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Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
Eradication of Cattle Tick.

The meetings to be held under
auspices CT Southwest Louisiana
Development Bureau, at which the
eradication of the cattle tick
breeding cattle for the market,
dairving, silos and kindred ques-
tons will be discussed. Cattle
breeding and shipping associations
will also be organized.
Meetings will be addressed by
DR.. A. f. Wight, of the Bureau
of Animal Industry, United States
Department of Agriculture; DR.. w.
r. Dodson, of the Agricultural
College of the Louisiana State
University; DR.. w. Dalrymple, of
the chair of Veterinary Science,
Louisiana State University; w. c.
Chevis, Manager of the Southwest
Louisiana Development Bureau;
{. H. Staples, of the Dairy De-
partment of the United States
Department of Animal Industry,
and other distinguished speakers.
The dates of the meetings are as
follows:
Opelousas, Monday, June Sth at 2:3O
p. III.
Manou, Monday, June Sth at 500
Abbeville, Tuesday, June 9th at 1880
a. NJ.
New Iberia, Tuesday, June 9th at
500 p. III.
St. Martinville, Wednesday, June 10th
at 1890 a. m.
Franklin, Wednesday, June 10th at
500 p. NJ.
Viuton, Thursday, June 18th at 1000
a. IN.
Welsh, Thursday, June 11th at 500
p. III.
Rayne, Friday, June 18th at 1000 am.
Broussard, Friday June 18th 500 p. III.
Lafayette, Friday. June 18th 500 p nj.
Kinder, Saturday, June 18th at 1000
A. III.
The meeting at this place will
be held Tuesday. June 9th, at
1880 a. m, and every farmer and
business man should make it his
business to be present and hear the
talks. 1t is one of the most worthy
moves and should prove of great
benefit to this section.
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
Police Jury
Holds Meeting

"Wednesday being a legal holiday. the
police jury held its regular meeting on
Thursday, with all members present,
except Mr.. Avery Thibodeaux.
Mr.. J. Cleomere Broussard, as presi-
dent of the Lone Magnolia Drainage
District, appeared and protested against
the repeal of the said district, and the
creation of the Young's Coulee ard Ab-
beville Drainage District, insofar as the
territory of the latter overlaped the ter
ritOry of the former district, and asked
thai the minutes of the last meeting be
not approved without these amend
ments. After discussion and by agree
nent of all interested parties the min-
utes of May 9th were approved as read.
The matter of the legality of the repeal
of the Lone Magnolia drainage district,
and the creation of the Young's Coulee
and Abbeville drainage district. was, by
consent of all parties interested, referred
TO the attorney general, through the
dlstrlct attorney. tor his OPINION thereon,
both sides verbally agreeing to abide by
said decision.
An ordinance was adopted amending
and re-enacting Section 5 of the ordin-
ance creating the Prairie Gregg drainage
district, adopted May 9th.
II was ordained that the commissioners
of the Prairie Gregg drainage district
shall meet at its donlicile in Henry. on
Saturday, June 9th
1t was moved and seconded that the
board Of commissioners of the Young's
Couiee and Abbcviilc drainage district
shall meet at its domicile on Tuesday
June 9Th, at II O'Clock a. H., for the
purpose of organizing
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
Auto Trip from Baton Rouge

The trip from Baton Rouge by
Messrs. A. A. Dubus, II. B. Sere,
K. w. Bernard and Elias Brous-
sard, who went there to get Mr..
Sere', automobile, proved to be an
interesting one, and while they
had much mud 10 contend with,
everything happened to make
things pleasant, and Mr.. Bernard,
who acted as secretary of the
journey, kept tab OH the distances
they travelled, as registered on the
car, and the respective distances
from Baton Rouge are as follows:
St. Clair, 5 miles; Brusley, So;
Marks, 8; Plaquemine IA 1-2;
Souloque 21; Palaota p; Bayou
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
Some Southwest
ern Reflections

