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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
SCIENTIFIC FARMING
SPOKEN At LAWTELL
Farm Demonstration And DIR. Lit
tell Speak TO Interestin Farmesr
PROSPEROUS FARM is
VISITED BY SPEAKERS
Louis Bihm Place Proves A Revela-
tion to Visitors Who Inspected
1t Last Saturday Evening

A meeting, at (which Demonstra-
tor w. M Bahin and DR.. r. NJ.
Littell, President of the st. Lccdry
Farmers Fair Association were
the speakers, was held at Lawtell,
a number of farmers and their
wives taking occasion to hear dis
courses on scientific farming.
Mr.. Babin spoke along lines of
farm demonstration work and after
his talk, many who had gone there
to hear fellow who claims to be
able to show old farmers how to
farm" decided thah st. Landry's
farm demonstration knew something
about his business. From now on
these farmers will be boosting the
cause and Mr.. Babin will have no
trouble to get cooperation in that
section of st. Landry.
Dr,Littell spoke lii the interest Of
the fair fair, explaining ten oD-
jeet of the fair in its every detail.
He explained tae difference be-
ween the rural and city contests in
the better baby department, added
to the fair association.
Before the meeting the speakers
|! and several friendsI from opelou-
sas who had Accompanied them to
LawtelI were invite ed to inspect
Louis Bihm's farm, bust outside Of
LaWtell. This farmI proved to be
a revelation to those who saw Il
and it was proclaimed the finest II
this parish. Mr.. Bihm has taken
interest in oranges, peaches, figs,
plumbs, pears and Watermelons
He showed the visitors over the en-
tire place and all present expressed
the opinion that if st. Landry
would have more farmers Of the
type of Louis BEam there would be
no need of farm demonstration
agent nor would there be any fear
Of the low price of cotton.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
MAYOR LOEB TO URGE
PUBLIC CITY PARK
EXECUTIVE BELIEVES THAT OPELOUsAs SHOULD
HAVE A PUBLIC PARK WHERE THE CITIZENS COULD
ENJOY SUMNER

ups and the children of the commu-
nifty could gather during the hot
summer days and enjoy an after
noon.
When the park will be establish
ed amusements of all kinds will be
on hand to interest those who love
to saunter in such fascinating
places. These amusements will be
made to maintain the park and the
people of this place will enjoy
high class amusements at very low
costs, if the plans of Mayor Loeb
should materialize, as it is believed
they will.
In a public park Opelousas will
be able to offer visitors an ideal
place for summer, and with the
many improvements to be made
here during the not too distant fut-
ure it is expected that this city
will become known some day as q
famous summer resort.
There are many beautiful spots
in this historic old Indian town
which would make ideal parks,ane
there is no doubt that, in the event
the city council decides to make
this much needed Improvement the
most suitable location will b.
sought.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
SANDOZ'S FIRST ANf1 ONLY
SALE OPENING ON THUsDAY

q E t-
P. Alexis sandoz viii open his
first and only sale since venturing
in the retail business about a guar
ter Of century ago, on Thursday
at $50 Am. Special arrangements
have been made to make this sale
the history of Opelousas.
Mr.. sandoz has a twenty two
thousand dollar stock, which he will
place on the altar of sacrifice on
Thursday.The sale is scheduled to
continue for fifteen days only.
The readers of the Clarion will
find Wr. sandoz's interesting Two
poge ertisement wich is liter
ally teesning with Ei. bargai is.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
PELICAN STATE NEWS

