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THE ST. LANDRY CLAION"Here Shall The Press The People's Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influehde and Unbribed by Cain." "

VOLUME XXV-NO. 27. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1915. $1.00 PER YEAR

DRAINAGE COMMITTEETO CONFER TUESDAY

Mallet to Be Represented at Im-

portant Meeting.

WILL DECIDE ON ONE

OR MORE DISTRICTS

Judge Dejean Moves Adjournment

of Plaquemine Committee So that

Merging of Mallet Be Discussed.

A large delegation of representa-tive men from Plaquemine Point,East and West Bellevue and Malletsections of this parish 8qsemhlod atthe offices of Littell & Lawler inthis city on Monday evening, for thepurpose of discussing drainage withthe committee from PlaqueminePoint appointed by President FrankDimmick at the April meeting ofthe police jury.

The initial plan was to organizethe Bayou Plaquemine DrainageDistrict, onlyt embracing Plaque-mine Point and a portion of Belle-vue. The representatives fromMallet were so elated over the prob-abilities of eventually getting asubstantial drainage system thatthey pleaded with the committee todefer action until they could as-certain from their people whetheror not Mallet should join withPlaquemine Point and Bellevue inthe formation of one large drainagedistrict, by which means bayousBourbee, Plaquemine and Malletcould be dredged out.

Judge A. W. Dejean of Placue-mine Point approved the plan ofthe Mallet representatives andmoved that the meeting be adjourn-ed and committees from Mallet andBellevue be appointed for the pur-pose of discussing the propo sitionwith the Plaquemine Point •cl~mit-tee. Judge Dejean's motion wasunanimously carried.

The following taxpayers were ap-pointed to serve on the Mallet and

ellevue committees: For Mallet:Theogene Bertrand. C. N. Bertrand,Jules Joubert, J. D. Bertrand. Sr..Terance Johnson, Eraste Frame.Freman Dearbonne, Hildivere Car-riere, Dr. Russel Chachere. AllenMcCoy Armas Moreau, Arthur Bel-lard, Edgard P. Pitre. C. T. Bihm.Martin Andrepont, Jr., Theo. C. Dc-Jean, J. N. Andrepont, A. E. Lafleur,Arthur Prejean; For Bellevue: Jo-sephus Brown. EugeneRichard, Sr., Pierre Cormier. J. B.Childs Joseph Hidalgo. Ab. Bur-leigh, br. L. Daly, Lee Wilson, LeonLevergne, Frank Dimmick. R. LeeMills.

The meeting has been calledd tomeet at the courthouse -n this cityon next Tueesday evening at oneo'clock. It is expected that a largenumber of interested parties will bepresent for this all important con-ference, as the taxpayers in thatsection of the parish are vitally in-terested in the dredging out of bay-ous Plaquemine, Mallet and Bour-bee.

Several of the most prominent taxpayers in Mallet claim that it wouldbe best to have two separate anddistinct drainage districts, as thenMallet would be sure to receive itsportion of its taxes. sufficient toapplies to Plaauemine Point; adredge bayou Mallet The sameapplies to Plaquemine Point; alarge number of people there thinkit would be to the advantage of bothsections to divide up the district.since the board of commissionerswould not have the power to pro-rate the funds. This que~-:n how-ever, will prove of great interest atthe meeting on next Tuesday. as itis for that purpose that committeeshave been appointed to meet thePlaquemine Point committee.

Jud'e I)ejean, who s one of theleadin>

4axpayers, as well as one ofthe m, prominent citizens of thesouth, "L section of St. Landry,takes a broad view of the situation.He says "Whatever the people ofMallet will decide I am connP ntwill be for the material benefit ofboth conmmunities. Mallet andPlaquemine are like the same com-munity, with a common cause andboth are in dire need of d(ira,7ice.

I am confident that both Mallet aid

Plaquemine are in favor of votinga drainage tax and for that reaon I

I believe that whether we f"rm on"

large district or two distinct dis-

tricts bayous Plaqueruie and Mal-

let will be dredged out before manymonths."

