THE ST. LANDRY CLARION"Here . hall The Press The People's Rights Maintain, Unawed by Infuenc, and Unbribed by Cain."

VOLUME XXIV-NO. 29. OPELOUSAS, LA., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1914, $1.00 PER YEARi

IS FOUND GUILTY OFKIDNAPING BOBBIE

Jury Sends Waiters To The Penitentiary For LifeFor Kidn4ping Little Robert Dunbar

Of This City.

"Guilty without capital pun-ishment" was the verdict ren-dered by the "twelve good menand true," who were chosen todecide the fate of William C.Walters, alleged kidnaper of lit-tle Bobbie Dunbar, through theirforeman, George Caillouet, aprominent merchant and planterof Port Barre, on last Mondayevening at 5 o'clock.

When the big courthouse bellwas tolled, the news spreadquickly over the entire city thatthe jury had arrived at a ver-dict, after remaining behindclosed doors for six hours. Inthe space of a few minutes thecourthouse was packed witheager spectators, anxious toknow the fate of the prisonerwho was charged with havingcommitted on of the grossestcrimes against the statutes ofLouisiana, although it was theconsensus of opinion that if averdict had been arrived in soshort a time that William Cant-well Walters was a doomed man.

As soon as the verdict wasmade known to the court someone whispered the news to Mr.C. P. Dunbar, father of Bobbie,who was standing on the court-house square anxiously awaitingthe verdict, and off he went intoa dash to inform his wife andBobbie of the news. Immedi-ately cheers went forth frommany lips and Opelousas washappy that the trial was at anend, though the great mystery isdeeper than ever, as thousandsask the question "Where isBruce?"

The prisoner walked up intothe courtroom erect, and uponassuming his seat as the swelveserious jurors were taking theirseats, he looked into the eyes ofevery man on that jury, but nosigns of consolation came back;all in seriousness the court was

PHILLIPS TO AGI ASJUliE IN DEBATES

Chosen As One Judge inMissippippi Intercollegi-

ate Contests.'

W. M. Phillips, a member ofthe faculty of the Louisiana StateUniversity, has been selected torepresent this institution as ajudge in the Mississippi Intercol-legiate Association contest to beheld soon. The request came atthe hands of the president of theMississippi association.

Phillips is to act as judge ofmanuscripts in the oratorical con-test. For this contest one judgeis selected from a number of theSouthern institutions .scripts areto be judged on originality,thought and rhetoric. Anotherset of judges will decide the ora-torical merit of collegiate stand-ing. The combined score of thereports of each set of judges willdetermine the winners in thecontests.

The Mississippi IntercollegiateAssociation is composed of theUniversity of Mississippi, Missis-sippi Agricultural and Mechani-cal College, Mississippi Collegeand Millsaps College. Each in-stitution will have one contestantin the events.

The selection of Mr. Phillips asa judge in this contest came as acomplete surprise to him. Henow holds a fellowship in the de-partment of history and econo-mics. He received his A. B. de-gree from the University in 1913,and his name has been connectedwith literary and oratorical con-tests during his university ca-reer. He is now president of theDramatic Club, and has takenparts in a number of dramaticproductions. He represented theLouisiana State University in asuccessful contest with the Uni-versity of Tennessee in the Pen-atgonal Debating League in 1913.He is a member of the Tau Kap-pa Alpha fraternity, an honorarydational debating fraternity, andis now historian for the localchapter. -Revellie.

Mrs. Emma Pefferkorn is vis-iting in Oakdale, the guest ofher daughter Mrs. S. W. Mc-S;padden

informed of the verdict, and oneby one the twelve answered totheir name, as well as to the ver-dict, as Walters watched everyone. Walking out of the court-room the prisoner shook hishead, saying that the jury didnot worry him in the least.

Walters' only hope is in anew trial, which he is positivehe will secure, after which hewill obtain a change of. venueand another jury will be chosento attempt to unravel the mys-teries which surround this case.' The arguments were abovethe standard, Hon. John W.Lewis carrying off the. laurels ofthe day in points of oratory,whilst attorneys Dubuisson andRawls for the defense drovelogic into their speeches, plea 1-ing for the acquittal of theirclient. E. P. Veazie made astrong appeal for the jury to im-pose the maximum penalty onthe prisoner, whilst District At-torney R. Lee Garland, in hisusual way, made an excellenttalk, bringing out convincing ar-guments during his speech. T.S. Dale, main attorney for thedefense, also made an excellentspeech, for which he was con-gratulated, not only by somewho believed that Walters wasinnocent, but also by the friendsof Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar, whorealized that the attorneys forthe defense had performed theirduty in attempting to free theirclient.

