Opelousas News from Opelousas, Louisiana • 1

(Q)PL(Q)HJA Don't overtook the page advertisement this week carrying the signature of sixteen leading business Arms of the city. There will be eleven more cooperative advertisements of the same kind. Controlling flood control seems to be of paramount importance in Si. Landry. No.

one knows definitely -where levees will be placed or what protection will be afforded land owners in St Landry. VOL II NO. 11 OFFICIAL. JOURNAL. St Landry Parish School Board OPELOUSAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1928.

OFFICIAL JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 A YEAR City of Opelon CHECK ARTIST COLLEGE STUDENTS IliDATED SECTION FATE DUBUISSON IS APPOINTED ENTERING SCHOOL IN GREAT NUMBERS TRAFFIC SIGNS ON MAIN STREETS ARE SAFETYHEASURES Public Responds to Traffic Regulations and Relieve PRESENTS PUZZLE; EFFORT MADE TO SOLVE QUESTIONS Greater and Wider Educa TO DEMOCRATIC FIANCE BOARD; PREDICTS VICTORY CASHES EIGHT 'COLD' CHECKS Outfits Himself From Head to Foot and Gets Running Cash From Merchants John Gunter had a habit of putting his name on checks when he didn't have money in the bank and consequently "eight business men of Opelousas are sader and wiser. tion Sought by 67 Students in Opelousas With the approach of the 1928-29 Congestion school term many young ladies and "Stop signs" on Main and Landry Streets warn motorists to come to a complete halt before entering these main thorofares, with Main Street be men are preparing to take up or re Committees from ten different towns meet in Opelousas sume their studies in the higher in stitutions of learning throughout the ing designated as a right of way street over Landry. These traffic signs were Gunter was arrested by Chief of Felix Chachere after he had eieht 'cold' or worthless checks United States. Opelousas will send 67 off for university training this year, Victory for ticket is certain with Smith's Qualifications and grasp of national and international affairs and will mean to the South a Democrat, and a white man in the White House, says prominent banker and jurist; 'Smith outstanding statesman Thursday afternoon and want to know definitely what Federal Government proposes to do in solving flood control problems and what effects will result in SL Landry; information sought installed Monday and Tuesday by the here. Officials of Avoyelles and sev representing students taking training City Council.

eral other parishes are said to want in every phase of vocations offered. him on similar charges. He will be One of the greatest tributes paid Where will the levee be built in SL taken to Marksville by Sheriff Gremil lion to stand trial. to the St Landry School systems is the number of boys and girls that go Honorable E. B.

Dubuisson, Presi HUNDREDS HAULED Landry parish that will form a spill- When Gunter arrived in Opelousas off to college. This year the number dent of the Opelousas St. Landry Bank and Trust Company and one of the way for flood waters? What compen he posed as an engineer and in need is unusually large, sation will landowners receive if their leading jurists of the State, has been Included in the list of those who of clothes. With the aid of his name ON BUS LINE TO OPELOUSAS DAILY at tbi bottom of checks he succeeded are preparing for university training appointed a member of the Finance Committee of the Democratic Party land is included in the spillway? Will St Landry bear the brunt of flood protection with other sections in buying a suit of clothes, boots, a are the following. for Louisiana and in accepting de meal ticket, board for a week, as well Attending Southwestern: Rodney Bertrand, Georgie Shute, Roland clared that Governor Alfred E.

Smith, Traffic regulations require all vehicular traffic to observe the "stop signs" or arrest will follow. No bell system has been installed and after coming to a stop and looking for approaching traffic in both directions, the driver may proceed. Police report that the public is responding to the warnings readily and little trouble is being experienced from violations. Notice has been given to the department to warn motorists first and the second offense will bring arrest, with the individual-hailr ed into court to answer a charge of traffic violation. Further installation of signs on other streets will follow.

Included in this program is a stop sign at the corner of Court and Police say that as many other incidentals that he was Such were the. questions propound in need of. ed at the meeting of prominent citi Twenty-Two Different Buses Prescott Earl Hollier, Helen Woodson, Mercedes Garland, Pearl Clary, First After eiving checks around town misnicion was aroused and a telephone Year; Margaret Fontenot IrmaCas- zens from ten of the towns located in the supposed spillway sections of St. Landry parish. And permanent Chair Democratic Candidate for President against the Republican Candidate Herbert EL Hoover has all those qualifications and characteristics that will mean victory for the party in the November election.

