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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14

- Joe went ahead with his prep
arations on his own acre. the
same land that he had used the
" last year He had sowed 1t
down In rye as a winter cover crop
and 20 prevent wishing OF the soil and
ut the same time TO afford winter
pasture for the stock and pigs The
rye was 20 be turned under when the
ground was first broken ia the spring.
Mr. Weston had planted six acres in
oats, but proposed TO let them mature
after having been grazed by the stock
during the winter.
In his spare time Joe now hauled
leaves; but. since there was stock on
the place. the leaves were not applied
direct TO the land The cows and
horses were beddcd In the leaves, and
covered pen was built back OF the
barn into which the leaves and bed
ding from the stalls were thrown each
day.
Amt no use I'm buildln' fertilize
pen, joe" objected his father when the
subject was first mentioned. Just
pitch It out there under the caves, an
the rain and water n help rot IT,"
"Yes, and over half It's value viii be
running or In waste water toward the
creek" said Joe. The water viii take
most OF the ammonia and n heap OF the
nitrogen and phosphorIc acid and such
out Of H. No; les keep II dry until we
are ready 20 apply II; then Il will not
lose its strength There's a govern
ment bulletin on the care of barnyard
fertilizer. Haven't you read it2'
NO; amt had time yet I've got
20 much 10 learn an so much to read.
An you know readin' is mighty hard
work for me. amt had as much
schoolin' in all my life as you've had
Already"
Joe felt sorry for his father. who
seemed so keenly conscious OF late re-
garding his own limitations Joe
sought TO make him feel easier.
"Well. II isn't strange you haven't
read it--therc are so many OF them
but | have, and that's what il says
about taking care of the fertilizer.
Folks lose from % TO 60 per cent of the
value letting II stay out in the wealth
err"
IAN right, then; let's fix shelter
for II"
"And I'll tell you what, pa" suggest
ed Joe. Lets 20 through that pile of
bulletins and pick out the ones that
will help us right now-read some one
every night. While study my lessons
you read as much as you can on the
bulletin. Then when | get through
with the school books I'll read aloud
what you've been reading, and Wen
talk about II as we so along
,"That's just line deer
wen sort out that pile tonight and
make start"
Accordingly after supper Joe ana nus
father went through the armful OF
government bulletins and picked out .
about a dozen to form their course of
study until summer. After they had
finished the one on barnyard fertilizers
they took two evenings TO review ana
discuss II.
'sTell YOU what, Joe" said Mr.. Wes-
ton the second evening, shat there hui
letin has given me lots OF idees. Now
we all know one OF the biggest eN'
penses In farmh right Is this here
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14
CHAPTER XII.
OF on a Postum Hunt.

OH on fossum hunt.
"l HE next Saturday Joe rode one
I OF the work horses down to
I'LL the Ralston place and was
~ explaining to Tom how he
could teach Tom TO be good shot.
when Uncle Jefr shuiiled around the
corner OF the house.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14
TuscoLA.

Colds are epidemic. Nearly every
one affected.
Mrs. Sarah Watson is confined to her
room with cold.
S. l.. Cunningham of Huntington, w.
Va, is visiting friends and relatives
here.
Roscoe Prince spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks at Trad.
Yes Woods has gone to Louisa to
school. Yes is a hustler in his books.
The deepest snow of the season was
Friday and the mercury slipped down
to zero Saturday morning and also
Sunday morning.
James Prichard and one other were
at Cadmus Sunday. They found the
roads very rough and dangerous in
places.
Charley Rice was to see his father
Sunday.
Lark Lawson of Glenwood was here
Saturday night on his way to Jericho.
He went back a wiser man than he
came. OLD LEM JUCKLIN.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14

There have been more silos built in
the county the past year than in any
previous year. Some farmers have two.
Every farmer should have one.-Wayne
News
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14

If your business is not worth adver-
Using advertise it for sale.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-01-14
CHAPTER xl.
Joe's Father Studies.

" JOE went ahead with his prep
Ill arations on his own acre. the
same land that he had used the
VI last year. lie had sowed II
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
OPELOUsAS ATTORNEY WAS
ELKS MEMORIAL ORATOR
John wv. Lewis Delivers Glowing
Address to Members Of the
B0galusa Lodge

Bogalusa, the Magic City
Of the state, sprining in . few
years from the pine wilderness In
to q municipality of more than
ten thousand people, among 9th.
er requirements of more than
passing note recently secured fol
its progressive citizens who de
sired to join, a lodge of the Or
der of Elks.
This is one of the latest formed
FAX lodges in the state but IS fast
forging to the front in poins Of
membership and good deeds &C.
complished. Following the Gus.
tem all lodges in Elkdom, the
Bogalusa lodge, last Sunday, held
memorial services and on that oc
casion Hon. John w. Lewis Of
Opelousas acted ais orator OF tbs
day. Mr.. Lewis left Saturday
evening for that city for the pur.
pose Of delivering the eulogy and
It is said that the eloquent young
attorney acquitted himself IN be-
fitting manner.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
OpELOUSAS ELECTRIAN
STARTS NEW BUSINESS
RI. z. Bodemuller Opens Battery
Charging Stationisomething
Unique for City

