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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

That the range of the functions Of
a chamber of commerce or board OF
trade is materially broadening is indi-
Gated by a bulletin just issued by the
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce. department of commerce, in
which some OF the activities OF com
mcrCial organizations in % southern
and western cities are described.
Nearly every commercial Organiza-
ton has some lire of work in which
it has proved especially successful, or
which it has taken up because OF con-
ditions peculiar to its field. 1t is
these lines that the bulletin describes
in more or less detail. Ii describes,
for example, how the chamber Of com
merce in Atlanta, Ga. launched and
carried to a successful conclusion a
campaign for a 100000 bond issue
to provide municipal improvements;
it describes the freight-recOrd service
in Houston the permanent exhibit
system I'm Los Angeles, the inspection
bureau work in San Francisco. the
cooperation between commercial or
CARNATIONS and the state of Oregon,
the charity endorsement alsd taxation
bureaus in Seattle. the garcen contest
system in Spokane, the park improve
ment campaign in Denver. the study
/ Of the good roads problem in territory
! tributary to Minneapolis, etc. No at
| tempt is made to describe the entire
/ work of any one association or TO
present minor details. The bulletin
| aims to indicate what commercial or
| CARNATIONS in certain cities have done
| and are doing, so that their expert
ence may be made of benott 10
other associations in conducting work
| already in hand or determining new
lines of activity Copies of the bulle
tin Commercial Organizations il
Southern and Western Cities, Specia
+, Agents Series No. 19) may be OBJ
tanned from the superintendent OF
documents, government printing office
Washington, d. c., for ten cents.
The general features of commercial
organization work are treated in
bulletin issued by the bureau of Cor
eign and domestic commerce in 1871:
Commercial Organizations, Specia
Agents Series No. Coz, copies of which
also may be obtained from the super
intendent of documents for five cent
each.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
SHOW SMALL PROFIT
Returns From Rented Farms
Only Nominal.
Agricultural Department Refutes Be-
lief RuraIite Residing in City and
Leasing Land Is PIutocrat-
Corn Belt Data Is Given.

Washington.-Popular belief that the
farm owner who lives in the city and
rents his farm is in the class with
prodigal pIutocrats was given a Sc
we're jolt in a bulletin just issued b.
the department Of agriculture, which
shows that the average return from
rented farms is but 3l2 per cent on the
Investment The size Of the farm
seems to have no effect on the per
centage.
The bureau of farm management
which developed these facts studied
several hundred farms in Indiana. ILL
nOis and Iowa.
States in the corn belt were chosen
because they excel almost ali other re-
gions in wealth Of farm products. In
this section modern machinery. with
more horses and fewer men, has made
the farm less than 100 acres an in
efficient unit" Further readjustments
are constantly taking place to lessen
the number of persons needed and to
Increase the net productions OF the
farm
The average labor income of the
farm owners operating their own
farms was $i0S for the year studied
and $3.50 for the tenants. These fig
ures are obtained by deduCting per
cent OF the capital investment from
the income. As the tenant has a
smaller capital investment his labor
income is proportionately larger.
Strangely enough. the farmers max
ing the lowest labor incomes are on
big farms, but they fail through In
efficient management. Poor crops, low
prices for products sold. poor stock,
failure to work and unused capital are
given as the main causes contributing
to their failure.
The income of the farmer who owns
his farm is in direct proportion to his
capital and the size of his farm. Men
owning small farms often materially
increase their incomes by renting add,
tional land The tenants income is in
direct proportion to the risk he as
sumes.
On the cash rent basis. his income is
greater in a good year and less in q
poor year than when he rents on the
share basis. Approximately one-thirc
of the total farm expense is for labor
and for this reason the "family-size'
farm is the most desirable; that is
one which provides just a fair amount
of work for the farmer and his son:
and permits the best use of men
horses and machinery.
OF the crop farm where 80 PEI
cent of the total farm receipts are de
rived from the sale of grain. and thu
live stock farm, where the farme
feeds most Of his crops, the latte
proved a much better investment
though the fact that they were usu
ally larger than the crop farm" con
tributed something to this result. Blu
the average labor income of the crol
farmer who owned his own farm wa
but SIS per farm, whereas the averag
live stock farmer under similar condl
lions had a labor income of $3.50.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
The Hyena,

Prof Henry Corson Taylor said in
an address in Baltimore of the new
claims for radium:
These new claims for radium as a
medicine are ridiculously inaccurate
They remind me of a circus l once Wis
hed.
I'm the menagerie of this circus
there was a man who led us from cage
to cage, describing the animals in
each. When he came to the hyena's
cage he said:
AND in this here cage, ladies ant
gents, we have a remarkable specimen
Of the laughin' hyena. The laughin
hyena lives on garbage, he is despiseC
and rejected by all the other ferociou'
denizens of the jungle, he is a hope
less coward, and what he's got t.
laugh about | can't think.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Selfish Optimist.