Placing Smith in the Chair in Wash Leave City Dairy, Carrying 225 inrmlrv to. Alexandria, where the tille, Edward Ballard, Ferdie Lafleur checks were supposed to have money Myrtle Andrus, Dorothy Lawler, Sec man of the organization, composed or appointed committees from towns af ond Tear; Henry Stubbs, Helen Gar to back them up, resulted In no knowledge of Gunter. His arrest followed With over 225 people brought into land, Nita. Perkins. Third Tear; Elliot and transported from Opelduaas dally, fected.

W. F. Brown and Secretary J- 5. Iavler. were instructed to write Chachere, Fourth Tear.

Opelousaa is fast becoming on of the ington will mean placing a Democrat there. Governor Smith is praised in a high tribute by Mr. Dubuisson in a Attending Soringhill: H. P. War- large travel centers of the statto.

a federal authorities and ascertain the various points that will determine the' cording to announcement made this telle. First Year; Nicholas Dubuisjson, Paul Pavy. Willie Dejean, Third Year. parking cars on the North side Of Bellevue must stop, in order to fascili- late -easUrn Landry. week by W.

T. Stewart, President of HIGHWAY WORK TO KROTZ SPRINGS IS HEARING FINISH Need of Action or Route Seven Surfacing May Be Delayed Years Completion of highway work on Route Seven, the Evangeline Highway Bast and West crossing St Landry through Opelousas, Port Bar re and Krotz Springs, is in sight as the roadbed is practically completed. The road will pass through Opelousas to Port Barre, down the north side of the Cour tableau to Darbonne Bayou and thence east to Krotz Springs, according to present plans. Construction work between Darbonne Bayou and Krotz Springs will be finished In the next two weeks. Approaches have been built on both sides of the Atchafalaya River to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Bridge.

Convict labor is working on the project near Krotz Springs and the road base will be ready for surfacing in the next forty-five days. It has been pointed out that surfacing of this road should be pushed to a rapid completlo as it will open up the most direct route east and west Attending Notre Dame: John Du Results of communications received the Stewart Transportation Company. buisson and Kenneth Boagnl, Third Tear. Twenty-two large busea are operating from the government will be presented at a mass meeting of commltteesar tate traffic conditions in the -down town sections. Praise for the new system is being voiced on all sides and the City Council commended in daily In and out of Opelousas with Attending L.

S. Herbert Cas citizens at the Opelousaa court house the average number of passengers a short time later aa ne was preparing to walk out of business establishment with a new tuit of SCHOOL ATHLETICS UMVAY; PltOSE FAST FOOTBALL 11 Eleven Men Graduate But Nucleus Reports for Building Good Team tille, Earl Jennings, Lear Titaro, placed at 225. when answers have been received from government engineers. "Increase in passenger travel try bus At the organization of the various has been said Mr. Stewart, Vance Miles, William K.

1 Montgomery, Shirley Littell, First Tear; Irene Hollier, Second Tear Frederick Dupre, Tetta Pressburg. Third Year; Seth Lewis, Edmond Pa committees Thursday, District Attor the foresight used in purchasing ana installing the "stop signs." ROAD ELECTION BEFORE VOTERS letter accepting the membership of the state finance committee. The appointment was made by Robert Swing, Director of Democratic Finance in the State. Contributions to the Democratic cause and gifts should be made and Mr. Dubuisson urges all good Democrats to come to the front and help fight Republican corruption and mismanagement.

Mr. Dubuisson' letter of acceptance follows: The Opelousas News, I have been appointed by Mr. Robert Ewing, Director of Finance for the State of Louisiana for the Al Smith National as a member of the State Finance Committee for said "within the past two weeks and this will gradually grow until 192t when ney Lee Garland, U. S. Commissioner there, will be a slight decline.

Leon S. Haas, Police Jurors W. F. Brown and J. J.

Benoit, John War- vy, Joe Pavy, Fourth Year; Alton Mornhinveg, Fifth Year. telle, Austin Fontenot, Allen Dezauche, J. G. Lawler. Kirk Lynch, W.

