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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
yIDRINE-DOUGET

A wedding of interest to the ope-
lousas friends Of the contracting
parties took place at Washington
Tuesday morning when Miss Edna
yidrine. a well known Grand Prais
RE planter, and Mr.. Marshall Doa'-
Get. eldest son of ex-police juror
Theodore Doucet, were married b9
Rev. Father Tessier, before Hltl-
mate friends and relatives.
Miss yidrine and Mr.. Doucet are
both we'll known in this city,
where they enjoy a large circle OF
friends, besides numbering many
relatives. The bride is a graduate
of the Grand Prairie High School,
while the young groom received
his education at st. CharlesG Oh
lege, Grand Coteau.
After the ceremony Mr.. and mrs
ooucet motored to this city, where
they boarded the Frisco TUESDAY
afternoon for Galveston. Texas
where they will spend three or four
weeks on their honeymoon.
I
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
CHARBON REPORTED I'm
PARISH

According to reliable reports
charon is playinghavoc in the vest
ern section Of st. Landry. During
the past few days several cattle
oWnes have suffered severe losses.
AT Pitreyillle, it is reported, heav-
lest damages have been done. while
the Plaquemine and Mallet sections
are said TO be infested with the ter
rible disease.
a large portion Of the farmers 0f
st. Landry have been in the custom
Of vaccinating their cattle for the
past few years. due mainly to pub
licity given this particular branch
of farm education by the State
Agricultural Commission. Those
who annually vaccinate their stock
have not suffered any loss from
charbon to any great extent and it
is now evident that yaeeinating
will grow more popular each year.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
LOCAL CANDIDATES
APPOINT COMMITTEES
Payy Heads Lawler's Campaign
and Garland Is Dunbar's
opELOusAs WILL BE MADE
CANDIDATES HEADQUARTERS
Political Battles in Registrar and
Agricultural Commissioners
Fight to Be Made in This City
Political Battles in Registrar and

Percy Dunbar, candidate for Reg
lstrar Of the State Land Office and
J. 6. LaWler, candidate for state
Agricultural Commissioner, both of
this city, have appointed their CAM
paign committees, which are COM
posed Of local men, prominent in
the political and business world
OF st. Landry.
Mr.. Dunbar has been making q
quiet fight for the past several
months and has been receiving en-
couragement from various sources,
Mr.. LaWler, local real estate dealer
and a man of experience on the
farm, has canvassed the greater
portion Of Southwest Louisiana. as
well as other sections and claims
to have a splendid opportunity 10
be victorious. The friends of both
Opelousas candidates for state Of
fees feel optimistic and hard
light will be waged by the respee-
tive campaign committees from
this city, as the Dunbar and Law
Ter headquarters will be made III
Opelousas.
The Dunbar committee is COM
posed of the following: r.. Lee
Garland, chairman; John w. Lew
is, Henry 2. Estorge, Henry La
strapes, Jr, e. Z. Loeb, and E. X.
Eastman, secretary.
Following is the Lawler cam
paign committee: B. II. Payy,
chairman; John w. Lewis, Henry
Lastrapes, Yves Andrepont and ]. .
L. Perrault, secretary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
TWO LOCAL SCOOLS
GRADUATED FIFTEEN
Exercises at the Opelousas High School and the Immac-
ulate Conception Convent Witnessed
by Large Crowds

The graduation exercises held al
the Opelousas High School and the
Convent of the Immaculate Con-
ception were source of great in
terest to the friends and patrons
of the two splendid institutions.
The preliminary exercises were
held on Friday night at the High
School and on Monday night at the
convent. The operatta Snow
White presented at the High
School was received with much
applause by packed house. while
the three one-act plays at the con-
vent, were no less favorites on
Monday night, where an overcrowd-
ed house witnessed the perform
ances.
The graduation exercises at the
High School were witnessed by sew
eral hundred patrons Of the school.
C. A. Ives, state high school in
spector, was the orator of the oc-
casion, delivering very interest
ing address to the thirteen high
school graduates. He pointed out
that education was the most yalu-
able asset to any person and urged
the members of the graduating
class to improve upon their educa-
IN as years wore on, in order to
fit themselves as better citizens and
to lead nobler life. The address OF
Mr.. Ives created a very favorable
on the large audience.
On account of the illness of the
honor pupil of the class, who was
and who carried away
two medals, the part of valedlcto-
rian was omitted. Miss Elizebeth
Cooke, the honor pupil of the class,
however, was highly congratulated
upon her success in her studies.
She was awarded the Littell medal,
donated by DR.. B. A. Littell. for the
best general excellence for three
vars; she was also awarded the
Thomas H. Lewis medal, founded
by the late Thomas H. Lewis and
perpetuated by his sons in his mem
pry, for English. The Clarion
medal, donated by the st. Landry
Clarion. for Geometry, was awarded
10 Miss Noemi Burr. The Inter-
state Trust & Banking medal for tIle
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU GOES
UNDER

