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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

Have you enlisted tor the war
BY this we mean the war against
Hard Times, which the Southwest
Louisiana Development League
will wage i'll lis Prosperity Cara
pain beginning next week. There
Is no reason why 1915 should not
be made year of unexampled pros
perity if the people will make it
so.
The Southwest Louisiana De
velopment Bureau has stripped for
the fraT, and it calls uDon every
live man in Southwest Louisiana
i'll whose vein, red blood flows, to
join it in the fight to write this
section of the state large on the
map of the United States during
the year 1918.
This is bound to be year of un-
eXampled prosperity to this coun-
try, because war conditions i'll Eu-
rope impose upon the United States
the task of feeding and clothing
the world and furnishing the ma
tons with all manner of manufac-
tured products. Everybody will
share i'll that prosperity i'll the eX-
act proportion that they prepare for
it and organize to avail themselves
of its benefits.
The Southwest Louisiana Devel-
opment Bureau does not propose
that the wave of prosperity shall
pass over the land and leave this
section without the benefits that
are legitimately ours, if we go after
them.
How?
By enlisting in the Bureaus
great Prosperity Campaign" by
putting wheels under the move
ment for better farming; for better
live stock, better roads, better
drainage, better schools, better
better homes and better
everything that makes people bet
ter and more prosperous.
And still, how?
Have YOU read the Bureaus
plan of organization? 1t proposes
under three divisions,
o wit: Division of Better Farm
ng and Markets; a Division of
Drainage, Transportation and High
ways, and a Division of Publicity,
and Industry.
Why Division of Better FARM
ny and Marketing? Because for
our generations Louisiana farmers
lave practiced the single crop sys-
EN-. Cotton or sugar cane or rice.
S the case may be, has always been
ow while the product was in the
lands of local merchants and farm
rs, but they have shot skyward as
DON as the Spectator got hold of
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
Has Used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for % NenrS

Chamberlain Cough Remedy has
been used i'll my household for the pas;
twenty years. l began BY giving it to my
children when they were small. As a
quick relief for Group. whooping cough,
and ordinary colds. it has no equal. Be
ing free from opium and other harmful
drugs, never felt afraid to give it to the
children. | have recommended it to a
large number OF friends and neighbors.
who have used il and speak highly oft, ."
writes Mrs. Mary Minke. Shortsvile,
n. Y. Obtaiuable everywhere. adv
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

The right kind of Shoes you
have been looking for for the
little boys and girls from 2
to 6 years old, to be had at
ID. SILVERMAN'S
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

Remember, its Claxton Parlor
Grand.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
Standing OF Contestants

The following is the standing of
the contestants in the Grimmcr
Trade Extension Campaign, for
week ending Jan. 9th:
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
$1.O0 a Year.

effort to secure thee premiums.
On Wednesdays only special
checks will Be given, as
stated above, on any article in the
stow, G., ,I,,, 4 - -
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
DIETARY SCHEME ALL WRONG
Physician Asserts That Humanity Has
Much to Learn about the Food
That Is Proper.

Doctor Christians clear-cut ideas
on diet are, to say the least, con-
ducive to good digestion. '"The nat
ural man is a healthy man; it is
disease that has to be caught" he
said, with smile. 'Iook at this
bill of fare. There are fewer than
a dozen things that are really good
food"
To a hungry man the statement
was almost unbelievable, until he
showed by swift, scientific analysis
his reasons for the statement.
"Man has drifted along for many
thousand years without giving any
scientific attention to his eating"
said the doctor. Although he is en-
titled by inheritance to live 200
years, or about eight times his pc
riod of maturity, the same as all
other animals, he gives little heed
to his eating until a crisis is
reached"
"The three score years and ten
idea is pretty well fxed," I ven
tured.
at should be the average, not the
maximum, age limit of mans useful
ness" he replied. "But the world
lis advancing twenty-five years will
'see complete revolution Of ideas,
when physiological chemistry and
food chemistry shall have been car
ried to the same degree of develop
Iment as is industrial chemistry to-
day. Up to the present time man
has tried to put into his stomach
nearly everything on the face of the
earth. Man has not yet learned that
while nature does not demand ex-
iactness in eating, the penalty of toe
many mistakes is trouble, which ac-
counts for the fact that about sc
per cent of all human disease origi-
mates in the stomach. National
Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
KNOW THY COUNTRY
Express


More than $15oooo0oo this handled
for
O Delaware.
lines
in
Today this
D.
steamship
D. of selling merchan
individuals
arch
function their
desired while
commodities for their
benefit
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
DETEcTOR HINT.

