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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
DRAINAGE ELECTION
IN OLD DISTRICT
ON MONDAY
Big Bond Issue Will Be Voted
On BY Taxpayers of Plaq-
uemine-Mallet District
NO OPPOSITION TO
THE TAX EXPECTED
Board Recently Refunded the
Property Owners Money
Voted Two Years Ago

The property owners of the Ba-
YOU Plaquemine and Mallet Drain
age District will vote on $95,0000
bond issue on Monday. 1t is expect
ed that the tax will carry overwhel-
mingly, as drainage is very sorely
needed in that big district, and the
most influential taxpayers are be-
hind the movement to secure better
drainage.
Three years ago large bond is
sue aas voted favorably, but due to
some iIlegality the bonds were never
sold, and the supreme court was ask
ed to annul the election. The tax
had been collected in the mean time,
and some five thousand dollars were
collected. Recently the drainage
board met and decided to refund the
money to the taxpayers, and after
working hard in checking up all the
taxpayers this amount was forward
ed to each person who had paid taxes
in the district. This is the first time
in this state that property owners
were ever refunded any tax money.
Reports from the Bayou Plaque
mine and Mallet Drainage District
Indicate that the tax vii be carried
by an overwhelming vote Monday.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
DANCE PROVES
VERY POPULAR
BarriIIeaux's Auditorium the
Scene of Another Success
fuI Dance Last Friday

The young people of this city and
surrounding country were treated to
one of the most enjoyable and So
cially successful dances given this
year at the Barrilleaux Auditorium.
A large number of the leading young
men and young ladies of OpelOusas
and nearby towns assembled in the
beautiful dance hall, and it is said
by all that Fridays dance was one of
the best given in this city in years.
Mr.. Barrilleaux is being given the
cooperation of the dancers of Ope-
lousas and he now feels assured hat
he will make his auditorium the most
popular amusement center in this
section of the state. Already young
men and young ladies from other
parishes are beginning to taste of his
hospitality, and it is freely predic-
ted that shortly the big auditorium
viii be too small to accommodate the
CROWD of dancers who intend to
come to the next dance.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
DANCE TUESDAY
AT WASHINGTON
String Band to Furnish Music
For One of the Best Dances
of the Season

The young people of Washington
will give a dance on next Tuesday,
and it is said the old Courtableau
town is looking forward with great
expectation to making this the most
popular dance of the season.
F. L. Bailey, prominent young
Washingtonian, who is assisting the
other young men of Washington in
giving this entertainment, informs
the Star-Progress that bevy of
pretty young ladies from different
sections of the parish will be on hand
and as the music will be superb, the
floor as smooth as glass; a real glor-
ious time is expected.
Quite a number of young men and
young ladies of Opelousas will jour
ney over to Washington for the occa-
sion.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
ORTERE PITRE
DELIVERS SELF
White Man Convicted of Kill
ing Prairie Ronde Negro,
Gives Himself Up

Ortere Pitre, who escaped from the
parish prison several weeks ago, fol-
lowing his conviction for the killing
Of a negro in Prairie Ronde early
last spring, delivered himself up to
the parish authorities on Monday.
Pitre was recently given a new
trial by the supreme court, and
would have been tried at the last
term Of the criminal court had he
not broken jail. 1t is now contended
that he has no longer any claims to
his second trial by jury and must
serve his sentence of twenty years
imposed by Judge Pavy. Pitre gave
as his reason for delivering himself
as lonesomeness. He told deputies
that he was lonesome and thought it
best to go back to Jail. He has been
at large for several weeks, and while
the authorities were constantly on
the lookout for him, no definite clue
as to his whereabouts could be OBJ
tanned, although it was known that
he had never wandered far away.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
PARKER SPEAKS AT
POINTS IN PARISH
TOMORROW
Candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor Will
Appear at Several Places
WILL SPEAK HERE
ON MONDAY NIGHT
WhirIwind Tour Of St. Landry
Begins at LeOnville Tomor-
row Morning Early

