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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

dates of maturity as 1olloWS, Co-WII :
July 1 1920, one bond, 81 100000.
July /, 1921, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1922, one bond, 100000.
july 1, 1928, one bond, 81 100000.
July l; 1924, one bond, 100000.
july i, 1925, one bond, 81 100000.
July l, 1926, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1927, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1928, one bond, S1,OOO.0O.
July 1, 1929, one bond, 81 ,OO0. %.
July /, 1880, one bond, 81 10000.
July /, 1881, one bond, $1,OOO.OO.
July l, 1882, one bond, 100000.
July 1, 1888, two bonds, so, 100000.
july /, 1884, two bonds, 100000.
July /, 1885 two bonds, $2,0OO.OO.
July l, 1886, two bonds, 81, 00O.0O
July 1, 1887, two bonds, $2,OOO.OO.
July l 1888, two bonds, $2,OOO.OO
July /, 1889, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1910, two bonds, 100000.
July 1, 1941, two bonds, 81, 100000.
July /, 1912, three bonds, $4,000
July l, 194S, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July /, 1914, three bonds, $4,000
90.
July 1, 1945, three bonds, $4,000
July /, 1916, three bonds. $S,OOO.-
July l, 1947, three bonds, $4,000.
July 1, 1948, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July /, 1949, three bonds, $4,000,
90.
July 1, 1850, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July /, 1851, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July 1, 1852, three bonds, $4,000.
July 1, 1853, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July /, 1854, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July /, 1856, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July 1, 1856, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
July 1, 1857, three bonds, $4,000.
July 1, 1868, three bonds, $4,000.
July /, 1859, three bonds, $4,000.
90.
And the form of said bonds shall
be substantially as follows, save as t.
number and date of maturity:
81, 100000 $1,OOO.O
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY
Estate EMBLEM)
(NUMBER)
Bond of the Parish of st. Landry
State of Louisiana, for and o
behalf of the First (1st) Roa
District, Third Police Jury War
of the Parish of st. Landry, Ii
Know all men by these presents
that the Parish of st. Landry, La, TO
and on behalf of the First Road Dis
trict, Third Police Jury Ward of tn
Parish of st. Landry, La, politics
subdivision of the State of Louisiana
for value received, hereby promise
to pay to bearer on the first day c
July, A. d. One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and .........., S.........
lawful money of the United States {
America, with interest thereon at tn
rate of five 90 per cent per annun
payable semi-annually on the fir
day of January and July of each an
every year from the first day of Jul,
1919, upon presentation and surrel
, der of the coupons hereto attached, {
7 same may mature. The said prime
: pal and interest on this bond bein
? payable at the office of the treasure
2 of the Parish of st. Landry; at OPP
D lousas, La, in said parish, or at IL
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
signature of Voter.
Attorney in Fact.

Notice to Voters-To vote in favor
of the proposition submitted on this
ballot, place a cross (X) mark in the
square after the word eyes" oppo-
site the proposition voted on; to vote
against said proposition, place SIM
liar mark after the word mo" oppo-
site the proposition voted on.
Section 4-That said election shall
be held at the following places and
by the following named officers, each
of whom is registered voter:
At Palmetto-At Ganson's Store
Commissioners Meyer, M. L.
Clark, VIM. Fitzmaurice; clerk.
Isaacson.
At Bayou Current-At Nat Cam
pisi's observation-disclosures, R. A.
Gordon, Morgan Gordon, Ira Nc
Adams; clerk-Holmes Berger.
At Melville-At City Hall-Com-
missioners-S. J. Deloach, F. B. Ca
son, C. A. Goudchaux; Clerk-P. W.
Lafleur.
The compensation of said election
officers shall be the same as that pro-
vided by law for holding state cleo
tions.
Section 5-That notice of the cleo
ton containing the proposition herein
submitted to the property taxpayers
of said road district shall be prepared
and signed by the president of this
body, who shall cause the same to be
published in the official journal OF
the Parish of st. Lnadry, by foul
weekly insertions, the first of which
shall appear not less than thirty 500
days before the date of said election
Said notice shall beside recite that
on Monday, the End day of February
1920, at 2 o'clock p. M, the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Landry
shall meet at the Police Jury room II
the City of Opelousas, La, and shall
then and there in public session pro
coed to open the ballot boxes exam
inc and count the ballots in number
and amount, examine and canvass the
returns of said election, declare the
result thereof, and provide for the
PRONUNCIATION Of the same in accord
ance with law.
Adopted and signed at Opelcusas
La, this LIST day of December, A. u
1919.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
I
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
PROPOSITION

