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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23
A Good Buggy and Horse

is mighty fine thing to have in any
! family. We don't sell horses, but Gee,
have you seen our bargains in buggies.
/ 24e-2 wi L. r. Ferris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

FHE colonel seems TO be utterly
Ding in the faculty of knowing
Aen not to talk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

Ned Turner and family are home
from delightful trip East. They
visited New York City and Niagara
Falls among other places Of interest.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

WHEN the new light contract is IN IN
stalled. and We believe the citizenship
of Mexico will see that il carries, we
can boast Of being the best lighted
city in the state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

A marriage license was issued We'd
nesday to G. Fred Bodine and Miss
Della Pearl Mattingly, both of Paris,
Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

We have on hand a new supply Of
Blankets in Cotton, Woolnap and all
Wool at all prices. Poisson's Dry
Goods Store. d2wl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

IF you have any doubt about the ell
ectric lighting proposition call at the
City Hall and get informed. 1t is the
duty Of every citizen to investigate
every proposition he votes upon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23
Teddy is too loud TO fight.

n is not flesh and blood, but the
Rrt what makes US fathers and sons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

Mrs. A. M. Morgan, Of Shreveport,
La, is tho guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Fields, Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

A complete line of Comforts, cot
ton and wool filled, from 81 up. Pois-
sons Dry Goods Store.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Claybrook have
been visiting in Moberly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

READ LEDGER WANT ADS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-23

modish. The collars are wide, to be worn close
about the neck or fat, with wide to correspond
4 VVyOOLTEX Tailored Suits and Goats embody al
w these authoritative style features And g their
stylish beauty arc added thc well known supeHorites
Of Wooltcx materials and Wootex tailoring.
Give yourself the pleasure of seeing these new tall
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
Esnlanation.

One of the apparent inconsistencies that baftles and perpexes man Is a woman's painfully keen perception Of his faults when affairs are going smoothly with him. and her passion Of love and pity for him when he is i'll or in trouble. Some people explain this peculiarity of the 1entler sex by saying. and with truth, that a woman s love is idealistic When husband is we'll and careless and a bit cross. he .alls short of her ideal. and she is dis appointed in him. When, however. he is suffering physically or mentally or IS in danger, she immediately idealizes him.-Good Housekeeping.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
Concealino Defects.

 Been mending your political eences?" No" reN,ied Senator Sorghum: "only whits washing em."
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09
Natural Query.

Addington Bruce says men are not naturally lazy. Then what artificial condition or influence is it that makes us long for sharp knife piece of white pine and a nice seat in the shade?
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

Mrs. Lucretia Roberts, constable elect and deputy sheriff of Santa Bar bara county Arizona. as she appeared in the financial district of New York the other day. She was selling stock in a mine, the money to be used in the establishment of tuberculosis hos pital at Camille. Ariz.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-09

Elaborate preparations for another winter of warfare have been made by all the armies in Europe. This British trooper carries his full winter equip ment, including fur overcoat, in a bundle on his back.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
LOCAL News

Mrs. Frank Moss of Lafayette
was visiting here this week.
Mics Lucy Mills of New Or
leans is here to spend a few days
with relatives.
Miss Nora Hux of Wilson, Ls.,
WAS appointed teacher at the Ca
tahoula school.
Judge Jas. Simon held civil
court here this week and will cou-
tinus next wesk.
Mr.. Walter j. Burke of Now
Iberia was attending to legal busi.
ness here Wednesday.
Are You Going Out of Town I
Then you want Neat Card. Le,
US print it for you. We can do it.
DIR. G. Z. Simon has moved tO
BrOussard whore be has opened
au Office to practice his profession
dentistry.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Perry oil
New Iberia spent the day here last
Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Achills Patin.
-Nsatness Our Specially. NJ
botch work here. We strive fol
Printing neat. Our typo 10 th'
best and latest and PRINTS CLEAN
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
BIG BALL.

