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New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
MAKING OR BREAKING A
TOWN.

It is easy enough to kill off a
town, but how are we to rejuve.
nate a community that has been
literally choked to death by the
very people who should be its
best friends and protectors-its
own peoplei
This community is by no means
dead, but it has had some sofas
plexus blows from people who
should have been pushing instead
Of showing.
1t has been slowly choked and
strangled by those who have in
jured themselves by their acts
quite as much as they injured the
community.
1t has been done by the in
veterate patronizer Of the mail
order man and the big city mer-
chant.
Let us suppose two pictures,
and the story will have been told
so plainly and so graphically as
to be readily understood bv any
person of any degree Of intelli-
gence whatever.
Picture One.
This is thriving country town
community.
It has modern improvements,
many stores we'll stocked with
goods that are sold at close mar
gins of profit, is clean, sanitary,
and attractive in many ways.
Business is good, money is
plentiful and in constant circula-
ton. society is active. and life is
more than worth living.
Farmers find a ready market
for their products, and those that
are not consumed locally are pur-
chased by shippers at the high
est market prices.
The town has a good name
abroad, new people are constantly
moving. real estate is on the move,
farm values are high and the de-
mand for them is heavy.
1t is successful town. but it il
so only because the people of the
community trade with their home
merchants and are loyal to home
institutions and home people.
The community produces more
than it consumes. and since Tho
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
PLEASANT AND PARKER.

The Shreveport Journal, Mr..
Barret's North Louisiana organ,
says:
The declaration Of the Attorney
General stamps him as the candl-
date of the liquor interests and OF
the New Orleans ward bosses.
Mr.. Pleasant said, in his answ-
err to the Anti-Saloon League,
that he was a local optionist and
would veto Statewide prohibi-
ton bill if it was submitted to
him.
Mr. John NJ. Parker said the
identical thing.
IF by saying what he said Col.
Pleasant became the candidate of
the liquor interests and the New
Orleans ward bosses, we would
like to know if this reasoning
doesn't also work out Mr.. Parker
as the candidate Of the liquor in
terests and the New Orleans ward
bosses!
And if it does, doesn't it prove
Mr.. Parker to be quite the insin-
cerest public man who has ever
asked office in Louisiana?
AS a matter Of fact, however,
men who are not utter partisans
know that neither Mr.. Pleasant
nor Mr.. Parker necessarily COM
mits himself to the liquor inter
ests or the so-called "bosses" by
his declaration. They have taken
their stand because they refuse to
be demagogues and opportunists.
They are trying to be logical.
They are trying to be sincere.
Having asserted their belief in
the principle of local option thew
would be illogical and insincere
if they did not frankly announce
that they would veto a Statewide
prohibition bill since State wide
prohibition is the exact antithesis
of local option.
In the event Of such veto, the
General Assembly still would have
the right to force Statewide pro-
hibition bv a two-thirds vote of
the two houses; but Mr.. Parker
or Mr.. Pleasant, which ever was
Governor. would have been true
to his convictions.
Mr.. Barrett. who was local op-
zionist last week, has burned his
bridges behind him. But until
Mr.. Barrett can show, in the pres
ent deplorable financial condition
of the State, with it's public insti-
tutions threatened with serious
disaster. how he is going to have
prohibition without additional
taxation, most reasoning Louisi-
anians are going to be Missouri
ians.-States.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
MAKE GRAZING LANDS OF
THE WASTE PLACES.