To incur debt and to Is
sue serial negotiable coupon
bonds of said Fourth Road
District, Fourth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of st.
Landry, La. to the amount
of seventy-five thousand dol
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
as follows

- Jnlv / 1920, one bond, 100000.
july i, 1921, one bond, 81 600. W.
July /, 1922, one bond, 81 ,OOV.O0
July 1, 1928, one bond, u ,OVV.00.
Iuly L 1924, one bond, 100000.
July /, 1925, one bond, $l,OOO.OO.
July /, 1925, one bond, 81 ,OOO. 70.
July /, 1927, one bond, 81, OOO.OU.
July 1, 1928, one bonds $1,OOO.OO.
July /, 1929, one bond, 81 COZ. oO.
July 1, 1880, one bond, 81 ,000. 00.
JnIy 1881. one bond, 81 100000.
I,,ly 1890. one bond, 100000.
INV /. 1889, two bonds, 100000.
July /. 1884, two bonds, $2,0OO.0O.
Julv 1. 1885, two bonds, S2,O00.00.
July /, 1886, two bonds, 81, GUY. W.
JuIy 1. 1887, two bonds, $2,OOO.OU.
Jrlv /. 1888, two bonds, $2,O0O.OO.
Julv /. 1899, two bonds, $2,0OO.OO.
JuIy 1. 1910, two bonds, 81, OOO.OO.
INV 1 1941, two bonds, So, 10000.
July /, 1912, three bonds, So
July /, 1948, three bonds, 3d.
00 July 1, 1914, three bonds, 49,
10000. 80
July 1, 1945, three bonds $o'-
00J July |, 1916, three bonds 49,
July July /, 1947, three bonds, 3d.
OO july l, 1948, three bonds, So
00 July /, le4s, three. bonds, 49,
July July /, 1850, three bonds, So,
July July /, 1851, three bonds, So,
July July /, 1852 three bonds, So,
July /, 1853, three bonds, 50,
10000.
July 1, 1854, three bonds, 30,
10000.
July 1, 1855, three bonds, 30,
July July /. 1866, three bonds, 50,
July /, 1857, three bonds, So,
July l. 1858, three bonds, 50.
OJ JAY /, 1859, three bonds, IS
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

---------, at the option Of
the holder, being interest due that
date on it's road bond dated July l,
1919, No.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
Clerk

President of the Police Jury Parish of
st. Landry, Louisiana.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.

Attest
Yeas-Messrs. j. T. St.Cyr, H. D.
Larcade, r. L. Mills, F. o. Pavy, K.
| T. Catlett, w. M. Rushing, F. P. Mar
tin, Alex Sylvestre, w. c. Dejean,
Allen Mccoy.
Nays-None.
Absent-Messrs. ]. P. Pitre, ]. E..
Daley, E. A. Cummings, Geo. Grelg,
w. F. Brown, Theo Doucet.
Ordinance adopted by a majority
vote Of the members elect present
and voting.
On motion Of Mr.. Martin
The Police Jury adjourned until 2
EVENING SESSION
The Police Jury met pursuant to
adjournment.
presiding; Messrs. Larcade, Mills,
Daley, Cummings, Greig, Catletti
Rushing, Doucet, Martin, DeJean,
Sylvestre.
Motion by Mr.. Martin
Be it resolved, that the president OF
this body be and he is hereby author
Lied to readvertise for sale the road
bonds of the Eighth Road District OF
the Parish of St. Landry.
Motion carried.
Mr.. G.. Greig offered the following
ordinance, duly seconded, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Whereas, an election was held II
the First Road District, Third Police
Jury Ward of st. Landry Parish
State of Louisiana, on the 9th day
of Nav, 1919, in pursuance to an or
dinance adopted by the Police Jur!
on the 9th day Of April, 1919, notice
of which was published according tx
law; and,
Whereas, the question submitted a
said election was to determine TN
PROPOSITION
To incur debt and to issue seria
, negotiable coupon bonds of said F'lrs
Road District, Third Police Jur,
Ward, Parish of St. Landry, La, t.
, the amount of eighty-five thousan,
dollars 1885, 00O.00), to run for pc
,, RODS of from one ~ to forty Gao
years from the first day of July, A
d. 1919, and to bear interest at tn
: rate of five ~ per cent per annur
! from said date until paid; interest o.
all said bonds to be paid semi-annual
lv and said bonds or funds derive
from the sale thereof to be used an
!. expended under the direction an
! control of the Police Jury of the Pan
: ish of St. Landry, La, as the govern
! ing authority of said First Road Dis
i trict Third Police Jury Ward of tn
! Parish Of st. Landry, La, for the ez
! elusive purpose of contracting Tor, az
curing laying out and constructin
a system of modern public roads witt
: in the limits of said road district, tn
: title to which shall vest in the paris
and public. A sufficient tax shall
levied each year to meet the payme1
. of the bonds and interest.
. Whereas, said proposition was Law
: fully carried at said election as show
! by the process verbal of the Pohc
:, Jury canvassing the returns OF sal
. election on the End day Of Jun
i 1919; and,
e Whereas, the result of said electic
n was duly promulgated on the End ia
of June, 1919, as required by lay
and no contest has been filed no
! withstanding more than sixty ia!
have lapsed since the date OF sa
PRONUNCIATION; and,
/ Whereas, the Police Jury OF Il
| Parish of st. Landry is recognized
the constitution and laws of this sta
to be the governing authority OF sa
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