Misses Maybsll and ScaDnell,
teachers of the Thibodeaux Le-
Blanc school, request us to an
nounce that a big ball will be 81
ven at the school house on Friday
Nov. 9Th, to raise money to buy
lots of things that are necessary
for the complete equipment OF the
school. There will be good music
and a good time is promised al
who will como to help tho school
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
GEO. S. EASTlN

announce "a candidature pour
foffics du Commits do Codr do Ia
Paroisse st. Martin, sujst aux
Primairss Democratiquss d q %
Jsnvier 1916.
1t offrs CONNIE qualification SOS
dsvo,rs rsndu pendant les douze
anpees quill q servi CONNIE Ter
depute du commi de cour.
Sa platforme sst forcement OIL
favour do placer tous les officiers
dEtat Paroisss OF Wards, a un sa-
lsirs rsgulier ct reasonable dc tel
facon q sconomiser dos revenues
pour pEtat OF Paroisss OF par &c
fait diminuer les taxes.
Et un demandant aux slecteurs
lsur assistance, il promst que: sl
eut il s'occupera personnsllsmen'
de tous les dsvoirs attach6 . col
office.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
The Small Farms Pay.
N. o. Item.


The people of the. South are be-
ginning to get educated az to the
value of tho ANAL farms. Years
ago tho average plantation owner
viewed the owner and operator of
100 acres a. being no farmer at
all. But the present-day results
show that the "old ones" bad the
wrong idea.
A man from Nebraska came to
the South last fall. Arriving late
in the season, be WAS unable to
rent a choice farm. but finally
leased, for ono year, a l32.acrs
place and immsdiatsly planted
most of it in oats. Last spring he
harvested enough oats to feed his
stock this year and sold $500
worth besides. He thsn planted
tho whole farm in corn, peas and
sweet potatoes, and tho amount
derived from tho harvest was over
$4,000.
Those figures are true. Then,
why should a farmer have desires
to own 1000 acres? II he tries to
cultivate too large an acreage, be
might become land poor" And
if there happens to be bad grow
ing season, the loss is not as much
of course, on q small place as il
would be on a large one. But
Why, anyway, should any farmer
want to cultivate more than lOl
or 200 acres of land, diversifyinG
his crops, when $4,000 can be made
from the small place?
Yet the mau from Nebraska
who made all of that money hit
| first year in the South, aspires to
be a big plantation owner - can
make enough money on the l3.
acres OF tillable land, il supposed
ly the reason. AS this Nebraska
has made a success the first yea
on 1872 acres. it would bs well TO
him to purchase that place, II 1t
for sale, aud improve condition
. thereon from year to year, aud b
will finally realize as much prof
from it as he would from the lart
or plnce be has in mind to buy.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
TAXES now DUE.

The Sheriff and Town Collector
are now collecting the Taxes of
1915 which are now due and will
become delinquent after Dscem-
Der 3lst. Pay your taxes as early
AZ you can, this will make you sure
that you have paid your poll tax
In time to be qualified slector.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
SATURDAY, Oct. 80, 1915.
GEO. S. EASTIN

Announces his candidacy for the
Office of Clerk of Court. of St.
Martin Parish, Louisiana, subject
to thu Democratic Primary to be
held on January 25th. 1916.
Having acted a. Chief Deputy
Clerk of Court for Twelve (12)
years, be submits his long expo
rieuce and knowledge Of the work.
iDgs of that Office as qualification.
As bis platform he declares him.
self strongly against the fee sys-
tenn and in favor that all officers,
Parish, Ward and State, should
bs placed under a regular reason.
able salary 90 as to save revenue
for the Stats and Parish thus d.
minishing and lowering the taxes.
And in soliciting the good will
and assistance of tho people of
this Parish in his candidacy, he
promises that if elected to that
Office, hs will personally attend
to the duties of the said Office.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
STRUCK OIL.

The Company which 10 now
drilling for Oil at Bayou Larampe,
struck oil at a shallow depth and
was this week putting down the
strainer. The driIler believe he
will have a good paying we'll.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30

We learn that drilling was COM
menced this week in Cypress Is
land by the Chain Oil Go. Those
at the head of this Company here
have great hope of making that
particular section q great oil field
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
All Saints Day.