J. ON BOND ISSUE Attending University of Alabama: "More buses are operating out of Opelousas than any other city tn Louisiana, with the exception of New Orleans. They leave hourly In many instances and make connections for all John Lee Ballard, Second Tear; Me- Coach M. T. Crowe, who is return- inz to Opelousas for his fourth season, parts of the state; It la possible for announces that Football Practice will a person to leave Opelousas by bus and get under full sway by Monday, Sept.

bane Shaver, Third Tear. Attending Tulane: Leonard Stander and Knowles French. First Year; Jerome Haas. Second Year; Creighton Shute, Fifth Tear; Leon S. Haas, Jr Sixth Tear; Charles Boagnl, Seventh Year.

Attending Loyola: Harold Gullbeau, Marvin Chachere, First Year; Leon 10th. Although about a dozen men go direct to Chicago or New York by this popular means of travel. Time is fast and connections direct with little campaign, and I have agreed to serve. Not within the period of my recol have already pulled on their condi to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Ef tioning togs, the largest part of the delay.

Broulllette and many other leading citizens decided that these questions were what St. Landry wanted to know about flood controL It was decided to fond an organization of committees appointed by The St Landry Police Jury, Chamber of Commerce and city councils from Ar-naudville, Opelousas, Leonville, Port Barre, Krotz Springs, Waxla, Washington, Palmetto, Melville, Rosa and Morrow for cooperation with Federal Engineers and presenting the various problems of the individual communities. Cooperation and harmony prevailed at the meeting and every speech made sauad has yet to report All candi "It would be hard to estimate," said lection has our party nominated such outstanding statesmen as Al Smith and Joe. Robinson as its candidates for President- "-and Vice-President, and adopted a platform which deals with Mr. Stewart." the volume of money dates for the team are requested to report not later than Monday Sept.

Tujacque. Frances I Salle, Second Tear: John Edward Zoder, Fourth spent here by. travelers on buses. Many of the people come here to trade 10th. Thirty-Five Mile Project Involving $200,000 Comes Up Sept.

25 Thirty-five miles of gravel highway from the Grand Prairie-Washington Road and circling the western section of Opelousas to the Opelousas-Church Point Road will be voted on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Building such a road will open up a large trade territory to Opelousas. It entails ah expenditure of $200,000. Taxpayers of the First, Fifth' and Sixth Wards are included in the proposed road district.

The election was called by the August session of the Police Jury. If such a road were built it would only and then go back home after Year. i Attending St. Joseph's Hospital the issues of the day in such a clean-cut manner, as does the Houston plat Coach Crowe is faced with the task of rebuilding a team that was torn asunder by the loss- of eleven men from graduation last May; The Coach shopping a1 few hoursj only is travel by people living along the bus Mary TBoutte, Gladys and Bir forts on the part of cities of the south to develop the Spanish Trail instead of the Evangeline Route have been meeting with success and unless towns along Route Seven wake up, pointed out one influential citizen, it will take months and maybe years to have this highway surfaced. It is pointed out that the $30,000,000 road building program of Governor Long Includes every important highway in the state with the exception of the Evangeline Highway.

Local efforts are being made to have this route included as one of the projects die Dalsrle. First Year, routes but drummers are using buses. Attending Newcomb: Marie Celeste Robertson, Third Tear; Tvonne Pavy, tended to solidify sentiment that pro does not to be discouraged but is determined to use the material at hand and says he has some promising Fourth Tear form. Al Smith's speech accepting the nomination was the best of its kind that I have ever read. He meets every issue squarely.

He dodges nothing. He is clear and to the point In. that speech he displays such a grasp of national and international affairs as to completely refute the ott repeated statement that while he has-been a tection would be harmonious. It was felt that sentiment throughout St. Landry was that wisdom of engineers remits alone- with five letter men SCHOOL BOARD WILL BUY OLD left Juliette Jacobs will attend the Massachusetts school for the third year.

Alice McSpadden will attend her third vear at Normal. would be for the benefit of alL An The team as a whole will be lighter swers to the questions of boundries, lessen travel from the "Grand Prairie for maintenance and help. SCHOOL BOOKS J. T. Fontenot 'will attend the Uni-I section to Opelousas fifteen miles.