There are few farmers In the
South who do not have more or
less waste land, so-called, that is
yielding practic ally no return.
Economy and good business de-
mand that these loafng, non-ln-
terest and non-taxpaying acres be
pit to work; that they may be
made. along with the rest OF the
farm, to pay their way.
One of the surest ways we know
of for doing this is to make these
acres support more livestock than
they are now supporting, partlc-
ularly dairy and beef cattle. Hill
sides that are too steep ever to be
put under cultivation and that
are now worthless, in so far as
any income is concerned, should
be fenced and put to permanent
grasses and clovers, thus in many
cases doubling the livestock car
ryine capacity Of. the farm.
Probably a good fence around
them is the first thing necessary
in putting these lands to work !;
then the underbrush should be
cleared out, leaving whatever
larger timber may be needed for
wood and shade. Then comes the
matter Of what pasture grasses
are best. For nearly all the
Cotton Belt Bermuda is the great
standby for summer grazing,
and in this section no pasture is
complete without it. Bear in
mind, though, that it loves the hot
sun and does not thrive in shade.
Then there is lespedeza, which
grows well practically every
where and on all soil types in the
South, as supplement to the
Bermuda for summer grazing,
and without which no pasture is
complete. For winter and spring
grazing bur and white clover are
excellent, never have to be re-
seeded. and grow well on Bermuda
sod. We are stressing the value
Of this combination because it fits
more conditions and will succeed
more nearly everywhere than any
combination we know of.
Try these and get your waste
lands on an income-yielding
basis. You have been paying
their way long enough; ISM it
time they paid yours awhile p
The Progressive Farmer.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
OLDER But STRONGER

To be healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice, because IN the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
To be stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with !ne
strength building and blood-nourl?hing
properties of SCOTS Emulsion which IS a
food. tonic and medicine to keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism ana
avoid sickness. No alcohol IN Scouts.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
"Dodson's Liver Tone" Will Clean Your
Sluggish Liver Better Than CalomeI
and Can Not SaIivat.

Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
DAYS work. Calomel is quicksilver and
it salivates; calomel Injuries your liver.
If you are bilious; feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, if your bowels are
constituted and your head aches or
stomach is sour, Just take spoonful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone instead
of using sickening, salivating calomel.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver medi-
cine. You'll know it next morning be-
cause you will wake up feeling fine,
your liver will be working, your head
ache and dizziness gone, your stomach
will be sweet and bowels regular. You
will feel like working. You'll be cheer
full; full of energy. vigor and ambition.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
STATE FAIR SCHOOL
{ FOR FARMER BOYS.

Boys participating in the exhibit
and judging contests at the Louisiana
State Fair. November to 8. will have
the privilege Of instructions by agri.
cultural experts. the benefit Of talks
and lectures by prominent visitors,
and the pleasure Of recreation on the
Fair Grounds and the novel experience
OF living In tent. This will all be
furnished through the State Fai,
School for Farmer Boys. Accommo
Aations free Of charge in the tent.
which will be pitched near the agricuL
4ural building. will be furnished all the
boys exhibiting in the corn. pig. agri.
cultural school and other juvenile de-
1partments. 40 well as those partici
Dating In the boys judgtns contests.
This feature Of the Fair will be un.
der direction Of @. E. Nesom, who ha,
charge Of extension work for men
FARMERS in Louisiana. and A. /. Rolf
OF Baton Rouge. who has charge OF
the poultry. They will take the boys
around the grounds and through the
buildings each morning and lecture on
various features Of the big show. In
the afternoon there will be recreation
Tor the boys, and at night they will
have the privilege OF attending illus
frated lectures by prominent agricul
furfsts. livestock men and other State
Fair visitors. in the lecture room
For catalog and other information
address L. N. Brueggerhoff. secretary.
Shreveport
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

The expressed willingness of
Secretary 'McAdoo to place $780,
100000 at the disposal of the re-
gional banks to be loaned to farm
ers at a very ylow rate of inter
est on their cotton. will be a great
help to the South this fall. It is
proposed to place cotton in ware
houses and wait for an increase
IN price, and when the proper
time comes to market it. In the
meantime the farmers can borrow
a certain amount On his stored
cotton to pav pressing obliga-
tions.-Democrat.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
Older ones would like to 60, too,