The Southwes Louisiana Develop
ment Bureu has been ordered to
liquidate by the board Of directors,
at meeting held in Lafayette, on
last Friday afternoon. r. G. Holt,
Of the Commercial Bank of Rayne,
was appointed liduidator and all
notes due the bureau were ordered
placed in the Commercial Bank for
collection.
AS the assets of the bureau ex-
ceed the liabilities, those holding
claims against the bureau will have
no difficulty in collecting them.
The Southwest Louisiana Devel-
opment Bureau was organized il
Lafayette during the Fall of 1913.
for the purpose of advertising
Southwest Louisiana, in an endea-
yor to interest prospective settlers
10 ayest their money in the fer
lille land of the thirteen parishes.
which it represented. 1t was an or
ganization to help the farmers se-
cure what they wanted, but on ac-
count OF the cooperation on the
part of the citizens of Southwest
Louisiana the bureau, like many
other worthy enterprises, has gone
under.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26

best essay on immigration was
awarded to Miss Ruth Thompson
L. L. Perrault, one of the most
promising young lawyers of Ope-
lousas, presented the medals to the
winners.
| Superintendent C. j. Thompson
presented diplomas to the follow
ing:
Misses Elizabeth Cooke, Noemie
Burr, Myrtle Durio, Velma Walker,
Eta Obier, Ruth Thompson, Cor
inne Troselair, Gertrude Sanders;
and Messrs. Edward H. I1itorge,
Preston j. Wyble, Lionel C. Cas-
tile, A. Campbell Jones, and How
ard G. Voorhies.
At the convent on Wednesday
night the graduation exercises were
as interesting as the ones at the.
High School, although the gradu-1
ating class was smaller by eleven.
Miss Mebel Hollier and Miss Alma
Durand were the center of attrae-
ton, as they composed the gradu-
ating class.
Mayor Edward l.. Loeb was
chosen to address the graduates, and
like Mr.. Ives he chose Education"
IS his subject. The address was q
very good one, not only impressive
to the graduates but also the audi
ence. Speaking Of education Mr..
Loeb remarked: It is easy for US
to see that the men and women
who are informed, whose faculties
are trained, who are skilled in
some line Of thought and work,
whose outlook is broad and sympa-
thetic, and whose ideals Of life are
high and noble, are in a position to
get most out of life and render
society service Of the greatest
value.
Mr.. Loeb also urged compulsory
education, saying: There should
be created such a wholesome senti-
ment in favor Of intelligence that
no parent would think of depriving
his child of an education; and tn
parent who should prove SO re-
miss in his duty as to be willing to
neglect his child's education should
be forced by government to do his
duty in this respect. .
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
SWIPE FERTILE
LOUISIANA SOIL
Practical Californians Turn Dis
play at Exposition to
Advantage

Louisiana's rich soil is in de-
mand at San Francisco. Califor-
mans have carried away every bit
I bf it they could lay their hands on,
and are using it to fertilize their
grounds and gardens. It excels any
of the nature stimulants they have
been buying. They were not satis-
fed with the sample to which they
have been welcome, but they have
stripped all the boxes and pots and
an emergency call has been put in
for more of the reclaimed humus
from Rareland prairie and other
sections, or the prize-winning Lou
isiana exhibit at the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition soon will be in bad
shape.
When Louisiana made up her ex-
hibit, she took along quantity of
reclaimed soil and filled box at
each corner of the space with the
earth. She also packed a large
number of tiny souvenir boxes
with the composition. The visitors
soon learned the wealth of the
plant food in the samples and they
came back for more. Instead Of
asking for it, they simply scooped
it out Of the boxes. and before the
raid was discovered, the mulch
was gone. The attendants at the
exhibit would have been concern
ed about the loss, but they consider
it such fine tribute to the a:lal-
ity of the states land that they con-
slider the incident rather proof Of
the exhibits success as an adver-
tisement of Louisiana's possibil-
ties and opportunities, and have
forgiven the visitors who eluded
their vigilance.
A number of Californfans who
have made fortunes through land
exploitation have begun inyestIga-
ton that maylead to the inyest-
rnent of millions in Louisianaacres.
They have boosted the price of even.
arid desert land in California to a
thousand dollars an acre, and
some of the other Western states
in which they have operated has
passed the hundred dollar mark.
They admitted tha Louisiana soil
and products were far ahead or
anything they had seen, and could
not comprehend why the farm land
in Louisiana was selling at such
low prices, unless there was fraud
in claims and titles. Several Of
them told Prof. Glenk that they
were going TO institute immediate
inquiry, and if the opportunity is
as attractive as it appeared, they
would not hesitate to buy up M
mense tracts and proceed to prompt
development and colonization.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
FIVE NOW in RACE
FOR CONVENTION
Estorge and Fontenot Latest to
Announce Candidates.
ST. LANDRY is PROMISED
AN INTERESTING CONTEST
Parish Is Assured Of Able Repre-
yention Which Gonvenes in N. ..
in September

