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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
PRINCESS 10 BE
REMODELED SOON
LOCAL MOVIE SHOW WILL RE-
ARRANGE HOUSE FOR VAuDE-
VILE PERFORMANCES


Shortly after the first of the new
year the management of the Princess
theatre win begin the work of re-
modelling and renovating the show
house on Landry street. During the
time the showhouse. viii be under re-
pair the old nictIst9 ssleelg- vhlsi1d djsaas-ess
purpose it, too, win ne overhauled.
The work in contemplation for the
Princess includes a complete changing
of the interior as we'll as the exter-
ior. The front will be changed and
win thereafter present new appear
ance. Within, the operating room will
be placed in the front and the rear,
where the operating room now is, will
have a stage and screen for moving
pictures. A balcony will be erected
and the seating capacity materially
increased. Five hundred and one
seats on both floors will be provided.
These are the major changes and they,
with the minor ones, will make the
Princess one of the most up-to-date
show houses in this part Of the state.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
Christmas at Church

Christmas day was fittingly and sol
EMMY celebrated, at St. Landry's Cath
olic church. There we're three mass
es, one at Z o'clock, one at 8, and one
at $50.
Solemn high mass was celebrated
at O'Clock, The celebrant of the
mass was Father Colliard, assisted
by the servers, Austin Lavergne, Fre-
dericy Lavergne, Lloyd Smith and
Rene Lambert.
Several appropriate and beautiful
Latin hymns were rendered by MISSES
Martha Mistric, Carmen and Helen
Voorhies accompanied by the playing
Of the organ by Misses Adele Durio.
At all the masses a special collec-
ton was passed by Father Colliard
for the church Improvement funds.
The result of this collection was splen-
did for the total sum obtained at the
three masses amounted to s5O5.5S,
one Of the largest collections ever
- IN he church.
s. He Spirit of the day was graphically
s9Sirth Of Christ representation Of the
= suitable paraphernalia arranged or
the night side of the church, near the
side altar of the Blessed Virgin. A
shed, covered with moss was erected
to represent the stable where Christ
was born. In this crib in which re
posed statue OF the infant Jesus was
placed. Around the crib were group
ed statues of Joseph, Mary, angels
shephards, dogs, cattle, etc Directly
above, attached to the roof Of tht
limitation stable was he images Of
two angels bearing the inscription
Gloria in excelsis Deo" in a pen
nant in their hands.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
XMAS CELEBRATED
WITH LITTLE NOISE
AND LESS LIQUOR
Quietest Holiday Season
Ever Experienced in
Opelousas
MERCHANTS SEEMED
TODO BIG BUSINESS
Satisfaction and Content
ment Expressed Practi-
cally by All

Christmas of 1920 has passed into
history and the holiday was celebrat-
ed in Opelousas quieter than ever be-
fore known Stringency Of the times
and a lack of much liquor to liven up
things accounts in great measure for
the unusual celebration. Merchants
seemed, however, to have done a
splendid business, and the crowds
from the rural sections were just as
large as in former times, though most
of the country people departed for
home early in the afternoon there
wasn't any John Barleycorn here to
tempt the bfbulous ones to remain in
10 the night.
There were very few drunks in
evidence, and those favored few who
managed to dig up the remains Of old
John were in a happy frame Of in
toxication-they had just enough of
the cup that cheers to make them
jovial. If there was any fighting
drunks present no one seemed to find
them. Some of the, "b-hic-bhoys" got
their hides full and were quite happy
until the famous "cold gray dawn OF
the morning after" when they nursed
sore heads and groaned with agony
and swore they'd never do it again
until next time!
There was considerable celebration
with fire-crackers, Roman candles and
the like, even some of the older heads
participating in the jubilee. By mid
night Of Christmas eve, however. al
the noise had quieted down and the
crowds dispersed to their homes, onl!
to reappear Christmas evening ana
begin the noise again. There were nj
accidents and no casualties, and asid,
fEanaatha noise and few drunks th
be expected. All stores, hotels, res
Etaurants and other places Of busines
closed for the day and gave their he'll
chance to remain home and have
good time with their families. TIL
man who depended on getting hi
Christmas dinner at either hotel o
restaurant went hungry for there wa
nothing doing at any Of the eatin
houses that day.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
CUMBERLAND MANAGER
TELLS OF LOCAL WORK