With the successful and enthusi-
astic meeting Of Sunday afternoon
at Eunice still fresh in the memory
of the Parker supporters, the tour OF
the independent candidates for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor in st.
Landry, which begins at Leonville
tomorrow morning, is being watched
with considerable interest.
John M. Parker and Hewitt Bou-
anchaud will leave the LaCombe
Hotel Sunday morning accompanied
by a large number of friends for a
triumphant march through the sec
cond and third wards. They will
speak at Leonville in the morning,
Arnaudville in the afternoon and at
Sunset Sunday night. At the lat
ter place Harry Fitzpatrick, one Of
the best stump speakers in Louisiana,
will Join the Parker forces and de-
liver an address in behalf of his can
didates.
Monday morning the Parkerites
will journey to Melville, where a
mamomth meeting is planned. On
Monday night the Opelousas meet
ing which will doubtless be the
largest political gathering of the
year in this parish, viii be held.
Friends of the Orleans man predict
a royal welcome for him here Mon
day night, and if weather conditions
are favorable, it is likely that the
meeting viii be held on the court
house square in order to accommo-
date the crowd.
The St. Landry tour will be fin
ished at Grand Prairie on Tuesday
morning, from which place Messrs.
Parker and Bouanchaud viii go to
Vile Platte and Mamou, in Evange-
line parish.
All Parker supporters wishing to
take the trip Sunday morning are
urged to assemble at the LaCombe
Hotel in time to depart with the
speakers. It is understood that sew
eral autoes filled with Parkerites viii
assist in the invasion of the second
and third wards.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
FIRE DESTROYS
FISHER HOME
South Court Street Residence
Gutted BY the Flames Last
Tuesday Forenoon

The beautiful residence of Elijah
Fisher, Sr., located on South Court
street, this city, was entirely destroy
ed by fire last Tuesday forenoon,
only the household effects being saw
ed. There was some difficulty in
ringing in the alarm on time, and it
is thought that if the fire company
had had sufficient warning, the
property might have been saved.
Mr.. Fisher recently purchased this
property from Mrs. Herbert Cres-
well, who had purchased it from F..
J. Dietlein, and it was considered one
Of the most desirable homes in Ope-
lousas. The value of the property
was in the neighborhood of five thou
sand dollars, and it is said that the
insurance carried was for about three
thousand dollars.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
NEW MANAGER
FOR PHONE co.
Cumberland Transfers Henry
VOORHEES, From SIidell Of
flee to Opelousas

Henry Voorhies, a native OF Lafa-
vette and one Of the most efficient
managers of the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company, was transferred this
week from SlidelI to opelousas. Mr..
Voorhies took charge of the COM
pany's affairs in this city on last
Monday morning.
The new manager of the telephone
company comes to 0pelousas highly
recommended by the leading citizens
Of SlideH as well as from the people
Of Lafayette, where Mr.. Voorhies IS
well known and has two brothers.
Manager Covington, it will be re-
membered. left the managership Of
the local exchange a few weeks ago,
and as this has been rather diff
cult post to fill, the officials of the
Cumberland centered on Mr.. Voor-
hies as the man to straighten out
"the kinks in the Opelousas teie-
phone office. Mr.. Voorhies has al
ready made a number of friends here
and there is not the least doubt that
he viii make a successful manager.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
MANY SLOW PAYING
POLL TAX FOR
This YEAR
ONLY Three Thousand St. Lam
dry Voters Have Qualified
in This Respect
DECEMBER 81 is LAST
DAY ONE CAN PAY UP
Voters Appear to Be Slow in
Paying Dollar Duty and
Many May Lose Out

Every man in st. Landry loves to
vote. This parish has the reputation
of being a political hot bed," but
somehow or other interest in, the ap-
preaching election does not seem to
be as manifest as in former years:
Hundreds of st. Landry voters have
neglected to pay their poll tax and
indications are that unless they speed
up many will be disqualified for the
next two years and viii be denied
the right of expressing their choice
at the January election.
Out of total of more than five
thousand registered voters, only
three thousand have paid their poll
tax to date. Over two thousand
have to perform this duty within
the next ten days if they wish to par
ticipate in the election next month.
The election is but one month off
and there is no doubt that interest in
the various candidates vii lbe more
nanifest as January 20 approaches.
Unless more interest is taken in the
payment of poll taxes, quite large
number will be disqualified and have
to stand aside and let the fellow who
paid up do"the voting in Janua'
There is always a considerable
rush made on The taxcollector's of
flee during the lat few days of the
year, and as so nEny st. Landry
voters are far behind tbe Payment
of their poll tax, it wouIc sot be sur
prising to see the taxS lector's 5
force busy until the very last Tginute
receiving poll tax money. In the
event such a thing happens, it Is
feared that many will be unable to
reach the office in time for payment.
Remember, December 81, at mid
night, is the last minute in which you
can pay your poll tax and be able to
vote in the January primary and all
other elections during 1920,and there
will be several. So get busy pay up
now and thus avoid the last-minute
rush made by the many tardy ones.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
LARGE CROWD HEARS
PARISH CANDIDATES
AT WASHINGTON
Big Entertainment GoveS for
Benefit of School Proves
Successful
FONTENOT MAKES
A DECIDED HIT
Dupre, Eastman, Alex Lafleur,
Lewis, Schell, Fontenot,
Andrus and Lastrapes