It ownership of land, taxes, and levees than during the past season but promises to be slightly faster, especially in the line. The lettermen who will CONVENT OPENS nrobablv return to school are Capt great Governor, that fact is no proof would afford intermediate territory a that he has the capacity to make a highway into Opelousas from four great President. He has honesty, in-, main highways leading west out of St. Landry "Parish Public schools for Josephine Dubuisson will attend her second year at the New Rochelle Col- lese- Yorick Chachere, Alt Capt Lee Reed, white children will open on Monday. MONDAY FOR FALL telligence, experience, and a demon-; tne city.

Ernest Harmon and Dave Sanders. September 17th. This day will be de strated capacity to lead and to com- As proposed the road would start at Announcement is also made of the voted to the classification of children. TERM OF SCHOOL to the purchasing of second hand mand and these are the qualifications to make a great President Moreover, he is a man of the people. books from the children and to the gathering of data on the number and kinds of new books needed.

tfce Washington Grand Prairie- Road, eros-s the Prairie Road, Eunice, Law-tell aiid Church Point highways. RENDEZVOUS FOR was sought in order to solve St. Landry questions. Different from other parishes and states the sentiment expressed was that it was not an Indignation meeting but a gathering of the committees from towns to find out answer to these vital questions. Numbered among the 150 prominent parish leaders present were planters, lawyers, landowners, capitalists and business men.

Speakers voiced the opinion that territory of this parish would not be sacrificed for saving other sections and that engineering problems would be carefully worked out before definite action was taken. appointment of the following officers and team captains for the coming year: Velma Pressburg, Student Manager; Marie Pavy, Sponsor Football and Maids to be announced later. Lee Reed is appointed Track Captain while Ralph Dupuis will captain Pupils having used books in good Sarah Chapman will attend ner nrsi year in training at the Shreveport hospital. Bill Dugall will attend his third year at the University of Wisconsin. Napoleon Wilkerson will attend the University of Virginia-Louis Castille will attend St.

Joseph's Seminary. Juanita Richard will attend her first year at the Sacred Heart Convent. Austin Fontenot, Jr. will attend his first year at the St. Joseph's He is of humble origin and was born and reared in humble surroundings; and he is great enough not to have been spoiled by his phenomenal rise in the world.

He is still "Al" to his conditions are invited to bring these SMART SET IS ON AT ELKS HOME books to the different schools of the parish to sell them to the state if they wish to dispose of them. One-third the original price of the books will be paid to the children for used books in the Basket Ball Team, Yorick cna-chere. a sterling letterman from past Iseason, will captain the Footballers for The Academy of the Immaculate Conception will reopen for the School Session 192S-1929 on Monday, September 10th. Only two changes were made in the Faculty of last year and both were the Grammar Grades. While the High School Department has been using the same text booty as our local High School, for some years, this session the Grammar Grades will also use the same text books as the Public School.

As in all State Accredited Schools the Convent School children will be supplied with Free Text Books. Lessons in Shorthand, Typewriting and Office Filing will begin on the good condition under the state reguia- AH IV. .1 0 asJ last VAV W1 11 Chairman Brown and secretary the coming season. uun. aii uic uow I fr Mildred Riseman will attend her sec i i i anil vrrnr viivi-i liiicuk a.ui.iwi.

friends of the East Side of New York. He is clean, he is friendly, he has humor, he is full of the milk of human kindness, he is tolerant and he has magnetism. And these are the qualifications that will carry the' ticket to victory. And a victory for the ticket will mean to us of the South a Democrat and a White Man in the White House. What the white men and women of ond year at the University of Texas.

Rosa Abdalla will attend her third vear at the Dominican Convent. MODELS DISPLAY be bougnt witn ine exception ui 1 guage in the 3rd, 4th. 5th. 6th and 7th ties today and seek- answers to ka grades and readers in the 4th. 5th.

6th matters and an answer is anticipated and 7th grades. The language and next week. Tf there are names left from this Special arrangements for a College Dance at the Elks Club next Wednesday night have been completed by the dance committee, with the affair given as a. farewell dance before the younger college students leave for school. Music for the evening will be furnished by the DeLuxe Harmony Players.