We have been furnished with the
following bit of information concern
ing the work of improvement going on
at the Opelousas exchange OF the Cum
berland telephone company:
An important part of the manage
ment of the Bell system is to keep
the public informed concerning all
matters relating to the telephone.
THE work of remodelling and en-.
larging the central office OF the local
exchange is near completion. The
main part of the work is finished and
now the finishing touches are being
put on. The management of the 10
cal exchange invites all patrons of the
company to visit the central office.
"a nationwide telephone service, ii
its daily operation, requires the co
operation of all those served as wei
as those serving, and the financial ant
moral support of each individual sub
scriber."
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
COMPLETE TWO
BEAUTIFUL AFFAIRS
oPELoUsAs CATHOLIC cHURcHs
INTERIOR FURTHER oRNA-
MENTED AND IMPROVED

Two beautiful new side affairs have
been erected at the Catholic church
the altar of the Blessed Virgin on the
right of the church and the altar of St
Joseph on the left.
The two new affairs are both Of
imitation marble and resemble the
main altar in structure only. They
are about the same height as the
main altar but are only about half
as wide.
On the Blessed Virgins altar there
is niche about five feet from the
base In which there stands life-size
statue OF the Virgin Mary. Beneath
the feet of the statue there is iat,ssses ser ~
pent to Fanresens ''S''ols v oAi p
over Sesgs.s.
On st. Joseph's altar there is a
similar niche in which there stands a
life-size statue of the patriarch
Joseph, holding the infant Jesus and
a white lily.
There two new altars harmonic
with the large altar, and set off the
beauty Of the church wonderfully.
The Blessed Virgins altar is a
gift of the Children of Mary society
This devoted organization of women
and girls can feel a paronable pride
in this splendid addition to the
church which is the result of theil
earnest efforts
| Two life,size statutes were also
placed in the SANITARY recently. One
e the statute of Our Lady of Prompt
T Succor, patroness of Louisiana, and
the other that of the Sacred Heart Of
Jesus. These statues are both mount
ed on pedestals about six-feet high
The Sacred Heart statue was donated
to the church by the members of the
Sacred Heart league and that Of Oul
Lady of Prompt Succor by Mrs. J. B
Sandoz about a year ago. They were
placed in the church before the worl
of finishing the interior began las
March. They were removed from thu
church, however, while the work wa
in progress.
The work On the church was not Ell
tirely completed for Christmas. bu
it is so nearly so that the congrega
tion was able to have all Christina
ceremonies in the church without be
ing very much inconyenienced by tn
scaffolding.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
TAX ROLL COMPLETE
AND COLLECTIONS
START WITHIN WEEK
Big List of Parish Assess.
nnent in Hands Board
of Affairs
APPROVAL EXPECTED
COLLECTION FOLLOWS
Rush of Taxpayers to Keep
Sheriff's Force Very
Busy

Sheriff and Tax-Collector Charles
Thibodeaux announced this week that
the work of compiling the assess
ment rolls of ST. Landry had been IL
nally completed and that the assessor
had sent the big list to Baton Rouge
for approval by the state board of al
fairs. When the body finally passes
on the rolls and the list is returned
to him-which is expected within a
few days-the work of collecting tax
es for the parish, state, schools and
special funds will be started.
While not positively certain as to
the date. Mr.. Thibodeaux stated that
he expected his office would be in
position next week-possibly next
Monday, January 3-to begin the tedi-
Gus work of making out receipts for
all taxes. He has made full prepara-
tions for the work ahead and his force
in the collectors department is ready
to begin and carry the work through
without hitch or loss of time.
The assessment roll is ready
slightly earlier than last year and
property owners will facilitate mat
ters and save penalties and costs if
they adopt his suggestion to be prompt
in coming forward and paying their
assessment without delay. All taxes
will become delinquent after some
date in February, perhaps the 18th
of that month, after which the usual
interest penalty will be added. and If
it becomes necessary to notify the
property owner by mail, late in the
game. that will but add to the costs
he will have to pay, and if he does
not pay, then the property will be ad-
yertised and sold at tax sale.
Tax-collecting does not begin as
early as in formsFn6 board Of state
affairs. because, under the old system
the assessor and police jury fixed the
SChe0ul6 Oh dSStoollC4LLo SSAAN
work Of making the roll was compara-
tively easy. Today, under the new
order, the state board of affairs IS the
final arbiter of the assessment and
AN abstract of the roll must be filed
by the assessor with the state board
of affairs for approval or rejection
before the work Of collecting taxes
can begin. The system is somewhat
scientific and also somewhat compli-
Gated, and as natural sequence de-
lays the collecting end OF the work,
for the sheriff can not start his part
until the assessor gets through, and
the assessor is handicapped by the
intricate detail as to rates, schedules,
ETC.. and his share of the work is not
only delayed but must necessarily be
carefully accomplished in order to
conform to the system in vogue.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
MOTORSCAN NOT BE
USED AT PRESENT,
SAYS Mr.. JORDAN
Superintendent Makes I'M
portant Announcement
To Patrons
PLANTS CONDITION
WON'T STAND LOAD
Light Service Resumed Aft
er Ten Days of
Shutdown

