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VOLUME XXX-NO. 3. OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, tE 19th 1920 ONEDOLLAR PER YEAR N ADVANCE

(OMENCEMENT ATST. CHARLES HELD

ON LAST MONDAYoses School Year WithProgram of Beautiful

Exercises

MANY MEDALS ANDHONORS AWARDED

Edward Dubuisson and Austin Fonteanot, Opelousas Boys, Receive a

Number of HighHonors

Grand Coteau, La., June 18.--OnMonday at 9:30 a. m. the eighty-Charles College `wass held before alarge crowd, considering the inclementweather. One hundred and seventy-six students were enrolled during thepast season. The following interest-ing program was rendered:

Entrance March--Athalia, Mendel-ssohn--College orchestra.

Chorus-La Marseillaise, Rouget deL'Isle--College glee club.

Address to the Graduates-Mr. T.M. Callahan.

Instrumental Quintette-Declarationof Love, Raft.

Recital for certificate of music: (a)Cdllo--Liebefreud, (Kreisler), WillisBilleaud, A. B. '20; (b) Piano--GrandWalts, Op. 42, (Chopin), AlexanderAzar, A. B. '20.

Conferring of degrees.Cornet Solo--O Sole Mio, Di Caiuah

-.-Camille Broussard.Valedictory-Edward Dubulsson.Vecal Quartette-(a) Bendemeer's

Staeam, (Moore), (b) It Was a Dream,(tassen).

Roll of Honor-Class excellenceleaders.

Chorus-Star Spangled Banner, Key---College glee club.

Award of Medals.Flnale-Stony Point March, Lauren-deau-College band.

Roll of Honor.The following students were di-tia-

guished during the year for good ton-duct and application to study.

Senior division-A. Azar, A. Ber-nard, W. Billeand, E. Dubuisson, W.Emmer, L. Gardiner, R. Koeing, N.Mire, S. Mire, T. Mire, R. Olivier, Al-bert Pavy, Alfred Pavy, G. Wright,S. Young, B. Andrus, C. Boagni, C.0. Broussard, Jr., M. Davidson, G.Morvan, H. Richard, A. Trahan, B.Myers, H. Tiblier, D. Grace, J. John=son, C. Paredes, S. Mistrot, Jr., M.Youag, A. Broussard, D. LeBlane, W.R1~4 d C. Voorhies, G. Richard, R.

rWist, ,H. Grace, S. Wright.onu•ir Diviion-R. Brenux, P. Beeh-

et, G. Castille, B. Cast te, T, .Deval-

ero, A F ontiennbt' ̂ W`uidRy,- y : " Idfleur, F. Moutpn, A. Petijean, M. Peti-Jean, R. Rosas, C. Stemmans, G. Azar,C. Benoit, H. Carmouche, A. Moore,C. Castille, F. Demarest, A. Olivier,H. Hellen, H. Lyle, E. Landry, E. Pa-redes, J. Billeaud, P. Olivier.

Class Excellence Leaders: A. Azar,nior; A. Broussard, fourth high clas-

sical; H. Carmouche, second yeargrammar; D. Chaleron, second high

IT WAS MIDNIGHT

THE TRANSCONTINENTAL

WAS SNOWBOUND-

ON THE EDGE OF

THE ARCTIC

INSIDE ONE OF

THE COACHES SAT

DAVID RAINE. HE

WAS TELLING HIS

STORY. HE WAS

RUNNING AWAY FROM

A SHATTERED ROMANCE

AND TRAGEDY. HE WAS

TRYING TO

LOSE HIMSELF.

"IT WAS LATE WHEN

I REACHED HOME-

UNEXPECTEDLY," SAID

DAVID.

"I HEARD VOICES FROM

HER ROMM.

I WENT IN-

"NO. I DID'NT KILL THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHY

I DIDN'T KILL THE MAN.

, WAS A COWARD THAT MAN.

,E CRAWLED AWAY

LIKE A WORM. PERHAPS

THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T KILL HIM.

AND THE WONDERFUL

PART OF IT.

MY WIFE SHE WAS NOT AFRAID

SHE STOOD UP IN HER

RAVISHING DISHELVEMENT.

AND SHE LAUGHED!