DR.. ChaunCey N. Depew, at dinner
to the earl of Kin.ore in New York,
was declaring sravely that the bill
which grants free canal tolls to Amer
lean coastwise shipping must be re-
pealed under pain perhaps OF war,
when a coastwise shipper shouted joe
Ularly:
"Oh, be an optimist, doctor"
BE an optimist, eh?" said Doctor
Depew. Well there's too much op'
timism already-too much optimism
of a certain kind.
What is an optimist, sir?' little
boy once asked me.
AN optimist, sonny I replied, is
man who doesn't care what happens
so long as it doesn't happen to him
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
POTATO CROP OF THE WORLD.

Out of a total of 5,945 ,S46,000 bush
els. the worlds crop for 1912, Germany
produced 1874 $4,000 bushels, or 81
per cent, says the department OF ag-
riculture.
II is remarkable that the immense
Russian empire, with S,291,4 square
miles. produced only about three
fourths the quantity of potatoes that
Germany produced on her 2OS,fSO
square miles, while the United States.
with 3,026,7S9 square miles, produced
not quite one-fourth the German crop,
although the area under potatoes in
the United States was nearly half the
potato area of Germany, and the Rus
sian potato area exceeded that of Ger
many by nearly 100000 acres.
The explanation is to be found in
the fact that only 2S per cent of the
German potato crop is used for human
consumption, while the rest is used
in the arts and for stock food. For
the last-named purpose nearly AZ per
cent is used, showing that Germany,
with a very limited area of pasture
land. has to depend largely on gar
nered produce to feed her live stock.
The steady increase of the German
potato crop. with practically station
airy acreage, shows the possibilities of
intensive cultivation.
By comparing the production of 1911
with that of 1912, for the principal
countries, it is seen that the former
was lean year. the latter fat year
representing an advance not only over
1911. but in most cases over earlier
wears, the German production of 1917
being the highest on record The
United Kingdom is an exception, its
production in 1912 having been the
lowest since 1908.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
IF YOUR SKIN lTCHES,
JUST USE RESlN0L

The moment that Resinol Ointment
touches itching skin, the itching stops
and healing begins. That is why doc
tors have prescribed it successfully for
more than eighteen years in even the
severest cases of eczema, letter, ring
worm, rashes and other tormenting,
unsightly skin eruptions. Aided by
warm baths with Resinol Soap, Res
mol Ointment restores the skin to per-
feet health and comfort, quickly, easily
and at little cost.
You need never hesitate to use Resi-
mol. 1t contains absolutely nothing
that could injdse the tenderest skin
even of a tiny baby. All druggists
sell Resinol Ointment (50c and $1,000,
and Resinol Soap (25c).-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Ancient Custom Kept Up.

To determine the letting of a piece
Df meadow land, quaint device was
rasorted to at Butterwich, near Bos-
ton. England. A candle was lighted
and a pin stuck in it's side. Then bid
ding commenced. The candle burned
until the fame reached the pin, which
fell out, and the land was declared let
to the last bidder prior to the pin fall
ing. There are people still living who
remember when the sandglasS was
used at auctions in Lincolnshire, and
the candle and pin is a revival OF an
ancient CUSTOM
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
DON'T ALWAYS TELL
Smell Cannot Be Relied Upon al
All Times.
Clerk Used to Waiting on Wealthy
Politicians Fooled BY a Different
Odor-What the Man in Cor
duroys Finally Purchased.

This story happened in Harrisburg,
Pa, but its moral in the selling of
underwear may be found universally
applicable.
In Harrisburg. then, there is a GER
tain haberdashery establishment not
a thousand miles away from the CAPT
toll buildings. Whether this said gen
tlemen's furnishings emporium was
designed for the needs of those pluto
cratic ones who bought and sold
tables by the cubic mahogany foot or
not the story does not say. But it is
known. at least. that the establish
ment kept a rather nifty line of goods.
one day to this shiny little palace
came a person in cordurOys. They
were not fashionable cordurOys, worn
with suede gloves, a velour hat and
windsor tie No These COrdurOys
were much crumpled and stained,
/ bagged badly at the knees. and
worst of all,-had an unmistakable
Odor OF the stable upon them.
| They were obviously fer out of their
/ orbit in thus thrustiuC themselves into
/ the senatorial haberdashery. But in
| they went. mirrors and all.
The nOn-committal youngish man
who sported them asked a supercilious
/ salesman to see underclothes. The
! salesman. shifting that odor of the
stable. threw down one box or the
counter. the box containing a heavy
WOODEN garment.
One dollar" declared the salesman.
The corduroy person examined the
garment looked up and said:
Haven't you something a little better
than this?"
Our senatorial salesman flushed al
the plebian slur on his stock. Ger
tainly." he sneered. and tumbled down
a second box "One-fifty."
Corduroys carefully examined the
one-fifty garment also. but again
looked up This the best you got?
he inquired
The salesman swore great oath
under his romantic mustaChe.p III
fix you. you mucker'" he murmured
Down came a swagger box, off came
the lid and there repOsed beautiful
pale blue silk CONNECTION. Fifteen
dollars a garment" explained the
suave autocrat accustomed to deal
with contractors. Thirty dollars q
suit"
The stable-smelling one looked as
before. paused and said, thoughtfully
III take two suits, please. Send then
down to the circus grounds, can you?
He got out his pocketbook, stripped
loose three 500 bills and mentioned
name. The name was probably the
most famous one In circus annals o
this day.
Now our salesman is very kindly L
the occasional misguided farmers wh'
drift into the glittering shop and save
his haughtiness for mere state sena
tors and so on.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
From Mrs. ]. D. Murdoch, Quincy, Mass.
Poor Consolation.