Before turning the electric current
on Tuesday, Mr. Jordan, superinten-
dent of the plant, made the state
ment that under existing conditions 1t
would be impossible for the machinery
to carry any surplus load, and that
owners of motors in the city would
not be allowed to use the current for
that purpose. This announcement
came as bolt from the blue" to the
printing offices and other places us
ing one or more motors and dependent
ON that form of power to drive ma
chinery, but the superintendent's
statement was received with good
grace and everybody was willing to
let matters stand and be satisfied
with the use OF lights and for power
use the gasoline engines pressed into
service, though this form Of power Is
far from satisfactory.
Two engines at the plant have been
repaired and are running and lights
we're to have been in use Tuesday af-
ternoon and might but failed to mater1-
aIize. The work OF repair to one
of the broken units has been a big
job, requiring much tedious attention
to details. The third engine is stiil
out of commission but as soon as the
shaft is received the plant crew viii
begin the work Of getting 1t again IL
running order, and after it is ready
the plant win then be in better ply
sical condition than it has been for q
long time, for at least two Of the en-
gines will have entirely new crank
shafts and the third will have wen
repaired shaft
Mr.. Jordan says that after these re-
pairs are made he believes there will
be no further serious break-downs
and that with careful conservation of
I IUauIns rrrs pad aH4aiaa1na-- ef-s>,ses
isfactory service from now on. No one
can expect, however, the very best
service and the plant carrying full
load at all times until the new equip
ment is received and installed, and
that will be some months off Work
on the enlarged building for housing
the new and old equipment is going
along and when finally completed the
five engines and other machinery viii
q give this city an electrical euuipmenk
second to none among the small cities
of the state, and the plant win be IN
position to furnish current for all pup.
poses.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
SAYS HE'LL MOVE
HISFACTORY HERE
T. A. WALLIoR, NATIVE oPELoU-
SEAN, DESIRES TO LOCATE
WORKS IN THIS CITY

Toledano A. Wallior, native opelou-
sean but for the past several years,
operating the Wallior Chemical Works
New Orleans, spent the holidays In
opelousas and during his stay ap-
preached the chamber Of commerce
as to inducements for moving his fac
tory from the Crescent City and To-
eating It in opelousas in the near fu-
ture. The matter will be taken up
officially at an early date.
Mr. Wallior's plant is located on st.
Peter street, New Orleans and while
an infant concern is growing rapidly
and its acquisition by opelousas
would mean an industry here which
would add to the pay roll OF the city
and afford employment to a number
of people.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
ST. LADRY CROP
| GROWING UP
LATEST eNERNMENT REPORT
SHOWS FlSNERs PRODUCED
TWENTYtH HoUsAND BALES

In August, Rthe very peak Of the
wet season, fa@ers and others wise
to the situatiolin the cotton fields,
predicted that Ie yield of cotton in
St Landry parh would show a big
falling off as cqpared with the crop
of 1919 Thinglooked blue and the
prediction was Iver disputed. How
ever, fignres dit lie, and govern
ment figures e%eially are very ac-
curate. They lid equally good as
to the number bales produced and
ginned as they 10 to anything else
the government Keep tab on. There
is no possible dance for failure in
counting the cotn produced for I'm
Gle Sam sends men through the
country at state intervals, each of
whom visits the as in his particular
district and secuAs from the ginner
himself the exacAumber of bales his
plant has handle up to a certain
date. Figures oithe same gins for
the correspondinsperiod of the prev
ious year are al4ys at hand and a
comparison is edily and accurately
made. $50
The last repor of the bureau Of
census, departmet of commerce, is
sued December q shows that there
were exactly 19,49 bales of cotton
of the 1920 crop gnned in st. Landry
up to December 1S 1920, as compared
with 15.1OO bales sinned of the 1918
crop up to the SAM date last year.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

