St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-02-12
LOUISIANA STATE NEWS

"a ASiA1
for the crowded conditions N the
Baton Rouge schools, the o~oE5sraa-
ton Of two new schoo! buildings IN
the city proper, three small school
houses in the suburbs, and an n
crease of at least fourteen IN the
present teaching force.
The jury in the case Of S. G.
Mccarthy, lawyer, charged with
tsle killing of Marshal j. S. Howell,
last October, at Arcadia, returned
a verdict Of guilty.
The contract for the construc-
ton Of the new Jefferson Davis
parish courthouse was awarded on
last Friday by the police jury to
| Caldwell Brothers, OF ADDeyIlle, the
contract price being $4,000.
The new and modern Iachefy
school which is being constructed
will be ready for occupancy by
the first of March.
A deaf mute, by the name of
Cate, who resides at Vile Platte,
was run down by a Texas q Pacific
switch engine at Adds last week
and cut to pieces. The fatal ae-
cident was witnessed by a number
of people. Cate was on his way to
the Deaf Institute at Baton Rouge.
The commissioners of the Third
Vermilion ward road district are
preparing TO build a number Of
concrete bridges.
Misses Anna and Talcide LIE
Blanc succeeded in rescuing Alton
Parker from drowning near Donale
sonville on Saturday. Young Pal
ker saw a snake in the river and
attempted to strike it with an oar
an in SO doing lost his balance and
fell out of the skiff.
The body of Edna prater, the
higa school girl who was drowned
on last Saturday afternoon in Prier
Lake, Galcasieu, when a canoe
overturned, was recovered or
2 Sunday morning, near the spo-
7 where it sank and where five Others
t narrowly escaped being drowned.
G. c. Hill, Of Monroe, has beer
! appointed by W. w. Mcfarland
, supervisor of public accounts
, deputy supervisor to succeed r. c
Collins, who resigned at the begin
ming of his campaign for stat
treasurer.
Laylnia Rousseau is charged wit
b%urglarlzing Bell City School an
Q stealing special utensils used j
domestic science work.
a w. N. Parker, an 80-year old res
!, ident Of Galcasieu. was seriously in
jured and Will SchWamer was bad
: ly crushed, when Parker was ru
down by a motor cycle ridden b
Schwamer at Lake Charles Frida,
Parker died Saturday.
Robbers broke open the safe {
g C%heniere, Ouachita parish, on
: night last week and escaped wit
/ nearly 500 in cash and postag
e stamps.
Al Two new gushers were broues,
. in in the Vinton oil field, one by tn
Gardiner-Noble Company and til
Vinton Petroleum Company. Bot
wells are flowing at tae rate of 12C
daily.
Watches worth S. and S. i
+ cash were stolen Saturday nigh
d from the shop of r. +. Smith,
negro Jeweler at White Castle.
Fire destroyed the residence of
S. Leblanc on Bayou Vermilliol
pdtuludy HlSIt.
E. P. Putnam was elected presi
dent and general manager of til
Stauffer-Godehaux company at th
d annual stockholders meeting 3
Abbeyille last week.
e Mr.. and Mrs. Z. B. Fish and ]. I
q / - &g
: Ferguson, Of st. Paul, Mimi, hav
5 completed at Lake Charles a mo
. tor boat tour begun at st. Paul las
9 March and which has extende
over nearly ten thousand miles.
Il Dr.. R. H. Won Ezdorf, assistant
surgeon of the United States Pub
r nc Health Service, has announce
e that ne will begin a study of ma
8 laria at Monroe.
Because he has been deposed a
: leader of the Ninth Ward, Charlie
Y J. Hauser, attempted suicide earl
Sunday morning. Hauser has bee
a New Orleans ward leader for
] number Of years.
Bill Krebs, editor of the LAX
Charles American Press has an
nounced that he will support til
entire Democratic ticket.
Jack Galloway and George Kell,
y white men, have been arrested ;
Lake Charles on a charge of gran