A GOOD WARNING TO FARMERS

Commissioner of Agriculture andImmigration O. E. Bruner, issuesthe following warning to the cottonfarmers:To the cotton farmers of Louisiana:

I hope you will not be de eivedby the little rise in ,f tfo- This isgenerally the case when the timearrives to plant cotton.

We made the largest crop on rec-ord in 1914 and have a tremendoussurplus now on hand. and just assoon as you have finished plantingand your acreage is not materiallyreduced, the price will- -tumbling and will continue to tum-ble until it strikes perhaps the 5cents mark.

Don't be deceived, cut your acre-

age 50 per cent, and plant plentyof food stuffs and raise more cattle,hogs, sheep and mules, and then youcan, with certainty, count on fifteencents coatton.

CIVIC FAIR A SUCCESS.

The civic fair held at the BandAuditorium on Friday, Saturdayand Sunday of last week, proved tobe a great success in every way, ex-cept financially. Mr. Frederics, whoengineered the scheme of startinga civic fair in Opelousas, showedthe merchants of Opelousas a fewthings in the line of progressive-ness. The young people of the citygreatly enjoyed the social featuresof the fair and there is no doubtthat should the fair be held semi-annually it would become to be oneof the most popular occasions inthe city.

One of Opelousas' most progres-sive merchants in speaking of thefair stated: "I am sorry to say thatthe merchants of this city did notall take advantage of this opportu-nity to exhibit their goods at thesame time coming in closer touchwith the people and the othermerchants of Opelousas. I havehad great success in exhibiting my'goods at the fair, and I am surethat other merchants who patron-ized the fair had as much successas I."

OPELOUSAS SCiOOL TORUN FULL TERM

Money Secured from Loacl Banks

and School Will Continue.

MAINTENANCE TAX TO

BE VOTED ON TUESDAY.

Thompson Says that Iin-i,.. Tax Is

.. Voted School Here Will No Long-

Be Classed A High School.

When it was discovered that theparish school board t.reaoury wasdepleted and funds for the continu-ance of the local high school werelimited the city council, as is cus-tomary, authorized its head, MayorEdward L. Loeb, to negotiate a loanfor sufficient money to onorate thehigh school the remainder of theterm. The same bankers who cameto the rescue of the Opelousas HighSchool last year were araih willingto let Mayor Loeb have the money.The patrons of the Opelousas HighSchool are indebted to Mavor LoebDr. J. A. Haas, the St. Landry StateBank and the Opelousas NationalBank.

In speaking of the shortage ofmaintenance funds and of the ap-proaching school tax parish Su-perintendent Thompson said: "Ifthe taxpayers of Opelousas shouldvote down this tax the OpelousasHigh School will no onger be class-ed as a high school by the stateboard of education. The cjty is nolonger able to bear the brunt ofthe attack, and unless the tax isvoted next year we will be com-pelled to close down this school af-ter six months. Opelousas should'not let Eunice, Melville and Wash-ington be in the lead in educationand that is just what will takeplace in the event that the taxpay-ers should turn down our proposi-tion."

The school maintenance tax Willcome up on next Tuesday.

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERSSPEND DAY HERE.

Two members of the LouisianaRailroad Commission, with theirsecretary Mr. Jastremski, paid Ope-lousas a visit on Tuesday and wereroyally entertained by the citizensof this hospitable city. Commis-sioners Bridget and Taylor, in com-pany with Superintendent Yoakumof the Frisco, Assistant Superin-tendent Wilson, A. D. Lightner, C.C. Cary, and Mr. Butler made anofficial inspection of the road inOpelousas.

The commissioners wired May-or Loeb at ten o'clock that theywould arrive here at eleven, bywhich .time automobiles were inwaiting at the Frisco depot and aparty of citizens took the distin-guished visitors for a view of thecity, after which they were givenan informal reception at the ElksHome.