/
| Jeph Taylor Rapier. II years
old, grandson of the New Orleans
editor, while attempting to cross
st Charles Avenue, New Orleans,
!, Sunday morning, was run down
] from his bicycle by street car
and was instantly killed.
Parker supporters have perfected
organizations in every one Of the
seventeen wards In New Orleans.
Fire destroyed the. home Of W.
C. Young, near Port Barre, On Sat
urday morning.
Crowley is shipping all of its old
iron and metal junk to Italy to be
made into new material.
Fifty-seven babies were entered in
the Bunkie Better Baby Contest, Z
which closed on Saturday night,
and which was a pronounced
success.
The parishes Of East and West
Baton Rouge, pionte Coupee and
Iberville have united in an at
tempt to secure a portion of the
Jefferson Davis Highway.
The Crowley Suffrage League
held a debate on woman suffrage
recently.
The Court of appeals was in ses-
sion last week at DonaldsonvilIe.
The graded schools of Ascension
parish were closed on last Frida5,
on accent of lack of funds.
Fire destroyed three residences
at Pointe-a-la-Heche early Sunday
morning.
The annual federal inspection Of
the Amite City military company
was held Saturday. There were
sixty-one men and aflit.ere id line.
for the muster, conducted ljy Adj.
Gen. @. w. McNeese.
The Cumberland Telephone Co.
has iollied Alexandrians into be-
lieving it has $4,000 inhabitants.
Rice planting is we'll under way
in Acadia parish.
The Great Southern Lumber Go.
at Bogolusa will pay the expenses
Of some of its younger employees
to attend the training camp at 1T.
Oglethorpe, Ga.
Charles K. Lewis, former state
senator from Lincoln parish, is
dead.
The Assumption police jury has
awarded a contract for graveling
the road along Bayou Lafourche
from Donaldsonyille to Labadie-
vile.
Monroe business men are talking
of re-organizing their business
league which expired si,7oo in
debt some time ago.
The Sabine police jury will re-
place its courthouse, destroyed by
fire last week, with structure to
cost from $4,000 to $4,000.
Some heartless Williams broke in
to the Casino rink at Baton Rouge
and stole 25 pairs Of skates.
Anonymous posters have been put
up near Alexandria warning a re-
Gently established Bohemian colony.
against the purchase Of any more
land.
Appeals for relief have been re-
ceived at Baton Rouge from persons
bloodhound near Serena.
Insurance companies are cancel
ing policies on Monroe residences
owing to the recent destruction of
forty or fifty residences by incen-
diary fires.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
NEW OPELOUsAs STORE is
READY FOR OPENING TO-DAY

While he has not received ali Of
his stock, E. ]. Hilborne, prophet
or Of the 5, 10 and % cents store,
will be ready for his grand opening
Tomorrow. Due to the non-arrival
of goods on time for his opaning,
Mr.. Hilborne announces that his
stock is not as complete as antici-
pated. Goods are arriving every day
and if is expected that the new
Opelousas store will be completely
stocked up during the next few
days.
A glance at Mr.Hilborne's ad in
another portion of this paper will
prove of interest to all who real il.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18

Rayne friends banqueted Sheriff
Louis Fontenot of Acadia parish
Tuesday night.
Over 200 babies were registered
at Crowley during Baby Week.,
The supreme court has directed
the district court of ST. Tammany
TO try the libel suit Of j. E. Glisson
against Charles Biggio and Others
for $4,000. The district court had
previously decided that there was
nothing to II.
Stephen Jones, George Jones and
Fred Miller were drowned at pass
Manchae during storm by the
oyerturning Of their boat. All Of
the bodies were recovered.
Sheriff Ballard Of TangfpaIloa
was banqueted by Ponchatoula
friends.
The flood in Bayou des Glaises
flls winter did not equal the 1912
record by two feet.
Fire destroyed two residences 81
Winnsboro last Monday.
Campti celebrated the carnival
with q masquerade.
The Vernon police jury will be
an entirely new body with the ex-
eeption Of one member.
-.,a
Steve Johnson, a negro deekhand.
fell from a ferryboat into the Miss
issippi at Baton Rouge and uas
drowned.
Golfax oil promoters have secured.
leases on 1000 acres near Calfax.
The Wyatt Lumber Co. has start
ed up its hardwood mill at Sandy.
J. 3. Hubbs won for sherlr ii
East Felieiana.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
SERVICES AT CATHOLIC
CHURCH VERY POPULAR
Sermons By Jesuit Fathers From
Grand Coteau Are Proving
Popular Here

The. weekly sermons preached by
the Jesuit Fathers from Grand CO.
feau at the 0pelousas Catholic
Ghurch, every Thursday night, are
proving popular, if one is to judge
Irem the attendance recorded on
aiile two nights which services were
held at the local church.
me Jesuit Fathers are forceful
and pleasing pulpit orators and
many not of the creed go to hear
them speak and enjoy the sermons.
hes weekly sermons will con-
hnue throughout The Lenten season.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
GREAT BAPTIST REVIVAL
TO COMMENCE HERE SUNDAY
Two Prominent EvangeIists Will Be
Here For Services To Be
Held at Local Church