When one desires to secure a fine
point on a wire for use in detector
it is only necessary to remove one
Of the wires from an electrolytic in
terrupter and connect the wire to be
pointed instead. The wire is then
dipped into the interrupter solution
with the current turned on SO that it
barely touches the surface. After
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
nlsn peellngs sufficient to give the
people 100 slides per capita.
THE SOLUTION.

Lady Macbeth was walking in her
sleep.
"My day gowns are too tight" she
explained Puck.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
AWKWARD SITUATION.

"For two dollars I will foretel
your future"
care you genuine soothsayer?"
"'I am"
'HThen you ought to know that I
haven't got two dollars"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
THAT'S SO.

Patience-She says she mates TO
see her children grow up.
Patrice-Of course. Then she'll
have to pay full fare for them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21

allowing it to sputter for a few Sec
onds, it is removed and will be found
to have sharp point.-Popular
Electricity.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
HARD ON OUR RARDs.

"Pa, why do they call them mi
nor poets ?"
because they ought to be work
ing with a pick and shovel. my SON"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21
BANANA sTATIsTIcs.

Enough bananas were imported in
to the United States Last year to fnr-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21

Brooked is the only Trentongsuburb where land values
are constantly on the increase and this is because it
IS real town in the making and not few isolated
houses scattered over undeveloped tract It has
&C. trolley fare to all parts of Trenton complete tee
phone service; pure water; electric lights, etc.
few desirable lots for sale to desirable people.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-10-21

During the past two years there have been built score Of
homes, in addition to those already here
A splendid $4,000 graded public school,
Two stores established
A Sunday School with over one hundred members
Electric lights along the Pennington Road.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
Mews Notes and Gossip
of Washington Smart Set

terdaY while en- route to Sayville, l.. l.,
where Captain Bullard, who has oeen
superintendent - the naval radio serV-
Ice at Airing. "a. will take charge
Gen. and M7p. John A. Johnston and
their daughter. Mrs. G. T. Summeriln'
are spending a few days at the Wander
bilt Hotel in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. william waller and
Miss waller. of 2o34 o street. are at
the Wolcott in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Nota McGill are at
their cottage at Nastueket' T Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hagner will
August for a visit in New London.
Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Perkins. Of Chevy
Chase. are spending some time Elm In New
the Gregorian Hotel
Mrs George N. Beall has closed her
apartment In the Ontario and has gone
to Provincetown. cape Cod. to remain
until fall
Mrs. Louis P. Clapper. OF Louisville.
Ohio. is visiting her parents, the Rev.
W. NJ: Lyon and Mrs. Lyon. Of this
CltN. NidpptI Is accompanied p9
Miss Josephine Earseman.
Miss Helen V. Giblin, OF Kilbourne
place. is visiting friends in Pennsyi-
vania.
Mrs. sherman Archer. of Chicago
and Miss Edith White. Of Fort Wayne,
Ind. are the guests of their brother
c. V. White, at his residence in Brook
land.
n
Mrs. NJ I. Weller. OF 4Os Seward
Square, accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Mary Weller Mccarthy.
left Washington on Monday evening
for Oakland, Cal, where they will
make an attended visit.
s. -
Miss Christine Mackall, who has been
visiting her aunt. Miss Fannie Mackall.
at her country home near Langley. Va.
has rsturned to her home IN Baltimore.
Miss Lester Randolph. who spent the
winter in Washington with her grand
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
BLUE MAN" RETURNS
TO HIS OZARK HAUNTS
Searching Parties in Mississippi
UnsuccesstuIly Trail Wild
Creature.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, July News
comes to this city that after an aD-
scnce OF four years the mysterious
Blue Man OF Spring Creek" has again
apeared In his old haunts and Is caus-
,nE great excitement in the wild and
Indian and Spring creeks, In the eastern
end of Douglas county.
1t was In the beginning OF 1865 that
noted Ozark rif1eman and trapped,
tracks in the snow along Spring Creek.
He had trailed many a bear. and these
tracks resembled a bears, but this bear
must surely be the largest bear in all
were longer and broader than any bear
tracks Collins had seen, and along the
tracks were queer markings, seemingly
made by great claws.
.. Collins was fearless and followed the
footprints, determined to slap the great
est bear in the history OF the region
Hour after hour he followed the trail
ne was toiling up the slope Of Twin
the hill above him. Looking up. he IVES
lust In time to leap to one side as a
huge ,bowlder swept past him down in
to the valley Another and then
When Collins had time to look closely
and see what was causing the ava
lanche Of rocks he was terrified.
Saw Gigantic Figure.
On the steep hillside above him stood
gigantic figure. An enormous man,
stark naked except for a breech cloth
and shoulder piece Of some animals
skin. The huge body was covered with
long hair almost black in color and as
thick as that Of any wild animal. On
the mans feet were rude moccasins OF
deerskin tied with thongs of leather
The ends OF these thongs had made the
clawlike marks in the snow.
The terrifying figure was armed with
club six or eight feet long. This he
had laid aside in order that he might
more readily tear the powders from
the frozen soil. Collins whs no coward
but he never denied that after one look
at that fearsome figure on the hill he
turned and fed.
The Ozarks were a thinly settled re-
gion fifty years ago, but several OF the
scattered families among the hills
missed calves. sheep and hogs, and
after long search found discarded hides
and clean picked bones in remote cram
nies among the hills Some OF them,
too. saw the fearsome figure slipping
among the woods
Erter 1888 the wild man" disappeared
and became no more than tradition In
the remote region. In 1874 he reap
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
Two NeiQhbOrS.