Rodney Duson, who is attending
school at military academy in New
Mexico, spent the holidays here With
his grandparents, Judge and Mrs. Gil.
bert L. Dupre
DR.. and Mrs. Ed. Bercier and chill
dren OF Rayne spent Christmas with
relatives in Opelousas.
Miss Marie Louise Mayer of New
Orleans is in opelousas as the guest
of relatives.
DR.. R. A. Meyer of AbbevilIe was
here for several days the first of the
week.
Louis Richard OF Church Point was
business visitor to opelousas last
Monday.
Mrs. A. S. Simpson Of Rayne IL
visiting here as the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Oscar J. Mistric.
Mrs. Fielder, teaching school al
Rayville, spent the holidays here al
the guest OF her daughter, Mrs. win
T. Stewart.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
DurlO Fixing Pavement

Street Commissioner Durio Monday
morning had his force of men at the
corner of Market and Bellevue streets
repairing the wood block pavement
which had buched in two places dur.
ing the recent wet spell and momen.
tarily threatened to cave in. The old
blocks were taken up, new ones put
in place and the surface treated with
tarvia and coat of fine washed gravel
applied and after the job was finished
looked as god as new.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

Miss Marie Meginley went to Lafay-
cite Christmas night to spend brief
time with friends.
Theophile Fontenot and C. Rogers
of Alexandria, employees of the ex.
press company, spent Christmas here.
Attorney Albert P. Garland OF
Shreveport spent the holidays here
with nome folks.
Miss Jennie Brock, teacher in the
high school, went to her home in
Plain Dealing, La, for the holidays.
Ralph Kilpatriek of Washington at
tended the moving picture show her,
Sunday night.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
Postofflee Does Bio Business

The force Of clerks and carriers at
the local postoffice did a regular
"1andoffice business" Christmas and
so great was the amount Of mail and
parcels post packages that it became
necessary to press into service sub
stttute carrier for city delivery, the
extra service extending into Monday
in order to relieve the office of the
accumulation.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29


Mrs. R. G. Hawkins of Palmetto
were in town Monday.
Mrs. Fred F. Hollier left Sunday
for New Orleans. While in New Or
leans Mrs Hollier will attend the
Dimmick-Evans wedding.
Mrs. Henry Phillips of West Belle.
vue spent Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Willie Sandoz.
Mrs. Elise Durio is visiting her son
Dr. H. D. Durio at Iota.
Mr. and Mrs. James /. Shute OF
Port Barre spent the holidays here
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Chachere.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
Renrnanlzatlon SUNDAY School


Miss Caroline Hess, site elementary
worker of the NJ. E. church, was in
town last week. While here, she met
with the officers and teachers OF the
local Methodist Sunday School. The
school was completely reorganized at
this meeting.
The reorganization OF the Sunday
school is just another step in the inn
provement of the Sunday School class
effected by Rev. Mr.. Riggs since his
coming here.
The class is now divided into three
divisions, elementary, senior and
adult. Under its present arrange
ment, it will soon be a hundred per
cent Sunday school class. Mr.. Riggs
deserves much praise for his efficient
work in bringing up the class in Ope
lousas to a status that it will be able
to rival any class of it's kind any
where.
While in opelouseas Miss Hess was
the guest of Mrs. Ballard.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Roberts and
children Of Crowley spent the holi-
days here as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Armand L. Dejean and other re-
latives.
Thos. S. Isaac, for many years a re-
sident of Opelousas but for some time
living in New Orleans. was here for
the holidays.
Thos. P. Bowden, connected with
the Gulf Coast Lines with headquar-
ters in Houston, Texas, was here for
Christmas.
Charles F. Bailey of Baton Rouge
visited home folks here during the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Andrepont Of
Crowley came to spend Christmas
with relatives in Opelousas.
Mr.. Wray Gill and Mr.. Bryan Sloar
of Crowley were in Opelousas las
Saturday and Sunday.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
Frame of New Home Built

