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nent part 10 the raising OF
stock. While successfully
carried out in a careless way.
in taking such an impetus
since the introduction of good
animals of the beef type for
range raising and fattening
with the help of silage, as
started this season. The
eradication of the cattle tick
will accomplish the rest.
Hog raising, greatly ne.
elected is taking its place
anew, and it will be but a
short time until this Parish
will not only supply its own
needs but ship a fair surplus
to other points. With the
luxuriant growth of all
kinds of grasses that we have
here, it ought to be the par
adise of cattle and swine.
The increase of mares on
the farms will also bring
another source of revenue,
while furnishing the neces.
sary horse power.
In conclusion I will state
that from the reports of all
and from personal observa.
tions l do not know of any
one plant that has been tried
seriously that has not given
returns above expectations.
The few failures reported
we're caused by lack of ia.
miliarity with the peculiari.
ties Of the plants, and more
so by the lack of proper care
of the soil before and after
seeds we're put in the ground.
| hope to be able to furnish
important data in a year
from now, as | am satisfied
hat more than ten times as
many acres will be devoted
to diversification than we had
in 1914.
Respectfully yours,
ED. l.. SAUCIER,
local Agent .. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
:3rd Judicial District Court-Par-
ish of st. Mary.
Charles F Borah Va Walter A
O'ielI. rr. ale. No. 13 1882.

BY virtue of an order of seizrre and
sale issued out Of the Honorable 23rd
Judicial District Court in and for the
Parish of St. Hary, State of Louisi-
aua and to me directed, in the above
nnmi...red and entitled suit, I have
-eiz,d ana will offer for sale. for cash,
without appg aisement, to the last and
highest bidder, at the front door of
the Court House in the Town Of
Franklin. Parish Of st. Mary, La, on
"A URDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF
JANUARY. A D., 1915,
between the hours Of ii o'clock A. NJ
ond o'clock p NJ. the following de-
,crimd property. to-wit:
p That lot of ground situated in the
Town Of Franklin, Parish of St. Mary,
! ou'siana, having front of eighty
aree 1887 feet on Second Street, by the
dep'b Of three hundred (30O) feet bet.
wern parallel lines; bounded rs follows:
on the North by property of a. u.
>m,h. now or formerly; South b.
..aYn~ street; East by Sepopd street;
am. West ty Third Street; together
v III all tie buildings and improvements
thereof sltuaien. rights, ways, privi.
ieecs and servitndcs thereto belonging.
W. r. pETRgMAN, Sheriff.
>hestf's office. Parish Of st. Mary
Lousiana, Dec. mbcr End. 1919,
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NOTICE..

Notice is hereby Civ en- that seal.
I'd bids viii: be rec wed by the
President of the Parish Board Of
School Directors Of the Parrish OF
St. Mary from the banks OF the
Parish. in accordance with Act
2Oo OF 1912. to act as fiscal Agent
and D. pnsi;ory of the School
fuods fnr the term IT two years
ending Jan 13. 1917 Said bids
will b. opened ut the next regular
meeting Ut the School Board,
Wednesday, January 18th, 1915.
The bond to be fixed az by law.
and based on the average daily
balances of the past year.
Address bids to
WILSON MCKRRALL, SR.,
PIesident Of the Parish Board of
School Directors. Parish of St.
Mary.
Franklin, La, Dec. 3rd, 1914.
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TOMBS AND
VAULTS.

Brick and CQncrate Tombs
and Vaults. Reinforced con.
crete posts with galvanized
chain. Marble and Granite
Slabs and Mon nm.;nts furnt.
shed and erected.
ORv1LLE w. ALPHA,
Phone ~ Franklin, La.
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WAN rE.).