Older ones would like to 90, too,
but they can not sell their proper
tv and of course there is nothing
left for them to do but stick
around and stagnate with the rest
Of the victims of the mail order
house.
This is what patronizing the
mail order man and neglectlng
the home merchants and home IN
situations does for you and yours.
La. Democrat.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

and familiarity with the mechanism OF
the apparatus make 1t possible to avoid
q catastrophe.
y After making an exhibition by her
self Miss Law swoops down and picks
mp young man, who is taken between
1000 and 5000 feet into the air. From
that altitude he climbs to the bottom
of the bi-plane. catches hold of the
wires. swings his body down and then
Jumps. In his hands he has a para.
chute. This saves him from disaster
1t Is declared to be one of the most
marvellous aerial feats ever accom-.
plished.
Miss Law, who is one Of two female
Aicense holders under the Aero Club
of America, was engaged at big ex.
Dense for the pleasure of the Louisiana
HAir visitors.
The Fair runs from November 3 to
.. inclusive. Write to Secretary L. N.
Brueggerhoff. Shreveport. for details.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
UGH! L0mEL MAKES YOU SNI: NJ !:
DON'T STAY BILIOUS, C0NSTpIi'.'''; -

Your druggist or deale, :,
SO cent bottle of Dodson',. s VI
under my personal guara,. Nv
will clean your sluggish Iv a.' :
nasty calomel; it won't mal veg
and you can eat anythino !.
without being salivated. w.
guarantees that each spoo,,,, 1f I!
your liver, clean vour W
straighten you up by mo,, %se
get your money back. Cb;la's
take Dodson's Liver Tone hs
pleasant tasting and doe.ns 'a'
cramp or make them sick
I am selling millions 81 /.
Dodson's Liver Tone to neon,. w =
found that this pleasant. vees ~ =
medicine takes the place q ', i
Buy one bottle .. =
reliable guarantee Ask v ~ :! !.
about me. ''~ 9
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
Chronic Consultation

About two years ago when
begin using Chamberlain S Tablets
! had been suffering for some time
with stomach trouble and chronic
constipation. My condition i'm
proved rapidly through the use
OF these tablets. Since taking four
or five bottles of them my health
has been fine, - writes Mrs. John
Newton, Irving, N. Y. Obtain
able everywhere.
fAdvayf;enm>~>N
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
MANY SPECIMENS
OF FINE POULTRY

In building Sox160. thoroughly ven
tflated and illuminated and conven
fently located along one OF the large
concrete walks and drives there wi!
be found the poultry exhibit at the
Louisiana State Fair, November 3 to {
Inclusive There viii also be found hun
dreds of fine chickens. turkeys. ducks
pigeons and other valuable and at
tractive poultry specimens on exhibit
Judging by the interest being taken In
tae plans for the mammoth show
Fifteen hundred dollars In premiums
will be awarded IN this competition
which is open TO the world Many
Lo isiana fowls art to be shown. evi
deneing the growth OF interest in poul
Try raising in this state. There will be
furnished good pens. the Empire sort.
and carable attendants.
Resides poultry. there win be dis
play OF supplies. such as incahators.
1rooders. etc.
w. M. Cafes Of Baton loage VII be
superintendent; C. P. Van Wrinkle OF
Dallas the udge. and r. E Bruce, New
Orleans. assistant superintendent.
Apply to Secretary L. N Bruegger
nof' Shreveport. for catalogue.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

people trade at home the profits
and surplus are naturally kept at
home, with the result that the f.
nancial condition Of the commun-
ity becomes better day by day.
This is what loyalty to home
institutions does for you and
yours. T..
Picture Two.
This is known as a mail order
town and community, and it looks
it.
There was a time when this was
a prosperous community of peo-
pie, with many stores well stocked
and business generally on the
boom.
Then the mail order man came
along with his handsome cata-
logues and his alluring advertise
ments of something for nearly
nothing" which did not always
pan out as expected. and many
of the people fell for his stunt.
And each year they fell little
oftener and a little harder, and
the home merchants sold less good
and had to reduce their stocks,
and some of them became disgust
ed and moved away, and the
town just naturally hit the slip
perry place on the toboggan and
slid down to the bottom and has
stuck there ever since.
Yes, it is just a mail order
town, and looks it.
Pride is gone, business men are
apathetic, trade is dull, money ia
scarce and hard to get. social life
is dead. real estate is deader, and
farm values have shrunk until
they are the deadest of all.
Many farms are for sale. but
there are no buyers. Nobody
wants to live or invest in a dead
community.
Young people growing up get
tired of living in a cemetery and
move on to other and more pro-
gressive communities. or to the big
cifioc
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

1t is well for US to ,s,I,
necessity of working too.s'
harmony for the advances,
Louisiana. The merchant,
ers, railroad man, laborer \
clerk, one and all should
that the progress of one \
progress of one is the nros1
ALEX.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
A Clogged System N,ed
tention.