After the big Drainage
Conference Comes the Cattle
Meetings. Scrub COWS and
scrubs beeves are frightfullv
expensive to YOU. DO your
affections SO tWine about cattle
tick, that You are content to
work hard to enable them to
steal from three hundred to
seven hundred pounds, of
blood from each Of your COWS
every year?
Scientists like Wight, bod
son, Dalrymple, Staples and
others have taken 4 week off
from their valuable work and
are going to give it to the
Southwest Louisiana Develop
ment Bureau for the benefit
of the people Of this section.
They are going to talk to you
about cattle tick, silos, forage
crops, dairying, and beef
breeding.
No such campaign has ever
been made i'll Southwest
Louisiana before, and it will
pay to get early i'll the going.
Over i'll the little village of
Mamou they are coming
thirty miles i'll automobiles to
meet the speakers at Opel
ousas, extend them a genuine
Attakapas welcome and escort
them to their town. At Lake
Charles, Demonstration Agent
Perkins objected to being left
off of the route and insisted
upon having at least some Of
the speakers there.
The Bureau desires it to be
well understood that none of
these meetings must be frosts,
1t has gone to pains and
expense to get the best expert
talent to be had for the benefit
of the people, and let them be
around. Southwest Louisiana
is III process of a new birth
and every man must do his
part. Come to these meetings
and bring your neighbor
along
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06

1t is said that recently 4
preacher, after his sermon, re-
quested everyone i'll his con-
gregation who were paying
their debts to stand up. In
stantly every man, woman
and child with one exception,
arose to their feet. He seated
the crowd, and then said,
Let every man who is not
paying his debts, stand up"
The exception noted, a care
worn, hungry-lookinG clothed
i'll his last summers suit in
dividual, slowly assumed a
a perpendicular position and
leaned upon the back of a
bench i'll front'o of him. How
is it, my fricnd," asked the
minister, that you are,the
only man i'll this large con-
grcgation that is not able to
meet his obligations?""I pub
lish a newspaper" he meekly
replied, land my brethren
here who have just stood up
are all subscribers and--- LET
lis pray" exclaimed the min
lister.
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
Commencement Exercises.

The commencement exercises OF
the Abbeville High School will be
held next Wednesday and Thurs
day nights. On Wednesday night
the seniors will present a class play
entitled "A Kentucky Belle" the
cast of which will be found in
another column.
On Thursday night the regular
exercises will be held, at which
Col. J. w. Nicholson, of the
Louisiana State University, will
deliver the class address.
The faculty and senior class ex-
tends a cordial invitation TO the
public to attend these exercises.
Every one who is interested in the
of our schools should make
it a special point to be present.
The senior class OF 1914, con-
sisting Of six girls and three boys,
is as follows:
Misses Laura BrOussard, Daisy
Steen, Helen Swain, Annie Lou
White, Fannie Ewing, Mary
Saparito, and Messrs Crawford
Rose, Fcrnand Lachaussee and
Isaac burke.
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06
School League Notice.

The regular meeting of the
Ladies School Improvement
League has been postponed until
the afternoon of Thursday, June
II. This is done in order that the
league may be addressed by Col.
J. w. Nicholson, of the Louisiana
State University. Let every
member, including the men, be
present, and by your presence.
make this the largest and best
meeting of all. There are now
about IS members, and we wish
each member to be on hand.
MRS. NJ. T. GORDY, Pres.
MISS ROSA MILLS, Sec.
Abbeville progress., 1914-06-06

Goula u; Dorcyville 29; White
Castlk 50; Belle Grove 81; German
town 5S;McCall IS; Donaldsonville
4S; Paincourtville 90; Napoleon
willie 65; Labadievillc "A; Thibo-
dearX 81; Houma lO2; Chatahoula
10; Dormot III; Gibson 124:
Beouf l4l; Ramas l47; Morgan
CITY l5l; Patterson 100; Calumet
166; Garden City ITO; Franklin
l7S; Baldwin 1871; Jeancrette 19I;
New Iberia 2O2 AbbeVille 20.
The party left Baton Rouge
"Wednesday morning at 7:3O and
arrived here Friday morning at
ll:45, allowing for liberal stop
overs, having stopped at several
places.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
THE WISE
He Is Supposed To Know Everything
That /. Worth Knowing
Pacific Printer