relied because they scratched each
others potato rows up. One sold his
hens unknown to the other. who made a
large run and fastened his hens up.
saying
Nov the first hen see in my garden
shall shoot"
Next day he saw a hen scratching as
usual, SO he got the gun and shot It,
then threw Il over his neighbors rails,
picked up, taken in and cooked.
The following day the same thing
happened still the neighbor took them
up and said nothing. till the seventh
came over and hit him on the head.
Then he picked It UP and threw 1t back
at his nelshbor, saying:
Eat your old hens. We are tired OF
eating them, and prefer a little pheas-
ant. sold my hens over a month
since!"
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
FOR PEARLS
IS GAMBLERS LUCK
On the Upper White River They
Are Getting Ready For "Four
Months Lottery"

hshermen Ier nnN; Of The the rpper p White River
are preparing to win in the big lottery
of luck during the next four months
pairing their shell tongs and making
things At. Hope runs high in their
breasts. Each hopes to come out at
the end Of the season rich beyond the
widest dreams OF expectancy
They day-dream of picking big pearls
from curious-shaped SHELLS of such
value as to sweep them into the realms
OF prosperity at one grand stroke. They
worship at the throne Of the goddess
Of luck A thousand shells may not con-
tain as much as worthless slug. The
next one they open may contain rare
arr. ready and willing to take the
chance. They may come out to the
good or they may come out mosquito
bitten. full of malaria. with trembling
knees.
Season Not Favorable.
The season so far this year has
been far from favorable to the indus
try. Owing to the war. market con-
ditions also will likely not be as good
as they have in former years, as many
OF the pearls that are found in the
White river are exported. The sue
cess Of the season depends on good
market and on low river with clear
water.
Those that follow the industry are
bemoaning now over the wet weather.
Heavy rains on the watershed have
kept the river up and muddy. 1t is
MOI likely that as many will engage
In the industry this year as last. Dur
ing droughty years many farmers turn
to pearl fishing for revenue. Crops
were never so verdant in the White
river country as they are this year.
and few farmers will allow them
selves to be lured from the plow.
The pearl fisher of the Upper White
Is true sport. as are the buyers.
They are willing to take long odds
In hope of pulling down a big stake.
the city man who CANDLES on the
ponies. of the miner who follows his
pick underground, betting against
long odds and fate that he Will win.
They are optimistic and hopeful,
and it is impossible to discourage
them. They are believers in luck and
as strong in their faith as a Quaker,
Hold To Favorite Shells.
Every pearl fisher has his favorite
among the pearl-bearing mussels,
Some like the washboard, long. rough
shell. Others like the niggerhead, a
small round shell. black and rough.
Others cling with Unborn faith to the
| like a spectacle case. while others hold
! to the fantail and mucket. 1t Is only a
| matter of fancy. however: all are pearl
| bearing If they have passed through the
right conditions that go to make the
pearl.
The chance of finding one OF these
rests with luck and luck alone, for
there are some 5Oo different kinds of
| fresh-water mussels that bear pearls.
| A large majority of these are to be
! found In the White river. A mussel
with a pearl in It looks Just the same
as one that has none. and it is simply a
matter of opening them to determine
which one carries a valuable gem.
! The equipment OF a white river pearl
| fisher ranges in value from several
The Washington times., 1915-07-09