As a' collegiate rendezvous.it is expected to be the largest of a aeries of dances given at the Elks Home this list, the News Management has issued FALL FASHIONS TUESDAY NIGHT a reauest that they be telephoned into the office, that the list may be completed and give an accurate account GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SECTION PLANNED Louisiana will do on election day is not open to question. They vill vote the Democratic ticket. That is taken for granted. But in doing so they will nn have dnne their whole duty. To of what future citizens are ooing in readers in the grades named have been changed by the State Board of Education.

Since the state Is furnishing all the children with free textbooks and- the books must be in the hands of the children as soon as possibie it is essential that Children having books to sell take these books to school on 17th. All the children who summer. Hundreds of couples have the universities of the land Eleven beautiful young ladies of Opelousas will display the seasons latest styles at the High School Auditorium Tuesday night for the La Mode Shoppe, Mis. Lucille Kerr, Mgr. win must not only carry the State but the Nation, and as it will cost little or nothing to carry the The second golf tournament of a series initiated by the Lafayette Ro- GINS HUM WHEN COTTON COMES First Monday In October.

These lessons will be given outside of the regular High School Course. Music lessons in Organ, Piano, Violin, Saxaphone, Cornet, Trombone, Clarionet. Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin will be taught. The Convent School Orchestra will begin regular practice on the Third Thursday in September. NO PERMISSION FOR S0CKLESS GIRLS SAYS SUPT.

desire the state to furnish them with tary Club for the Rotarians of the free books should enroll on the open-1 Southern part of the State will be held 1 no- dav of school when a census of i in Opelousas on Monday. September Included in the display will be hats, sportwear, lingerie and other dictates of fashion. Models for the evening are Misses Marie Fontenot, Dolores Kerr, Patricia Garland, Madeline Allen, Susie Anding, Patri attended the bi-monthly dances and next Wednesday, night the largest crowd of the summer is expected to be present- The Hall is typhoon cooled and one of the best in the state. Popularity of the dances has been largely attributable, according to the management, to the music offered and a wide program of advertising. The music Wednesday night by the De-Luxe Harmony Players is said to be the best music it is possible for any dance to have.

Fully one hundred young ladies and INTO OPELOUSAS the number and kinds of books needed 17th under the auspices of the local win madf Parents should send dar Crest Country Club. their children to school on the first cia Kerr, Lena Joyner, Frankie Dim-mick, Connie Anding, Mildred Kings day so that teachers win be able to make the right requisition on the Par State, let -us contribute generously to the national campaign 1 fund in order to help carry the Nation. Any contribution, however small, will be gratefully accepted. Send all contributions to me in care of Opelousas-St. Landry Bank Trust Company, Opelousas, La.

All contributions received will be promptly forwarded to Mr. Ewing. SIX HAILED INTO COURT BEFORE JUDGE The following Rotarians were appointed as a Committee to handle the tournament: Henry D. Larcade. Chairman.

John L. Ballard, A. J. Boo-dreaux, Allen Dezauche. L.

J. Larcade. bury, Lucille Dunbar, and Mrs. Gertrude Sanders. Invitation has been extended by the ish Office for books.

Children who Co not enroll the first day will run a chance of not getting books in time to start work right management to the public to be pres Whirring machinery at the five gins of Opelousas during the past six days is the report. -Four hundred bales have been turned out during this time, bringing the total city ginning to date to 621 as compared to 213 last week. Compared to 4332 to Sept 1, in 1927 shows the difference in the season. Figures of ginning in Opelousas are furnished through the courtesy of the followine: Berth eaud Gin Company, Frank Daly, Dr. G.

K. isenaon, j. ent Tuesday night to witness fall and winter styles. Prescott rites Special Communication About Stockingless Girls To facilitate the distribution of Felix Dezauche, Dr. S.

B. Wolff, and Morris Hirsch. All of the Rotarians named are greatly Interested In the men leave in the next two weeks for university training and the collegiate rendezvous is expected to draw all as well as college students and dancing couples from all over Southwestern Louisiana, The public is cordially invited to attend. books and to lose as little teaching time as possible it has been decided to have all the books of the initial order consigned to the School Board Office. game, and will exert every effort to make the tournament a success.