Are you bilious, dizzy nj
less? DR.. Kings New IN
taken at once seizes UPON
patton and starts the bowst
ing naturally and easilv
over it acts without gripip,
lect Of a clogged system
leads to most serious car.
tons. Poisonous matters !
body poorly functioning III
mediate attention. If ym|
to wake up tomorrow nd
happy in mind and entirsy
fed, start your treatment ID
Csc a bottle.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
FOR RENT.

Several tracts Of land in Iberia
and st. Martin Parishes, on easy
terms. Lands especially suitable
for dairy purposes, adjacent to
Jeanerette and also to New iberia.
WEEKS & WEEKS.
New Iberia, La.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
Don't Drench Horses.

Use Farris Collie Remedy.
Simply drop it on the horse
tongue with the medicine dropper
that is furnished with every SOC
bottle. Cures fifty-nine times out
OF sixty, and the women can give
it when you are away. Money
back if it fails. 0. Renoudet.
AdvertisementD
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

Children that are pail, |
and peevish, with dark rini
der the eyes, tickle appetite
who appear to get no 10
ment from the food they /.
surely suffering from I
Give them WHITES G
VERMIFUGE and note IT,
derful Improvement. TIN
take on flesh and are rosFl
and cheerful. Price Zoe
tie. Sold by 'Estorge Dr
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

No class or individual \
entirely to themselves. n
quires a united action sl]
termination to make our |
what it ought to be. Gal
lowship and sincere fnd
and kindness for all are IN
ious assets in any conn
and without them we Cd
progress.-Ex.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

Marriages gained 80
last year in Ireland over
before. this with tho fslhME
emigration leads Englahl
lieve the Emerald Isle i
back FIX.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

St. Louis has over 1900 union
women employed in the boot and
shoe industry.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09
Recommends Chsmhd1
Cough Remse

Last winter / used ! \
Chamberlain Cough 81
a bad bronchial cough.
beneficial effect immedai
before I had finished M
was cured. / never m
ommending this remed J
friends" writes Mn
Bright, Fl. Wavne. ~
tainable everywhere.
Our idea of a VIM
with sausage meat tor
the fellow who reads
paper for years wltnou
and then swears he nes1
it.-Democrat.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-10-09

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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
 FOR SENIOR GLASS
Made by President E. J. Murtha, JrJ, at Norwich Free Academy.

At a meeting of the senior class at the Academy held Tuesday afternoon after school, President F. J. Murtha, Jr., appointed the following commit tees.
 Invitation Committee - Chairman, Emerson Jones. Francis Luce, Lincoln WadsWortl. George Weller. Oliver WuIf, Misses Christine Gregson, Magaretta Johnson, Camilla Healy, Margaret Sheehy.
 Color namittee-ChairInan, Will jam Huber. Henry Jatkowski, George Cook. Misses Beatrice Boyd, Agnes Goodfellow, Margaret Hasier Mary Bresnahan.
 Decoration Committee-Cafvin Will COX, Wilfred Desmarats, Edwin Pollard, berg, Marguerite Gallup, Vera Stet- son, Edna Lerou.
 Ivy Committe-Chairman, Raymond Ewing. Misses Fanny Levine, Mary Ewing. Rosa Wilcox, Helen Gilbert, Mary Coughlin, Anna Morse.
 Gift Committee-Chairman, Carles Young, Eugene Manning, Carlos Bar ry- Leonard Hill. Paul Schwartz, Misses Martha Anderson, Ruth Avery, Mabel TIagberg, Mona Driscoll, Hecla Wilbur.
 Motto ommittee-Chairman. Wul- jam Shea Melvin Burnham. John Hughes, Walter TarboX. Misses Flor ence Geer, Gertrude Gallup, Gladys Bushnell, Francis Kingberger, Marion Lynch.
 Dance Committee Joseph Hull, Austin King. William Duggan, Misses Dorothy Jones, Margaret Murphy, Marion Rogers. Louise German, Lillie O'Brien.
 Supper Committee-Sydney WhippIe, George Bartlett, William Avery Gallup, Miss Harriet Adams, Mary Emerson.
 Mirror Staff, editor-in-ch Louie Stockwell; assistant editor, Miss Lena Dawlcy, athletic editor, Joseph Hull; manager, John Hughes; assistant man ager, George Weller; circulation, Elm erson Jones, N alter Tarbox, Miss Luce; Miss Harriet Adams, Mss Louise German, Miss Lille O'Brien. Miss Iecla Wilbur. Miss Helen Gilbert.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
MENTIONED FOR PLACE
 ON UTILITIES BOARD
c. c. ElweII, Now Engineer. Said to
 Be Possible Commissioner.