Judge Pavy ruled with an ironhand during the entire trial,drawing favorable commentfrom all sides. Upon finally dis-charging the jury Judge Pavyhighly complimented the twelvemen, as being the best conduet-ed, as well as the fairest jurythat ever sat in St. Landry.

Sentence will be passed on theprisoner on May 9th.

EUNICE WINS G1P ATLAFAYETTE lEFT

Jenkins Is Declared BestAthlete In Southwest

Louisiana.

On Saturday, April 25, at S.L. I. I., in Lafayette, was heldthe eleventh annual meeting ofthe Inter-scholastic Athletic andOrato-ical Association of South-west Lbuisiana. The competi-tion for the Boissat cups offeredto the best track team was wonby the Eunice high school teamwith a total of 39 points; Crow-ley high school was a close sec-ond, with 29 points; Franklinhigh school was third, with 20points; Lake Charles, fourth,with 17 points; New Iberia,fifth, with 15 1-2 points: Abbe-ville sixth, with 15 points; Guey-dan, seventh, 14 1-2 points; LakeArthur was next, with 13 points;Morgan City, Jeanerette andPatterson had 6, 5 1-2 and 5points respectively, and Raynewas last with 2 points.

Rain delayed the races, mak-ing the track slow and keptdown the attendance, but de-spite this there were about 900people present.

Jenkins, of Eunice, was theindividual star of the meet, win-ning four first places with a totalof 20 points and winning themedal as the best all-round ath-lete. Duhon, of Crowley, gain-ed 13 points, and received themedal for the next best athlete.Kemper, of Franklin, made 11points, placing him third.

Saturday night the contests inoratory and quartette singingwere held in the S. L. L L audi-torium. Adolph K. Schraff, ofNew Iberia, won the oratory cup.His subject was the "Ideal Citi-zen." The Lake Charles quar-tette won the cup for the bestquartette and rendered "TheMiller's Wooing" beautifully.

Temperance Lecture.

Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, ofGeorgia will lecture at theMethodist church Monday May4th. at 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Louisiana W. C. T.1U. A eoPdial invitation is ex-

tended to all. Seatas free.

FARMERS UNION WILLMEET HERE IN JULY

Through Miss Carron's In-fluence Convention Is

Brought To Opelousas.

The annual convention of thestate farmers union will be heldin this city sometime in July.Miss Minnie Carron, state secre-tary, and president R. Lee Mills,of the parish union, went toMarksville, recently armed witha large number of invitationsfrom prominent men of Opel-ousas, and succeded in convinc-ing the board of directors thatOpelousas is the ideal conventioncity of Louisiana.

This will be the second timethat this city has been hostess tothe sturdy farmers of Louisiana;by the very fact that the farmershave chosen Opelousas as theirconvention city for the secondtime it can be concluded that thiscity makes an excellent hostess.

It is due to the efforts of MissMinnie Carron and PresidentMills that Opelousas had againbeen honored by the state far-mers' union, and it is to be hop-ed that the people of Opelousaswill let no stone remain unturnedin order to make this conventionas great a success as any everheld in any city in Louisiana.

Mayor Loeb has been advisedofficially that the conventionwill take place from July 28thto August 1st, inclusive.

EXTENDS THANKS TOTHE LOCAL BANKERS

St. Landry High SchoolFaculty Grateful To En-

thusiastic Financiers.

The Opelousas High Schoolwill run the full term of ninemonths, due to the fact thatthe mayor and board of aldermenagreed to furnish the necessarymoney for that purpose. Allthe grades will be given the fullterm.

The committee appointed to at-tend to financing the school forthe required length of time suc-ceeded in obtaining the Opel-ousas National Bank, thePeoplesState Bank and the St. LandryState Bank to advance the citythe necessary funds.

The faculty of the local high!school has addressed the follow-iing letter to these enthusiasticand patriotic bankers, as well asto the mayor and members of theboard of aldermen, to expresstheir gratitude fortheir assistancerendered to the school:Opelousas, La., April 24, 1914.

To the Officers of the OpelousasNational Bank, The St. LandryState Bank, rand The PeoplesState Bank, of Opelousas, LaWe, the members of the facul-

ty of the Opelousas High School,wish to thank you and expressour appreciation of your publicspiritness and dRp interest in theschool, manife5ed by your ad-vancement of ie necessary fundsto continue the school throughits full term.