STATE SOUIVENIR SPOONS.

The Clarion state souvenir spoonsare being largely sought after byour many readers and a large num-ber of subscribersare taking advan-tage of this opportunity to securean assortment of state spoons.Through arrangement with theJacobs News Depot Co. the Clarionis giving the nicest guaranteed state'spoons to each person now sub-scribing, besides carrying a couponin each issue of the paper. Thiscoupon when clipped out and sentIto Jacobs News Depot with fifteencents entitles our subscribers to one

spoon. This week, however, onecoupon entitles the subscribers totwo spoons, as the coupon was'omitted in last week's issue of theClarion. Readers can now obtain'Georgia, Louisiana and Alabamaspoons.

Subscribe to the Clarion to-dayand start your collection of statesouvenir spoons at once. It is nottoo late to make a start. One spoongiven free for every subscriptionsent to Jacobs News Depot Co.

PAROCHIAL SCH00LCELEBRATES JUBILEE

Scholars, Nuns and Priests Gather

Under Oaks at Grand Coteau.

BOUQUET PRESENTED

MISTRESS GENERAL.

Historical Catholic Parochial School

Celebrates Its Twenty-First Year

of Its Existence-Fair Successful.

;:rand Coteau, La., April 12-TheParochial School built in 1890 situ-ated a good stone's throw northwestof the Catholic Church nestling be-neath spreading oaks and taught bythe Ladies of the Sacred Heart Con-vent celebrated its silver jubileeThursday of last week in an elab-orate manner. A good number ofold scholars and friends of theschool, pupils of the Sacred HeartConvent and several of tlof St. Charles College were --The members of the faculty of St.Charles College there on this occa-sion were: Very Rev. M. A. Grace,S. J., President; Rev. F. X.- Twellmeyer, S. J. Vice-President; Rev. H.A. Devine, S. J.. Secretary; Rev. E.J. Baehr, Treasurer; Rev. Paul Lou-vet, S. J., Rev. James Chamard, S.J., Rev. R. M. Brooks, S. J, Rev. Jas.Veau, S. J, and Rev. A. M. Fontan,S. J., Pastor and Rev. J. P. Moore, S.J., Assistant Pastor of the SacredHeart Church. The following Re-ligious of the Sacred Heart Conventwere also present: Rev. MotherFitzwilliam, Superior; Mother T. C.Gough who was at the head of theParochial School for the first twen-ty-five years, Mother Perry andMother Tauzin. An interesting pro-gram of songs, dialogue and recita-tions was well carried out. Afterwhich two old scholars Miss Gene-

vieve Smith read an address in the

name of the old scholars and Miss

Leonie Barry presented a beautiful

bouquet to Mother O'Connor, the

mistress general of the ParochialSchool in which was a neat collec-

tion from the old scholars and

Children of Mary amounting tonearly thirty dollars. After thisFather Grace delivered a splendidtalk in which he thanked the kind

Ladies of the Sacred Heart in the

name of the priest of the Church

and College for the past twenty-five

years. He also thanked the pupilsfor the nice entertainment.

A fair was then held under the

beautiful o for the benefit of the

school. ing from beginning

to end w success both financial-

ly and o r;se. The Parochial

School teache are as follows:

Mother O'Connor, mistress general,

Mother McHenry and Mother Cur-

bin.As educators the Beligious of the

Sacred Heart aim at procuring theharmonious development of both

the minds and the hearts of thosecommitted to their care. Convincedthat education in its meaning is thatmoral and mental discipline bywhich the human faculties pretrained and imfoldedI in subordina-tion to a certain definite end, which

end s nothng more nor less than theend for which man was created, this

system of education is subordinated

to that end, and consequently while

imparting to their pupils the high-

est mental culture and the most

manly and womanly accomplish-ments, they spare no effort in form-

ing them to habits of virture.The services of the Religious of

the Sacred Heart in the cause of

Christian education dates its origin

from the beginning of the last cent-

ury when it was founded by BlessedSophie Barat.