Contractor Amy and his force of
men have already partly erected the
frame of the new Main street bunga-
low to be built by him for Mr. Frank
DelBuono, the Main street baker. Work
on the structure will be pushed right
along as fast as material can be Sc
cured.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29
Hundreds FACE
DISFRANCHISEMENT
ACCOUNT POLL TAX
Rarely Two Thousand St.
Landry Voters Have
Paid Up
LESS THAN THREE
DAYS REMAIN TO PAY
Apathy on Part Of Citizens
Indicate Great Slump
In Vote

ITp to Tuesday yesterday morn
me lust about two thousand st. Ian
dry voters had paid their 1920 poll
tax and fully two thousand more have
nat come forward and settled with the
collection and kept themselves in
good standing for the exercise of the
suffrage during 1921 and 1922, and
there win be several elections held in
1922, at least.
Friday midnight the books will
close and every man between the ages
of 21 and so who has not come across
with his dollar will be on the "squaw"
list and viii not be able to vote in
the two succeeding years. There are
more than four thousands waters in
St. Landry, not including the newly
enfranchised women who do not have
TO pay poll taxes, and according to the
figures obtained Tuesday morning
fully half Of this number had not then
settled up with the tax-collector. If
this apathy on the part of the male
voters continues until Friday mid
night, It is plain that in the elections
to be held in 1921 and 1922 the great
majority of votes will be cast by the
women, if they register and choose
to exercise their right to vote.
There is no accounting for this ap-
parent unwillingness ON the part Of
the male voters to come forward and
pay their dollar, unless it be the fl
nancial and industrial condition in
the country and a general disinter-
estedness in future elections. There
viii be no election for governor and
state officials until 1924, and this may
account for the unwillingness of voters
to pay their dollar which will entitle
them to vote in the municipal election
IA Opelousas, the congressional elee-
ton in the district, both of which win
come off in the spring and fall of
1872, respectively. However. there
are few pho oau claim hard times
time and scarcity of money for the
nonpayment of the poll tax for while
prices for all farm commodities have
been at low ebb this season, still the
yield has been large and in the ag-
gregate the money returns has been
very good. and surely there are few
voters Of this parish who can not af-
ford to pay the paltry dollar and by
OdOing entitle them to a vote in
The selection of officials for the next
two years.
Aside from lack of money there
i no tangible excuse for failure to
pay the annual poll tax, and in view
q the fact that every cent of that tax
goes to the public school fund every
voter should willingly pay it, even
nough It might work some slight hard
salp On his resources. A dollar is
often wasted for some foolishness
ana 4 only applied to the real sensible
payment Of his poll tax the loss would
not be felt.
Voters Of St. Landry are urged to
~ quickly before it becomes too late.
laey have had this song dinned into
usH ears every twelye-month, and
snorance Of the laws requirements
2 suffrage qualifications can not
a0w be urged as a just reason for
4eF failure to pay up. BUT TWO
tvLL DAYS REMAIN IN WHICH TO
AEEP IN GOOD STANDING! BE
lAOAPT, OTHERWISE YOU WILL
tlND YOURSELF UNABLE TO EX-
AAClSE YOUR RIGHT DURING 1921
AND 1922!
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Miss Dot Jackson, who is spending
some time in Palmetto with her un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben An.
derson, came in Sunday to spend few
days with relatives.
Harry Garland, now in the army
spent the Christmas holidays with
home folks in Opelousas.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Fux Of Port
Arthur, Texas after spending Christ
mas with relatives here, returned to
their Texas home Monday night.
Captain and Mrs. Ed. Durio are visit
ing Mrs. Durio's mother in Tennessee
this week.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

= and Mrs. Ownes of New Or
are spending the holidays here
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
y 4tais and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy D.
and Mrs. George T. Edwards,
An, - OF opelousas but now re-
togs q Winnsboro, La, spent the
-sS here with relatives.
49, fux, for the past year EN-
sev ! : 1ne composing room of the
osieans Times-Picayune, arrived
ss.s s'oasas Monday morning to
lew days with home folks.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-12-29

"s'noolst Christmas Entertainment
z splendid Christmas program was
'snaered at the local Methodist
1a'cn There were songs, recitations
? Christmas story told by Mrs.
SIS Those who took part in
program were, Rev. Mr.. Riggs,
Riggs, Mr.. Ballard, Edward Bal
~ Alger Rose, Irene Hollier, Alice
rspaoden, George Roberts, Augusta
Astham.
CHRISTMAS collection for the Near
a was taken up. The returns
'4ls collection were about S25.
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