A crowd that packed the Plonsky
opera house at Washington on Tues
day night heard a large number of
the parochiel candidates lay their
claims for office before the voters
of the fifth ward. The occasion OF
the meeting was a fair given for the
benefit of the school, and people
from every section of the ward had
gone to Washington to assist in max
ing this the gala event of the sea-
son.
The candidates for the legislature
we're the first to address the man.
moth gathering, Judge Gilbert L. Du-
pre- being the one to open the ora
tions by a severe attack on the New
Orleans ring. He was followed by
E. X. Eastman, Alex Lafleur, James
j. Lewis, Franklin Schell. Then
Ariel Fontenot, popular young can
didate for sheriff, in the home of his
friends and surrounded by staunch
supporters, who assure him that
Washington is going for him by an
overwhelming majority, very forcibly
laid his claim for the sheriff. office.
He is said to have made the best
speech of his campaign, and as a re-
suit won over to his cause many
votes.
Henry Lastrapes, Jr., running for
reelection, told of his eight years
service as clerk of court, and asked
to be reelected on his record.
The last speaker Of the evening
was A. L. Andrus, candidate for as
SCISSOR. Mr.. Andrus, being the last
speaker and having longer dis
course than any other speaker, was
allotted more time. He went over
his record as assessor in detail, show
ing that he had been the friend Of
/ the small taxpayer and that he haC
battled for them before the Stat'
Board of Affairs on many occasions
/ He said that he was proud of hi
record and that he expected to b.
reelected on the strength Of .tht
good work he had done as assessor.
Hon. Jas. A. Going, mayor of tn
Courtableau capital, was the chair
man of the meeting and in this ca
pacity no one can take anything
from Jim"
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
FIRE ALARMS WERE
FREQUENT THIS WEEK

Aside from the big fire that de-
stroyed the Fisher home, there were
several alarms rang in which brought
the famous volunteer company OF
this city out full tilt during the week.
One was at the residence of Mar
garet Conger, ,on North Market street,
but the blaze there did not amount to
much and no damages were done.
Another was at the residence of
Hon. E. B. Dubuisson, on North
Court street, and there, too, the in
cipient blaze was extinguished with
out having inflicted much damage.
Some slight trouble with the auto
mobile of Hon. Henry Lastrapes,
clerk of court, also called for the
fire fighters, but the trouble after all
was slight and the fine car suffered
no damage.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
BAZAAR WAS
BIG SUCCESS
Prairie Ronde School Enter
tainment Proves Success
full Affair Financially

Concerning the recent bazaar CIV
en- at Prairie Ronde for the benefit
of the public school there, the Star
Progress has the following account
from a correspondent:
On December IA we people of
Prairie Ronde gave a bazaar for the
benefit of the school. The Lafleur
hall was artistically decorated with
ness and holly. When the lights
re lit, they gave thsi decoration
5 lliancy that it seemed we were in
arden of paradise.
The time was spent in merry MAX
ing until the wee hours Of twelve.
The gumbo table was held by
Mesdames Emar Andrepont, Marcel
Durio and Frank Ledoux; the cake
table by Mesdamea Emar Lcfleur,
Edcar Prud'homme, Sr. The follow
ing contest was won by: Mr.. Edward
Manuel, a tsplash-me doll"
Miss Rose Pitre, a pound Of candy.
Miss Irene Manuel, an embroider-
ed scarf.
Miss Flora Levy, a box Of candy
Of divinity
The door receipts, after all was
settled, amounted to $780,
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

Miss Mary Margaret Voorhies,
the popular and attractive daughter
of DR.. R. D. Voorhies of Lafayette,
spent the weekend here as the guest
of Miss Helen Voorhies.
Miss Helen Voorhies has just re-
turned from few days stay in Lafa-
yette as the guest Of the family Of
DR.. r. d. Voorhies.
Among the out-of-town visitors
who attended the dance here on FRI
dav night of last week was Mr.. R.
Delacroix of New Orleans.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