Three possibilities there are for the job of public utility commissioner who who have more or less chance of get ting the 5000 state office that will be vacant on the first of July and the filling of which is in the power of Governor Holcomb. The three men, none of whom have made the least move to seek the office, are Frederick L. Ford Of New Haven, Albert k. Win chester of South NoTwalk and C. C. EIwelI of Mt. Carmel
 One of these three men is a prob ability. But it is not likely that even Governor Holc01nb has yet decided which it shall be Nor has it been ascertaiued that any one of inc three surely would accept the place. Gov ernor Tolconlb has not approached any of them on the subject and none has been to the gov ernor.
 c. C. Elwell is engineer of the com mission today. Governor HolConb may decide that Mir. Elwell would be able to furnish the commission all the eX- pert advice it needs.
 MT Elweu has his hands so full of the actual work of the commission that he hasn't had time to think of becoming a. commissioner and Nir. Ford isn't yet sure the job is as good as the one that he holds in New Ha- ven, but Governor Holcomb is going to give the place to a high class engi- neer-that much is sure.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL 60.

the appointment or Frank II. Hinclley as judge of the town court of Ston- inston.
 William A. Wilcox, of Pawcatuck, spoke tn favor of MT. Hinckley. re- ferring to him as an able lawyer and well qualified for the iUdseship.
 The closing remarks were supposed to be made by Senator Hewitt, and he said that the main opposition to Judge Breed was due to the very unpopular appointment of clerk of the court.
 Theodore Palmer requested the com n1ittee to ask Senator Hewitt what his relationship was to Mir. HincIlley. and continuing said: If you do not care to ask, I will answer the query. He is first cousin to Einckley. If I cared to indulge in personalities, I could tell the committee just why Representative Wilcox is opposed to Judge Breed"
 Postmaster Potter, i. C., he who was postmaster up to last Sunday, arose and said: "AIr. Hincl1ley is not first cousin to the rest of us who have appeared in his behalf
 Senator Whiton and Representative Cronin appeared before the judiciary committee. favoring the resolution appointing William E. Colt judge and Lewis W. Crandall assistant judge of the city and police court of New Lon don. There was no opposition and no opposing candidates.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-11
SAGE TEA KEEPS
 YOUR HAIR DARK
It's Grandr4ether'e recipe to bring back color, thickness and iustre-
 Everybody is Using it again

Gray hair. however handsome, de- notes advancing age. We all know the advantages of S youthful appearance. Your hair is your charm It makes ol mars the face. When it fades, turns gray and looks dry, wispy and Ecrag- gly, just a few applications of Sage Tea and Sulphur enhances it's ap- pearance a hundred fold.
 Don't stay gray: Look young! Either prepare the tonic at home or get from any drug store a 5G cent bet tie of 'FyE|yeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound-'' Thousands of folks recoTa mead this Feaay-to-uSe 2Repar2- tion. because it 3arkSG.s ti4s hair beaH.- tifuIiy and razlaeves GaadEuft, stops scalp ttc.1icg and falling hair; besidea, no enc @au 2ossioly tell, as it darkenS 80 naturally and evenly. Yc.u ueisten a sponge CT soft brush with il, draw ing this through the haig. taking ore small strand al a, t:Ins. By morning the gray hs.r disappears; after an other soplica :;c-a CT two, its natural color is restored and it becomes thick, glossy and lustrous, and you appear EaaES TauEEsE-