Respectfully, W. B. Prescott,Principal; B. R. Scott, JosephineWard, Belle Dupre, Vivian Smith,Eleanor Littell, Lelia Sandoz,Edith Mayer, Anna L Pavy,Josie Price, Mrs. F. Wartelle, M.C. Estorge, Gertrude Sldoz,M. E. Evans, MathildeBar.

mao Uie sad lsu Lighbt SIake 1565 Iles in sown Potr

haln from Iatu logeto epeloss

Last Sunday Messrs. Jos. Bor-delon, Martin Bordelon, S. M.Durand and Mr. Fred. Perkins,State Distributor for the Hupmo-bile, crossed the Mississippi atten o'clock A. M. at Baton Rougewith a Hupmobile and a HudsonLight Six, enroute for Opelousas.

Upon reaching a point aboutfive miles from Baton Rouge itbegan raining a slow drizzlingrain making the trip a very te-diousas well as hard one, butthe two ears reached here thefollowing morning in tip topshape, the Hup pathfinding allalong the line.

SSteve claims the red claySthrough the entire parishes ofAvoyelles and Evangeline to beSthe hardest he has ever seen inantomobiling, to say nothing oftheblack "buckshot" of PointCorpee.

WILL START WORK ONMARKET STREET SOON

Contractors Will Be Readyin A Few Days to PaveOne Square on Market.

The pavement on one squareon Market street is now assured.The city council has passed anordinance calling for that muchneeded street paved with creo-soted wood block and the con-tractors are now ready to go towork, as soon as bidden by thecity fathers.

It is gratifying to the publicspirited citizens of Opelousasthat this piece of work, which isdeemed most necessary will bedone. A howl went up fromevery portion of the city when itwas learned that this block,which bounds the courthousesquare on the west side was leftin its natural state, of mud anddust. However, as soon as themayor and board of aldermensaw the way to have this impor-tant piece of street convertedinto a permanent road, they or-dered the work done, amid thecongratulations of the good roadsenthusiasts of Opelousas.

When the last pavement iscompleted Opelousas will havesome of the best paved streetsin the state, there are alreadyseveral miles of gravel and cre-osoted wood block completed, forall of which the city fathers hadbeen complimented on all sides.There is no other city the size ofOpelousas which can boast of theimprovements laid in this cityduring the last two years, and itis to be hoped that the progres-siveness of the city administra-tion will not dwindle down, dur-ing the next two years. Opelou-sas needs many more improve-ments and if present indicationsare correct it will not be longbefore these too have been per-fected.

The first step to paving Mar-ket street was taken on Thurs-day morning, when the contrac-tor, H. T. Clark, of Alexandria,set his foree at work cleaning upthe gutters, preparatory to con-structing the cement gutters.The early part of next week willsee the pavement on that streetwell under way of construction.

EUNIiE TEAM WILLBE HERE TO-MORROW

Interesting Game Will BePlayed at Comeau Park

Sunday Evening.

The Opelousas nine will playthe strong Eunice club on thelocal diamond to-morrow after-noon if the weather is favorable.After being somewhat suspend-ed the Opelousas club re-organ-ized and is now stronger thanever. Broussard, star third-baseman of the last year aggre-gation will be seen in an Opelou-sas uniform to-morrow, whilstTom Casey, who pitched superbball all of last season, will againbe on the mound for the localteam.

It is understood that CharleyThompson, the reliable little hit-ting shortstop of several sea-sons, will get back with the Ope-lousas boys, whilst John Brown,whom it was reported would notplay any more this season, willgive his valuable services in leftfield as long as the local teamneeds him. With these players,all of whom it was thoughtwould not be with Loeb's teamthis season, it is expected thatOpelousas will be able to copewith the very best amateurteams in the state.

The Eunice aggregation it isreported is very strong and it isexpected that Sunday's battlewill be a great one, and of courseIthe local fans anticipate the vic-tory to stay at home.

Accepts Agency for theFords.

Mr. O. H. McClelland, mana-ger of the Opelousas Motor CarCompany, accepted the agencyfor the Ford cars, for Evange-line and St. Landry parishes andhas already been busy findingpurchasers. He stated that hereceived a car load during theiweek and expected to sell everyone by the end of the week.

Mr. Bordelon, who had beenhandling the Fords for the lasttwo years gave up the agency inorder to sell the Hudson and

Hupmobile cars

IOSINESS IS NORMALAFTER EXCITEMENT

Opelousas Now Itself OnceMore Since Famous Kid-

naping Case Is Over.