There will be services every even
ing at the local Baptist Church at
s o'clock. Song services will be held
at 7:3o.
Rev. w. R. Brown, who was past
or at this point some years ago and
who has been an evagelst in texas,
will do the preaching.
Mr.. Fred Clark, who has been
working with Bro. Brown in his ev-
angelistic work. conducts the song
services and old time singing will
be hear.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to our many friends and
relatives who so nobly and gener-
ously assisted US during the illness
Of our dearly beloved little son and
brother, D. NJ. Fontenot, Jr, We
wish in particular to thank DR..
Frank Shute, who strove with all
in his power to stay the hand of
Death. We assure them all that we
will never forget their generous
assistance.
Mr.. AND MRS. D. M. FONTENOT
AND FAMILY.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
MRS. THOMAS III. LEWIS is
CALLED TO HER REWARD
Venerable Old Lady, Member OF
Aristocratic Family Dies After
Beautiful Life

Let the bell toll; another noble
soul has crossed the Stygaia river.
Mrs. Thos. H. Lewis, venerable
widow Of the late illustrious Thos
H. Lewis, died at her residence if
this city on last Tuesday evening
at $50 o'clok.
Mrs. Lewis was born IN fapides
parish seventy seven years ago. Shit
was the daughter of Josiah and
Marie B. Williams and belonged te
one eff the most noted families in
the state. Her people were among
those who contributed to make his
tory In this segti5n. AIR the death
Of her husband Mrs. Williams came
to Opelousas to reside with her
daughter, Mrs. Lewis. She lived here
until her death fifteen years ago.
Mrs. Marie B. Williams belonged to
the flower of aristocracy, and was
woman Of rare intellect--she was
regular contributor to the Youths
Companion and other publications
of note, and was regarded as one
of the most famous authors of her
time.
In the death of Mrs. Lewis the
poor have lost good friend. The best
part of this venerable woman's life
was sport in doing charitable deeds
and in assisting the needy, regard
less of creed, color or station. She
was richly endowed with the vir-
tues and qualities that make up one
of Gods most noble creatures. She
was esteemed, she was highly res
pected, she was loved by all who
knew her.
Mrs. Lewis home life was beauti-
full; she devoted her life to the
happiness Of her children and hus-
band.
Up to the time of her death,
though still beautiful, tender and
kind, after the death Of her devoted
husband, two years ago, her heart
was broken,--the longing for that
companionship of fifty years dura-
tion was to great for one who has
long passed the meridian Of life
and she has gone to meet him.
Mr. and Mrc TnyUic had haaTi
as very efectionate pair, always
devoted to one another during their
long period of married life: the wife
clung to the husband like a vine to
a towering oak and when the tree
died the vine slowly withered away.
Interment took place in the Pro-
testant cemetery and a very large
number of friends of the Lewis
family attended to pay their last
respects to one of the noblest wo-
men That ever resided here.
Besides her Immediate family and
relative Mrs.. Lewis leaves a large
of friends to mourn her
loss.
To the bereaved family the Clarion
extends its most heartfelt sympa-
thy in their hour of trihulation.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
FIRE DAMAGES PECAN FARM

Fire of an unknown origin
broke out on the 600-aere pecan
farm Nanjemsy, situated about.
four miles from Washington late
Friday. On account of high wind
considerable damage was done,
several cabins, fences and other
property destroyed.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
LAzARO WILL SEEK
I'll BE REELECTED
Present Representative Denies Ru-
mors That He Will Not Run
CONTEST EXPECTED TO BE
EXCEEDINGLY INTERESTING
Two Prominent Calcasieu LAWYERS
Annouce Their Intention Of
Battling for Honors.