YES, SHE, LAUGHED.

A MAD SORT OF LAUGH.

A LAUGH OF FEAR,

PERHAPS, BUT LAUGHTER!

WILL CELEBRATE ATPORT BARRE JULY 4th

Announcement has been made thatarrangements have been completedfor a big Fourth of July celebration atPort Barre for the benefit of the Sac-red Heart Catholic church at thatplace. A courtbullion supper will beserved at 6 in the evening after whicha musical program will begin at 8o'clock.

non-classical; S. Coco, first high non-classical; M. Davidson, third high non-classical; C. Demarest, second high!classical; A. Fontenot, firt high classi-cal; E. Jeanmard, freshman; T. Si-mon, first year grammar; H. Tiblier,third high classical; A. Trahan, fourthhigh non-classical.

Award of Medals.The Christian doctrine medal, in the

senior division, donated by Sir Law-rence Fabacher, K. of St. G., New Or-leans, La., for excellence in Chris-tian doctrine and ecclesiastical histo-ry, was merited by Wiltz Emmer; nextin merit, Robert Olivier.

The catechism medal in the juniordivision, donated by Very Rev. W. J.Teurlings, dean, Lafayette, La., forthe best examination in catechism,was merited by George 'Azar.

The philosophy medal, donated byVery Rev. Canon J. M. Langlois, V. G.,New Iberia, La., for the best essay inthics was merited by Edward Dubuis-son; next in merit, Wiltz Emmer,Alexander Azar.

The alumni medal, donated annually!by the St. Charles College Alumni as-oclation for the highest yearly scholar-hip average "in course," was meritedby Alexander Azar.

The excellence medal, donated byMr. Wilfred Boudreau, Sunset La.,drawn for by those students who madea yearly average in studies of 95 orover was merited by A. Azar (sepior),iW. Emmer (senior), A. Broussard(fourth high classical), H. Tiblier(third high classical), A. Trahan(fourth high non-classical).

The Hill-Provost Latin medal, do-nated by Mrs. J. A. Provost, Jeaner-ete, La., for the best paper in Latinwas merited by Alfred Mouton; nextin merit, Henry Tiblier and AndrewBroussard.

The arithmetic medal, donated byVery Rev. Canon M. Bardy, Jeaner-ette, La., for the best paper in arith-metic, was merited by Henry Tiblier.

The algrebra medal, donated by Rev.A. M. Richard, Breaux Bridge, La.,was merited by Allison Trahan; nextin merit, Henry Tiblier.

The good conduct medal in the sen-lor divilon, donated by Rev. F. J. Rog-er, Church Point, La., was merited byLessley Gardiner; premium, AllionTrahan; honorable mention, EdwardDubuisson, Willis Billeaud, AndrewBroussard, Wilts Emmer, OlivierBroussard, Jr., Alexander Asar, Si-moon Mitrot, Jr., .Marion Young.The good comduct medal in the Jun-

or: dlfvidsr, .dm at by r is

merited by Alfred Mouton; premium,Joseph Billeaud; honorable mention,Austin Fontenot, Andrew Moore,Franklin Mouton, George Azar, RayBreaux, Ernest Jeanmard, AdolphePetitijean, Delery Chaleron. N. B. Thegold medals for good conduct havebeen awarded by the votes of the stud-ents, with the approbation of the fac-ulty.

The English medal donated by Hon.

THAT'S A WORD PICTURE OF'

THE OPENING SCENES,

"THE COURAGE

OF

MARGE O'DOONE."

THE BIG SPECIAL

PRODUCTION BY

VITAGRAPH, MADE

FROM THE GREAT STORY,

BY,

JAMES

OLIVIER

CURWOOD.

THE GREATEST LIVING

AUTHOR OF TALES

OF ROMANCE AND

ADVENTURE IN THE

FROZEN NORTH. IT

IS A MASTER STORY

MADE INTO A MASTERLY

PHOTOPLAY PRODUCTION-

WITH STRONG MEN AND

PLUCKY WOMEN, HALF

BREEDS AND WOLF DOGS,

MYSTERY AND BREATHLESS

SUSPENSE.

WITH A CAST HEADED BY

NILES WELSH AND

PAULINE STARK.