We have always had a profound re-
spect for the proofreader who knows
his business. He cannot be a good
proofreader unless he possesses a wide
assortment of knowledge. and above
all else he must be accurate. He
keeps tab on the work OF the editor.
the ad man and the printer. Through
his watchfulneSs he has saved many
a person his job.
He must at least have a high school
education.
He must have a thorough knowl-
edge Of English.
He must be able to decipher any
kind of manuscript
He must have served a four-year
apprenticeship as a printer. and nave
at least a years experience as q copy
holder or assistant to competent
reader.
He should know the names and
initials of the elective and appointive
officers Of the government OF the
United States. of the several States.
and of the principal cities. also of the
men and women in all walks of life
who have attained distinction or no.
toriety.
He should know the James of all
the rivers, all the cities, all the coun-
ties, all the ~poStotficeS.
He must be conversant with the
physical and political makeup OF
every country on the globe.
He must be proficient. in both an
cient and modern history.
He must have some knowledge OF
current literature, and for the pur-
| poses of quotation he must be a stu
dent of the Bible. Of Shakespeare and
of C~ervanteS.
He must be familiar with the lives
and achievements OF the great men
OF all time.
He must be up to the minute on
the current events of the day-pOliti-
cal, religious and financial-the latest
gossip from Washington, what the
College of Cardinals is doing, and the
relative value OF peanuts in PoSey
county, Ind, and in Timbuctoo.
He must know something Of the
Greek, Latin, German, French, Span
iSh, Hebrew and Scandinavian
ongueS; of physics, astronomy, geol-
ogy, mathematics. law, geography.
mythology, music, art, drama. ofathe
occult, of h%eraldry. Of metaphysics
and of the folklore. fashions and
differential calculus and the effect Of
the aurora borealis on stewed prunes.
He should know all the feast days
and all the fast days. the amount OF
the national debt, the cost of the
Assuan dam, the height of all the
mountains. the length of all the rivers
and the approximate temperature and
actual time at any given point Of tho
globe.
The oretically, the duties Of the
proOfreader are limited to a narrow
sphere; actually they comprehend the
sum of all human knowledge.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
SOCIAL WORKERS. CHANCES.
of Philanthropy Bulletin Says
They Are Best at Top.
(New York Times,

According to a bulletin issued bv
the New York School of Philanthropy.
the profession Of social work has a
good deal Of room at the top. Sew
eral posts, paying $4,000 and more,
have stood vacant for months during
the last year because men with the
necessary equipment have not been
available to fill them.
Salaries in social work" says the
bulletin, d not equal the financial
return which may be commanded un-
der favorable conditions in the profess
sions of law and medicine. They have
been rising rapidly, however. and
probably already exceed, on the aver
age, salaries in the ministry. They
compare very favOrably with those Of
the teaching profession, ranging from
the compensation of inexperienced
young teachers to that of superinten-
dents Of schools and college presi-
dents. Salaries in the positions in So
cial work actually filled by the Inter
collegiate Bureau in it's first ten
months ranged from $50 per month
to $4,000 per year Twenty-eight per
cent were over 500 per month. The
highest salary for a woman was 81
900. while four men were placed at
from $4,000 to $500"
The bureau referred to. is the Inter
collegiate Bureau of Occupations.
which in March, 1913. opened a de-
partment for social workers. In the
first ten months of the departments
existence, although no great amount
of publicity was given to it, 500 vacant
posts came to its notice, in fifteen
States, from Maine to California and
Georgia. These 500 posts were in
twenty-eight fields Of social work. and
represented thirty-fve different types
Of activity. They called for head
workers, assistants. and ci~ub-workers
in settlements; visitors. supervisors.
and general secretaries in municipal
departments, leagues. and
research organizations: physical d.
rectors and playground workers: or
ganizing officers and police women:
parish workers: organizing, executive
field. publicity, and financial secra-
taries in nearly every field.
The departments standard requires
hat each applicant shall have had 2
college education, or experience of at
least one yea in social work. or train
ing in q school Of philanthropy.
The New York School OF Phiian-
thropy enumerates among the ouaE-
fications expected from those younc
men and women who present thono.
selves for its regular two-vesr co,rra
the courage Of the pioneer. the nati'
enCe OF the scholar. the scienficte
reverence for truth. the poat.s vi~io,
passion Tor service. religious farra,
ana fatth. capacity for LOYALTY ,n1
also Tor searching. -
CRITICISM, not u mention fha ,onre
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
THE THINGS WORTH WHILE.