The Sacred Heart Religious first

came to Grand Coteau in 1821 when

the Smith family offered Mother

Ducheme the site of the present

convent of Grand Coteau on which

was to be built an institution forthe education of young girls. The

offer was accepted and MotheriAudiwith one companion, repaired to

Grand Coteau and founded the niewconvent. Its early history is one of

privation and devotedness, of cour-

age and confidence, of unswerving

perseverance. But it has emerged

from its trials and its name is iden-

tifed with the history of educationin Louisliana.

, Southwestern Reflections f

During the first week in '-"il agentleman brought to the "... ofthe Southwest Louisiana De '--ment Bureau, a plant which h.vered and requested its c.lh"ifl-

cation. The Bureau not being ex-pert in such matters the plant wasforwarded to Prof. J. G. Lee, of theS. W. Louisiana Industrial Insti-tute with the roumpst for informa-tion regarding its identity.

The plant had, this early in theseason :nd without any cultivoa'nnat all, attained a height of aboutone foot and was in bloom. thegentleman who brought it in ob-serving that the plant was growingwild in several places in SouthwestLouisiana and that live stock went"crazy about it." Dr. Thomas Starkof Thibodeaux corroborated thestatement about the fondness of live

stock for the plant and said that itthrives in a wild state in many por-tions of Lafourcihe parish.

Prof. Lee pronounced it to behairy vetch. which he said "mr" befound growing along the tracks ofalmost every railroad in Louisiana."According to this authority andthe fact was borne out by the sam-ple under observation "vetches -winter plants, and reach their max-imim development in March and

\pril." It belongs to the leguminousfamily and is, therefore, a nitrogengatherer and soil builder, which de-serves to be grown more generallyin Southwest Louisiana.

Accordig to Prof. Lee they do.noto as well as clovers in this s" '

and they need well drained andfairly strong land in order to thriveHe believes the plant should be

tried out by our people.While it is too late to do this now

the Southwest Louisiana farmershould bear the fact in mind andnext Autumn carry out Prof. Lee's

suggestion by a good acreage invetches and the clovers.

It is quite apparent that a for-age crop that matures in M-"'n -- 'of which cattle and horses are sofond must be valuable for winterpasture, while the fact that it be-?longs to the soil-renovating familyof legumes, makes it most valuableas a winter cover crop and a re-storer of soil fertility. Let us add

this valuable legume to the manyvarieties of forage crops which al-ready make Southwest. Louisianathe ideal section of the UnitedStates for the profitable productionof live stock. Please remember this.

"Lest we forget," let us repeat theentreaty, don't let late season oranything else induce you to plantyour seed this Spring on badly pre-pared land. Better plant feweracres and put it in the ground inperfect condition. At any rate, in-tensive farming costs less and itgives far greater net profit th.n canbe earned by the extensive .d ,thod.

Drainage is also a vital matter

and it behooves every farmer tolook carefully after this point un-til the time shall have come when

Southwest Louisiana shall have ageneral drainage system which shallserve every portion of her terri-tory. That's one of the main rea-sons why this Bureau insists thatevery worth while man should take

part in its "Prosperity Campaign"and pull together in building un our

section.If we want all these things to-

gether with good roads, good schoolsand everything else that goes tobuild up a country's prosper;this is the way to do it. We must

work together, for we can't accom-plish the end working single-hand-ed each for himself.

Have you become a "ProsperityCampaigner?" If not, why not?

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.

Confederate Memorial April 6th,was fittingly observed by the United

Daughters of the Confederacy, Vet-

erans, convent and pubhU schoolchildren assembled at the two cem-eteries, where two soul-stir"" e andpatriotic sermons were de' ,.tirst at the Catholic cemetery byRe "ather John Engblerink and at

tho .testant cemetary by Pe., U.B.'T1.