A petition as st re manager and
bnos, kpeptr Marie /. Best re.
iereucee furnished. Would prefer
a po-i,inn on sugar plantation.
Fifteen years experience. Ad.
dress
w. ]. THIBoDAUx, -
Centssville. II.
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COMMUNICATION.
FRANKLIN, La, Dec. 8, 1914.
Hon. w. H. Kramer,

FRANKLIN, La, Dec. 8, 1914.
Hon. w. H. Kramer,
Franklin, La.
DEAR SIR:-In answer ia
your letter of recent date, |
have the following to say:
So much has been said and
written about South Louisi.
ana and St. Mary Parish
possibilities that l think it
would be useless repetitions
if | were to indulge in that
kind of remarks, l will simp.
ly give you a succinct lecord
of some of the crops that
have to be considered as
secondary crops in a section
where sugar cane is the
money crop. The acreage
devoted to this crop is so
large that no one will deny
that it can be duplicated on
any scale, as no artificial fer.
tilizers or extra implements
have been necessary for
ploughing Or harvesting.
The following results are
gatherings from this season
on farms in st. Mary Parish:
Oats-2OO acres; largest
field 20 acres; general 40;
best yield 60 bushels on the
20 acre field.
Lespedeza-70O acres; lar
gest field 125 acres. General
average It tons of dry hay
per acre, first cutting, and
10 bushels of seed per acre
where second cutting was
harvested best. Best avera &c
three tons and ten pounds
per acre, actual weight dry
hay at first cutting, seed
second cutting. The 2u0
acres i'll oats were grown in
iespedeza in March, and the
two crops (averaged) repre-.
sent a gross revenue of $500
per acre, using as a conserv-
ative figure a cost maximum
of $4,000 including rent of
land at $500 per acre, leav-
ing a clear profit Of $50 90
per acre.
No account is taken of the
self re-seeding of the land
for the following year nor
the increased fertility of the
soil from decaying legumi-
nous vegetation.
Of the other crops used
this year for the first time in
this Parish, the trials were
used On a rather small scale
and while we have data in
similar land and climatic
conditions. cannot mention it
without enlarginG the opera
ton, which will be done in
1915.
Of those crops, velvet
beans, soy beans alfalfa,
crimson. red and burr clover
are the principals, and we
have no doubt will soon ne
recognized as the best SOL
renoyators for lands that
have been abused by long
series Of sugar cane growing.
OF the other crops successful
" grown in the past | ought
not to say a word, because
YOU have better information
at hand than / could give
YOU from the following sec
|tions: Morgan City and es'
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STATE OF LOUISIANA.
<sfi Judicial District Court-Par.
len Of St. Mary.
Citizens Bank Of Jeaneretts "a.
Arthur A. Bonvill.in. sidney
A. Bonvillsin aud Charles
". Bonvillain.
No. 1881.

by virtue OF writ OF fieri faeia.
issned out OF the Honorable ARD
Judicial District Court of LouisiAns.
and To me directed in the above num.
bered and entitled suit, 1 have seized
aud will offer fnr sale. for cash. NJ
tue front door of the court house In
tne Town OF franklin, Parish of 81.
Harv. Louisiana. on
SATURDAY. THE 6rH DAY or
FEBRUARY, A. D., 1915,
between the hours of IL o'ciock n
and 4 O'Clock p. m, the follov,ns A..
cribed property. to-wit:
Al OF the right, title and interest of
sidney A. Bonvillain and Charles n.
3onvillain, being On undivided one.
sixth tl-6) each. or an undivided two.
s'xths t2-6), In and 10 the following
described property, to.wit:
A certain tract of land situated IN
Cypremort prairie, Parish Of ST. Mary.
Louisiana. known, designated and dee.
cribed as Azemar Plantation. containing
eight hun ired 1901 acres. more or lcss.
bounded North by Georgetown, Soutk
by lnez and Crawford Plantations, East
by Cypremort Public Road, and West
by Sea Marsh; together with an undi.
vlded two.sixths (2-6) interest in and n
all the mules, gear for same, csrts,
wagons, farming Implements and utes.
sils OF every kind or character and an.
purtenances used in its operation A a
plantations; together with an undivided
two-sixths (2.6) interest iD and 70 all the
buildings and improvements thereon
situated, and of all rights, WAYS. servi.
tudes and appurtenances thereunto bo.
longing; being the same property &C.
quired by said Sidney A. Bonvillsin
and Charles N. Bonvillain by inherit.
apce from the Estate Of their deceased
grandmother, Mrs. Gracisuse SiRur
NOveret, MS will appear BY judgment Of
The 23rd Judicial District Court. In said
Succession proceeding, No. 3478. OF
date December 18th, 1912, and recorded
in. Book SO Of Conveyances, page $50.
Ent. No Al. $40, of date December 10Th.
1919; together with the undivided inte.
rest Of said Charles n. Bonyillajn and
Sidney A. Bonvillain in al improve.
ments. mules. implements and utehsils
and appurtenances placed thereon sinoe
the date of said Inheritance, and which
have become part and parcel Of said
plantation, and immovables by destina-
tion. 80 mules, small cart, IA plows,
3 double mold boards, 3 Moline culti.,
vat"rs. lister pl0w disc cultivators.
harrows. 8 3-mnle carts, gears for 80
mules, seed cane to plant about l4O
acres. 160 acres fall plant, about 100
acres of s'ubble. about 100 loads Of hay
and about loo loads of corn.
W. II. PETERkAN, Sheriff.
sherih's Office, Parish of st. Mary, La,
Dec. Oath. 1914.
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SYNOPSIS.