After being practically sus-pended for over two weeks busi-ness began assuming its normal

condition on Tuesday, althoughit rained in torrents, nearly allday. During the famous Wal-ters trial business men, bankersand citizens would flock to the

courtroom-if the business manwould have rpmained at hisplace of business he would haveno visitors during the trial, be-

cause the citizens were all tryingto make room for "one more" inthe spacious courtroom.

It was though a storm hadpassed; this week business inOpelousas was as good as usual,and much better than last week,with the exception of the res-taurants

Mr. Dunbar, father of Bobbie,was one of the busiest men inthe city, whilst Hon. E. B. Du-buisson had a great accumula-tion of business, as well as theprosecuting attorneys, Garland,Lewis and Veazie.

The trial, which lasted for twolong weeks, was trying on allwho attended the court proceed-ings; she court officials, the law-yers and witnesses, as well asthe spectators were all worn out,but during the excitement it wasnot perceived; however sinceMonday Opelousas has been thepeaceful resting place for many

tired and worn out persons.

READY TO INSTALLFIRE ALARM SYSTEM

Opelousas Will Have Best

Fire Alarm System inthe State.

The long talked of alarm sys-tem, which was secured for Ope-louse, through the indefatiga-

ble efforts of chief of fire de-

partment, A. S. Brown, -assistedby the Clarion, will be installedvery shortly.

C. F. Maulen, superintendentof construction, has been in the

city for the last few days at-tending to the preliminary work.

He expects that the system willbe completed within threeweeks.

There will be twenty of thelatest and most up-to-date firealarm boxes, with storage bat.tery attached, which can befound only in larger cities thanOpelousas. The public alarm,which will immediately soundthe box number from which thealarm has been turned in, will beplaced at the central fire station,on Union street.

Mr. Maulen was surprised tolearn that the laws of adid not compel the insurancecompanies to reduce their rates,upon the establishing of a mod-ern and up-to-date fire alarmsystem. He stated that this wasthe only city in which he hasconstructed systems that did notenjoy the insurance rate reduc-tion, after securing a splendidfire alarm system.

Opelousas will have to expendover ten thousand dollars in or-derto be placed in the secondclass cities and obtain a reduc-

tion of 20 per cent; whilst thecity fathers have not expressedtheir opinion on this matter it is

thought that Mayor Loeb willsoon take this into considerationand it will not be long beforethat needed improvement is alsosecured for Opelousas.

Clifton Latiolais and WifeAre Safe.

A message from Houston, Tex-as, carried joy into the home ofMrs. F. C. Latiolais.here Wed-nesday. It was the first wordfrom Clifton Latiolais, son ofIrs. Latiolais,- who had beenwith his wife in Tampico, Mexi-

co. Failure to hear from L•ati-Iais for a long time gave rise to

fears of the worse. The wiresays:

"Y. L at Houstonmr."

Mr. Paul Brand, of Donal-•sonville, assistant cashier of the

Bank of Ascension, will leave to-day, after spending two weeks

broter-in-law, Mr. Alias T.

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SUCCESS OF SCHELLCANAL NOW IN S16IT:

Union Irrigation Company Goes In Hands Of R.ceivers To Secure Safety Of Stock And

Bond Holders.

The Union Irrigation Companywent into the hands of receiverson Thursday evening, when thecourt appointed J. FranklinSchell, of Washington, and Wil-liam Edenborn, of New Orleans.as receivers. This action on thepart of the stockholders of thegreat company does not meanthat the Irrigation Company hasfailed, as is generally the rulewhenever a corporation is throwninto the hands of a receiver.On the contrary the success ofthis large enterprise never hada brighter prospect than at pres-ent; never was success staring itin the face as it is lnow and thereis nothing to stop the companyfrom succeeding;

Mr. Edenborn and ManagerSchell have. already started onthe new year's crop in earnest;on account of lack of money theseveral thousand acres of land ofthe largest enterprise in this par-ish lay waste until Thursdayevening. The two receivers nowhave unlimited amount of moneyat their disposal and every .bondand stockholder is now safe. Noone will lose one cent; every debtowed by the company will bepaid and in a few years thedream of Mr. Schell and hismany friends will have beenrealized and this country will bea thousandfold better off for it.St. Landry is proud of the

Schell Canal the largest of itskind in the South; every trueand loyal son of the once empireparish of Louisiana points to thisgreat enterprise with pride; noother parish can show such asplendid resource getter.