SHOW FOR TWO DAYS,

AT THE

PRINCESS THEATRE,

THE HOME OF

BETTER PHOTOPLAYS.

ON

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,

JUNE 23 AND 24TH.

`COME!

St. Charles AlumniAssociation Meets

Alphonse Dupont, Henry Tiblier, Bich-at Gremillion.

The college elocution medal, donat-ed by Mr. J. Arthur Roy, Lafayette,La., was merited by Simeon Mistrot;next in merit, Randolph Briant.

The high school elocution medal,was merited by Henry Tiblier; nextdonated by Rev. A. Doutre, Rayne, La.,in merit, Clayton Voorhies and Austin iFontenot (ex aequo), Nichols Mouton.

The grammar school elocution med-al, donated by Mr. M. Billeaud, Jr.,Broussard, La., was merited by EdwinLandry; next in merith, Henry Car-mouche.

The memory prize, a purse of twen-ty4ive dollars, donated by a friend,was merited by Edward Dubuisson;next in merit, Robert Olivier.

The athletic medal, donated by Mr.Sidney B. Simon, Mobile, Ala., for in-dividual championship in the St.Charles College R. O. T. C. Inter-Com-pany Field Meets, was merited by Ca-det Sergeant Randolph Brian; of Com-pany B.; next in merit, Cadet Battal-!on Sergeant-Major Andrew Broussard.attached to Company A.

The R. O. T. C. inter-company fieldmeet's championship loving cup, do-nated by the senior and junior divis-ions of St. Charles college, was mer-Joseph A. Grace, Plaquemine, La., or'the best English essay, was meritedby Edward Dubuisson; next in merit,Ited by Company B, Cadet Captain Ed-ward Dubuisson, commanding. Score:Company B four meets, Company Athree meets.

The R. O. T. C. individual rifle cham-pionship medal, donated by "A Pro-moter of Military Training," was mer-ited by Cadet Sergeant Ewell Smithof Company B; next in merit, CadetLieutenant Marion Young of Company

The R. O. T. C. military art medal,donated by the Knights of ColumbusCouncil, No. 1173, of Opelousas, La.,for excellence in military science andtactics, was merited by Cadet CorporalAlphonse Dupont; next in merit. Ca-det Sepond Lieut. Marion Young, Ca-det Second Lieut. Wiltz Emmer, Ca-det First Lieut. Alexander Azar.

Big League BaseBall in Arnadville

Arnaudville, June 17.-In the pret-tiest game of the season the crack;Arnaudville team met its first defeatlast Sunday.

The fame of Arnaudville's undefeat-ed champions had spread far and wide,so when Lafayette accepted their chal-lenge the latter came with an all-staraggregation, composed of players re- Icluited from Baton Rouge, Franklin,Breaux Bridge and Lafayette. Rain'put an end to the game in the seventh i-intgin, with a score of 3 to 0, in favor'of, the visitors. With two more in-I5 t ta* ma.e-est-bet-alrdiond -bie' Ainiaudllle rasa force d"tf

give up the game by a thundershower.The Arnaudville fans fell that had

not Jupiter Pluvius interfered, victorywould have remained perched on thestandard of their champions.

Btteries: Wilson and Platt for thevisitors; etlly and Cailler for Arnaud-ville.

Grand Coteau, June 18.-Sunday`was Alumni Day at St. Charles Col-.lege. In the morning at 11 o'clock sol-emn high mass coram episcopo was'sung at the Sacred Heart Catholicchurch. Rev. Joseph B. Frankhauser,,S. J., pastor of the church was thecelebrant; Rev. K. Nowlan, S. J., dea-con; Mr. William Harty, S. J., sub-dea-con; Mr. William Kearney, -4. J., mas-ter of ceremonies. Right Rev. JulesB. Jeanmard, D. D., bishop of Lafay-ette officiated from his throne. Themas wa sung by the college choir, andRev. A. F. Isenberg, rector St."Michael's church, Crowley, and super-intendent of Catholic education of theLafayette diocese, preached the bacca-laureate sermon. After the mass sol-emn benediction of the blessed sacra-ment and te deum was sung.