= A vicar and his church warden were
playing round of golf. The man OF
the cloth was completely off his game
and after foozling most of his shots
and suffering from the disadvantage
of being unable TO use the common
explosives which give comfort to the
ordinary golfer, he gave up in despair
Cheer up my friend consoled the
layman. There's one thing-youl
get your own back when you have tc
bury me-"
That's all very WELL" was the
gloomy reply of the vicar, but ever
then it will be your hole."-Londor
Tit-Bits.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Mioht Have Left That Out.

Sir Henry Lucy tells how, after the
home rule bill rupture, Sir William
Harcourt ard Sir Henry James still
retained unbroken an intimate friend
ship.
One day. in conversation, Lord Nor
ris remarked on the charm of this Incl
dent in the storm and stress of party
warfare.
Yes said Harcourt, softly, with a
wistful PARKWAY look in his eyes, 1--WE
are. as you may say. brothers"
so were Cain and Abel" said Lord
Morris.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Qualified in Part.

She was very literary and he was
not. He had spent a harrow evening
discussing authors, Of whom he knew
nothing. and their books, of which
he knew less. Presently the maiden
asked. archly: "Of course, you've read
Romeo and Juliet" He foundered
helpless for a moment. and then. hav-
ing a brilliant thought, blurted out,
happily: I've read Romeo"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
AMERICAN COTTON GOODS.

British East Africa in the fiscal
wear 1918 bought $1,3OS,777 worth of
unbleached cotton goods, and $674,S91
worth of these came from the United
States. despite the distance between
the two countries and the lack OF d.
rect means of transportation. In the
trade in other lines of cotton goods
American manufacturers have little
or no share. American gray goods
we're introduced many years ago by
an American firm that has long been
engaged in East African trade. Ihey
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Various Salutations.

How do you do?" That's Engilsh
and American. How do you carry
YOURSELF" That's French. How DO
You stand?" That's Italian. How 90
YOU find yourself?" That's German.
CHOW do you fare?" That's Dutch
GLOW can you?" That's Swedish
-'How do you perspire?" That's Egyp
tian. How is your stomach? have
Won eaten your rice?" That's Chlnese'
How do you have yourself? mat 5
Polish How 10 you live on?' That >
Russian. May thy shadow never be
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Phenomenal.

links has one strike after another
in his factory, and strange to say, the
more strikes. the better the business
seems to be-"
What kind of business is it?"
"He manufactures alarm clocks"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
AND What Could She say?

The presence of mind of an impe-
cunious lover was illustrated at re-
cent bazaar where there was a stall
for the sale of watch charms.
ooh, Charles" coaxed his fiancee,
buy me a charm
Mabel" he answered, you have
too many already"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Too Small an Order to TriHe With.

The Manhattan Nationalist tells of a
Kansas man who bought a farm in
California who had heard of his neigh
bor's talent for raising large potatoes,
so sent his farmland over to get a
hundred pounds. You go back home.
answered the talented farmer to the
messenger. land tell your boss that
won't cut potato for anyone. kan
sas City Star.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Naturally Fortified.

81 am afraid that man is going to
say something he will be sorry for"
Don't worry" replied Miss Cay
enne; people who make a specially of
reckless talk seldom have the discern
ment to be sorry."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
RUB-MY-TISM

VIII cure your rheumatism and all
kinds of aches and pains-Neuralgia,
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptie
Ancdyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
sHAKEINTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, the Ant.septic powder for Tired
Tender swollen. nervous feet Gives rest and
comfort Makes walking "A deli ght sod everyw here
25c. DON'T accept any substitute. tor FREE sam
pie address Allen ). Olmsted. lie Roy, n Adv
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Certainly Not.

81 don't waste any time on anything
don't understand
Then you never eat hash"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
When He Gets "His."