That there will be a fight for del
egates to the constitutional congen-
tion, which will convene in New
Orleans on September 14th, seems a
a practical certainty, judging from
the number of candidates already
in the field.
Hon. Henry Estorge, one-time
clerk Of st. Landry parish. ana
present member Of the State Board
of Equalization from the Seventh
District and Hon. Z. Austin Fonte-
not, regarded as one of the ablest
Legislators Of the state, are the two
latest candidates to hurl their hats
into the political arena. Judge GIl-
bert L. Dupre and Hon. John w.
Lewis, announced their candidates.
sometime back, while the candi-s
dacy of Hon. Edward B. Dubuisson.
who represented this parish in the
constitutional convention Of 1913 is
regarded as certain.
st. Landry is entitled to three Dell.
egates in the constitutional conven-
tion. With such able men contest
ing for the honors as have already
announced this parish is assured Of
splendid representation in the BODY
of men, which will revise the nr-
ganic laws of Louisiana.
The first convention delegate
primary will be held on July 27th.
while provision has been made to
hold the second primary on August
10th in the event that final rum
of is necessary.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
FARsiERS TO MEET AT
BELLEVUE

An interesting program is being
arranged for the entertainment of
the guests at the quarterly meet
ing of the st. Landry Parish Farm
ers Educational & Cooperative
Union, which will take place at
West Bellevue on June 30th and Ju-
ly ist.
The first day of the convention
will be devoted exclusively to
speechmaking and frolieing in
general, a genuine Creole picnic be-
ing provided for. The public has
been invited through the press and
it is expected that large number
Of st. Landry's most influential cit
izens will be the guests Of the
Bellevue Local.
Several Of the state officials OF
the Union have been extended in
yitations and it is reported that
some Of them will be on hand to
give the members of the Union de-
tailed information concerning the
marketing system, recently employ
ed by the Union at New Orleans,
which, up-to-date, has been prov
ing satisfactory.
A large number Of delegates from
every local in the parish Is ex-
pected to be present at the Belle
vue meeting, as the parish officers
for the ensuing year will be elect
ed, as well as the delegates to the
state convention at Alexandria,
which is scheduled to take place
the latter part of July.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
UJDGE DUPREsS CANDIDACY
MEETS WITH GENERAL
APPROVAL

Within few days after Judge
Dupre had announced his candi-
dacy for delegte to the Constltu-
tional Convention, letters began
to reach him from different sec
Itions of the parish promising him
support.
We have been permitted to read
, these letters and W can assure our
readers they are flattering indeed.
Each recognizes the Judges fitness
for the office and promises the un-
qualified support Of the several
writers.
Major Stewart, his colleague
from this parish, writes;
You can count on me as VIII VII
most certainly vote for you Il
forty others run.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Olivier, cashier OF the
Bank Of Arnandville, Member o. the
Board of Equalization who served
with him in 1914, says:
Useless for me to say | will sup-.
port and do what / can for you, and
the fact is. / have been boosting
you already.
A prominent official in this par
ish writes:
aI will do all can in my humble
way. Count on me and command
me-
A prominent citizen, merchant
and farmer. has this to say {
think you are the iulan for the DO
sition knowing that you Will sai.s. n
guard the interest OF the people.
A boyhood friend, now = pfninl-
|nent citizen OF Eunlee Writes ullll5 J
Our intimate friendship from o''''
early boyhood days, Justlaes my
supporting you above al otlssf cor
sideration.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
WOMEN TO SEEK SUFFRAGE
BEFORE CONVENTION