T~ ceremony of placing flowers

and sounding of the last bugle over

the soldiers' graves ended Memorial

Day in Opelousas.The members of Gordon Chapter

extend their most grateful thanksto Mrs. Brown and her :.two lovely

daughters and Mr, Howard Voor-

hies for furnishing the mu-' forthe occasion and also to Drs. J. P.

Saizan and J. A. iaas and Sheritff

Swords for the use of their cars,

which were appreciated by ' the

veterans and daughters. The

same appreciative thanks are ex-tended to each and every --- who

helped to celebrate this our feastof remembrance of our Confeder-ate dei.d.

MRS. C, P. RICHARD,S Preas Gordon Chpter.

MRS., A V. ALLtN, See.

CHAEPER RATES INVIEW FOR ST. LANORYSouthwest Louisiana Men Demand

Same Rates as Baton Rouge.

MERCHANTS WILL SAVE

IS MR. LOEB'S CLAIM.

Opeolusas Alone Will Save $12,000

Annually if Citizens Win Case

Against Interstate Commission.

If Mayor Loeb, of this city, andother prominent men of SouthwestLouisiana, representing the princi-pal places in Southwest Louisiana,succeed in convincing the Inter-state Commerce Commission thatSt. Landry and other parishesshould be given the advantage offreights, now enjoyed by BatonRouge and Alexandria.

The merchants of Opelousas alonewill save over $12,000 in freight an-nually.

On last Wednesday Mayor Loeb,representing Opelonsas, met andconferredd with several representa-tives from Southwest Louisianatowns, at Baton Rouge; an inter-view was held with Assistant at-torney General Barrow with a viewof taking necessary steps beforethe Interstate Commerce Commis-sion to procure equal freight rateswith Alexandria and Baton Rouge,for Southwest Louisiana merchants.

When interviewd on Thursdaymorning Mayor Loeb stated: "Thisaction is made necessary from thefact that sometime ago the Inter-state Commerce Commission grant-ed the railroad companies the rightto increase rates into Opelousasand surrounding towns. This in-crease wasopposed by this sectionthrough the state Commission buttheincrease was granted by the In-terstase Commission, reserving tothese Southwest Louisiana townsthe right to show that they are en-titled to the Baton Rouge combi-nation or water rate. Several townswere represetted at Baton Rougeand necessary action will be takento raise funds to get together thedata showing how unjust and dis-criminiatory these rates are.

"While in Mr. Barrow,s office Iwas shown telegrams and lettersfrom different towns assuring usof their willingness to co-operatein this movement. If successful,it will mean a saving to the Ope-lousas merchants alone of about$12,000 annually."

Mayor Loeb besides acting as arepresentative of Opelousas. wentalso as representative for theProgressive League, as Mr. L. H.Morhinveg, the president and live-wire of the league was unable toattend.

PALMETTO NOTES.

Palmetto, April 13.--The weatheris fine here now, but we are in direneed of a good rain, as there is a Ilarge acreage of ground broken up,more than for the past six years,and indication points to a bumper Icorn crop in this section of the par-ish.

The moss factory here is present-ly running at full forcewith a large xsupply of moss and Palmetto hasonce more assumed a busy aspect.

An entertainment was given atthe school house on last Tuesdayevening by Rev. Father Roy for thebenefit of the proposed new Cath-olic church, Misses Idea, Hudspethand Hawkins deserve much nraisefor having successfully drilled theschool children in their recitationsand songs. Father Roy, as a pho-tographer, made a hit, when he fis-played an array of beautiful vic-tures. C. Meyers is a splendid floormanager and we would recommendhim for any entertainment. Judg-ing from the manner in which therefreshments were sold we wouldpronounce Mesdames Isacson, An-derson and Fitzmaurice as excel-lent saleswomen.

Mr. A. Laza accidentally shothimself on Saturday morning.

Dr. A. DI). Hawkins was a businessvisitor to New Orleans last week,returning on Sunday.

Charley Joseph was a visitor to

our parish capital, Opelousas. onlast Saturday.