I lie Comte de Sabron. captain OF French
Gavalry takes to his quarters to raise by
band a motherless Irish terrier pup, and
names II Pitchoune. He dimes with the
Marquise d'Escllgnac and meets Miss Jul
Tia Redmond, American heiress. He is or
dered to Algiers but is not allowed TO
take servants or dogs. Miss Redmond
takes care Of PitChoune, who, longing for
his master, runs away from her. The
marquise plans TO marry Julia TO the Due
de fremont. Pitchoune follows Sabron to
Aigtcrs, dog and master meet and Sabron
gets permission to keep his dog with him.
The Due. de fremont finds the American
heiress capricious Sabron, wounded in
an engagement, falls into the dry bed of
q river and is watched over by Pitchoune.
After a horrible night and day Pitchoune
leaves him. fremont takes Julia and the
marquise to Algiers in his yacht but has
doubts about Jula's Red Cross mission.
After long search Julia gets trace of Sa-
bron's whereabouts. Julia for the mo
H1ent turns matchmaker in behalf OF Ire
mont. Hammet Abou tells the Mar
qulse where he thinks Sabron may be
found. fremont decides TO go with Ham
met AbOu to find Sabron. Pitchoune finds
a village. twelve hours journey away and
somehow makes Fatou Ami understand
his masters desperate plight. Sabron Is
rescued by the village men but grows
weaker without proper care. fremont
goes into the desert with the caravan in
search of Sabron. Julia follows with
Madame de la Maine, whom fremont
loves.
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ans voice in the distance, singing, one
after another, familiar melodies, and
finally he heard the "Kyrie Eleison,"
and to it's music Sabron again fell
asleep.
The next day he received a visitor.
1t was not an easy matter to intro
duce visitors to his bedside, for Pit
choune objected. Pitchoune received
the Marquise d'Esclignac with great
displeasure.
us he a thoroughbred" asked the
Marquise d'Esclignac.
HE has behaved like one" replied
the officer.
There was a silence. The Marquise
d'Esclignac was wondering what her
niece saw in the pale man so near
still to the borders Of the other
world.
you will be leaving the army, of
course" she murmured, looking at him
interestedly.
"Madame!" said the Capitaine de
Sabron, with his blood-all that was
in him-rising to his cheeks.
81 mean that France has done moth
ing for you. France did not rescue
you and you may feel like seeking q
more-another career"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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CHAPTER XIV.
AZ Handsome Does.

When Sabron next opened his eyes
he fancied that he was at home in his
old room In Rouen, in the house where
he was born, in the little room in
which, as a child, dressed in his dimity
night gown, he had sat up in his bed
by candle light to learn his letters
from the cookery book.
The room was snowy white. Out
side the window he heard a bird sing,
and near by, he heard a dogs smoth.
cred bark. Then he knew that he
was not at home or child, for with
the languor and weakness came his
memory. A quiet nurse in hospital
dress was sitting by his bed, and
Pitchoune rose from the foot Of the
bed and looked at him adorfngly.
He was In hospital in Algiers.
"Pitehoune," he murmured, moi
knowing the name OF his other com
panion. where are we, old fellow?"
The nurse replied in an agreeable
Anglo-saxon French:
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Have a Good Bed.