-, 10, the Par
ish of St. Landry, Louisiana, for and
on behalf of the First Road District,
Third Police Jury Ward, Parish of
St. Landry, La, lawful political sub
division of the State of Louisiana,
will pay to bearer
at the office of the treasurer of said
parish, or at the
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

J. j. HEALEY, Clerk.
r.l n,eas-Messrs. St. Cyr, Larcade,
-.als, Pavy, Rushing, Martin, Syl-
ss.re, Deiean, Mccoy.
Nays-None.
Ordinance adopted.
alf. I. P. Martin offered the fol
wing tax ordinance. duly seconded
AN ORDINANCE
whereas, by an amendment of the
ssassit1tion Of the State of Louisiana
spted at the election held on No,
s9per 5, 1913, 4 : r7~ln the duty
MS Police Jury TO levy an annua,
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-10

bank, in the city and state of -
at tho oY,tion ~
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30

death you quarreled openly In public
restaurant. Later. In a spirit Of
friendship, ! called you up and said he
had made a will practically disinherit-
ing you. Between that time and the
next morning he is murdered In his
own apartments, his safe rified, and
yet the only paper missing is this
will, to the existence of which / can
testify. If suspicion is once cast upon
you, how can you clear yourself? Can
you prove that you were In your own
apartments, asleep in your own bed
from one o'clock until eight? Answer
that"
Cavendish tried, but although his
lips moved, they gave utterance to no
sound. Enright scarcely gave him OPP
pOrtunity.
$780, the words won't come. /
thought not. Now, listen. No living
persOn-not even my partner-has
been informed of what has occurred
The witnesses, am sure, did not know
the nature of the paper they signed
Frederick Cavendish had this will
executed I'm a moment of anger and
devised his estate to number Of
charities. He had no thought of i'm
mediate death, but merely desired to
teach you a lesson. He proposed to
disappear-or at least, that Is my
theory-in order that he might test
you on a slender income. / am able
to look upon the whole matter from
this standpoint, and base my conduct
accordingly. No doubt this will enable
us to arrive at a perfectly satisfactory
understanding"
"You mean that you will maintain
silence as to the will?'
Absolutely; as client your interests
will always be my first concern. OF
course l shall expect to represent you
in legal capacity in settling up the
| estate, and consequently feel it only
just that the compensation for such
services shall be mutually agreed
upon"
"And your fee?"
Reasonable, very reasonable, when
Il
you consider the service l am doing
you, and the fact that my professional
| reputation might so easily be involved
and the sums to be distributed, which
amount to more than q million dollars.
My silence, my permitting the es-
tate to go to settlement, and my legal
services combined, ought to be held
as rather valuable-at, let us say, a
hundred thousand. Yes, a hundred
thousand; l hardly think that is IN
| fair"
Cavendish leaped to his feet, his
hand gripping his cane.
"You damned black"
"Wait!" and Enright arose also.
"Not so loud. please; your voice might
be heard in the outer office. 1 said
my services would cost you hundred
| thousand dollars. Take the PROPOSE
| ton or leave 1t, Mr.. John Cavendish."
"But-but," the other stammered, all
courage leaving him, 81 haven't the
money"
"Of course not" the threat on En-
rights face changing to a smile. But
Continued To Page Seven
II
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30