With the entrance OF Leon Locke
and District Judge a. M. Barbee,
both of GaIcasieu in the race for
representative from the Seventh
Louisiana District, interest is being
manifested on the approaching con-
gressional campaign.
DR.. Ladislas Lazaro, of St. Landry,
who defeated John w. Lewis in
an interesting contest four years
ago, and who overwhelmingly de-
feated Aladdin Vincent two years ago
carrying every parish and all but
a few scattering precincts In the
entire district, will be a candidate
for reelection, according to a let
ter addressed to the editor Of tais
paper.
DR.. Lazaro most emphatically
denies the rumors afloat in the
district that he will not be a candi-
date for reelection He states that
he expects to make his campaign
on his merits, and on such he ex-
poets to be reelected once more by
a flattering majority.
st. Landry politicians, who claim
! to be posted on The nolitical situav-
ton in the district, believe that
should Judge Barbee and DR.. Laz-
arc be in the race, an interestip~
contest Is bound to efsue while
nfh"rs claim that the fight will
resf between the well known repre-
se~2tive from Calcesieu, father of
many good laws in this state, Leon
Locke. All three men are regarded
very highly throughout the dist
rIct but it is claimed that Dr.Laza
TO and Judge Barbee have consid-
cradle advantage over Leon Locke.
on account of their ability to speak
French fluently However, political
dopsters are anxiously awaiting the
opening guns of the congressional
campaign.
Dr. Lazaro intends to submit his
record at length in the columns Of
the various newspapers iii The dis
trlet: he wants every voter IN 1,is
district to know exactly what I,e
has done in Congress and he states
that ne firmly believes that the
majority will agree with him Thai
ne has made the Seventh Louisiana
District an efficient and loyal mem /
ber..
1T. Lazaro expects to be in I.oui-
slana during the early part Of April.
when ne will start to rebuild his
political fences, and at the same
time begin to feel the sentiments of
the voters Of the Seventh District
Hon. and Mrs. T.. J. Dossmann
.of Vile Platte, spent Sunday after
noon with their daughter, Mrs.
Charles Ventre. On their return
they were accompanied by their
daughter Miss Dina. who had been
spending sometime in this CITY. and
their son, Andre, who went to spend
few days in the Evaneeline me-
tropolis.
Pierre Arceneaux, 4 prominent
planter Of CouIee Crocae, was II
this city on Monday.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18

H. d. Laracade, sr, and daughter,
Miss Lucille, were visitors to New
Orleans during the week Mr.. Lar
cade had gone to purchase new:
stock for the popular Bellevue
street millinery store.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18

Mr.. and Mr.. George Vidrine, after
a stay of three weeks in New Or
leans, where Mr.. Vidrine. had gone
for medical treatment, have re-
turned.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18
SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH

During Lent there will be Deyine
services at the Episcopal Church
every Tuesday evening at 7:30
o'clock.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18

Ferdinand Launey, popular young
business man Of Eunice. spent the
week end here, on business.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-03-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Yves Andrepont
motored to Eunice on Tuesday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01
Carl SandburS

BY Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Hog butcher for the world, tool
maker, stacker of wheat, player with
railroads and the nations freight
handler; stormy, husky brawIing,
city of the .EEg shoulders!"
Opening his volume with verse of
such daring kind, Carl Sandburg, a
reporter for The Day Book, makes a
bid for fame with his Chicago
Poems" just issued. They are
strictly poems of the new world and,
as such, are going to be read by the
common man as well as the high
brow. "
Sandburg's poems are some of the
very first to. celebrate ife-as-it-is-
Ived-in-America. They deal with
the daily facts of existence as we all
know them, be they in Chicago, New
York, Cleveland or Seattle. They
are not about the romance of the
France of Louis XIV. or Of the Eng
land Of Milton; rather they concern
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01

the pig-stickers of the stockyards,
the clerks at Marshall Fields and
the folks that go to picnics on boats
like the Eastland.
SandbUrg's poems, all told, will
give the native American a cOncep-
lion of his country he probably has
never had before. Born here, one
does not get a sense of Americas
vastness, rawness, cruelty and
beauty as complete as that achiev-
ed by an obseTVant immigrant,
SandbUrg came here, when young,
rom Scandinavia and so was forced
TO take in a view of the new world
just as it is, not as we here imagine
it to be. If you want to see the real
America through honest, compre-
lending eyes, you can do so by read
ng Chicago Poems"
SHACKLETON PARTY. IN NEED
OF QUICK RESCUE
London, June 1.-The Daily Chron-
icle has received telegram from Lieut..
Sir Ernest Schackleton dated Port
Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 81,
announcing that he has arrived
there.
His ship, the Endurance, was
crushed in the WeddeI sea in Octo-
Der, 1915, he telegraphs, and drifted
for 700 miles in ice until April last.
Lieut.. Schackleton and his party
landed on Elephant island on April
16. On April Is Lieut. ShackIeton
and five others left in a 23-foot boat
for South Georgia island, starting
point of the expedition, to seek help,
leaving % men in a hole in the ice
cliffs. All were well when he left
them, the explorer says, but are in
urgent need of rescue.
TODAY IN ILLINOIS HISTORY
June 1, 1772. - An extraordinary
overflow of the Mississippi river
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-01
TODAY in ILLINOIS HISTORY