In Farm and Fireside contributor.
writing a practical article about mat
tresses and other provisions for beds,
makes the following general comment:
an furnishing home the housewife
should give most careful thought to
the beds and their equipment. We
spend at least a third OF our lives in
bed. and it is worth while TO make
that third pleasant and refreshing. The
hest mattresses and springs are none
too good when one Is storing up
strength for some work. Besides, as is
the case with most household pur-
chases. the best are really the cheap
est In the end"
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"You are in a French hospital In Az
giers, sir, and doing WELL"
fremont came up to him.
Tremember you," Sabron said. 'You
have been near me dozen times
lately"
You must not talk, mon vieux."
"But l feel as though l must talk q
great deal. Didn't you come for me
into the desert?"
fremont, healthy, vigorous, tanned,
gay and cheerful, seemed good look
ing to poor Sabron, who gazed up at
him with touching gratitude.
81 think l remember everything, l
think l shall never forget it," he said,
and lifted his hand feebly. Robert de
fremont took 1t. Haven't we trav-
eled far together, fremont"
YES" nodded the other, affected,
but you must sleep now. We will
talk about 1t over our cigars and
liquors soon."
Sabron smiled family. His clear
mind was regaining its balance, and
thoughts began to sweep over it cru
ely fast. He looked at his rescuer,
and to him the others radiance meant
simply that he was engaged to Miss
Redmond. OF course that was natural.
Sabron tried to accept it and to be
glad for the happiness of the man
who had rescued him. But as he
thought this, he wondered why he
had been rescued and shut his eyes
so that fremont might not see his
weakness. He said hesitatingly:
81 am haunted by melody, a tune.
Could you help me? 1t won't come"
'Tt's not the "Marseillaise" asked
the other, sitting down by his side and
pulling Pitchoune's ears.
ooh, mol"
There will be singing in the ward
shortly. A Red Cross nurse comes to
sing to the patients. She may help
you to remember"
Sabron renowned in despair. Haunt.
ing, tantalizing in his brain and illu-
sive, the notes began and stopped, be
gan and stopped. He wanted to ask
his friend thousand questions. How
he had come to him, why he had come
to him, how he knew. He gave
it all up and dozed, and while he slept
the sweet sleep of those who are to
recover, he heard the sound of WON,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
MIR. BOWKER GAVE UP
Concluded He didn't Need No
Vessel Prop'ty Anyhow"
7ossik,T Fact That He Had Already
spEsr Almost Twice the Amount
He Was Endeavorlno to Collect
May Have Induced Him.

When Capt. John Haskell left the
schooner Maria, fifty-six years old, but
still able to anchor off Lincolnville
Beach, Maine, while he went home to
Owls Head for Easter, he owed Eb-
enezer Bowker ship chandler, SIS for
supplies. But it didn't worry Eb-
enezer any. Captain John had been
trading with him for more than 30
years and had always paid his bills to
the last cent. And it would have been
all right had Captain John come back
but he didn't; he died of pneumonia
few days after reaching home.
After trying vainly to find someone
who felt like paying the bill for stores,
Bowker got out an attachment. He
hired a Belfast lawyer to draw the pa
pers and got Constable Seth Pease to
serve them.
Next morning when Mr.. Bowker got
to the store he found Constable Pease
sitting on the steps waiting for him
with the information that the Maria
had dragged her anchor in the night
and was aground two miles down the
beach, and just over the line into
Knox county, where he CONSTABLE
Pease) "ain't got no jur-is-dic-shun."
This made it necessary to go to Cam
den and get new set of papers. While
the legal arrangements were being
made a southerner came along and
took the ancient coaster over to Isles
boro, back into Waldo county. An
other revamping of the papers was
then necessary, and Constable Pease
went over to Islesboro, only to find
that some fishermen, having found the
Maria adrift, made sail on her and
took her to Stonington, Deer Isle,
which is in Hancock county.
If Mr. Bowker had foreseen all this
trouble he would never have bothered
about hi $26, but now that he had paid
out $3.50 in legal expenses, and been
"joshed" by the entire community for
his inability to catch an old tub like
the Maria, his dander was up and he
swore that he would get the old crit
ter If he had to send for the United
States navy to help. He got some more
TGu " III blO 14ohSOSh
county necessities, and employed a
constable at Stoningtc-- to serve the
papers. After day or two word came
back that a nephew of the deceased
skipper, who had been working in the
quarries, had settled with the fisher
men who brought the Maria to port
and taken possession of the old tub in
the name of the rightful heirs of Cap.
tain Haskell, and had sailed two hours
before the constable arrived, bound
to some port ito the west'ard."
Upon receipt of this news Mr.. Bow
ker gritted his teeth and looked over
his expense account. He had paid out
nearly $40 in a vain attempt to col
lect $26. Then, with energetic strokes
of scattering stub pen he crossed
the account off his books, saying:
Let the burned old sled go to Chiny
f she wants to. She needs calkin', n
some new plankin', n new deck
frames, tar n pitch, new main standin
riggin', n a few sails n new runnin
riggin', sides, new foremost. She't
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
St. Bride Of Ireland.