In the afternoon the eighth annualmeeting of the St. Charles CollegeAlumni Association was held at theKnights of Columbus half. Dr. C. A.Gardiner of Sunset presided. After thereading and adoption of the minutesof the previous meeting sixty membersanswered the roll call . On accountof the high cost of everything the an-nual dues were raised from one to twodollars. Several letters from absentmembers expressing their regrets ofuot being present were read. One wasfrom Albert Martin of Breaux Bridge,the oldest member of the associationwho attended school here in 1846. Themembers were interested in the meet-ing and at the banquet which followedBefore adjournment the folowing offi-cers were elected:

Very Rev. Emile A. Diebold, S. J.,honorary president; Judge WilliamCampbell, Lafayette, La., president;Rev. Frederick I. MacDonnell, S. J.first vice-president; Dr. J. T. Abshire,.Kaplan, La., second vice-president;Dr. T. T. Tarlton, Grand Coteau, La.,third vice-president; F. VavasseurMouton, Lafayette, La., fourth vice-

president; Olivier Broussard, Sr.,Rayne, La., fifth vice-president; J.Gilbert S. Julien, Lafayette, La., sec-,retary; F. S. Barry, Grand Coteau,treasurer.

At the banquet which was a first-class one Judge William Campbell was!toastmaster. Rev. Father Diebold,'president of the college delivered thetoast of welcome. Others spoke as fol-lows:

"Louisiana and the Church," J. Gil-bert S. Julien

"Louilana and the Education," Rev.I R. M. Brooks, S. J.

"Louisiana and Agriculture," WillisRoy.

"Patriotism," A. L. Andrus."Louisiana and Its Future," Lessley

Gardiner (one of this year's grad-uates).

"Fighting Indeceny," Rev. A. F.Isenberg.

A paper by Captain Chas. L. Steel,who was unavoidably absent, on "TheTrining of Officers," was read by 1Dr.C. A. Gardiner.

BIG REALDG DEAL ISOOSED THURSDAY

OPELOUSAS MOTION PICTURE CORPORATIONPURCHASE NEW HOME SITE ON LANDRY ST.

I

On Thursday morntig the ownersof the Opelousas MotioA•Picture Cor-poration, now operatingf'ie Princesstheatre, purchased the .l J. Healeyproperty on Landry -Steet, situatedbetween, Aaron Jac~e s dws. 4epot,and Levines tailor shqo :h e.tract is34 feet wide, and 170 fed deep. Thedeal was closed ThUre y, after ameeting of the stockhelrps' of thecompany. The purh4eA "rice was~10,000.00.

The Opelousas Mo Picture Co.,na corporation headed inessmenIof Opelousas, are to Wngratulatedupon their purchase. .:'"ompany is

nred toher hwee

at 4hwhile the pmet course at L.'.

Little Miss DorisBeaumont, Texas, the t staunt, Mrs. Abe Solindk,

Miss Alta Gibson is Whitevillevisiting Mr. and Mrs•i. hn Erhardt.

Misses Maxie EwellF 4 l9ona Mc-Caffery spent several. . at HotWells this past week. ,"

Miss leez Neyland 'ip. Wednes-day for Convent and ot~4t points onthe river.

Mrs. A. A. Kerr is in ryville, theguest of her daughters hts. ArthurBriggs.

Mrs. Jac Block and o eai Plon-sky of Alexandria were ,tie guests ofMrs. Block's mother, Mrs. 'S Plonsky,Tuesday.

Prof. Mendoza of Opeloisas was abusiness Visitor here on Wednesday.

Misses.Heloise and E~lpt Lazaro arethe guests' of Mrs. Quirk'.McCaffery.

i Mrs. W ,aulbertson of Garland wasvisiting in town on Wednesday of 'thisweek. '

Mrs. L. A: Tuma of Lafayette wasthe charming guest of Mrs. E. J. Go-ings recently.J. A. Goings visited ~la' ,Lafayette

and Longville the past eekMr. and Mrs. P. J. Aeblsice of La-

fayette were the giesf ot Mrs. Le-Ilanc's parents Sunday >ast.

Miss Louise Mary has tnnrid fromLafayette where she vited er sis-ter, Mrs. P. J. Leble

Ls, bA•. Poole and i . .FBrownmotored to Lafayette recently.