Monday will be All Saints Day
and as is the custom with our peo-
pie, they will visit the cemetery in
large numbers to bring tokens Of
remembrance to the graves OF de-
parted loves onss.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
The Next Best Thing to the
Pine Forest for Colds is

TINC TOICSC IOT NOIQS Is
DR.. Bells Pine-Taa Honey which goes to
the very root Of cold troubles. 1t clears
the throat and gives relief from that
clogged and stuffed feeling. The pines
have ever been the friend of man in driv-
ing away colds. Moreover. the pine
honey qualities are peculiarly effective
in fighting children's colds. Remember
that a cold broken at the start greatly
removes the possibility of complications.
25 cents.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
FOOT BALL.

At St. Martinville, Sunday Oct.
3lst., Town Team vs the Brous-
sard team, the game takes place at
three O'Clock and the admission is
10 aud 20c.
The weekly messenger., 1915-10-30
Notice To Cane Growers.

The Lafayette Sugar Refining
will commence to receive cane at
their derrick here on Tuesday
November 2nd.
Laizaire Bienvenu, Agent.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
4Z n hTheRea1nly@ p Literature anaArte NA

Of Lucia" is of a piece with the gen.
orally wholesome and engaging char
acter of this writer's work. With a
bit of Scotland as background, with a
noble lord as one wooer and a nobler
man as another, the winning of Lucia,
who is mostly prettiness and caprice.
progresses in the familiar maze of
loves cross-currents.
THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT. BY
Benja min Parke De Witt, A. NJ.
Ii. B. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
This study gathers up in a very broad
and general way the mass Of reform
experiments that have within the past
decade or so engaged every phase of
social activity. The author analyses
the principle6 and motives underlying
this great reform movement, for the
sake of showing that what Is known
al progressivism in politics Is merely a
part of this larger aspect of reform.
The study then passes into discussion
of the progressive movement in its
influence upon the aims and methods of
each of the political parties In the
United States. 1t widens from this
point to a consideration of the move
ment in its national aspect as this ex-
presses itself In various mea sures OF
government regulation and control. II
passes therefrom to consideration OF
progressivism in state and municipal
matters, through election laws. control
of the judiciary, efficiency measures
and plans for the relief of economic
and social distress. The study sums to
compact and comprehensive discus
sion of current tendencies in American
politics.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Old Men for Office BOYS.

From the New York Sun.
A Broadway business man was talk
ing to a friend who was looking for a
good office boy.
Cut out the boys" he said with con-
f1dence, "and get an old man who is
willing to work for less than a mans $
wages. 1 began it about year ago and
l never did a better thing.
Il got the suggestion from a man not
in business, but physician. He had
ordered some article or other which had
not come promptly and he came in per-
son to see about it. l told him, which
was true, that | had been bothered SO
by changing my office boys that l
couldn't get it to him. Then he blew
out at me and asked me why l didn't
get an old man to do office work and
wouldn't have any more bother.
1T looked SO different At first ;kat !
laughed at him, but he insisted so that
it was the only cure that conciu1cu To
try it. l knew OF an old chap. honest
and living with his son, doing small
jobs and helping all he could for his
keep, and 1 asked him how he would
like to be office boy for me. He laughed
his trying it and he agreed to come and
do the best he could. but wouldn't
guarantee that he would De satisfac-
tory.
He came the next day and though he
was a bit slow at first he was always
ready and willing and in a week or so
| was SO we'll satisfied with him that
wouldn't have traded him for all the
boys l had been bothered with Tor hve
years. He isn't perfect, nor is anybody
for that matter. but he is rellapie ana
honest; never soldiers on me, doesn't
smoke cigarettes or read dime novels,
isn't fresh around the store, is always
polite and Is always on time.
Evening star., 1915-04-11