The fire boys are always on the
lob and the fire that gets the best of
them must be some blaze after all.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

Echoes from Washington indicate
that the fair was very successful and
that Tuesday nights entertainment
was one Of the most successful and
pleasing ever undertaken in the
town, and as a result the treasury
Of the school is considerably replen-
ished.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
CARLOAD OF FOOD
TO BE SOLD ON
MONDAY
Large Quantity of Government
Foodstuffs at Low Prices to
We Disposed Of
SALE BEGINS AT
$3.50 O'CLOCK SHARP
Rush Expected, Sut 1t Is Be-
Iieved That There Will Be
Enough For All

The Opelousas Chamber Of, Com
merce is going to give old High Cost
of Living another smashing blow On
Monday morning next, when it wiis
offer for sale a large carload of gov
ernment foodstuffs, blankets and tow
els at wonderfully low figures. The
sale will begin promptly at $50
o'clock and everybody is urged to be
at headquarters early that morning.
A different plan of handling the
crowd of eager bargain hunters will
be carried out, and it is thought that
the purchasers viii be better salts
fled and sales will be effected much
quicker than the last sale.
The following articles will be sold
Tomatoes, q cans to case, per
case ............... ...S Z.Io
Peas, "a cans to case, per case 2.16
Baked beans, "a cans to case
per case ...... 2.16
Corned beef, AS cans to case,
per case ........... II.U4
Candy, so cans to case, per
case .............. lZ.5O
Huck Towels, each .... 20
Blankets, wooden, each ..... 900
Tomatoes, peas and beans will be
sold in broken lots at nine cents per
can, corned beef at % cents, candy
at Is cents. Only one case of each
article will be sold to one family,
The limit for blankets is two and for
towels one dozen.
Practically five thousand dollars
was saved consumers on the last car
of government foodstuffs and it is
expected that a greater amount viii
be saved this time. The car is very
large ,and it is thought there will be
enough for all comers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
Army Orders.

Washington. D. C., March 12-(speeiai
Telegram.)-By direction Of the president
Col. William F. Morrison, field artillery,
Is relieved from his present duties and Is
detailed as professor of military science
and tactics at the University Of Nebraska
at Lincoln, The travel directed Is necea-
saFy In the military service.
First II. John 7. DYKE infantry, ig
assigned to duty with the construction
division OF the army and will report TO
Camp Dodge. Mai, Isaac P. Shelby, quar-
teFmaster corps is relieved from his pres
emit station and duties at Camp Dodge,
Iowa, and will turn over to his successor.
Second 1t, Shirley W. Leigh, quarter
master corps, all files records. authoriEa-
tion, etc. pertaining to construction work
at Camp Dodge and Fort Des Moines and
will proceed to Washington.
Capt. Oscar Samuel Esssnson, medical
corps, is relieved from duty at Camp
Dodge and will proceed to OtisYilIe, ". Y.
Capt PercivRl B. Kaufman. quartermasteF
corps ia relieved from duty at air serv-
ice mechanics school, st. Paul, MINI, aud
will proceed TO Fort Meade. South Dakota
First Its. Arthur r. Gardner and Abe q.
Harris infantry, are detailed for duty I'M
der the direction Of the director purchase
storage and traffic and upon the demobi-
llzation OF the detachment Of 1s1st I'm
fantry, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, will pro-
coed to Newport News, Va.
Capt. Herbert W. Meyers, infantry, is
Lewis, Washington. Second 1t. Melvin u
Carter, corps Of engineers. will proceed
from Fort pea Moines 70 Biltmores ". G.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
Debs Lauds BoIsheviki
In His Farewell Speech
Before Going to Prison

Cleveland, March lin what
may be his farewell public address
before beginning serving a 10-yesr
sentence imposed by the federal
court here on a charge of violating
the espionage act, Eugene V. Debs,
socialist leader, tonight upheld the
bolshevist rule in Russia and refer
red to Lenine and Trotzky as the
foremost statesmen of the age"
Debs said the judges of the United
States supreme court were be
gowned, bewhiskered, bepowdered
old fossils who have never decided
anything"
Referring to the prison term that
he faces, he reiterated his opposition
to the law that he violated while
the war was in progress.
A big squad of policemen and
agents of the Department of Justice
were scattered through the crowd,
but there was no semblance of dis
orders.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
Holy Ghost and Us
Society Is HaVinu Trouble