F. L. Bailey and W. R. Boudreauwere visitors to Cottonport recently.

Miss Aline Dezauche of Melville wasa guest of the Crawford home thisweek.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Thistlethwaiteand family left Monday for Franklin,after a visit to Mrs. Thistlethwaite'srelatives there, they will spend sondetime in Chicago and Indiana befor ereturning home.

Mrs. Daisy Halphen of Crowley at-rived on Wednesday to nurse hermother, Mrs. W. E. Gay, who is veryill at the home of her daughter, Mrs.Albert Richard.

Miss Ethel Andrus of Waxie, La.,is the guest of her brother, Fred An-drus, near town.

Archie Quirk is at home after at-tending a session of the school at Con-vent.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tate of NewYork were at the Neyland home onWednesday.

Mr. Stewart of Elton was a businessvisitor in town the past week.

Mrs. Alexandre LazaroDies at The Age of 96

Mrs. Alexandre Lazaro, died at thehome of her son, Congressman L. La-zaro, in Grand Prairie at midnightJune 14 and was buried in the VillePlatte cemetery the following day.

Mrs. Lazaro ha dreached the ripeage of ninety-six years. Her funeralwas attended by a large concourse offriends who had known her througha long and useful life.

Demonstration andPicnic at Washington

An all-day demonstration in canningand dairy work was held in Washing-ton Thursday by the students of theWashington and Grand Prairie schoolsunder the direction of Mrs. L. G. Kirk,demonstration agent, and Mr. M. B.Giesen, district agent, assisted byMiss Lena Marine and Miss RuthSpie:.

A large number were present andwere very much interest in thework. A picnic was served to thosewho attended.

Delivers Commencement AddressDr. R. A. IMayer delivered the com-

mencement address to the students ofMoreauville last week. Letters re-ceived by a prominent citizen herefrom Moreauville stated that the doc-tor delivered a very strong and ableaddress on "The Relation of GoodRoads to Matrimony."

NUMA DURIO DIESAT ARNAUDVILLE

Numa Durlo, aged 48 yers, diedWednesday at his home in Arnaudvilleand was buried in that place Thurs-day morning.

Mr. Durio leaves, in addition to alarge number of friends, a wife, son,two brothers and two sisters, Mrs.Chas. Thibodeaux and Mrs. Elrie Gui-dry, to mourn his death.

headed by Jesse P. Barnett, as presi-dent; F. J. Dietlein, vice-president nadmanager; M. Winsberg, secretary andtreasury; with H. U. Callahan andMel Dietlein, on the board of directorswith the previously named gentlemen.These gentlmen have been responsiblefor the high grade of attraction thathave been exhibited to the people ofthis city. Work on a new theatre, thatwill project pictures, as wift alsoshow legitimate attractions, will startas soon as present lease on the prgp-erty expires, which will be shortly.

The Opeloauas Motion :Pict~e -C.,is in no way.connected;With the Ope-lousas Amusement Co.

ROSA DOTS AND DASP4i.

We are having' somee b .weather here now- and Al.

water are a thing of' , •ch esteemed . nd .~ol

ulia Thomas, hat d6-has been pJi*.

of her

at thewas so exqa large crowd aattended it reported atime.

Mrs. N. Rutledge, who has recentlYbeen visiting hqr mother, Mrs. Cason,has returned to her home with herdaughter, Mrs. Norman, in Pineville,La.

Miss Esther Hudspeth of St. Landryhas been visiting relatives here.

Mrs. Bell of Pelican, La., has beenspending awhile with relatives here.

Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Foote have beenenjoying a visit from their sons re-siding in Arkansas and Texas.

Our thriving merchant, Ned Huds-peth, has purchased himself a fine car.

Mrs. Jno. Hill is visiting her daugh-ter in Echo, La.

Mr. Elgee Hicks made a brief busi-ness trip to Alexandria, La., in hisDodge and reported the roads in verygood traveling condition.

Miss Bonnie Fogleman is attendingthe summer term at Lafayette, La.

Miss Edith Baker and brother, Her-bert, have returned from Forest Hillschool.

Miss Alma Bakel and brother, Irwin,have returned from visiting their

lug her seise, Mr. Ylenii koy main Welsh, La.