reared, was seen by probably a score
OF men, and was systema ticaliy tracked
by men skilled In trailing wild animals
But all efforts to capture him were In
vain.
During the next sixteen years the
"Plue Man made several trips to his
original haunts and on each trip the
farmers lost some OF their smaller AMI
malls. Every incursion was marked by
energetic efforts to capture the strange
creature now universally known as the
Blue Man of Spring Creek" Why
Blue" no one knows unless the meme
was given because II was Blue Sor'
Collins, who first saw him.
In 1890 It was rumored party Of
searchers had captured the quarry 80
long sought but this proved false. Evi-
for the wild Man" for again he dis
appeared. 1t was not until 1911 that he
again appeared. This time his den was
found, but he disappeared.
Not So Fat Nowadays.
Six weeks ago and ozark farmer no
ticed two. Of his lamps did not come
searched the hills and at last found
their bloody pelts In hollow In re-
mote part Of the woods. The next day
he saw the Blue Man" running down
a hog in the woods and since then
creature. The wild man is said to be
less robust than formerly. His blue
black coat OF hair now is iron gray
and his limbs are not as well muscled
as formerly. Nevertheless, 1t may be
safely waRered that there Is not a man
among the sturdy Ozark uountaineers
who would like to risk combat single
handed with the fearsome creature.
Before the Revolution. while this re-
gion was vet under the flag Of France,
It Is said that a French Indian trader
came into the Ozarks. bringing with him
a beautiful spanish woman. native OF
Florida. somewhere In the region the
trader abandoned the woman or sold
heer to the Indians. From this poor out
cast descended a race OF Indian Spa nish
half breeds. one of these In the third
or fourth generation may be the Blue
Man of Spring Creek" This was the
theory OF Uncle Jerry" Hildebrand,
who settled in what is now Douglas
county in 1920, and lived there until
1885.
In the course Of nature the ''Blue
Man" cannot be expected to live much
longer Whether he ever will be caught
or whether the secret Of his long alb
sences and mysterious returns will ever
be solved Is doubtful.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09

Mrs Robert II. Traver and Miss Fran
ces Traver are making a short visit to
Atlantic City. after which they will go
to Bar Harbor for the rest OF the sea-
son.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
DiplOmaCy.

A well-known English politician was
much annoyed by reporters. One day
he was enjoying a chat at a London
hotel. when a strange young man came
up who seemed to have something Of
him across the room. Arrived in a cor
ner, the stranger whispered: IT am on
the stan of an evening paper, and |
should like you to tell me what you
think Of the governments foreign pol
Icy" Mr. Dash looked a little puzzled; {;
then he said Follow me" Leading
the way. ne walked through the read
ing room. down some steps into the
drawing room, through a long passage
into the dining room. and drawing his
visitor into the corner behind the hat
rack, he whispered: Il really don't
know anything about it."-Weekly
Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
Many Entertainments Are
Planned by the Leaders of
Society in Washington.
Gossip of Hostesses.

mother, Mrs. Lester, Is visiting Miss
VandiVer at Havre de Grace. Nd. be-
fore going to her home IN Savannah.
Ga. Miss Randolph will make her debut
In savannah next season.
s.
1t is reported in the Atlantic fleet
that Capt. Albert Gleaves. commanding
becomes a rear admiral, will become
commander of the Atlantic torpedo no
tilla when Capt. William S. Sims gives
up that command next year to become
president Of the Naval War College.
DR.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Nein Will
go to Bar Harbor the first OF August to
visit, DR.. and Mrs. James F. Mitchell
at their summer home, after which
they will make a lengthy stay in Bos-
ton. returning to Washington the lat
ter part Of September.
Robert Fitch Shepard and his daugn-
ter, Miss Alice Shepard, Will leave
Washington on Monday to Join Mrs.
Shepard and Mrs. Richard Whitley at
main until fall.
Mr. and Mrs Ramon Delayo and fam
lily, of Havana. who have taken Eden
Woodward. Of Washington. in Stock
bridge. for the season. arrived there
today.
MIR. and Mrs. Woodward are passing
the summer at their home in James
town. r. l.. which they have not occu-
pied for number of years.
-
Daniel Roper, First Assistant Post
master General. will return to Wasn-
inston from the Pacific coast about
August l. when MIR. and Mrs. Roper
Will 60 to North Carolina for their an
nual visit to Mrs Ropers mother. Mrs.
Mckenzie. Later they will go Nortn
to spend the month Of September.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09