fed back into the hall, crashing the
door behind him.
Ten minutes later he returned, not
alone, however, This time his COM
panion was John Cavend!sh hut par
TALLY dressed, his features white and
haggard.
With nervous hands he pushed open
the door. At the sight of the body he
trembled q moment, then, mastering
himself, strobe over and touched the
dead face. the other meanwhile edging
into the room.
"Dead, sir. really dead?" the late
conner asked.
Cavendish noddedi For several
hours" he answered In an unnatural
voice. "He must have been struck
from behind. Robbery evidently was
the object-cold-bloo robbery. You
heard nothing during the night?"
"NOthing, sir. i swear knew moth
ing until I opened the door and saw
the body a few moments ago."
"You'd better stick to your story,
Valois," the other said sternly. 1.-The
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30

patched a casual. courteous note to
John Cavendish requesting that he
call, Mr.. Patrick Enright, of Enright
and Dougherty. sat in his private Office
on the top floor of the Collander build
ing I'm COrtlandt street waiting for the
youths appearance. Since young
Cavendish had consulted him before
in minor matters, Mr.. Enright had ex-
pected that he would call voluntarily
soon after the murder, but In this he
was disappointed. Realizing that
Broadway was very dear to the young
man, Enright had made allowances.
until, weary Of waiting, he decided to
get into the game himself and to this
end had dispatched the note, to which
Cavendish had replied both by tele-
phone and note.
"He ought to be here now" muir
INJURED Mr.. Enright sweetly, looking at
his watch, and soon the expected visi-
tor was ushered in. Arising to his
feet the attorney extended moist,
pudgy hand.
"Quite prompt, john" he greeted.
"Take the chair there-and pardon me
for a moment"
AS the youth complied Enright open
ed the door, glanced into the outer
room, and gave orders not to be dis
turbed for the next half-hour. Then,
drawing in his head, he closed the
door and turned the key.
"JOhn," he resumed smoothly, 81
have been somewhat surprised that
you failed to consult me earlier re-
garding the will of your late cousin
Frederick.
"His-his will !" John leaned for
ward amazed, as he stared into the
others expressionless face. "Did-did
he leave One?"
"Oh! that's it," the attorney
chuckled. "You didn't know about 1t,
did you? How odd. On the night of
his death drew up his will. Incident
ally, / am the only one living aware
that such will was drawn. You see
my positionT'
Young Cavendish didn't; this was
all strange, confusing.
"The will" resumed Mr.. Enright,
''was drawn in proper form and duly
witnessed"
"There can't be such will. None
was found"
POSSIBLY not" said Enright with
quiet, sinister gravity. at was probably
destroyed and it was to gain posses
sion of the will that Frederick Caven.
dish was killed"
John leaped to his feet, his face
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30
John Leaped to His Feet.

bloodless: my Godr he muttered
aghast, "do you mean to say"
"Sit down, John; this is no cause for
quarrel. Now listen. l am not &C
cusing you Of crime; not intentional
crime, at least. If an accident happen
ed, that was your misfortune.
merely mention these things because
l am your friend. Such friendship
led me first to inform you what had
happened over the phone. I realized
that Frederick's hasty determination
to devise his property elsewhere was
the result of a quarrel. believed 1t
my duty to give you opportunity to
patch that quarrel up with the least
possible delay.
81 have, 1t Is true, performed an I'M
professional act which, II known,
would expose me to severe criticism,
There is. however, no faint Of criminal
intent upon my conduct and, no doubt,
my course would be fully indicated,
were l now 60 go directly before the
court and testify to The existence of
will"
'But that could not be proved. 1t
has never been found"
"Quite true-or rather II may have
been found and destroyed. 1t chances,
however, that took the precaution to
make carbon copy"
"UnsignedT
"Yes, but along with this unsigned
copy also retain the original memo
randa furnished me In Frederick Cav
endish's own handwriting. I believe,
from a legal standpoint, by the aid of
my evidence. the court would be very
apt to hold such will proved"
He leaned suddenly forward, facing
the shrinking Cavendish and bringing
his hand down hard upon the desk.
''Do you perceive now what this will
means? Do you realize where such
testimony would place you? Under
The law. providing he died without
will, you were the sole heir to the
property of Frederick Cavendish. II
was widely known you were not on
friendly terms. The evening Of his
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30
FIERY, ITCHING SKIN
IS QUICKLY SO0THED
WITH THIS SULPHUR.