OPEN UTTELL Superintendent W. B. Prescott, of Six charged with speeding, distrub-ing the peace and even attempting to enter a home appeared before City Judge Andrus during the past week. At the recent tournament held In Devillier Gin. Stelly Gin, Peoples' Gin and the Ojelousas Compress Gin.

BUILDING ON Principals will report to tne tansn Superintendent the number of new Lafayette by the Larayette riotary Club, there was a very good attend BUILDING LEVEE NEAR MELVILLE books needed in each grade ana sub BELLEVUE ST. Records of the City Court Docket Estimates on the parish yield ranges between twenty-five and thirty thousand bales by cotton men. Prices are ject on specially prepared blanks and ance, representatives from Lake Charles and Crowley winning the prizes. All of the neighboring Rotary Clubs show the following were found guilty as charged: while the Teachers' Institute is convention on the 18th and 19th the books will be prepared for Mills Martell, exceeding speed limit. were represented, and it is expected that there will even be a larger attendance at Opelousas on the 17th.

Two pieces of levee construction work, a part of the Federal Flood off slightly. v-. Leon S. Haas, Control Problem assumed by the Unit Prizes have been donated for the ed States Government are being put Opening of the Littell Building on Bellevue Street by the Abdalla Interests is announced this week. R.

D. Lamson, Insurance, will occupy one side, Sam Feraci, hat cleaning and blocking the center. T. H. Ledoux will open a rooming house upstairs.

the St. Landry Public Schools, in a letter to the Opelousas News explains that he has not granted permission to young ladies to attend school classes without stockings. Mr. Prescott makes this explanation after the publication of an article in the News last week to the effect that such permission had been granted. Professor Prescott stated that many young ladies, as well as some of his teachers had asked him about this question.

The News management stated, after Professor Prescott sent in his communication, that it did not want to give the wrong impression. The article was to the effect that young ladies over the United States, particularly in the warm climates, had started a fad of going to school without hose. in north of Melville on the Atchafala tournament by The Gulf Public Service Company. Leon S. Haas Garage Sam Feraci Opens Retails Front North Leon S.

Haas. Jr, son of Mr. and ya River. The Levee is being straightened out near the W. F.

Clopton (The Winchester Store) and Henry V. Larcade. Insurance, and others are Hat Blocking Shop Place six miles above Melville, and the expected to donate the additional Mrs. Leon S. Haas, returned to Ope-i VMV a ft or tnkine a suifi- James Hicks Place just south.

prizes required. Fine $5 and costs, or 10 days in jail. Fine paid. Arthur Darby exceeding speed limit. Fine $5 and costs, or 10 days in Jail.

Theodore Babineau, attempting to enter home and disturbing the peace. Fine $10 and costs and 10 days in jaiL In default of payment of fine, 20 days additional. Fine paid. Gordy Martin, exceeding speed limit. Fine $5 and costs, or 10 days in jaiL Fine paid.

A. C. Clark, drunk and disturbing the peace. Fine $5 and costs, or 10 days in jaiL Fine paid. Mrs.

Sam Marsiglia, exceeding speed limit. Fine $5 and costs, or 10 days in jail. Fine paid. mer course at the University of Wis-X Sam Feraci. experienced hat clean Two large dredge boats are being used in repairing and straightening Toby" Veltin is working on in and blocking expert of New Or out the levee.

It is understood that local course, and states that ne win have the greens in tip top shape for leans, has leased space next to R. D. Insurance office on Belle In remodeling the building the Abdalla interests have added another beautiful building to the down town business section. Consolidating two buildings, it has changed into a three room store building. The front has been painted grey, a front suspended gallery put in and the building the Cloplon Home will be inside the Atdhafalaya Levee when the work is vue and opened a hat cleaning consin where he specialized in law subjects.

Reports of his show that he attained a high scholastic standing in his classes. Mr. Haas will return to Tulane University at New Orleans next week and enter his sixth year of study. and blocking shop. Mr.

Feraci has completed. Prior to beginning the flood spillway, all levees along streams the tournament and expects tnat alter the Rotarians from all the various towns In this section will have play- (Continued on last page) Professor Prescott was called on the telephone and asked what he thought named theVew place. "The Opelousas Hat Shop." included in the project will be strengthened and repaired. (Continued on last page).