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the Board of Drainage Commission
ers of the said Drainage District shall,
if a majority of the taxpayers in
numbers and amount voting at said
special election, vote in favor of the
proposition herein submitted, annu-
ally levy and collect, beginning with
the year 1920, while any or all of said
bonds are unpaid and outstanding, in
excess of all other taxes, a sufficient
ad valorem tax on all the taxable
property in said Drainage District to
pay and retire the principal and the
semi-annual interest coupons attached
to said bonds at their respective ma
turtles.
The foregoing ordinance after be-
ing duly seconded by Mr. Lahaye, was
read to the meeting and adopted by
the following vote:
For. the ordinance-Mr. Lahaye,
Mr.. Wright, NJ. Ballard, DR.. Richard.
Against the ordinance-None.
Absent-Mr. Sam Futral.
Dated Opelousas, Louisiana, this
18th day of February, A. D. 1920.
G. RICHARD,
President.
ATTEST
L. A. ANDREPONT,
Secretary.
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SHOULD DROP THE UNIT RULE

To the Editor of The Progress
Mr.. McAdoo, writing to one of his
friends in the state of his nativity,
Georgia, urges the next democratic
national convention to do away with
the unit rule.
This in my opinion is one of the
most sensible suggestions made by
any man in public life in many years.
The unit rule is an absurdity. BY
what rule of reasoning can you ar
rive at the conclusion that ten men
are right and nine of them in error?
By this rule a majority can cast the
vote of the entire delegation. It was
the want of adoption of this rule in
June, 1912, at Baton Rouge that
secured for Mr.. Wilson the nomina-
ton for the presidency. Had Lou
isiana adopted the unit rule, Champ
Clark would have been nominated.
The nine votes which went toMr. Will
son from this state saved him. That
is recent history St. Landry was
one of the parishes that voted against
the Claiborne motion for the unit rule
and her people ought to be proud to
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favor of a Greater Agricultural Col
lege for Louisiana. If the business
and professional men of the state con-
slider it good investment to pay the
expenses of one hundred boys to sim
ply visit great agricultural colleges
SO that they may get broader vision
of their possibilities for future de-
velopment, how much more important
it is that we have a Create Agricul-
tural College where thousand may
take the prescribed training instead
of hundred making a brief visit?
Mr. Harris, our state superintend-
ent of education, very wisely states
that this trip will be worth millions
of dollars to Louisiana. This is un-
deniably tue. How much then will a
Greater Agricultural College, where
many hundreds will receive scientific
agricultural training be worth to the
state? Purely as financial propo-
sition it is very attractive and not in
any sense a speculation.
Twenty years aco Nebraska voted
one-miI tax for her agricultural
college. The returns have been so
marvellous that they rae now paying
two aand one-half mill tax for this
purpose and intend to increase this
amount next year Thirty years age
Connecticut appropriated $4,000 for
her agricultural college. From 1911
to 1920 they appropriated 81 ,85O,519
for this purpose, or twenty times as
much.
1t may be that your boy will be one
of the fortunate youngsters to enjoy
this splendid trip. It may be that he
is anxious to go but viii not have the
opportunity. All can not see the
great colleges of other states, so let
us build a Greater Agricultural Col
lege at home-build it so great that
! it will stand out as one of the biggest
agricultural features of the state. Let
everyone get behind it and offer our
| boys as much as they are offered by
other states. No better investment
could be made than the passage of a
one-half mill tax for ten years as an
investment for our future citizens.
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bonds to ruA. for a period of from
one to not exceeding forty years from
their date and tc>bear interest at the
rate of five per ce per annum from
their date, payable Nmi-annually.
The proceeds from tie sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose Of
constructing a system OF gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals and
gulleys as outlined in red on the map
of said Drainage District and as des-
ignated in the proposition submitted
to the electors under the ordinance
adopted by the Board of Drainage
Commissioners of the said Drainage
District, this 28th day of February,
A. d. 1920.
The proposition to the electors at
said election is substantially as fol
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
to the amount of One Hundred and
Twenty-Five Thousand ($125, 100000
Dollars, to run for period of from
one ID to not exceeding forty (40)
years from their date, bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per centum per
annum from their date, payable semi
annually, for the purpose of con-
structing a system of gravity drainage
in and for said Drainage District, by
cleaning with dredges or otherwise
the bayous, laterals and gulleys as
mentioned in the proposition to the
voters at said special election, also
outlined in red on the map of said
Drainage District, thereby improving
the gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District and the inhabitants
thereof, the title to which shall vest
in said Drainage District. Said bonds
to be Of such denomination and the
interest and principal thereof to be
payable at such time and place as
shall be determined by the said
Board of Drainage Commissioners,
and both principal and interest Of
said bonds to be secured and paid by
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acclaim this fact.
Away with it in national conven-
tions, in state conventions. We are
entitled, l believe, to eighteen votes
in the next state convention to elect
delegates to the national convention.
See to it that our delegation is unin-
structed and have these vote for an
uninstructed delegation to California,
when the peoples will will better pre-
vail, than by being gagged as often
happens when the unit rule is in ex-
istence l have always been opposed
to it, but my appeals amounted to
naught. A big gun has now pronounc-
ed against it, and can now safely
follow in his trail
GILBERT L. DUPRE.
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ORDIN ANCE