Heigh Mitchell Hodges in Philadel.
phia North American
Sometimes YOU heart gets heavy
And your faith is shaking loose.
And you feel as if your living
Hadn't been of any use
Till o run into a fellow
Who, last time you met. was blue.
And who says he's feeling better
Cause of something said by you!
Sometimes you're forced 10 wonder
If the goal is worth the game.
When you view the piles of ashes
That are scattered where the flame
OF your youthful hopes burned bright
But a word can change your view
If a fellow says he's better
Cause of something done BY your!
Sometimes you ant help doubling
II it pays to stick to right
When you see how fraud and cheating
seem to q in the fight
I'LL a fellow you'd lost track or
ZONES along and says 10 you:
say. old man, you've made me better
BY the way you've kept on true"
Sometimes the world forgets you.
Or seems to, anyhow,
And you sort Of fall to DREAMING
Where you might have been BY now
II you q compromised a little
Ihen a woman takes your hand.
ana because you're clean and ho,asf
Leads you 70 the promised land.
sometimes. when twilight closes
On a disappointing day
1eu "onder II its worth While
AS you take your nomnward vav.
or the thlhSs you've worked 50 lard
for
Seem Sc far from coming true
III you turn the knob and hear tn4m
ealing Daddy. is that YOU
~ if1ehos, the things we WORK for
Are 50 often lost when found
Mo the things we really lon, T..
Are 50 often close around.
rover and wealth and proud a.haa-
n1eHt
by our hands may oft be won
But the things our Les ar. ~,
Are the things cur heart. -.
done.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Il am especially fond of politics.
How could l help being, though. nv
ing as | do in Indiana? That State IS a
hotbed of politics. One day my post
man told me that on his route ne
delivered mail to an ex-Nice-Presl-
dent of the United States and judges
and senators too numerous TO men
ton. Think Of it, all living within
the path of one postman in one city. l
old him that we should induce Mrs.
Harrison to come from the other part
of town to live on our block, then he
could add a Presidents wife to his
list. But it is rue that in Indiana
we hear politics all of the time. My
boys say hat l can't keep out Of the
discussions. In Virginia they insisted
that | 'butted in on the political de-
bates"
Mrs. Kern is a warm admirer OF
President Wilson,. She told him at a
recent reception in Washington hat
she would have to withdraw her al
legiance from him if he did not stop
calling extra sessions of Congress.
"A CongreSsman'S wife has 10 time
with her husband at all these days
she said. Il want to be with my huS-
band in the winter and toe
but | feel hat / must give my tins
to my growing boys. If We have sum-
mef sessions in the Capital it spoils
our vacations. Then, too, the Presi-
dent must conserve his own energy
He has been in office a year and has
not had one would call a rea'
play day yet"
Mrs. Kern has spent very little OF
her time in Washington. The inter
viewer could not help but think that
if the elections of 1908 had turned
out differently. Mrs. Kern as the wife
of the vice-president would have
graced the position with enviable dig
nifty and poise. She is a pleasing con
versationalist, and involuntarily draw:
an audience to her as only ar intelli
gent and handsome woman can. No
alone when one is with her does he1
magnetism appeal. Long after Sh7
has gone the imprint of her friendli
ness remains. She has the enthusi
asm of youth. She is a splendid op,
timiSt.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

depend on themselves as the pest
source of power"
Mrs. Kern is not a college woman.
but her reading has been SO universal
and serious that h can take ner
place without dispute among the RANK
OF the adept and clever.
Il do not like TO have you ask me
if | am a college ma She saln.
seriously. 1T is my greatest reSret
that | am not. My sisters and brotn-
ers all went to college, but | was my
fathers boon companion. and When
the time came for me to go he oouio
not bear to think of the separation.
So | consented to remain at home with
him. and we finally went travelling m
stead.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

mosaic aracteristics OF common
sense. accuracy. faithfulness, executive
ability and a good general ~education."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05

Now. it is aid hat children. BOYS
especially. do not care for classical
music and that they demand ragtime
because they can understand it. do
not agree with hat statement. My
boys love classical music. Their ma
tural choice Of pieces includes the best
OF CLASSICAL music. They are sincere
~ interested, 90. They listen for h
ragtlme evenings often. but | notice
class Of music.
In reading, the same thing is true.
Ihcy love poetry as we'll as stories of
adventure. No doubt they inherit this
TRAIT from me. Poetry is my favorite
form of reading. They do not read
poetry only, however. They read all
sorts of books. They curl up on a big
chair with one Of the Volumes Of lit
erary gems n spend an entire after
noon ON through it.
My boys have been tutored a great
deal. but only because they were not
we'll enough to go to school. | believe.
though, in schools with all my heart.
| also advocate bringing boys up in
the country. | hin it should be in
sisted upon hat children. however.
do their home lessons in the evenings
without outside aid. This evening stu
d. should serve to faSten in their
minds the lessons the teacher has
taught during the day. Or, il it be an
advance lesson. they SHOULD have
been So clearly instructed that the
teachers hints are enoug to guide
them. In this way children learn to
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
MRS. JOHN w. KERN, WIFE OF
SENATOR FROM INDIANA,
A NATURE ENTHUSIAST