Miss L. Catlett.is spending the sum-mer with her neice in North Louisiana.

Mrs. R. Walker has been entertain-ing quite a -number of relatives andfriends from Opelousas and ':elville.She has an ideal country home andher hospitality to her guests cannotbe surpassed.

Services are held at the Methodistchurch every second Sunday and themeeting begins at the Baptist churchon the fourth Sunday of this month.All that are in reach of these churchesare cordially invited to attend.

Jules Coco of Cottonport recentlyvisited relatives here.The crops in this section of the

country are very promising and themerchants and clod-hoppers are allliving in hopes that there is to besomething 4n store for them whenharvesting time arrives.

Jacques DerouselleDies Tuesday Evening

Jacques Valsin Derouselle, aged 78years, 5 months and 24 days, died atthe home of his daughter, Mrs. J. B.Hidalgo, west of Opelousas, Tuesdayevening at 4 o'clock.

The funeral was held at the Catholicchurch with interment in the Cath-olic cemetery.

A. T. Sandoz BuysLandry St. Property

The St. Landry Bank & Trust Com-pany sold this week to Allen T. Sandozthe property situated at the southwestcorner of Landry and Liberty streetsand which was at one time owned bythe late Mrs. P. A. Gray.

The residence building on the prop-erty will be moved to another portionof the lot on which it is situated, andwill be thoroughly renovated and mod-ernized. This will leave the cornerclear for the erection of a businessbuilding, the site being consideredideal for the purpose.

A Big Tent MeetingThe first service of a protracted

meeting will be held next Sunday at11 a. m., in the tent opposite the ho-tel. This meeting has been in con-templation for, several months, andactive planning has been under wayfor several weeks.

Pastor Pevoto and the members ofthe Baptist church have left nothingundone for the comfort of the people..The place is accessable, and the besttalent available has been secured. Inthis, Mr. Pevoto is showing his usualconcern for Opelousas.

State Evangelist L. T. Hastings willhave charge of the services. He is arceent addition to the Baptist forcesof Louisiana from Texas. He has heldseveral successful recivals since com-ing.

The singing will be directed by Mr.W. J. Lites who is a highly trainedGospel singer and a man of strongpersonality.

The public is cordially invited andal who attend will receive a heartywelcome. Services every day in theweek at 8 p. m.

Commencemst atSacred Heart Convent

Grand Coteau; Juan 17.-The com-mencement exercises at the normalschool of the Secret Heart, Grand Co-teau, were held on the afternoon ofMonday, June 14, at 4 o'clock. Theprogram opened with a festive choruswhich was followed by a gracious'French salutatory. A scene from Fa-biola carried the audienee back toRome of the third century to hear theboy-martyr, Pancratius, discuss withhis mother the events of his lastschooling day. The class essay was anew departure in the way of valedic-tories, being a clever rehearsal of thevaried impressions of a normal stud-ent during her senior year. The enter-tainment closed with Dudley Buck's"Lead Kindly Light," in four parts.

The normal graduates were: MissesBelle Coreil of Ville Platte, Inez Dugalof Carenecro. Lilly Dugas of Paulina,Beat*t Lions of Laplace and Dena

Es C. Mouton of Lafayette con-gratulated the graduates in wordswhich bespoke the heart of a. fatherdnd the genuine interest of a sincerefriend. He reminded the young ladiestat the value of life depends upon thf!lakl•• ~ itthe li'er. "Wherever your,athh' i life may lead, iny dear grad-

uates, may it be Inspired by the .liskes a -nioble aimes Incaieatet

Sbieh6p of Lfa atte was unavoid-ably Absent from the commencement,

was replaced by Reverend A. F.uperintendent of, the Cath-

he diocese. He, too,saying in part:

work inore

yoursense of

The niembersCharles College, the.graduates and a number,wre present at the comencem .