Mr.. Wright offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol-
lows:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering and calling a special cleo
ton in the Bayou Courtableau
and Teche Drainage District of
the Parish of St. Landry, State
of Louisiana, for the purpose of
submitting to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of said Drainage
District a proposition to incur
debt and issue and sell serial
Negotiable coupon bonds of said
Drainage District in the sum of
One Hundred and Twenty-Five
Thousand ($125, 000.0O) Dollars,
as hereinafter stipulated for the
purpose of constructing system
of gravity drainage in and for
said Drainage District, by clean
ing with dredges or otherwise the
bayous, laterals and gulleys as
outlined in red on the map Of
the said Drainage District.
SECTION
Be it ordained by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the Ba-
you Courtableau and Teche Drainage
District of the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, that it is advisa-
BILE and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Drainage District to the
amount and for the purpose herein
after mentioned.
SECTION 2
Be it further ordained, That spe-
II L - ,,y4
by duly called and ordered to be held
in the Bayou Courtableau and Teche
Drainage District of the Parish of ST..
Landry, State of Louisiana, on We'd
nesday, the 31st day of March, A. d.
1920, between the hours of a. m.
and 5 p. M,
SECTION 3
Be it further ordained, ETC., that at
said special election there will be sub
mitted to the taxpaying electors quail
flied to vote under the constitution
and laws of the State of Louisiana
proposition to incur debt, issue and
sell serial negotiable coupon bonds of
the Bayou Courtableau and Teche
Drainage District of the Parish of St.
Landry, State of Louisiana, to the
amount of One Hundred and Twenty
five Thousand ($125, 100000 Dollars,
to run for a period of from one ~
to not exceeding forty (4O) years
from their date, bearing interet at
the rate of five percentum per an
mum from their date, payable semi
annually for the purpose of construct
ing a system of gravity drainage in
and for said Drainage District by
cleaning with dredges or otherwise
the bayous, laterals and gulleys, all
of which are outlined in red on the
map of the district, and thereby i'm
proving the gravity drainage in and
for said Drainage District and the
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L. A. ANDREPONT,
Secretary.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION

l, Dir. G. Richard, president of the
Bayou COurtableau and Teche Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, by virtue Of
the authority vested in me by an or
dinance adopted by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District on the 28th day of
February, A. D. 1920, and the con-
stitution and laws of the State of
Louisiana, do hereby proclaim and
give notice that special election will
be held in the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District Of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State, of Louisiana,
for the purpose Of voting upon the
proposition to incur debt and issue
and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of said Drainage District, said
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Signature of Voter.