HE Society Of Washington Artists
twenty-fourth annual exhibition.
u which opened in the hemicycle of
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art week ago.
continues to attract much interest. and
with good reason, for 1t is a very pleas
ing and meritorious display. There are
not one but many pictures In this exhib1-
ton which a lover both Of art and nature
might we'll be glad to possess. and this is
saving much as exhibitions go nowadays.
For, after all, clever painting does not
always make good companion and there
are many works that are technically in
teresting and yet not such as one would
care to own. What is more. the prices OF
these paintings are extremely reasonable.
ranging from SIS to $500. the majority
being from $3.50 down. Thus they are
well within the reach of those of so-called
moderate means. Quite different matter.
1t would seem. from those works which sell
up in the thousands and are therefore
only for the well endowed institutions and
the wealthy.
There has been no little complaint In
recent years that good pictures do COM
! mand such high prices. but 1t would some
times seem as ii it were the price which
allured Certainly in the long run there
| are more high than low priced pictures
! sold. Perhaps because price would seem
| to carry a guarantee OF merlt-perhapS
also because it is usually associated with
| a name, one which has the glamour Of
distinction.
| But neither of these tokens Is an al
together safe guide, some very poor
pictures are sometimes painted by well
known artists and sold at high prices.
whereas on the other hand some ex-
cellent works have been produced by
painters quite obscure and have sold
for almost nothing. Paintings by
Innes and Wyant. Homer Martin and
Blakelock, which today bring thou
sands. could at the time they were
painted be had for a song. The great
thing is to recognize worth regardless
of prejudice and to know what is and
what is not really worth while. Then
one may buy fearlessly and with a GER
| tainty of good return upon the invest
ment-a return in pleasure and salts
faction if not actually in money.
1t is surprising how many truly de-
lightful pictures there are in this ex-
hibition--pictures well painted and fine
in feeling. And it Is no less amazing
that such should seem to go begging. 1t
Evening star., 1915-04-11

who does this will set off on his day
keen to dozen interesting things of
whose existence even he was hitherto
unaware. Day by day with this morn
ing draught the discoveries will null
tiply. And, by and by, because Of
these near r-at-hand things-of these
'tneighbors." so to speak-the world
will open out as a most exciting place,
and the daily life will prove to be the
really great adventure. And yet these
are nothing but little pictures. They
are only tiny sketches of men and
women and children, of stray cats and
lost dogs both animal and human. OF
old memories and buried sentiments
and fresh nspirations-all urgent
possessing, impelling. A heart that
appears to be about as big as the world
making of them, there is a genuine
gift for getting this bigness out in
terms of human sympathy and sturdy
good cheer, power that seizes one
and either convinces him or convtcts
him. as his particular case may be.
JOHNNY APPLESEED: The Romance
of the Sower. By Eleanor Atkin-
illustrated by Frank T. Merrill New
York: Harper & Brothers.
Jonathan Chapman was a New Eng
land nurseryman. one of a band of
pioneers who crossed the Alleghanies
to settle western Pennsylvania and the
Ohio country. But where others set
up homes, Johnny Appleseed." as in
affection he came to be known through
out the region, kept to the road. For.
possessing the temper of a poet, he
turned the homely business of tree
planting into a passion for blessing the
new land with the spring beauty of
blossoming apple orchards and the
autumn bounty of this sovereign fruit
of the north. The author of "Greyfriars
Bobby in the same rare sympathy
that conceived and with the same deli
Evening star., 1915-04-11

Star Spangled Banner. which was like
wise the artists ancestral home, while
another pictures the old Georgetown
residence of the author of our national
song. The old home. which was stu
ated in Maryland not far from Fred
erick, was mansion of the colonial
type, and Mr.. Key, partly from memory,
has repictured it with great charm, re-
viving the life and spirit of the fine
old place. He has also pleasantly in
terpreted the Octagon, now owned by
the American Institute of Architects.
but once occupied by President and
Mrs. Madison. The White House and
Arlington are also among his paint
ings. But he has not confined himself
to architectural themes. Some of his
most pleasing pictures are of pure
landscape and of fowery, old-fashioned
gardens. He has a winter sunset among
his paintings which is strikingly love-
ly as well as true. and he has a picture
of a garden in the Berkshires gor-
geous with blossomng phlox which is
most engaging.
The charcoal drawings also are very
attractive. Mr.. Key is an excellent
draughtsman, and he handles this me-
dium peculiarly well.
AS a boy of fourteen years John Ross
Key entered the Office of the United
States coast survey as a draughtsman.
Being ordered to New York, he began
studying art In the night school of the
National Academy of Design. and this
determined his career. during the
civil war he served in the Confederate
army lieutenant of engineers.
Since then he has lived the rowing life
of an artist, going from place to place
and painting where and as he willed-
now in New England. then in the mid
die west, occasionally on the Pacific
coast. and then again far east. Much
of his time has been spent painting for
publication, At each of the exposi-
tions he made a series of pictures
which may now be regarded in the
light of historical data-in fact. one of
these series is now owned by the His
torical Society of Buffalo.
Since Mr.. Keys return to this city a
few years ago ne has painted and pub
lished whole series of pictures of
public and historic buildings in and
about Washington. which have been
widely circulated. and are well known.
This work is of unique and interest
ing type, and Is both accurate and
artistic, proving even in this field the
superiority of the trained skill of the
artist over the mechanical processes of
photography.
Mr.. Keys exhibition is open to the
public. and will well repay the visitor.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
pots, author of Faith Tresilion'
etc. New York: The Macmillan