Entertainment at atitA very enjoyable evening was spent

on Monday, June 7th at a lawn partygiven by the charming ladies and gen-tlemen of Sunset on the Sunset parkgrounds. The following were present,Misses. Georgette Horaist, Leonie andTherese Bernard, Edna and VivianAndrus, Virginia Sibille, Estelle Lynnand Bella Burleigh, Estelle and EthelDeValcourt, Louise Durio, ReginaStelly, Agatha Lavergne, MarthaGardiner, Lilly Dugas, Angele Darby,Maud Bertinot, Francis Wills all ofSunset. Mesorl. Louis Pres-ton Clay, 4l B•odl'aerb 8*sdB]ur-leigh, Aloysulia CyleaC ril Cu-title, Aristide dfas ,J Dinpo ClaySibille, Paul Breauzt, a Willie

Ren'. il ! all of Wint. . Ber'.nard, Mrs. Horaist, Mr. and Mrs. L. P.Terreboune, Mrs. Babe De Valeourt,Mr. and Mrs. Mellie tbitlle, Mr. andMrs. Joe Lavergne, all of Sanset.Misses Virginia Moutot, Leimle, Be.atrice, Hean Viola and Mfiltlidia Barry,,Leonia Smith, Lil Castiile, Odlia andMary Anna Brinkhaus, Rath Barry,Josephine Lafleur, May .Glibean allof Grand Coteau. Messrs. GeorgeBarry, Ludwig Brinkhaus, Ewell andlA. D. Smith, J. S. and Tom Barry, Sid-ney, Antola, Arnaud, Jr., and Ellieastille, Nicholas Mouton, Walter Bar-ry, Richard Burleigh, Jessie Swallowall of Grand Coteau. Misses EthelBurleigh, Ethel Louise and WilmayMills, Gudle Peck, Martha Eve andPauline Lavergne all of Shuteston.Messrs. Numa Lucfous and RomainLavergne, James and Chapman Mills,all of Shuteston. Messrs. Remi, Raouland Henry Sibile of Bristol. Messrs.Leo and Benny Durio of Opelousas.Mr. Robert Sibille of Donaldsonville.

.Messrs. Curley and David WimberleyPaul MacBride, Oscar Ledger, CarolBarousse all of Church Point. Re-freshments were served and all en-joyed themselves to their hearts' con-tent.

Attend Officers'Training Camp

Grand Coteau, June 17.-SergeantWilliam S. Reese, infantry, unassign-ed, U. S. A. assistant instructor at St.Charles left this week for the reserveofficers' training camp at Columbia,S. C., with the following college stud-ents: Alexander Azar, Crowley; Ca-mille Broussard, Maurice; NorvilleRoth, New Orleans; Seymour Wright,George Wright, Arnaudville; NickMouton, Ewell Smith, Grand Coteau;Lastie Broussard, Rayne; HickmanGrace, Daniel Grace, Plaquemine;Sosthene Daigle, Church Point; An-drew Broussard, Richard Abshire, Al-lison Trahan, Kaplan. The sergeantand boys will arrive at camp June 17and leave July 28.

DEYO NEW SECRETARYCHAMBER OF COMMERCE

L. J. Deyo of St. Louis, new sec-retary of the local chamber of com-merce arrived in Opelousas and hasassumed the duties of his new posi-tion.

Will Assist Local AgentMiss Lena Marine has been appoint-

ed to assist Mrs. L. G. Kirk, parishdemonstration agent, during the com-ing season.

Enjoy Hayride.A number of young people of Ope-

lousas enjoyed a very pleasant hay-ride to Church Point Thursday night.Among the party were Misses ThelmaWinchiel of Kingsville, Texas, FletaMorgan, Cecil Chachere, Ida Mae andNettle Dufllho and Elise Du

French Retreat Begins Monday.Grand Cotean, June 17.-The French

retreat for the ladies of the world atthe Sacred Heart Convent which be-gins Monday night of next week andcloses Friday morning will be givenby Rev. P. A. Plamondon, S. J. TheEnglish retreat one week later willbe conducted by Rev. K. Nowlan, S. J.

GAMBLERS GUILTY;JUDGE KERR SAYS

ORDINANCE VALIDTried on Charges a .s By

Charles ThibodeauxAs Sheriff.

ONE PAYS FINE;OTHERS APPEAL

Judge Kerr's Decision Clear and tothe Point-Evidence ie Con-

clusive That Men WereViolating Law.