Signature of Voter.
To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place cross
(X) mark in the square after the
word YES" and too vote against,
place a similar cross (X) mark after
the word mo"
SECTION 6
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the president of the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Drain
age District be and he is hereby duly
authorized, empowered and directed
to have the necessary ballots printed
for the said election in accordance
with the provisions of the law of this
state and this ordinance. He shall
also provide ballot boxes and the
necessary blanks and tellers' sheets
and other paraphernalia for the hold
ing Of said election.
SECTION
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the clerk of court and ex-officio reg
istrar of voters for said parish shall
furnish the election officers herein
mentioned with list of the taxpayers
entitled to vote in person or by writ
ten proxy at said special election, to-
gether with the assessed valuation of
each of said taxpayers property, as
shown by the assessment roll last
made and filed prior to said election.
SECTION s
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the election shall be held at Joe
Benoit's store, in said Drainage Dis
trict, and the following persons are
hereby duly appointed and empOw-
cred to act as commissioners and
clerk at said election:
Joe Benoit, ]. Badeaux, c. G. Mo-
reau, commissioners; Clement Benoit,
clerk.
The officers of election above
named shall hold said election to
conform with Act 256 of the Acts of
the General Assembly of the State
of Louisiana of the year 1910, and
all Acts amendatory or supplement
tary thereto, and shall make due re-
turns of said election to the Board
of Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District at the meeting to
be held at the office of said Board in
the City of Opelousas, La, in the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louis.
lana, on the first day of April, A. D.
1920.
SECTION 9
Be it further ordained, etc., that
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sufficient ad yaloreni ta
and collected in each year
of said bonds are unpaid aaa
standing, to pay the amount q
cipal and interest falling due
year, in accordance with the
ions in that respect containae
constitution and laws Of tile
Louisiana and any and az
ments that may hereafter
thereto.
The said special election
held on the 31st day OF Ma
1890, between the hours q
and 5 p. m. The polling
hereby designated as folloN
At Joe Benoit's store
Drainage District.
The commissioners and tns
the said polling place are
Joe Benoit, J. Badeaux Y
reau, commissioners; Glen
oft, clerk.
The Board of Drainag
sioners of said Drainage
meet in open session to b
o'clock a. M, on the IL
April, A. D. 1920, at the ofi.s
Board, ia the City OF Ups
said Parish of st. LandI
Louisiana. and then and
coed TO open the ballot po1
said special election, e1a
court the ballots in mum
amount, examine and canSs
turns and declare the resa4
! election and make, file, ps
record u process verbal q
ceedings. co..
dated az 0pelousas, SLa.s
isiana. this 25th day Of fen
DR.. G. RICE "
President of the Board q
sioners Of the Bayou 49, 49,
and Teche Drainage
ATTEST
L. A. ANDREPONT,
Secretary.
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Pointed Arguments as to
Greater Agricultural College

Baton Rouge, La, Feb. 25.-One
hundred boys are be selecedt as rep
resentatives of our state on the tour
of northern and western colleges I'M
der the auspices of the state depart
ment of education. This is the very
best argument that could be made in
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-03-06

