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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

There is considerable conf
ment on the high cost of
living all over the country.
As long as the people cater to
the prices asked for goods, SO
long will they pay high prices.
On the other hand, when they
refuse to pay high prices,
generally, there will be a
noticeable drop, or change III
the high cost of living
The buying public is respon-
:sible as much as anybody for
this, and the sooner they
decide to refuse to buy goods
at high prices, then there will
be a reduction. Because one
asks high prices for his goods
is no reason that you have &c
pav it.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Cutoff Survey Made.

Surveyors Of the United States
Poverrrnent have Just completed
the work y. LAYING cut ehc righ1
Of way for The I1tcrccastal canal
from Schooner Bavou TO tie Evt-
mj',ou Bayou. Just when tne
actual work will be begun : not
known, but is though to he some
tire soon. This work involve.
the cut of III the Ncrmiiion Bay.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Is Your Home a
Financial Success!'

The-day-by-dav problem of living within the
income is the despair of some housewives-anda
simple problem of good management with others.
The amount of the income does not always
determine whether the problem shall be solved or
not---for family needs have way of adjusting
themselves to family resources.
It is usually question Of whether the house
wife has "a head for business" or whether she
considers certain usual expenses inevitable
1t is fortunate household whose "buver"
makes business matter of it--buying wisely,
opportunely with real knowledge Of values, and
an alert interest in the advertisements OF the stores
which afford many opportunities for real economies.
When The buying for household IS entrusted
to such a woman, that home viii be "a financial
success"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Primary Election Oct. IA.

The democratic executive COM
mittee met Monday at the court
house, and ordered a primary cleo
ton for Oct. "A, at which time a
delegate will be elected TO the
constitutional convention which
will be held at Baton Rouge, where
the matter of the state debt will be
taken up. The nomination will
close OH Oct. 8.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Stockholders Meeting.
Abbeville, La. Sept. II, l91

Abbeville, La. Sept. II, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders OF The
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. will he held
AZ It's banking rooms on Tuesday Oct,
"a. 1913. Al 10 4. III. for the purpose o.
eIec-'uE t!,c ao,rt - directors, and
tf4asactire any other business that may
come mp.
Respectfully
:. (. BROUSSARD. Sec.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Cost Of the Auditors.

The auditors who are here going
over the books of the parish, come
from the state Office, sent by the
governor Of the state, and Is OF ~
expense to the parish. The audi
tors are paid a yearly salary, VITA
a fund for expenses. There will be
several days Of work for the audi
tors to complete the work.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Bad Leak in Court House.

There is quite a bad leak i'll the
court house building, and should
not be allowed to 90 any longer.
The leak is just over the head of
the stairs, and when it rains. Tie
leak cause the stairs TO be wet I'll
the way down to the bottom floor.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Mark Twain, asked as to
how much it cost to live in
New York, replied that cost,
always, a little more than one
had. This is true of all cities
--unless one shows business
ability" in spending money,
as we'll as in earning it. Ad-
readers make spending a
business Natter
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Poor School Attendance.

In some places of this parish,
schools aro not attended . they
should be, owing TO the fact thai
there are parents VINO prefer 10
deprive their children of an educa-
ton, keeping them at work Oh his
farm, instead OF hiring labor.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
New Gymnasium Club.

The new gymnasium club, re-
Gently organized, and now getting
in shape, this week, put Prof.
M. NJ. Morgan, of the University
of Mississippi. in charge. While
this is young organization, It is
rapidly growing, and will soon be
another of our interesting clubs.
Prof. Morgan, who is in charge,
is the assistant principal of the
high school
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
My2. Simon Entcrtains.

Mrs. Leo Slime. .s--.ttiu.5 20.
"5""" TUESDAY .-e.-..c ~ ao-o. o.. a..
sister, Ms =. a. 'i.us.r. O.. n".o:,!.1,
Ire fr.. prla, -,as vol! =. l,r Iearr
Ser, tha s-votI b. Hiss HalE.e Al-7.
aui tlie guest prize w. ME-, IC-.a
Trallau Tie l,at,caaT's FRS. Pre-
WIS lied bet"FG Fir al~ph, i-cg t-l
lir. Herb. Ie.-.>I- "Er s-rpI1 -s5.-
VAS e SIC between 81. rarLl -"i.Eisr
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Sufferage League to Meet.