"A man seldom gets what he is look
ing for" observed the Old fogy.
Unless he is looking for the worst
of it," corrected the crouch.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

Putnam Fadetss Dyes are the cas-
lest to use. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

The average married man is the
kind Of husband that makes the neigh
bors feel sorry for his wife.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

Most of us think we know a lot Of
people that his satanic majesty doesn't
have to waste any time running after.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

The one strong point Of a busy
bee is not in his favor
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach. liver and bowels.
Segregated, tiny granules. Easy to take
as candy. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

Paintings are never hung until after
they have been executed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

Politeness is an air cushion that
eases the Jolt.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25

less" That's Persian-and all mean
much the same thing.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Both WAYS.

"That was a raw deal he got"
Yes, but you must confess it was
well done"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
Hicks CAPUDINE

CURES HEADACHES AND COLDS
Easy To Take-Quick Relief.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-04-25
From Mrs. S. 7. Richmond, Providence, r. |.
A Minister'S Wife Writes:

CLoorrT MNN-"I have suffered much with Irregularities
pain inflammation, your wonderful medicine Lydia t. lmF
fms Vegetable Compound we'll and recommend
all that troubled with these complaints JEN
ME AkERMAN. Rev i. AKERMAN Cloquet, Minnesota
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-03
STATE QUESTION,
DECLARES WILSON
Will Not Boost Woman Suffrage
Amendment.

Washington, July Five hundred
members of the General Federation of
Womens Clubs marched to the White
House and drew from President Will
son a final refusal to accede to de-
mands that he support the movement
for a woman suffrage amendment to
the federal constitution. The presi-
dent reiterated his statement to the
previous delegations that his party
had not embodied this question in it's
platform, and then for the first time
announced his personal conviction
that the suffrage issue is one for set
tlment by the states and not by the
federal government.
Il do not think it quite proper that
| submit myself to cross-examination,"
said Mr.. Wilson, when an attempt was
made by one of his callers to argue
the question with him The women
went away plainly disappointed and
chagrined. The delegation was head
ed by such leaders as Mrs. Ellis Lo-
gan Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Miss
Rheta Chile Dorr and Miss Alice Paul.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-03

Explain fully. What care should be
taken of the young trees? At about
what age do they begin to bear?
3 Why is it most important to keep
the soil of a corn-hcld pulverizcd in
dry weather.? What is the best way OF
doing this?
3. Name at least three advantages of
forests. What per cent. of your county
is wooded?
4. Name three forage crops. Which is
grown most extensively in our State
Why?
5. What are some differences between
cows of the dairy type and those of the
beef type? Name two good breeds of
each type.
g. What is the effect of each of the
following and how should it be treated !:
chinch bug, plant louise, curculio?
7. Do you take any interest in the
farmers institutes held in your county?
Did your local farmers institute hold a
school session? Did you and your
pupils attend that session?
8. What is meant by subsoil? What
are the advantages of deep plowing2
When can the use of the disk harrow
be substituted foE blowing?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-03
AS TO MOTHERS PENSIONS
Attorney General Hogan Answers a
Series Of Questions.

Columbus, June 29.-Questions that
have arisen in efforts to apply the
mothers pension law in the state are
answered in an opinion from Attorney
| General Hogan. Briefly stated. the
questions are answered in this man.
ner:
The word poor" as used in the act
does not mean that a mother seeking a
pension must be a pauDer. A mother
owning entire or in part a home, but
with no income, would not be com
PEELED to sell the home, the purpose
of the law being to maintain the
home. The woman to get a pension
must be without income to maintain
herself and her children. If a hus-
band has deserted a mother and chill
dren for more than three years she is
eligible for a pension, even though
she may have obtained a divorce. A
mother and children who have resided
for two years in one county IN the
state are eligible to apply for pension
in any county where they live. The
unmarried mother of children is not
within the law, since the law says
mothers whose husbands are disabled,
have deserted or are prisoners are
eligible. An adopting mother is not
entitled to pension, nor is the grand
mother who has custody of children.
The law says mother.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-07-03
GEOGRAPHIC.

/. Name three wild animals found in
both Asia and Africa; three found in
Africa only; three found in South
America only.
2. Locate the two most important sea-
ports of each grand-division.
3. About where would the meridian
of Columbus be found in South Amer
lea? The parallel of Columbus in
Europe?
4. What are the important wheat
growing regions of the world?
5. What are likely to be the most i'm
portant products carried through the
canal from our east coast to our west
coast2 From our west coast to our east
coast?
o. What are the large rivers in North
America north of the Canadian bound
ary? What is the impoitan of each?
7. Why is the climate Of an island or
isthmus less subject to extremes than
that of broad continent? Compare the
climate of Panama with that Of Ohio
8. Name in the order in which you
would approach them all the states you
would pass in descending the Ohio and
Mississippi from Pittsburg to the Gulf