Miss Bidstrupt, of Washington, isvisiting her sister Mrs. Anderson,this week.

Mr. Roberts of Forkney's Ferrywas transacting business here yes-terday. PALMETTO.

NO TRUE BILES REPORTED.

On account of a typographical er-ror in last, week's issue of the Clar-ion the no true bills reported bythe Grand Jury were made to readtrue bills. The following no truebills were reported:

O)scar Stanley sad Moses' Brown,hunting out of season; Arthur Sen-egal, carrying concealed weapons;Mrs, Etienne Yeillon, slander; Dari-us Fruge, attempt to murder; Mrs.Stephen Thibodeaux, slander; BUdGodfrey, Murder.

BOY SCOUTS.

The boys met on Friday, April 9th,at their meeting room in the oldhigh school and there was a largenumber of scouts present.

During the meeting the boys plan-ned a cross-country run for thatnight; they met on the courthousesquare for the start, the run beingto Washington and back, coveringa distance of twelve miles.

One of the members who attract-ed much attention was our littlescout Joe Eastham, who kept thepace set by the leader from startto finish; this boy deserves muchcredit for sticking as he was in fastcompany. All the scouts showed upvery well considering that this wasour first cross-country run.

The boys were put through theirusual drills and all worked hardthat evening. During the meetingthe scouts were presented withsome delicious kisses by Miss Win-flele. We need not tell how theywere enjoyed.

Visitors are always invited tocome out andd boost up a goodthing and also encourage the boys.

CLUB REPORTER.

YOUNG IS LOSER INEXAMINERSHIP FI5HT

R. N. Sims Is Declared State Bank

Examiner by High Court.

LONG DISPUTED CASE

IS FINALLY SETTLED.

Court Holds that Governor Has

Right to Fill Vacancy in Constitu-

tional Office During Leg. Recess.

The case of R. N. Sims, and theState of Louisiana Versus Wmin.Young, has at last been decided, theSupreme Court having been handeddown its decision through JudgeO'Neil at New Orleans on last Mon- Iday, deciding against Young, erst-while state bank examiner andholding that the Governor of thisstate has the power of filling va-cancies occurring In constitutionaloffices during legislative recess.

Mr. Sims, who for many years was

a prominent banker of Donaldson-ville has been declared the bankexaminer of Louisiana, and Mr.

Young has been compelled to payall court costs.

The dispute of the state bank ex-aminership has been in existence

for nearly two years. Gov. Hallhaving at first demanded Mr,Young's resignation, which Mr.,Young refused to give, whereuponGov. Hall appointed Mr. Sims, whowas ousted by .the Baton Rougedistrict court on the grounds that'Mr. Young's term had not expired.As soon as Examiner Young's term

had expired Gov. Hall re-appointedMr. Sims, but Examiner Youngtwould not give up the office, where-upon suit was brought against him,a decision being given in favor ofMr. Sims on last Monday.

MISSIONARY NOTES

BY THE SOCIETY.

Who owns the wool?

The question is one which each of I

us can ask to advantage. Christ is

the Shepherd, and we as Christian

people, are the sheep. One would

think that the owner of the sheep

would own the wool. In the March

Missionary Voice we read that there

were $24,000 less in 1914 than the

previous year given to missions.

This deficit shows something wrong

somewhere for are we not U:

sheep? Another question is "Who

is getting this wool? If we do not

let God have it we are cheating Him

of His own.

"The mightiest controversy of the

age is over wool." The triumph-

nt march of God's army is slower-

ed up waiting for us to settle the

wool question. If God's sheep were

properly Sheared, they woUld

abound in health, and' countless

missionaries could be sent as torch-

bearers to every benighted region-of the world.

SVESPER SERVICES SUNDAY

6 Divine services at it a. m.,' at

the Presbyterian church. From 5

Sto 6 there will be a special vesper

services.Our 7:30 service will be supple

s mented by this vesper service.

d Please note th change of hour.O .B. TOMB.