At this season the call of the wild
exerts a most potent charm. The
woods, the hills, the budding green,
the great expanse Of natural country
all invite the city dweller with siren
voice. And no woman In Official
Washington. perhaps, hearkens to it
more joyfully than does Mrs. John w.
Kern. wife of the Senator from IN
diana, says the Washington Star. Her
whole being cries out for the freedom
of wood and vale, and, fortunate wo-
man that she is, she Ia indulge her
longings to the fullest extent by pack
ing off to Craven Cove. Va, where
stands II house which she herself
planned and furnished.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-09
Historic ciontarf.

Clontarf, where the collision be-
tween the national volunteers and the
soldiers took place. is one Of the most
historic spots in Ireland. It was
there, on Good Friday, April %, 1914,
Brian Boru and the men Of Munster,
Connaught and Meath fought the
Danes. Brian was killed in his tent;.
sigurd Earl of Orkney and Caithness,
persisted also; and 1000 Irishmen
and $4,000 Danes are said to have
fallen. Victory remained with the
Irish, but the Danes reoccupied Dub
lin. In modern times 0'ConneI's mons
ster meetings for repeal were to have
eliminated it Clontarf. But the meet,
ing was prohibited by the government
and o'Connell was put upon his trial
for conspiracy and convicted, thought
the verdict was eventually reversed
by the house Of lords-London chron.
icle. 4
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-09
HOW RESIN0L CURED
ITCHING SKIN TORMENT

Baltimore, Md, May q. 1911: MY
limbs from knee tosankle were com.
pleteiy covered with eczema for q
year. It commenced with several small
water pimples, which burst VIXEN
scratched them, until they developed
into sores, and oozed a yellowish fuid
/ hated to go in company, It itched and
burned SO badly. had no rest at
night. I tried a good many remedies
for eczema, both liquid and salye, but
they did me no good, only made the
skin more rough and scaly. learned
Of resinol ointment and resinol soap
and tried them, and was relieved Of
the severe itching and burning AT
ONCE, and after a months steady use
was completely cured" tSigned)aT..S
Lewis, 1921 Summit st. Resinol soap
and resinol ointment are sold BY all
Enthusiastically.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-09
A Knockout.

Senator Smith OF South Carolina,
who was recently reelected, tells this
story of a little argument in.the court
room between a rising young attorney
and an elderly physician. The attort
ney was prosecuting q damage suit
and the physicians testimony being
detrimental to his cause, he was try
ing to show that the doctor was mex
perienced.
He asked several satirical questions.
The physician answered. patiently.
Finally he tried a final shot. !;
You've sent a good many OF your
patients to heaven, haven't you. doc
tori" he asked.
"Well, I presume they went there
replied the physician, unless they had
formed too close an association with
lawyers"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-12-09
TRAINED HORSE A NUISANCE
British Officers Experience Shows
That, II Is Not Always Wise to
Teach One Tricks.

It is not always wise to teach q
horse to play tricks, as this story
told by Gen. Sir Robert Baden-PoweH
in P%earson's Magazine, proves.
John Leech's inimitable circus horse
that insisted on sitting down with his
rider whenever he heard a band play,
is the prototype Of a horse Of mine,
which, in a weak moment, I had taught
to ZEAL up and "salaam" whenever y
leaned forward to make a bow. q
1t was all very pretty when I waSi
out riding, and met any lady OF my &C.
quaintance, but 1t became an internal:
nuisance when I was out pig sticking;
I would lean forward to meet the rush
of a charging boar with my spear.
up would go the silly beast on end,
just at the moment when his safety
depended on my taking a true and
deadly aim with my spear point. The
consequence was that his hind legs
showed many scars from bears tusks,
and he was lucky that he did not end
his career with his belly ripped open.
I had, too, at one time, q fine, but
somewhat nervous charger. One day,
on a parade, my mount Suddenly gave
way with me, and quietly lay down I
thought for the moment he was Ill.
but, on rousing him, he immediately
sprang to his feet again, quite At and
well. A week or two later. when rid
ing with a friend, we stopped for g
moment to admire the view, when
down he went again, It was evident
to me that he had been trained to lie
down at a given signal, but ] never
could discover for the life Of me what
that signal was