Judge Kerr Monday morningrendler-ed .a decision in the matter of theharge`' against a number of citizens

for ngablitg and preferred in the cityoourt by Sheriff Thlibdeaux. "The de-

fendants -cbntedted the charge both onthe ldgidty cpastitutionality ofthe. on the lack of evi-dcbeb ie. The cases weret;r4ed :some . oand Judge Kerr

otdvisemaent for tafullya. of the districtcourt M sad the suprefl

•co are ed withordinance is

al, it will tieto convict under/

d i'age. and the legislatureon tiess be called upon to pass

some remedial legislation.His honor's written judgment on the

matter is as follows:Judgment.

City of Opelousas vs. S. L. Hebrard etal, No. 2714, City Court, Opelousas,La

In the above entitled matter where-e defendants, 8. L. Hebrard, A. S.

Leonce Carrier, Yoriakoux, Dublanc Le-

are charged2,

tion.preferredto be ueonstt'void for reasons fully semotion, which motion Was orfor reasons orally assigned,

The case thereupot• proeeded o oit merits, and it having developed uponthe trial thereof that defendants Yor-ick Ledoux and Lee Otilbeau shouldin no wise be held as party defendants,were accordingly discharged, And casesubmitted on briefs, in which detePnd.-antr reviewing at length4the aw with

a view to obtin a redonslderation ofthe Court's to mer. f$l ."

The Coioort t ivn e t 4dand careful roldeiof ei fully

law isen of tih

law is questioned,i.(and posly a, de-batable one,) the inperior ourtsshould act very reluctantly before- de-laring it illegal, null and void, a rear

ponsibility which should devolvei qyipa higher tribunal.

The Court, thhrefore, 6 .of the opin-ion that the ordinance, in question islegal, and the 'city charter, sec. 15,par. 266, art. 136 of 1898, authorlse'the punishments of games as well abgambling houses and rooms.

It has been shown that the defend.ants in this prosecution were engagedin a card playing game, comm'onlyknown as "poker" at the "St. LandryClub" room, of which defendant, A. S.J. Campbell, is the secretary and treas-urer, who applied for and obtained onJuly 5th, 1919, from the mayor of thismunicipality a written permit to con-duct games of cards, conditioned uponthe fact that said games shall not beplayed for money or any representa-tive of money, and without "take-off,"etc. It has been established beyonddoubt that this permit has been con-ducted in a manner violative of the or-dinance.

These defenaants playeG "poker,"it is true no money was exhibited oremployed, but in lieu thereof, the usualand customary "chips" as representa-tive of money, not only by tacit under-standing but expressed. "I make it$1.00, $2.00, $3.00 and $4.00-" hencea $4.00-limit game is certainly not asocial game without money or "take-off" for gain, it necessarily follows,and there is no other conclusion to bedrawn, It is either gain, "take-off" orboth.

It is therefore for these reasons to-gether with other facts and sworntestimony adduced upon the trial ofthis case, ordered, that defendantseach, 8. L. Hebrard, A. 8. J. Campbell,Leonce Carrier, Moyon Ledoux andDublanc Ledoux, pay a fine of twenty-five dollars and costs, and in defaultof payment to ten days in jail.

Done, read nd signed in open court,this 14th day of June, 1920.

E. 8. KERR, City Judge.Dublanc Ledoux paid his fine and

8. L. Hebrard, A. 8. J. Campbell, L.Carrier and Moyon Ledoux gave no-

Stice of an appeal to the higher courts.

Judge Kerr's decision is founded onsolid facts of law and abundant evi-dence and has been received withsatisfactlon by the respectable peopleof Oplousas.

Mr. Thibodaux's activity In this mat-ter is a fulfillment of his pre-electionpledge to use every etffort to put thegamblers out of business and his standhas given him the honor of being thefirst sheriff of St. Landry parish whoever made any attempt, after election,to carry out his promises.

SEEKS GREEN FIELDS

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The newspaper plant of the Star-Progress was loaded on trucks Thurs-day and carried to Crowley where theowners will establish a weekly paper.

American Legion Notice- Members of the Opelousas Post,I American Legion, are requested to be

Spresent at a meeting of that order at

the court house Monday, June 21st,I at 7:30 p. m. sharp. Important busi-

ness.