The suffrage league will meet
Thursday afternoon at the Library
building. The publil is cordially
invited to attend. The league has
set the first Thursday OF each
month as their meeting dav.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Competition between the
stores i'll value-giving grows
keener all the time---and
makes the store ads of incrcas-
ing purse-intercst to you ali
the time.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Just received new pack Of Fancy
Spare RIBS and Pigs Feet. Also
fine line of salt water Pickles,
Sweet Pickles and Sour Pickles,
all in bluls, at Iinrnerglucks ad
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Worth-having tenants are
looking for worthwhile houses
and apartInents---and they
read the adSl
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Some people won't even
lend their moral support with
out charging interest on it
they are not city builders.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
New Cement Walk.

!. 3. Silver & Son. cement con
tractors, have just completed the
work of putting down a cement
sidewalk from the residence Of d..
X. ?. Nelson, through the edGc
of the Masonic cemetery, to the
depot.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

A housewife becomes Ed
ucated and Efficient i'll buying
after she has acquired the
habit of making ad-reading all
invariable part Of her shopping
task.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

The home buyers are all ad
readcrs---one might say that
only the ad readers are buying
homes!
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

u the Public:
Ny duties as manager ot the A5bevill,
Sanitarlum vail II 70 Wis interfere witt
~ practice 7 may be found 81 ali hour
1t the 81 lItar.Ln.
HAROLD G. T EDWARDS.
Aug,-st 3rS:g13
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

The town that wins is the
town that fights ever day in
the wear for better conditions.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

1t is said"The road TO ruin,
is the road with bad ruts. " If
this is true where is Yer
million going?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Column:

Wanted-A Farm-Any one Wishing to
sell place of say 200 acres, with house,
may find purchaser by addressing the
undersigned with full ard particular
description of the location and premises,
price and terms. Address K-23lS
Coliseum ST., New Orleans, La.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Cooperation is the power
through which all things be
come possible.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

Wanted-You to know that You can now
get the Abbeville Progress and TIL
Texas Progressive Farmer, & weekly
PAPER, devoted TO the farmers. for one
year for the price of $50. These
papers cost 81 a year each. Bit by
sending 81. so to the Abbeville PROGRESS,
YOU can get both for one year.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27
Railroad Time Table.
EAST Mound.

EASl D'NE'l'.
No. sos motor car, leaves 10 q. III.
No. 500 passenger, leaves @" q. N.
No. 528 mixed, leaves 4:4o p III
WEST BOUND.
No. 527 mixed. leaves 9:'' 4. NJ.
20. So passenger, leaves Z'' p. ~
No 500 moto- car. arrives 5:55 p. m.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

.Lost-Enyelops containing one note for
s575.00, given by Miros I. Gordy,
with some credit on it. Finder please
return to Mr.. J. E. Strobe or to Mr..
MCPHERSON S Office. Reward. Z9-5t
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-27

MadrlS. Dulci. Who has been one %
Ii. % ular clc.l,s 1t TIA. Grmmcr store,
icit TUESDAY for Beaumont. where n,
went 70 ACCEPT a position
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18
staggering" Humanity.

The bill adopted by the British Par
Lament, making it possible TO release
hunger-striking prisoners on parole
but reimprison them when they are
well again. is a measure as sensible as
it is necessary. Not the least of its
advantages is that it will render un-
necessary the practice of forciblc feed
ing, measure that tended to make
martyrs OF those concerned Under the
new law the punishment will be more
effective and will have no glamour about
it. 1t will cease to be possible for per-
sons convicted of grave crimes to make
a triumphant exit from Jail by dint of
a few days fasting.
While welcoming the law on these
grounds, it is still felt that it will not
go to the root of British militant"
suffragism. That root, in our estima-
ton, is financial and must be reached
by measure making the monetary
fines inflicted by criminal courts re-
coverable as a civil debt and abolishing
the option of evading the consequences
BY the cheap and theatrical alternative
of going to prison.
Some of Mrs. Pankhurst's followers
have been threatening to 'Stagger" hu-
mainly, phrase which made deep
impression in England. Such words
have an unfortunate effect on the lead
ers of lost causes, such as resort TO
violence in order to hasten the advent
of equal suffrage in Great Britain. The
anarchists of Houndsditch and of Paris
also promised TO "stagger' humanity,
but they were suppressed quickly. The
worlds sympathy is a powerful force.
but staggering" humanity will not en-
list it. The Russian nihilists won SYM
pathy in proportion as they were exiled
and tortured. They forfeited that very
sympathy when they resorted to crime.
The appeal of martyrdom is emo
tional and illogical and is most success
full against a cruel and vindictivc gov
ernment. English rule is liberal. hui
manitarian, and mild IF humanity is
to be Staggered" by unlawful acts. the
result will be the very opposite of what
they had desired
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18