TODAY IN ILLINOIS history
June 1, 1772. - An extraordinary
overflow of the Mississippi river
obliged the British garrison to evac-
uate Fort de Chartres.
-O-O
Witness in Wine of Cardui libel
trial says men whom DR.. S. w Ev-
erett testified were constant users Of
Cardui have been dead 4 to Z years,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-02
THINKS PENSACOLA IDEAL FOR
GOVT AVIATION STATION

Pensacola, March 2.---After spend
ing day in Pensacola looking over
various plans for the development
of aviation at the Pensacola aero
nautic station, Louis Nell Howe,
private secretary TO Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy, left last night for Washing
ton. Just before his departure he
said that conditions at the local sta
ton were ideal for aviation, which
within a short time will become one
of the most important branches of
the naval service.
The navy department has plans
for the rapid development of the
aviation station. 1t has been known
for some time that the space within
the walled enclosure is deemed in
sufficient for the work eventually to
be undertaken there, and this wall
will be RACED and much of the town
of Warrington Incorporated in the
navy yard proper.
Mr.. Howe paid a second visit to
the aero station, being accompanied
by a number of prominent citizens.
who showed him every courtesy
while in the city. To them he told
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-02
In Society
Leap Year Ball Last Night In Elks'
Rooms Brilliant Affair

The Leap Year Ball given by the
young ladies of the dancing set at
the Elks' Club rooms last evening
was most brilliant and charming
social function, and despite the han
dicap of inexperience, the young la
dies displayed unusual ability in
looking after the young men,
whom they escorted to and from the
ball in true cavalier style, and ex-
hibited unusual grace in discharg-
ing the duties that are left to the
masculine contingent, except under
unusual conditions, as upon this oc-
casion.
Dancing began at nine o'clock to
the accompaniment of music fur
nished by the Majestic Orchestra,
and for the first seven dances, the
young ladies wore masks, which
were taken off as the dancers formed
for the grand march, which was led
by Miss Mary Forsyth of Kansas
City, Missouri, and Mr.. w. l.. King
the orchestra playing march music
which was changed after the first
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-02
M'RAE ASKS $4,000
FOR DEATH OF CHILD

Suit of w. T. McRae VS.. the
Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company
for damages of $4,000. went on
trial in federal court yesterday
morning and occupied the entire day
1t is anticipated that the case will
also be on trial all of today and that
it will not go to the jury until to-
night.
The suit is brought because of the
death of Mr.. McRae's nine-year-old
son Waldo, who fell into an open pit
on the property of the defendant
company at Mulberry in June, 1914,
and was drowned in several feet of
water at the bottom of it, The de-
Tense claims that the boy was tres
passing on private property at the
time.
In the trial of the case Mr.. McRae
is represented by Attorneys King &
King, j. c. Calhoun. and H. S.
Hampton The defendant company
is represented by Peter o. Knight
and w. F. Hines Tampa Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-02
MR.. ERNEST GRAVES LEAVES
TONIGHT FOR PENNSYLVANIA

The fame and personality of Lake
land is to be spread in the State of
Pennsylvania, when Mr.. Ernest
Graves takes his future residence in
that State. Mr.. Graves, through his
father-in-law, Mr.. Frank Brusie,
who holds very important position
with the Remington Arms Co. of
Eddystone, Pa, has been rendered
a position with that same firm and
will leave Lakeland tonight for that
place. The losing of Ernest, as he
is known among his numerous
friends, will be sudden blow, as
few were aware of the fact, he hav-
ing been reared in our midst and
holding various positions, in which
he has always won friends. The
fire department of which he was the
truck driver will lose valuable
member and one who has made the
city an excellent man and one whom
dependence could be placed in, he
having Deen dSSOcldlcu WIFI our
chief, Ben Driscoll, ever since the
city purchased the motor truck, and
it is with reluctance that the officer
and members of this department
must give Ernest up. While of
course Lakeland wishes her young
men success and the greatest posi-
BILE future that can be had. it does
not wish to lose these chaps upon
whom the coming years will place
the responsibilities which go to make
our Lakeland the best city in Flor
ida Mrs. Ernest Graves will leave
later to join her husband, and thus
by this act, we will lose two fine
young people whom Lakeland and
her citizens can but with regret, yet
unselfishness, with them the very
best of success, but shall always be
ready with welcome arms to receive
back to her heart Ernest ana
Frances. A FRIEND.