Mentho-Sulphur, a pleasant cream,
will soothe and heal skin that is ir-
ritated or broken out with eczema;
that is covered with ugly rash or
pimples, or is rough or dry. Moth
ing subdues fiery skin eruptions so
o.iickly. says noted skin specialist.
The moment this sulphur prepare
on is applied the itching stops and
liter two or three applications, the
.2ema is gone and the skin is de-
ighttully clear and smooth. Sulphur
s 50 precious as skin remedy be-
tause i destroys the parasites that
cause TIE Burning, itching or dis
iguremer' Sulphur always
Heals eczcut, right up.
a small lar of Sulphur
may be had a. any good drug store.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking, SNUFF.
fling, blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
8 little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen.
etrates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the inhamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes In
stantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with cold or nasty catarrh.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30

police will be here shortly. I'm going
to call them, now"
He was calm, efficient, self-contained
now as he got central station upon the
wire and began talking.
Hello, lieutenant? Yes. This is
John Cavendish of the WaldrOn apart
ments speaking. My cousin, Frederick
Cavendish, has been found dead in his
room and his safe rifed. Nothing has
been disturbed. Please hurry"
Perhaps half an hour later the police
came-two bull-necked plain-clothes
men and q f1annel-mouthed cop"
With them came three reporters, one
of them q woman. She was a young
woman, plainly dressed and, though she
could not be called beautiful, there
was a certain patrician prettiness in
her small, oval, womanly face with its
gray kind eyes, its aquiline nose, its
firm lips and determined jaw, certain
charm in the manner in which her
chestnut hair escaped occasionally
from under her trim hat. Young, ag-
gressive, keen of mind and tireless,
Stella Donovan was one Of the few
good woman reporters of the city and
the only one the Star kept upon It's
pinched payroll. Though her custom
airy assignments were sob" stories,
divorces, society events and the track
ing down of succulent bits Of general
scandal, she nevertheless enjoyed being
upon the scene of the murder even
though she was not assigned to it.
This casual duty was for Willis. the
Stars "pOlice" man, who dragged her
along with him for momentary CON-
pany.
A flood of questions came down up
on Valois and John Cavendish, while
Miss Donovan, silent and watchf,ll,
stood back.
Valois repeated his experience,
which was corroborated in part by the
testimony of John Cavendish's valet
whom he had met and talked with in
the hall. There was no flaw in the
stories to which the inquisitors could
attach suspicion. One thing alone
seemed to irritate Willis.
"Are you sure" he said to Caven-
dish, that the dead man is your
cousin? The face and chest are pretty
badly burned, you know, and / thought
perhaps"
A laugh from the detectives silenced
him, while Cavendish ended any fleet
Ing doubts with contemptuous gaze.
"You can't fool a man on his own
cousin, youngster," he said fatty.
"The idea is absurd"
The same day, young John, eager to
be away from the scene, moved his
belongings to the Paramount hotel, and,
since no will was found In the dead
mans papers, the entire estate came
to him as the next of kin. A day or
two later the body was inferred In the
family lot beside the fathers grave,
and the night of the funeral young
John Cavendish dined at an out-ofthe-
way road-house with a blonde with
hard metallic voice. Her name was
Miss Celeste La Rue.
And the day following he discharged
Francois valois without apparent
cause, in a sudden burst of temper.
So seemingly, the curtain fell =" he
Of the play.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30
HAD A COLD ALL WINTER.

Colds that hang on" coughs that
rack your body and wear you down,
the weakening that comes from loss
OF sleep-these are Affections from
which relief is a blessing. Nick j.
WIRES, Zahl, N. d., writes: Had a
cold all winter, but since taking Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar it has entirely
disappeared. Hite's Drug Store.-adv
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-04-30
CHAPTER u.

Mr.. Enrioht Declares Himself.
One month after the Cavendish muir
der and two days after he had dis
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-07
100000 Jews Have
Moved From Poland

Graudenz, Poland. Sept. 1S.-Mail)
An exodus Of Jews from Poland
which has been steadily increasing for
many weeks, has reached such proper
ton that Polish army officers say it
is certainfthat 0 than 100000 soon
will have left. Most of them are bound
for America.
The Poles, who are frankly and bit
terly hostile toward the Jew. make
no objection to their departure. but
they criticize what they assert is the
attitude Of the joint distribution COM
mittee of America, which has many
motor trucks and large supplies
throughout Poland. When a number
Of trucks and automobiles of this
committee arrived here the military
authorities refused to permit them to
proceed or move about in this area.
saying accusations had been made that
these trucks were carrying contra
band over the German border under
the protection of the American flag
and that there was evidence the COM