'Bruners Tower is the story of a
pottery community in the west coun-
try of England. And, coming out from
it. the reader feels that he has served
an apprentice term to the potters
trade He has trundled clay from the
pit. He has learned how to throw
clay" to turn pots, to fire and decorate
and finish them to the fair satisfaction
of his exacting employer. Master
George Easterbrook of BruneIs Tower
factory And now he has an instinct to
clean up a bit-to get the red clay out
of his hair. off from his face and hands
and clothes-and look about for some
thing human and interesting and pleas
urable. To be sure. there is a fine
idealism here in Easterbrook's devo-
tion to his art. for it is an art to him.
And one marvels at the way in which
he has built his men into pottery. SO to
SPEAK. And there is a story of sorts
about lad who came to Easterbrook
nature, and who developed also to be
part of the dominating and absorbing
personality of the master" And, of
course. one always loves the west
projects it. But, all in all, this is a
disappointing novel, simply because
the human element in 1t Is too arid, too
little inspired by bis, human interests
and sympathies.
NEIGHBOURS. BY Herbert Kaufman,
author of do Something! Be Some
thing!" etc. New York: George H.
Doran Company.
Pick this little book up of a morn
ing before setting out for the Office.
Open it anywhere and get good grip
on the whole-heartedness and solid
common sense that step out to meet
one there. Ten to one that the person
Evening star., 1915-04-11

hangs in the library of the American
Philosophical Society in Philadelphia
To this portrait an honorable mention
was awarded when exhibited in the
1t represents Prof. Lesley seated out
of doors. In his right hand he holds a
scientific brochure. half opened, but his
glance is directed toward the observer
and the expression is one of alert at
tention.
This portrait. purposed for the Penn
sylvania Academy, with several smaller
portraits in pastel and miniatures, will
be informally exhibited in Mrs. Bush
Browns studio Wednesday, April IA,
from to o'clock.
m EXT Wednesday evening Joseph
1N Linden Smith will deliver a lecture
on "Pageantry' before the Washington
Society OF the Fine Arts in the auditorium
of the National Museum Mr.. Smith
was director of the pageant of st.
Louis. given about a year ago, which
is said to have been one of the most
splendid spectacles of the kind ever
presented. He is well known as an
artist. having made speciality of re-
producing in a manner quite his own
beautiful antique works found in Egypt
ana the lar east. One OF these paint
ings is in the Corcoran Gallery's per-
manent collection. A number are now
constituting special exhibition in the
Museum OF Fine Arts, Boston These
are done with the knowledge OF the
archeologist and the feeling and skill
of the artist. Mr.. Smith is, as may
we'll be inferred, also something of a
traveller and explorer. and has assisted
in making some important finds in
Egypt. He is also, and perhaps above
all, a most excellent master of cere-
monies. no matter what the occasion
may be, whether a childrens party. an
artists revel or a civic pageant. This
is the last lecture in the Washington
Society of the Fine Arts course for tile
present season on The Art of Today
From the Qualifications of the lecturer
it would seem to premise an appropri-
ate and successful finish.
IT HE art talk at the Corcoran School
will be given tomorrow (Monday)
afternoon by Ruel Pardee Tolman, who
is a member of the faculty The sub
ject will be present Reproductive
Methods LEILA MECHLIN.