Louisiana women desirous of se-
curing the ballot through the APP
preaching constitutional eonven-
ton, which will convene in New
Orleans, in September, have set to
work in earnest, to launch a cam
paign in behalf of Woman
Suffrage.
The sufTragists met in New Or
leans last Thursday to decide upon
a plan to canvass the entire state
in order to secure a sufficient num-
ber of signatures to petition asking
the convention to strike out the
word male from the constitution
of the state.
1t is asked that men and women
willing to aid in the campaign send
their names to Miss Jean Gordon,
president Of the State ,Nomans
Suffrage at New Orleans.
The leaders in the woman suf-
frage fight are expected to tour the
state before the convention con-
venes and leaders throughout the
State, to carry on the fight in the
respective parishes and wards, will
be appointed by the state leaders.
The women Of Louisiana can hold
My one political Office thus far,
that Of factory inspector. For
sometime past movement has
been on hand to present the propo-
sition to the voters of Louisiana,
proposed constitutional amend
inent to that effect being defeated
by the 1914 legislature.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
PLAQUEMINE TO
Be RE-ORGANIzED
Old Drainage District May Be Called
Upon to Vote A Tax
THIS TINE SUCCESS is
ULTIMATELY ExPETED
Bayous Plaquemine and Mallet
Drainage District Will Probably
Lead st. Landry Drainage Work

The police jury of st. Landry has
given the drainage board of the
Bayous Plaquemine and Mallet
drainage district the power to re-
organize and call an election, if
necessary, to vote upon tax to
raise sufficient money for the
dredging out Of the bayous Plaque
mine and Mallet.
The big drainage district. which
covers nearly all the lands be-
tween Opelousas and Prairie Ronde
and Gradnigo's Island and Lawtell,
is badly in need Of substantial
drainage system. 1t will be re-
membered that few years past a
tax was successfully carried in the
district, but on account of unfore-
seen circumstances the taxpayers
never received what they. contem-
plated, at the time of the voting OF
the tax-and the first attempt at
drainage on large scale in st.
Landry was a total failure.
The people residing in the Oldest
drainage district in st. Landry are
very enthusiastic over the prospect
of having their property drained
and it is thought that in the event
that the board of commissioners
should decide upon calling a tax
election there would be no difficulty
in passing the measure. 1t has been
intimated that an election will be
called shortly, SO that the farmers
could start alright next spring,
with their lands splendidly drained.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
FIRST COTTON BOLLs

The first cotton bolls to be re-.
.eeiyed by the Clarion this year, ar
rived in Thursday mornings mail
from Dubuisson, P. @. and the farm.
.er 70 boast Of the possession OF the
first bolls of the season is ]. Z. Ia
con. a prominent settler Of the
northern section Of St. Landry par
ish.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
OpELOUsAs EXPERIENCES
WARM WEATHER

opelousas experienced some
warm weather during the week,
the thermometer being around 100
degrees on several occasions. The
Southern States as well as some
points in the North were sWelter-
ing under the intense heat for the
past few days. Few deaths. how
ever, have been recorded thus far
ON account of heat prostration.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
sToRK VISITS JACOBS HOME

The home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolphe Jacobs was visited on
Tuesday night by the stork who
left bouncing baby girl as sum-
mer present to the Jacobs family.
The we'll known wholesale grocery
man has been receiving the con-
gratulations of his countless friends
for his good fortune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
RACES NEXT MONTH

There will be horse and automo-
bile races at Wallor's Taee track
in this city on July 28th. Excur-
sions on all roads will be operated
and it is expected that 0pelousas
will be host to large crowd Of
visitors.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26

Mrs. w. C. Cade, of Orange, Tex
as, who before her marriage was
Miss Rosa Wallior Of this city, is
spending several weeks in this city
the guests Of friends and relatives.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Program