The Ambassador from Chile and Nine.
SuareZ- Mujica will leave town next
week for Ashury Park, ~ j., and will
not return until autumn.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
Items of Interest and I'M
portance of Past, Present,
and Future Among Official
and Fashionable Folk.

The Engineers Band from the Wash
ington Barracks, played last night on
the roof garden at the Army and Navy
Club during dinner and until about 10
O'clock Major Gen. George Barnett.
commandant Of marines, was dining
>there, as we're Brig. Gen. Enoch Crow
der, Col. Eduardo Raybaud. military
attache Of the Argentine embassy;
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Davis S. Gordon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l. Fleming, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard L. Nicholson, Mrs.
Louis Perrine. Of Trenton. n. j.; Capt.
Joseph Earle. Mrs. II. F. Rice. Of
Aiken, S. c.; Miss Virginia Wheeler.
Mrs. w A. Gill, Commander James
Gilmer, Capt. and Mrs. Abraham Lott.
Mr.; and Mrs. Alexander Sidney Lanier.
William Bowie Clark. and Capt Will
liam Merry.
The marriage of Miss Mary Elizabeth
Rathvon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Houeh, Of this city, was soemnlzed
yesterday morning at the Church Of the
Advent. The Rev. Edward M. Mott
performed the ceremony, which was
witnessed by only relatives of the bride
and bridegroom. The church was dec
Grated with pink carnations and pink
sweet peas against a background or
ferns. There were no attendants save
the brides two brothers. Carl Rathvon
and Edward Rathvon, who served as
ushers. Mr.. and Mrs. Hough left town
Immediately after the ceremony for
trip to the Great Lakes They will be
at home after September 10 at AZ 4
street northwest.
The British ambassador and Col. and
Mrs. John r. Williams were among
those who dined last night with Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Letter. The guests
were invited to meet the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Robert Lansing.
Major and Mrs. William P. wooten
entertained a number of guests at q
picnic yesterday. Supper was served
near Fort Foote. on tn ePotomac, and
the cruise down the river was made
tooneer.
Capt. Roger Welles. L. s. n. com
mandng the naval training station at
and Mrs. Beeckman before the review
yesterday. The party included Admiral
Frank F. Fletcher, I. s. N. and Mrs.
Eleteher s,sh, Rear Admiral 1dn, austin NJ
Franck Taylor Evans, I. S. n. and
Mrs. Evans. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown.
Miss Katherine G. Knight. Mrs. William
6. Weld. Mrs. William Grosvenor and
Mrs. John Du Falls
Gen. Horace Porter gave a dinner t
his cottage at Bar Harbor, Me-, last
night.
The navy was represented at a
luncheon party given at the Casino
at Nsrragansett Pier yesterday by Mr..
York. The guests included Capt Frank
W. Kellogg, Lieut.. Theo Wilkinson,
who has Just returned from. Washing
ton; Ensign A. W. Dunn, Mrs: Irving
H. Chase. and Miss Eleanor Chase. OF
Waterbury, Conn, and Mrs. John Cor
bin, of New York.
Constantin Brun, the Danish minis
ter, was one of the guests at the dinner
which Miss Alexander Emery gave last
night at the Turrets at Bar Harbor
-.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Jackson Barr, of
1442 Rhode Island avenue, announce the
engagement Of their daughter, Ruth
Regina, to Clarence P. Lewis, Of Wells
VILE. n. Y. The marriage will take
place early in September.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09

Capt Isaac Emerson, who has been
with party aboard his yacht, Is at the
Vanderbilt, in New York city, for a
short sctay prior TO returning to Balti-
more.
The Washington times., 1915-07-09
Personals

Mrs. Nicolas Anderson has visiting
her at her cottage at Bar Harbor her
daughter, Mrs. Philip H. Mcmillan, Of
Detroit.