In India, names are likely to
change as a result of conversion to
Christianity For instance, Mr.
Nosepricked becomes Mr.. Servant of
Jesus, Mr.. Child of the Church, and
Mrs. She Devil, Mrs. Happiness.
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inhabitants thereof, the title to which
shall vest in said Drainage District.
The amount of said bonds being less
than ten per cent (10Ft) of the as
sessed valuation of property within
the boundaries of said Drainage Dis
trict as shown by the assessment rolls
last made of the said Drainage Dis
trict; said bonds to be of such denom-
ination and the interest and principal
thereof payable at such time and place
as shall be determined by the Board
of Drainage Commissioners and both
principal and interest of said bonds
to be secured and paid by a sufficient
ad valorem tax levied and collected
in each year that any of said bonds
are unpaid and outstanding, in &C
cordance with the provisions in that
respect contained in Article 281 of
the constitution and laws of the State
of Louisiana and any and all amend
ments that may now exist or that may
hereafter be made thereto.
SECTION 4
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
notice of said special election be duly
published for thirty days prior to the
date fixed for holding said election,
in accordance with the laws of this
state, in the Star-Progress, the Off
cial journal of the parish of St. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, a newspaper
of general circulation therein. The
notice of election to embrace substan-
TALLY all things set forth therein and
to further state that the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District will meet in open
session to be held at 10 o'clock a. M,
on the first day of April, A. D. 1920,
at the office of said Board in the
City of Opelousas, in the said Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
and then and there proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and count
| the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of the election and
make, file, publish and record pro-
ces verbal of their proceedings.
SECTION S
Be it further ordained, etc, that
the proposition to be submitted at
such special election shall be as fol
lows, and the ballots to be used shall
be in the following form:
BALLOT
For the Issuing of Bonds
J A proposition to incur -
debt and issue and sell serial
negotiable coupon bonds of
/ the Bayou Courtableau and
Teche Drainage District of
the Parish of St. Landry,
State of Louisiana, to the
amount of One Hundred
and Twenty-Five Thousand
($125, O0O.O0) Dollars, to
run for a period of from YES
one "a to not exceeding
forty (40) years from their
date, and bearing interest at
the rate of five (5gl) per
lcent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annua3ly,
at such time and place as
shall be determined by the
Board of Drainage Commits
sioners under the constitu- ---
ton and laws of the State
of Louisiana relating there
| to, for the purpose of con-
structing system of gravity
drainage in and for said
Drainage District, by clean
ling with dredges or otherwise
the bayous, laterals and gull
legs, all of which are out NO
lined in red on the map of
the district, and thereby inn
prove the gravity drainage in
and for said Drainage Dis
ttrict and the inhabitants
thereof, the title of which
shall vest in said Drainage
District. --
| Taxable valuation.
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OH, BABY! HERE is WHAT WE
ARE WAITING FOR!
BRYANT WASHBURN, WANDA
HAWLEY AND JULIA FAYE,
"THE SIX BEST CELLARS"

"THE SIX BEST CELLARS"
Ut Has Nothing to Do With Books
A corking tale of popping corks
Let the land go dry if it must, Henry
Carpenters home was still popular
He had full cellar! But one night,
at little party, a prim and pretty
little darling got too-er-er, we'll
Henry's strictly prohibition now!
Come and see it, just for fun.
ADDED FEATURE ATTRACTION
"THE INVISIBLE HAND"
ADMISSION, -+-5 S, 10 and zoe
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666 quickly relieves Colds and La
Grippe, Constipation, Biliousness,
Loss of Appetite and Headaches.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-03-06

THANKS to the Sacred Heart for
/ favors obtained. F. B. C.
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666 has proven ii viii ., s..
ria; ChiIIs and Fever, bsA'
Colds and LaGripPe.
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Sunday, March I.
WEDNESDAY

ALBERT E. SMITH PRESENTS
BEAUTIFUL
CORINE GRIFFITH,
Supported by Maurice CostellO),.
M
HUMAN COLLATERAL"
(Ry William B. Courteney)
The man she loved seemed willing
to buy her for a price in dollars. Her
attempt to humiliate him forms ire
blood is thicker than water? See
Human Collateral"
PATHE REVIEW,
With the Latest Dances Edition
ADDED FEATURE ATTRACTION,
LYONS MORAN ONE-PART COM
EDY
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Heated By 81
SATURDAY


THOMAS H. INcE PREsr,
DOUGLAS MeIrAN
AND
DORIS MAY.
M
"MARY'S ANKLE
Mary had little ankle
Injured it one day.
Now the young doc who
just won't stay away
The story of a pennies.
pretended marriage and q n:
kle, with scandalous eom,s
Worth going miles to Sea-
ALSO
MUTT AND JEFF cAp4s
FORD'S WEEKLY
ADMISSION, lex
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WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS
PEGGY HYLAND,
IN
"F AITH