~ &AAAA
Concert Waltz, "Sweethearts" (V.
Herbert. College Orchestra
Distribution of Premiums.
Violin Solo, "Ballade and Mazurka'
Ct. Slunicko) I. Mr.. c. Billeaud
Recitation: How I Edited an Agri-
cultural Paper M. Twain
.........s........ Robert MoutoD
Winner of the Senior Elocution
Medal.
Violin Quartet, "Nocturne q. Stun
icko) ................,...
Messrs. Manning, Cornelius,
George, Willis, Billeaud; Mr..
John Troy, Piano.
Recitation, The Progress of Mad
ness" Lewis ..Chas. Daferner
Winner of the Junior Elocution
Medal.
Violin Solo, Prelude and Waltz
{J. Slunicko@ .......#.5.s.....
....... Mr.. Manning Billeaud
Roll of Honor. Glass Excellence
Leadsrs.
Violin Solo, Concerto in d. tseitz)
Mr.. George Billeaud
Award of Medals.
Violin Duet, "Barcolle, Op. 80, No.
/" (J. Slunicko) )............
yaledictory Curtis G. Breaux
Conferring of Degrees.
Address to the Graduates. s..........
Hon. VIM. Campbell, L. L. D.
Violin Quartet, "Serenade, Op. 5s.
No. II u. Slunicko) ..........
Messrs. Cornelius, Manning,
George, Roy, Billeaud; Mr.. Jno.
Troy, Piano.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-06-26
OLD BOYS GATHES AT
ST. CHARLES COLLEGE
One Thousand Witness Commencement Exercises at
Historical Jesuit Institution--Grace
Heads Alumni Association

Seyenty-seYenth annual COM
lmencement of st. Charles College
was held in the college auditorium
Saturday night before an audience
of fifteen hundred. The auditorium
was beautifully decorated with
palms and the college colors cred
/, and green. The cast of characters
and program were as follows:
UNDER THE FLAG.
A Drama in Five Acts
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Willard Blake, a diamond broker.
afterwards farm hand in dis
guise ON Firman's plantation in
Cuba. Rousseau VoorIies
Jerre Dunno, Blake's pal, after
wards disguised as Antonio, a
farm hand, with Blake in Cuba
................Ro Robert Mouton
George Morris, Blake's chief clerk,
afterwards superintendent of
Firman's plantation.
....s............ Robert Young
Larry O'Toolee, Blake's
second clerk, Afterwards com
panion to Morris in Cuba. -.
................W William Grace
Rastus Hemingway, janitor.
...............A Arthur Leblanc
Gerald Firman, Gerald's ssathaa, and
owner Of large plantation iE
Cuba. Louis MaubouIes
Ricardo Gutierrez, Governor Vi the
province of Santiago, Cuba -.
.......... William Ganucheau
William Ewing, an American in the
Cuban army. Charles Daferner
Father Delgato, a priest. .Robt. Ross
Sanchez, a farm hand. Geo. Billeaud
Pedro, a negro jailer. er..............a.a
.............D David Pettijean
Farmhands, Soldiers, Insurgents
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Program
Overture, National Air" .......
............C College Orchestra
ACT /
A diamond brokers' Office in New
York.
Violin Quartet, "Marche Militaire'
Schubert .................
Messrs. George, Manning, Cor
nelius, Willis, Billeaud; Mr..
John Troy, Piano.
ACT Il
Firman's plantation in Santiago,
Cuba.
Selection, Spirit of independence
.............C College Orchestra
ACT Al
A prisonef9in Cuba.
Violin Duet, "Barcarolle" {Tschai-
kowsky) ........=......
Messrs. Manning and Cornelius
Billeaud
ACT Nv
The open country outside the
prison.
Violin Quartet, Wedding March
(Mendelssho) ..................
Messrs. George, Manning, Cor
nelius, Willis, Billeaud; Mr..
John Troy, Piano.
ACT v
The grounds near the governors
house.
aOlympian March. h"...............
College Orchestra
The graduation exercises were
held in the college auditorium
Sunday morning before a thousand
people. The following program
was rJ.dered in an excellent man
ner:
GRADUATION EXERCISES
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-02-24
&c 600, GOO 4 MONTH II
NEEDED by DELGiANS

New York, Feb. 19.-All agencies
engaged in Belgian relief must oc-
oupy themselves for the present
with the immediate tasks OF provid-
ing bread for the total population of
Belgium and OF supplying all foods
for one-fifth OF that population.
which is wholly, dependent upon
Charitable aid, according 60 the ser
ond report OF the relief commission
-eat abroad by the Rockefeller
Foundation.
This report. given out tonight.
states also that clothing must be
supplied to certain communities
where the people have lost their
clothing through the burning or
iooting of their houses. temporary
shelter must be provided for fami-
lies whose homes have been destroy
ed and employment must be given
as far as possible to the unemploy-
ed. These relief measures. the COM
mission estimates, will necessitate
an expenditure of about $500. 900 !
A moath.