The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-31
POLICE JURY TO HAVE
MANY new FACES
NEXT JUNE
Many Changes Resulted in the
Election and Parish to Have
Number New Jurors
EVERY WARD WILL HAVE
NEW MEMBERS ON BODY
Mills, ST. Cyr, Cummings, Pavy,
Brown, Sylvestre Only Old
Ones Reelected

The st. Landry police jury, when
it convenes for organization next
June, will be composed of more
than half new members. Six Of the
old members are already elected and
the seventh lacking only two votes
of getting a majority, is engaged in
a second primary.
In the first ward two new faces, F.
H. Phillips, prominent West Bellevue
farmer, and Edgar M. Dupre, pros
porous and well known farmer of
Prairie Ronde, will be seen in the
jury room in June J. T. st. Cyr and
R. Lee Mills were the only two of the
four old members offering themselves
for reelection who were successful.
In the second ward E. A. Cum
mings was reelected by an Overwhel-
ming vote, while Clavie Guidroz, well
known Prairie Basse farmer, was
elected over Arthibus Landry, an
other prominent second ward farmer.
DR.. F. o. Pavy and D. P. Moreau
were chosen without opposition to
represent the third ward. DR.. Pavy
has been on the police jury for eight
years, while Mr.. Moreau will begin
serving his first term in June. Mr..
Moreau is a member of one of the
most influential families of the third
ward and being a successful farmer
will doubtless make a splendid mem
Der of the jury.
The fourth ward has chosen B. w.
Clopton, son of the ex-president of
the police jury, W. F. Clopton, and
one of the most widely known citizens
of the Morrow section of this parish
NJ. J. Goudeau, prosperous and well
known Atchafalaya river planter,
both of whom are new members, and
W. F. Brown, who has been in har-
ness for eight years and who is prom
inently connected with the Vermilion-
Teche Company, developers of much
idle st. Landry lands in the third and
fourth wards.
Alexandra Sylvestre, against whom
there was bitter political fight in the
fifth ward, succeeded in getting a
majority of votes and will soon be-
gin serving his second term. "Uncle
Tom" McCafferey, who served st.
Landry in 1912-1916 as one of it's
leading members of the police jury
and who had decided to take a rest,
offered himself as candidate for
the police jury from the fifth ward
and was successful. While a thew
man," Mr.. McCaffery has already
been in harness and he will doubtless
prove moving spirit in the new body.
Arthur Deshotels, one of the most
popular "cajins" in the fifth ward,
won Glands down." receiving the
largest number of votes cast and con-
sequently comes to the police jury
with the good wishes Of the vast ma
jority of his constituents.
The sixth ward chose E. o. Gull
lory, one of the best known and most
prominent business men of the wes-
tern St. Landry metropolis. Mr.. Gull
lory is new one, but being pro-
gressive, alert business man, his
friends predict that he will make St.
Landry a splendid lawmaker. w. c..
Dejean, who has made a mark as
member of the police jury in the past
four years as a conservative and con-
scientious lawmaker, was second in a
five-cornered race, lacking only two
votes of receiving clear majority,
and is now engaged in second prim-
airy with Peter Brown of the Faque-
taique neighborhood.
The voters of st. Landry have
chosen their lawmakers. 1t is now
up to the citizens of the parish to
back them up in the formation of
good laws. The police jurors can do
nothing without the cooperation and
assistance of their constituents, and
it is certainly to be hoped that politi-
cal differences will not be allowed to
Interfere with the business of st.
Landry's lawmakers. This parish
needs good sound business admins
tration, and unless the people as a
whole get behind their jurors and
give them helping hand, no material
advantages can be exnected.