Peggy Hyland, the little dimpled
beauty of the British Isles, has scored
again. This time in the role OF a
lovely little girl who brings happi-
ness to all she meets.
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TOM MOORE
IN
THE GAY LORD oUEx"
A ripping drama of English life,
dontcherknow? A story of a love
and adventure among the higher cir
cles of English society.
ADDED FEATURE
HAROLD LLOYD,
IN
"HIS ROYAL. SLYNESS'
A merry riot of mirth.
ALSO
FOX NEWS
Doors open at P. NJ.
ADMISSION, 10, IS and Csc
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TUESDAY
JOHN EMERSON AND ANITA
LOOS PRESENT
CONSTANCE TALMADGE,

Her FIRST National PfOuucIIOH,
"a TEMPERAMENTAL WIFE"
Scandals? Millions of them.
Caught her husband with his stenog-
rapher sitting on his lap! Road
house raids! Good morning Judge
And, then, happy ending. A play for
laughing purposes only. THE best
comedy drama in one hundred years, "
saws Wids. Don't miss it.
PRIMA NATURAL COLOR
AND
COMEDY
.~usVceT@N N - o.
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Mr.. Wright offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol-
lows:
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FOX NEWS

Doors omen at 4 P. NJ.
Evening journal., 1920-01-19
Income-Tax Facts You ShOlId Know

The Federal Income Tax season opens
today with ihe distribution Of The
forms for personal returns from the Of
fees OF Collector Of Internal Revenue
II. 7. Graham.
From now until the bell rings on the
night OF March 18Th. the annual re-
turns covering income for 1919 will be
figured out and llled by citizens ana
residents, together with payments Of
tax due.
The burden Of fulfilling this Obligation
is laid by law squarely on the shoul-
ders Of those who are American citi-
zcns or residents. Every person must
determine for himself whether his net
income FOR 1919, figured according 20 the
Revenue law. was sufficient In amount
to require a return.
IL he is single. O return is required
II his net income FOR 1919 was $1,000 or
over. A widow or widOwer Is classcd
as a single person. A man or woman
living apart from his wife or husband
is classed as q single person.
II he was married and living with
his wife on Dec 81 a return is required
If his net income for 1919 was $1,000 or
over. In his net income he must in
clude that Of his wife and minor chill
dren, II any.
II tax is due on his income, he must
make payment with his return. This
payment may be made IN whole or In
part OF the tax due. Al least one quar-
ter Of the tax must accompany the re-
turn.
The filing and paying must be done
before midnight OF March 18th, or he Is
clsssed as a delinquent and Is subject
TO severe penalties.
The forms are beins distributed FOR
personal returns Form i0i0A is in
tended FOR use by person whose net
income has not exceeded 5000. \ large
form 1910, is intended for each per
son having a net income in excess o;
5000. Both Of these forms are now OBJ
talnable at Internal Revenue Offices and
at some banks and post Offices
10 Is urged by the Internal Revenue
Bureau that taxpayers obtain thelr
blanks at once Failure to have blan6
form at hand for an eleyenth-hour re-
turn will not relieve a person or pen
atty for failure TO comply with the
law.
Each form contains Instructions for
preparing and fling the return, ana
these should be carefully read and
strictly observed.
There is also provided a work sheei
which should be used for making To-
original computations, and which
should be retained and preserved BY The
taxpayer.
Any person who is IN doubt on points
affecting his particular case, should
bring such matters % the attention OF
the nearest deputy collector or revenue
agent. VINO viii render every necessart
aid without charge.
When the return Is completed Z
should be properly executed and immr-
diately flled. Any internal revenue
officer will administer the necessary
oath without charge.
II is pointed out that accuracy in
compiling the return is absolutely nee