. In response to an expression
of surprise the Doctor replied:
why not? That farmer gets eight
dollars per ton for the hay and he
can produce seven or eight tons per
acre without any expense save that
OF cutting and baling it."
And then there is lespedeza,
growing wild all over Southwest
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
OPELOUSAS PREPARES
TO WELCOME KNIGHTS
Convention Opens at knights of
Columbus Hall May 18th
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS TO BE
HIGHLY ENTERTAINED
Entertainments and Autom ,bile
Riss Promised Delegates to
State Convention

The several members of tn
Catholic Knights of America, VIII
have been arranging for sometim
for the entertainment of the dele
gates to the state convention il
this city on Monday and Tuesday
May 24th and 25th, have fount
ready assistance in the knights O.
Columbus and the citizens of Ope-
lousas.
/ Opelousas has long been known as
one of the most hospitable cities il
the state and for that reason sew
eral fraternal and commercial or
"an. Aations have from time to
time been the hosts of the Jolly
good citizens of this city.
1.c delegates TO the convention
OF the Catholic Knights of America,
will number in all about seventy
five, but number of the delegates
will bring their wives, sweethearts
and friends for the occasion.
An entertainment for the visitors
will be held on Monday night at
the Knights of Columbus Hall.
where the knights of Columbus
and prominent Protestant citizens
will gather to show the Catholic
Knights of America from over Lou
isiana just how elaborately the peo-
pie of Opelousas can entertain vis-
itors.
On account of the fact that the
delegates will have very little time
to spend in Opelousas and there is
considerable business to. attend to
the people of this city will not have
the occasions to entertain the
Catholic Knighs of America just as
they would want. Nevertheless
the entertainment committee is
planning to make the best of the
situation and to send the delegates
away with hearts full of Opelous-
sas' hospitality.
Following is the official program:
Monday at eight o'clock, recep-
tion and musicale in honor of the
officers and delegates to the como
at the K. of C. Hall.
Tuesday morning, 9 o'clock, Spe-
cial Mass at st. Landry's Church.
Tuesday morning at 1890 con-
vention opens at K. of C. Hall, the
session to be followed by an auto
mobile ride.
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, en-
and dance at K. of C.
Hall.
The public is cordially invited
o attend he special mass; invita-
ions will be issued to as many as |
he Hall will hold for the enter
Mayor Edward L. Loeb will de-
liver the address of welcome to
he delegates on Tuesday morning.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15

Louisiana, great soil builder
which can be sown broadcast among
the oats during the month of March
and bring in harvest of gold with
out further attention for two or
three successive years afterwards.
In our worthless marsh lands mil
lions of tons of paille fine, wild
native grass richer in food contents
than alfalfa, may be harvested
every year simply for the trouble
of going after it. If it is not grow
ing already in your marshes it can
be made to spread all over them in
single season by simply trans
planting it there without previous
preparation of the soil. Thus may
our lowest lands be converted into
beds OF gold, as it were.
And then there are the clovers,
crimson, red, burr, melillotus, the
vetches, rape and numerous other
forage crops, from any of which
fortunes may be made with little
attention.
The question that suggests it
self is, why should we spend so
much money fighting our friend,
the heneficient grass? Why not
sign up treaty of peace with it and
let it make us rich?
Quite naturally this suggests live
stock, dairies, creameries, packer
les, etc. For grass brings to us in
finitely more money when we con-
vert it into milk, cream, butter,
cheese, porterhouse steak, hams,
bacon, sausage, wool, mutton, ETC.,
than it does when we sell 1t to the
other fellow to be sold back to us
in the form of these expensive
products.
Why then should we not culti-
vate more grass instead of spend
ing so much of our time and money
lighting it?
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO
MEET HERE IN JUNE
Annual Convention of St. Landry
Sunday School Association to
Be Held Here

On June 81 and 22nd the St. Lam
dry Parish Sunday School Associa-
tion holds its annual convention
and preparations are being made
by those in charge to make this
gathering to be held in Opelousas
one of the best religious gather
ings ever held in the parish. The
State Sunday School Association is
cooperating with the local Sun
day School workers in the parish
and are going to send some of its
ablest workers to the convention.
The President and Secretary of the
Parish Association are very anx-
'ious to get in touch with every
Sunday School and every Sunday
School worker and pastor in the
parish and should any person read
ing this aricle fail to receive a no.
tice concerning the convention, the
officers would appreciate line
from them to that effect.
Every Sunday School in the par
ish should be represented by one
or more delegates, for this is an
opportunity for Sunday School peo-
pie to learn better methods OF Sun
day School work and to awaken to
the realization that progress is be-
ing made n the Sunday School war's
of the world as it is in every other
field.
Much interest is being aroused
over the convention to be held IN
this city next month and plans are
being made for meeting Well
worth the while.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
MOTHERS DAY AT PRESBY-
TERRAIN CHURCH

Regular divine services at elev-
en- Sunday morning.
Instead of having the vesper ser
vice there will be a special service
at 7::30 P. NJ. This service will be
especially interesting as this will
-be the time when Mothers Day
will be honored. Those attending
this service will be presented at
the door with flower to be worn
in honor of their mother. Special
singing by some of the friends of
the church. Ali are invited to at
tend. Why not make this a go-to-
church occasion, in honor of your
mother?
C. B. TOMB. Pastor.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
GETS LARGE CAKE ORDER

Mrs. w. A. sandoz, widow of the
late Walton A. Sandoz, received an
order from the Opelousas Catholic
Knights of America to make all the
cakes to be used for the entertain
ment of the delegates to the state
convention which will be held in
Opelousas on Monday of next week.
Mrs. Sandoz is making a spe-
cialty of fine cakes and has been
securing orders from the most in
fluential families of Opelousas.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15
CHACHERE TO GO BACK INTO
TAILOR BUSINESS

Felix Chachere, one of the most
popular young business men O.
Opelousas, has made arrang aments
with NJ. Winsberg for the lease nf
the old Clary building on Landry
street, and contemplates opening
up d first-class and modern aud
up-to-date tailor shop by the first
Of next month.
Mr.. Winsberg is presently hay
ing the building renodelled and in
tends to make it very attractive,
erecting modern show window
and front and lowering the floor.
Mr.. Ghachere was connected with
the firm of White & Chachere for
number of years, Mr.. White re-
manning in the building occupied
by the firm. -
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-05-15

Manager r. V. Miles of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company in
this city has received instructions
to keep open his place OF business
until ten o'clock at night. Here
|tofore the telegraph office was
closed about eight o'clock each
night. Now the patrons of the
company will be greatly benefited
by the new orders.