RAILROAD OFFICIALSHIiHLY ENTERTAINED

Texas & Pacifle Men Given Taste of

Opelousas Hospitality.

COURTBOUILLON SERVED AT

PRETTY ELKS HOME

Successful Get-To-Gether Meeting

at Which Dr. Mayer Presided

Held at Elks Home Thursday.

One of the most successful andjolliest get-to-gether meetings everheld in Louisiana, between citizens(and railroad officials, took place at,the Elks Home in this city on last(fhursday night. The official fam-lily of the Texas & Pacific railroad,successors of the late O. G. & N. E,composed of the following: J. E.Taussin, general superintendent ofDallas; N. M. Leach, general trafficmanager, New Orleans; I. N. Griffin,general freight agent, Dallas; H. W.Bechtell, division freight agent,New Orleans; J. D. Webb, travelingfreight agent; J. L. Thatcher, sec-retary to general traffic manager,New Orleans; Frank Patillo, secre-tary to general superintendent,Dallas and F. Adams, division en-gineer, Alexandria, spent Thursdayin this city. The party was royallyentertained at the Elks Home, wheresome -thirty citizens gathered to.give these railroad officials a tasteof real Southern hospitality. Fishcourtbouillon, a la galore, was'served, interspread with wine andfried fish, and jolly good heart-to-heart talks.

Dr. Fred. J. Mayer, pronouncedby the railroad officials, as the besttoastmaster ever seen, presided. In'is eloquent and jovial talks Pr.Mayer praised the surroundtigscountry, for its beauty, its. fertilityand wonderful undeveloped re-sources. He pointed out that withthe co-operation of the Texas &Pacific St. Landry could be develop-ed into the best agricultural coun-try in the Union. 'Mayor Loeb wet.'comed the officials to the city, afterwhich Hon. John W. Lewis addre~f.-ed words of welcomne for the par-'ish. Those present were remind-ed of the sacrifices made by thebrave and gallant "Father of the.Opelousas Gulf & NortheastornRailway" the late Thomas I. Tew-is.

J. E. Tussig, I. N. Griffin, H. W.Bechtell, J. D. Webb and F. Adams,of the "Working Department" ofthe Texas & Pacific spoke on thelines of co-operation between therailroad and its patrons, whale N.M. Leach, popular and jovial super-intendent of the "Ornamental De-partment" kept the banqueteerslaughing for several minutes, withmany of his "railroad jokes." Sev-eral citizens of Opelousas were i•called upon to assure the railroadofficials that St. Landry wouldheartily co-operate with the T,. & :P. railroad and that both would de-rive untold benefits by working inharmony with one another.

Thanks were extended to the of-flcials for having retained Messrs.Flanders and Jordoh inOpelousas,where these two gentlemen have,become real citizens.

The banquet broke up at abouteleven o'clock, the officials havin ,k -enjoyed to their hearts' content the •hospitality of Opelousas and thosepresent being satisfied that the Tex-Sas & Pacific will always rememberold St. Landry. .

Before the O'Gee was taken over ::by the Texas and Pacific there ex-isted a two-line rate to points onthe Texas & Pacific, now that thpO'Gee is the property of the Texas& Pacific the merchants of St. Lan-dry and Acadia will be saved thou-sands of dollars annually on freightdue to the fact that only one-lineates are now ill force.

TO THE BOYS OF OPELO!'.'".

We would like to arrange a gameon our own grounds, with any boys'team in Opelousas averaging about16 years.

For particulars addressEUGENE FIELDS,

Mgr. St. Charles College Junior

Team, Grand Coteau, La.We know that the boys of Ope-

lousas are full of the baseball spir-it, and that several nines could beformed to meet our open chal-

4 Trusting that we will hear in theSnear future from one or mpre teams,r and assuring you that you will e-

joy the visit, I amYours truly,

EUGIENE FIELW6,Mgr. St. Charles College Junior

Team. .