Shiloh, Me.-Two of the leading
elders at Shiloh, Capt. A. X. Perry
and Capt. Lester Mckenzie, have
broken with Elijah" Frank W..
Sanford, have taken all their per-
sonal belongings and left the hill
top. Several other members of the
institution have followed their lead,
threatening to completely disrupt
the Holy Ghost and Us society,
which was organized by Sanford
nearly quarter of century ago.
Since Sanford returned from the
federal prison at Atlanta, Ga, last
fall, at the completion of his ten
years sentence for manslaughter, he
has not been the same man, declare
his followers. There has been a
scarcity of food and clothing and
Shilohites declare he has lost the
faculty of getting necessary finan-
cial support.
Two of his children and several
children of other inmates have run
away from the institution. 1t is
rumored that his son, John, private
at Camp Devens, who recently mar
ried the daughter of Moses" c. E.
Holland, another of the elders, has
refused to return to Shiloh.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
Usage Indians Ask for
Return of Bean Stimulant

Washington, D. C.-Lo, the poor
Indian, is having his trouble in the
Saharan republicl A government
that put the finishing touches on
the booze-sheviki is also after Los
"tipple," and a dozen Indians, head
ed by John Abbott of the Usage ma
ton, arrived in Washington to pro-
test.
For years the aborigines have
temperately used peyote, a little
bean which grows on the cactus of
southwestern Texas, Mexico, and
some parts of Arizona. Under the
terms of bill which passed the
house, any person who introduces
peyote onto an Indian reservation
miy be fined 500 and sentenced to
a year in the penitentiary.
Indians say that the peyote is
used in the religious ceremonies Of
Indian tribes, just as some denomi-
nations use wine. They also deny
that it is harmful in its effects as
has been alleged.
DR., Harvey w. Wiley recently
told the house committee on Indian
affairs that he gave a clerk one
peyote bean as an experiment and
the clerk was unable to work for
two DAVIS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
Sister Gains Release
of Brother BY Tears

Sisterly love, aided by youthful
charms, salty tears, and $40 gained
the release of David Edwards, 1851
Harvey street. charged with vag-
rancy at the Central police station
last night
David's sister, young and beauti-
full, stormed and took Police Cap
tain Vanous where others, less gift
ed, had failed.
"If you can't let him go any other
way" she sobbed, keep me in his
place. His mothers sick"
And the captain, usually inexor-
able, relented. The usual bond for
vagrancy was SIS. But for once
it was lowered to $40.
Twenty-nine men were arrested
yesterday and early last night on
charges of vagrancy. Commenting
on the large number Of arrests made
Chief Eberstein said:
There have been a number of
burglaries in the last few days, and
l have instructed the men to watch
everyone closely. I suppose the
large number of arrests is due to
these Instructions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-13
yard MASTER FOR
ROCK ISLAND is
OUT WITH FACTS
Wife Gains Twenty Pounds
Taking TanIac-"W OuId-
MT Be Without It,"
He Says.

Still another widely known ana
popular railroad man comes forward
with his unqualified endorsement
for Tanlac. This time it is o. D..
Blatherwick, yard master for the c.
R. l. & P. in Kansas City, Kansas,
who resides at 341 South 18th
street, that city.
"My wife has actually gained
twenty pounds in weight since she
began taking Tanlae," said Mr..
Blatherwick, in an interview recent
Iy, land has been benefited SO
much in every way that / am glad
to make this statement, which !
hope will be the cause of others who
may be suffering as she did getting
relief.
"She has been in such a nervous,
rundown condition for the past two
years that she was confined to her
bed a great deal of the time. She
was subject to frequent attacks of
sick headaches and often had SPELLS
of dizziness. She also suffered in
tense pain from the gas on her
stomach, pains in her back and what
seemed to be a complete nervous
breakdown. She also had a severe
attack of Influenza, which left her
so weak she could hardly stand up.
"She has been wonderfully bene-
fitted by Tanlac. In fact, / con-
slider it remarkable the way she has
been built up, for she is almost like
different person. She has been
relieved entirely Of stomach trou-
BILE, headache and backache. 1 am
delighted more than / can tell with
what TanIac has done for her and
we would not be without it now for
anything. 1t is by far the best med
icine she has ever taken"
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all
Sherman & Mcconnell Drug Conn
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy. Also For-
rest and Meany Drug Company in
South Omaha and the leading drug
gist in each city and town through
out the state Of Nebraska.-Adv,