Not few rulers of the world are pros
porous business men. The most con
spicuous example is the German Kaiser
who includes among his principal inter
ests a tile factory! The general conduc
of it is based upon rules and regulations
laid down by the Emperor himself. In.
deed, il is said that the sovereign is moi
above engaging employees himself, adjust
ing their wages, and even designing GER
tain OF the wares turned out. The Kai
ser is model employer, anxious as to
the comfort Of his men at Cadinen. who
have been provided with cottages and
peusions and given a. share in the pro-
fifs, which are reported to approximate
SO. 900 year.
1t is matter of common knowledge
that the Prince of Lippe- Detmold is a
dealer in butter and eggs on a large
scale while as a side line he has a busy
brick factory that adds materially to his
income.
The King of Wurtemburg is the pro-
prietor of two hotels within his domains,
one at his beautiful capital, Stuttgart,
which are reported to be worth some
thing like $4,000 annually TO him. =
The Emperor of Austria. like the Kai.
ser, operates a tile and china factory.
The establishment, situated near the
AuStfldH tdPtldl. tIliplotS tndlf
LOCO skilled workmen. But his greatest
revenue he derives from his famous
Hungarian vineyards.
The King of Saxony. too. has business
interests in the world-renowned porcelain
factories at Dresden and Meissen.
Perhaps the most unconventional of
the royal business men is the King of
Servia, who, in addition to several shops
doing a general trade. is said to pro-
mote the sale Of patent medicine and
to run A motor car agency.
There is not a particle of foundation
for the ridiculous statement of two
London papers that Emperor William
cherished wish that his only daughter
should marry Prince Arthur of Con-
naught. The Emperor never would have
contemplated the possibility of his child
becoming the wife of Junior member
Of any Imperial or Royal family.
Emperor Williams original plan for
his daughter came to nothing. In fact
it was of chimerical nature altogether.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18
LA~<~ <~1e<
STA TESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

man looks forward to Cabinet meetings
for chance to rest.
Representative stephens of Los An
geles, Cal, was manager of a wholesale
grocery there about twenty-five years
ago. The telephone number was Main
56-or something like .that-and Stephens,
of course, had occa sion to call the num-
Der frequently. But that was a quarter of
century ago. The other day he picked
up the receiver OF a. phone in the Capi-
tol to call his hotel. and found himself
calling Main Sc. For some unaccountable
psychological reason, the number or that
wholesale grocery had popped back into
his head and asserted itself after all the
mounting years.
Senator Nose Clapp no sooner gets on
railway train than he sets about en-
gaging the porter or the conductor I'm
conversation. He finds that the average
conductor has a point of view that is
likely to reflect that of the common
people. And Clapp figures that a man In
public life cannot afford to overlook an
opportunity to find out what the people
are thinking about For that reason YOU
never see Nose Clapp buying much
reading matter from the train boy. He
can read any old time. but when he gets
on train he desires to engage in con-
versation.
Copyright, 1918. by Fred C. Kelly All RIGHTS
Rescrred.l
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18
Secretary Daniels, innovation.

The Secretary of the Navy has de-
cided to abolish the nautical terms of
"starboard" and port" and to use in
stead the plain English expressions of
fright" or 'left."
This appears but small matter, but
it is not The change sounds simple.
but is not. Much of the romance and
the glamour of the sea tales will have
to 60 by the board with this innova-
ton, and, oh, what about the writers
of those thrilling marine yarns la
Marryat or Roberts, &C., filled with
all-absorbing, blood-curdling stories Of
life aboard ship and on the limitless
ocean waves.
We doubt whether Mr.. Daniels knew
the far-reaching results of his ukase
What will become of the denaturcd
annals of piracy? What is to be jet
tisoned next by landlubbering desk men?
Shiver your timbers! Are we never
more to hear gunwale, shroulds, taft
rail- yard-arms. davits, or jibboom?
Farewell spanker-sheet or martingale-
guy. What, anyway, is to be the fate
of the nomenclature of the schooner.
brig, full-rigged ship, clipper, &c, in
these days of mastless and sailless
giant seafghters?
Alas and alack! Maintop- gallants,
stunsails, mizzentops, peak halyards,
clue-garnets, bowlinebridles, they Will
have no more meaning for the old-time
salt than the A B to the incipient
kindergarten boy. Instead of STAR
boarding the helm" let us simply push
the rudder to the right side" Instead
of below or aloft," it is TO be "up-
stairs and downstairs" instead of 'up.
per deck" it will be second story"
1t is to be front and back" for fore
or aft"
Oh, shades of Neptune! Oh. We
sacred memories of Farragut, of Mel
son, of Drake. even of Columbus! Has
it come to this?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18