ST. Bride, the patroness of Ireland
and of Fleet street, whose feast falls
in February, was the beautiful daugh.
ter of bard who became the religious
disciple of st. Patrick and abbess OF
Kildare. The story of st. Bride, or
Bridget, fired the Celtic imagination,
and in Ireland about twenty parishes
bear the name of Kilbride, The spire
Of her church in Fleet street has been
twice struck by lightning and much
reduced from the original height, but
is still one of the tallest steeples in
London. 1t is supposed to have been
designed by Wren's young daughter
Pail Mall Gazette.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Health and Excitement.

The sick rate in Russia has de-
creased since the war began. Part Of
the rovement-doubtless the great
er parts due - the passing of
vodka, but something must be said for
the curious way in which the human
frame reacts to excitement and de-
velops resistance to disease under the
stimulus of strong interests or emo
lions.
The refugees from San Francisco,
for example, had not been devotees Of
vodka, but they showed a wonderful
health record during their period Of
enforced open-air life and short COM
mons.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
He Would Not corrupt Him.

Edmund had just begun to attend
the public school, and had found new
friend, child of whom Edmund's
mother had never heard. who is
this Walter?" she asked. "Is he q
nice little boy?"
yes, ma'am, he isl" replied Ed
mund, enthusiastically.
Does he say any naughty worlds?
pursued his mother
NO." with emphasis, land I'm not
going to teach him any!"-Youth's
Companion.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Twenty Cents Out.

II made an awful break yesterday"
said the fellow who is known as
tightwad.
THAT is unusual for you. How did
it happen?" asked the man in whom
he was about to confide.
Il met Lulu in front of an ice cream
parlor, and told her that her lips
were like strawberries. She said the
only way to prove it was by making
the comparison, so had to blow her
to strawberry sundae."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Revised.

as that futurist music you're play
ing?" inquired hubby as his wife
pumped the pianola.
mo, dear; it's Home, Sweet Home
but l think Bobby has been using it
as a target for his air rifle"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Her Own Business,

A woman mounted the steps of the
elevated station carrying an umbrella
like a reversed saber. An attendant
touched her lightly, saying:
Excuse me, madam, but you are
likely to put out the eye of the man
behind you"
He's my husband" she snapped
calmly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
No Time.

isn't it strange that Mrs. Robin
son never attends the Mothers club
meetings. We've invited her time and
again"
I'm afraid she's hopeless old fogy.
She insists on staying home to take
care OF her children"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
lime Required.

How long does it take you to go
fishing?"
We'll, if you consider the time I
actually fish, it takes only few hours.
But if you count in the time 1 con-
sumo waiting for conditions to be just
right and arranging for bait, it takes
several weeks"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Raw Material.

did you hear about Scribbler7
The police caught him walking out
of hotel writing room with about ten
dollars worth of the hotel stationery
under his coat"
What did he have to say for him
self"
Said he was gathering material for
a novel"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
BeoinnInu of the End.

She (rapturously)-Ah, how nice it
must be to wake up and find yourself
famousI How l wish had name.
He (timidly)-Well, er--that's easy.
How would mine suit you?
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
Honeless.

Maud said to Jack that wasn't
going to return his ring until l got
one from another man.
Ethel-He told me he never expect
ed to get it back.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

only be a bill Of expense, n don't
need no vessel prop'ty anyhow"-New
York World.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

The up-to-date war correspondent
never fails to work in the word "im-
broglio."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22
TheY AlwaYs Look n.

Biggs-There goes Stonyfellow, the
multimillionaire. He's a self-made
man.
Mrs. Biggs-Well, anyone can see at
a glance that he isn't tailor.made.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

Lips are seldom as red as they are
painted.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-07-22

What we look for in friends is con-
geniality, not character.