The canal will, by the factthat the water which is used tolood the rice land isbrought from the Miessisippiriver by means of the ea•al; an-richen the farming lands of :StLandry. There wil be no needof fertilizers there will be noneed of leaving the land barrefor a number of years, as is thecustom in other states and theland will never deteriorate. norwill it depreciate in its intrinsicvalue. The farmers of St. Lan-dry never fear salt water, likethe less lucky rice planters of

I WNSTIUllT FINEIF*T-IATE lilE

Joseph Bordelon Will Erect 4

One Of The Finest GaragesIn This Section.

Opelousas will soon have oneof the finest automobile arage

buildings in Southwest Loaiuns.Mr. Joseph Bordelon, seniormember of the firm of Joe Bor-delon & Son, publicly announcedon last Wednesday evening that

he would soon have the buildingunder construction.

Mr. Bordelon is now agent forthe Hudson and the Hopmobilecars, which he will handle ex-clusively, whilst Bordelon &Hays will operate their garage,at the same time be salesman forthe two make of cars, which Mr.Bordelon handles.

The building will havea cementfloor, and will have a large gdassfront and will be roomy enoughto accomodate scores of cars atthe same time.

Mr. Bordelon expects that thecontractors will soon be occupiedwith his garage and that it willnot take very long for the workto be completed, after whichOpelousas will have one of thelargest garages in this portion ofthe state.

John Brown Is SuccessfulAspirant for New Route

Carrier.

John Brown, young son of Mr.A. S. Brown, Sr., president ofthe state firemen's association,was the successful aspirant forthe new rural route. YoungBrown, who was graduat•d fromthe local high school last yearcompeted against twelve a•-eants, i- the examination heldin this city about two monthsago, coming out with the high-est perentg.W

Acadia and other ,parishes; •ewater which is brought down tbthe rice fields by means of theSchell canal enriches and fertl-.izes the land.

The many friends of Mr. Scbaiwho have been hoping to see 1day when the Union Irrigati• ewould prove a success andone ofthegreatest assets in this countryare happy to learn the good f'i-tune which has fallen to ..SchelL The capitalists of theEast have already shown thiinterest in this man; they rktsspent thousands and thobof dollars helping this enteiMr. Edenborn, owner of the1so-iiana Navigation railroad, uhaimplicit faith in the abilities SMr. Schell, as well as being c mas.vinced that the Union IirkCompany will put millions .of ars min circulation in this arisaw

each year. On that aseont ewill back up the company tteextent of his pocket book, weiclmeans that Mr. Schell now hkiaznlimited amount of money aQhis disposal, for the prpose amaterializing his planof sevastyears ago.

The rumor that the Union I•rigation failed is all false and hbeen. branded as abeaoltely a-true by Mr. Schell and tfriends; on the contrary the opany will prosper ait• eseeuring a severe blow tiothe floods of October and Novber of lastyear.Of the twelve ju•sls

voted, on the firstsending the tinker to hisvia the gallows. 'No ofFrank Olivierd and . Fafter seeing thatthe oftheir number. wre inguailty withoueat caitalnmet, came over to eside, but Eliah Fisherhis belief that theacewedfuly repay the trouble and ary head caused the sefamily, by snffria t ath.took exactly sit hours for tother eleveni juors to coMvtMr. Fisher that it wer bestbe lenient e on the allEgEd

casat the ballot churesulted in the on ictiea:t1am C. Walters.

Contractor EjahWil Begin Under

on WaWshngton RThe eight foot gravel

which are to be bstrr;this perish, are now in gAfter appropriating o$10o0

-ood roads the poljee jry ldelayed on aecount "several minor thing,. but itannounced during the week aon Monday the work wool bestarted in earnest EiaS hor, contractor, will start hisz~n the Washington road, ol

tut of this city from Main sThe road will be lpedpsagiven a very and sb~ai s-tial crown, which will be w•k•* •

scientifically, before the rvwill be laid. Eight feet~' .,

dirt road will be on each idatthe eight foot gravel pevemand it is expected, with the• •er drainage, which will be ee

these roads that it will aroad much superior to the

be set to work from Wcoming towards Opeltss •that it will meet up wlb .*Fisher's men, midway betweenOpelousas and Washington. - :i

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ed to her home ins New or l >i,after visiting Mrs. H. M menhi :;sveg.

The new route, which has beenin operation for several wee• .leaves this city on the Washing~ton road, and striking a portionof the Teche count:y. It is not :;yet a standard route, being amlytwenty miles in length, but it ithought by the end of the .yeit will be converted into a sta~ndard route.

Mr. Brown took charge t thinew route on the .art ot •hismonth.