/ had at the time no idea of going into
public life. and I never studied elocution
! or practiced debating. This was q loss
| to me In one way. In another way II
| was not. Personally I have not the
slightest sympathy with debating con-
| tests In which each side Is arbitrarily
assigned given proposition and told to
maintain 1t without the least reference
to whether those maintaining it believe
in II or not. L know that under our sys-
tenn this Is necessary for lawyers, but I
emphatically disbelieve in Il as regards
general discussion of political social.
and industrial matters. What we need
Is to turn out Of our colleges young men
with ardent convictions on the side of
the right; not young men who can make
sssd argument for either right or
wrong as their interest bids them.
The present method of carrying on de-
bates on such subjects as Our Colonial
Policy" or 1.-THE Need of Navy" or
1.-The Proper Position of the Courts in
Constitutional Questions" encourages
precisely the wrong attitude among
those who take part in them. There is
no effort to instill sincerity and inten-
sity of conviction. On the contrary, the
net result is to make the contestants
feel that their convictions have nothing
10 40 WITH tnelT dTSuT1tHtS
sorry i did not study elocution in col
lege: but I am exceedingly glad that I
did not take part in the type of debate
in which stress Is laid. not upon getting
speaker to think rightly. but on get
ting him to talk glibly on the side to
which he is assigned, without regard
either to what his convictions are or to
what they ought to be.
i was a reasonably good student in
college, standing just within the first
tenth of my class. IL I remember right
ly: although 7 am not sure whether this
means the tenth of the whole number
that entered or of those that graduated.
was given q Phi Beta Kappa key"
MY chief interests were scientific. When
entered college, ] was devoted to out
of-doors natural history, and my ambi-
ton was to be scientific man of the
Audubon, or Wilson, or Baird. or Coues
type-a man like Hart Merriam, or
Frank Chapman. or Hornaday. today.
MY father had from the earliest days
instilled into me the knowledge that I
was to work and to make my own way
in the world. and / had always supposed
that this meant that / must enter bust
ness But in my freshman year Che died
when / was a SOPHOMORE he told me
that il / wished to become scientific
man I could do so. He explained that
must he sure that / really intensely
desired to do scientific work. because
if 7 went into it / must make it a seri-
Gus career; that he had made enough
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-18

!, money to enable me to take up such q
| career and do commemorative work OF
value IL intended to do the very best
work there was In me; but that I must
not dream Of taking II up as dilet-
tante He also gave me a piece Of adj
vice that I have always remembered.
| namely, that, IL I was not going to earn
+. money. must even things up by not
spending it. As he expressed il, had
| to keep the fraction constant. and if l
| was not able to increase the numerator.
then must reduce the denominator. In
| other words, II 1 went into scientific
career, must definitely abandon all
| thought of the enjoyment that could ac-
company a money-making career. and
must find my pleasures elsewhere.
After this conversation fully intended
to make science my life-work. I did
not for the simple reason that at that
time Harvard, and I suppose our other
colleges, utterly ignored the possibilities
Of the faunal naturalist. the outdoor
naturalist and observer Of nature. They
treated biology as purely a science Of
the laboratory and the microscope,
science whose adherents were to spend
their time in the study of minute forms
of marine life, or else in section-cutting
and the study of tissues of the higher
organisms under the microscope. This
attitude was, no doubt. in part due to
the fact that in most colleges then
there was a not always intelligent copy
ing Of what was done in the great Ger
man universities. The sound revolt
against superf1ciality of study had been
carried to an extreme: thoroughness
in minutiae as the only end of study
had been erected into a fetish.
There was total failure to under
stand the great variety of kinds of
work that could be done by naturalists.
including what could be done by out
door naturalists-the kind Of work which
Hart Merriam and his assistants in the
Biological Survey have carried to such
a high degree of perfection as regards
North American mammals. In the en-
tirely proper desire to be thorough and
to avoid slipshod methods the tendency
was to treat as not serious, as I'M
scientific, any kind of work that was
not carried on with laborious minute
ness in the laboratory. My taste was
specialized in a totally different direc-
ton, and had no more desire or ability
to be a microscopic and section-cutter
than TO be a mathematician. Accord
ingly / abandoned all thought of be-
coming a scientist. Doubtless this meant
that I really did not have the intense
devotion to science which / thought l
had: for. IL I had possessed such de-
votion, I would have carved out a
career for myself somehow without re-
gard to disbursements.