An Opelousas boy, Fl. Il. Bode'
muller, eldest son Of MI. and Mrs
Herman BDdemuller, after long
experience in the field Of electrl-
city in Mexico and Spain as the
representative of a large com
pany, has returned to his native
heath and lately embarked into
business for his own account. lie
has established an electric-charg-
ing station here and is prepared
to attend to the charging and re
pairing Of self-starter batteries
en- automobiles and also charge
the batteries of electric-driven
cars, if such style of car is
brought to this city.
I'm an interview had with Mr..
BodemulIer last "Wednesday he
had the following to say relative
to his business, which, by the
way, is quite an innovation for
this city and surrounding coun-
try:
ssThis is an electric age. We
hight our home with it; cook our
food and mix our drinks electri-
eally; employ the electric force
for conauering distance in the
transmitting of news by tele-
phone and telegraph, and that
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
WALLICK's STREET FAIR
WILL START MONDAY
Biz Carnival Will Exhibit in This
City Under Auspices Of the

The big Wallick Street Fair
Company will exhibit in this city
for Il week beginning next
Monday, December Il, under the
auspices and for the direct bene-
fit of the local lodge of the
Knights Of Columbus.
The Wallick Shows come high
ly recommended as an extremely
moral and up-to-date street fair
having played q mum.
Der Of the principal cities OF
Louisiana, and it boasts Of the
endorsement not only of indlvl-
duals but of all the executives OF
the law.
The excellent bill offered at the
various shows promises q real
treat to the amusement seeking
world. The big free acts are
presented daily and a band con-
cert each evening at $50 o'clock
by F. g. Wallick's celebrated ex-
nosition band. which for a num-
Der of years was featured at the
large fairs and expositions In the
United States and Canada.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
THE ST. LANDRY CLARION
THE CLARION COMPANY. Limited
Proprietors.
Entered at the postoffice at ODe-
lousas. La, as second-ciass mater
TEE %EvANGEL1NE HIGHWAY

whats the matter with Ope-
lousas? Those fellows In Ope-
lousas had better wake up to the
great opportunity now at their
door" These are some OF the
remarks current in other sections
relative to the seemingly silent
position Opelousas has taken IN
regard to the Eyangeline High
way.
The intention Of this article is
to make it clear just what the
Evangeline Highway means. It's
only a question of a short while
when the gravel road, now run
ming out Of New Orleans to Nor
gan City, will be pushed on to
Lafayette and thence on to Texas,
by the old route known as the
Spanish Trail.
Mr.. Clarkson is now in the
state Of Louisiana, scoring the
path, along which the Jefferson
Highway will pass from Shreye-
port to Alexandria to Bunk1e
thence ON to New Orleans, by
way Of a route, either on the west
or east bank of the Mississippi
river. The promoters OF the
Eyangeline Highway want t
connect Bunkie with Lafayette
BY d gravel road that will pas
along Bayou Boeuf, through
Washington, Opelousas, Sunset
Grand Coteau, Carencro to Lafa
yette.
The distance between Bunkl'
and Lafayette, in a Decline, o.
the Eyangeline Highway, woui'
be so miles The Engaging Q
The route would bring this up t.
about 68 miles. Much Of tn
route between these two point
has already been built. Their
would remain about 40 miles t
be completed, and the parlshe
Of Lafayette, st. Landry, an
Avoyelles would be asked 7
sustain the burden Of the bon
i issue, necessary to raise the MOI
ey to build the road.
y Good roads mean traffic tra1
file means business; bushes
means prosperity; prosper1t,
means happiness. Thus goo
y roads come to signify prosperlt
and happiness. Friends of tn
FvANGELINE HIGHWAY, 'ge
busy. This great path must ,
we'll under construction by tn
&frst of 1917. Do not fail to com
Ito the good roads meeting to b
held in Opelousas next Thursda
~ at 10 a.. M, at the court house.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
BOOSTER AARON TELLS
THE DEEP SECRET
Promoter of New Orleans Com.
pany Gives Out the Subdiyi-
sion to Be Offered

Last week The Clarion con-
tanned a local article relative to
the early opening for sale Of a
subdivision Of the city of Ope-
lousas. AT the time we were not
privileged to give to orr readers
the exact location Of this prop
erty but since then Mr. Aron, who
is the local representative OF the
Home Builders Realty Company
Of New Orleans, has given us the
privilege of informing Clarion
readers that the tract in question
is located in the old Greenwood
plantation, west Of the city II
mits. and now known as the
aColorado Southern addition,
which was sub-divided and sold
out at auction some ten years ago.
Mr.. Aron's company has
bought, we understand, many OF
the lots in this addition and will
again offer them for sale at auc-
ton at a date yet to be an
nounced. He is enthusiastic
about the prospects of this city
and states positively that II oil is
struck on the Splane plantation
the population will increase to
ten thousand within a very brief
time. He is also very strongly
lof the opinion that a big shake.
up in the Gulf Coast Lines is al
most due and that if the boosters
of this city are at all active We
will stand a very good chance to
secure the division terminals and
shops Of the railroad company, as
it seems to be the general opinion
that the railroad company con
templates a big change very soon
and that the question of a loca.
ton Of the new passenger and
freight division and shops vii
have to be determined on. Ope.
lousas, according to MI. Aron, il
the logical place for this location
and he believes we are going e
get them.
Mr.. Aron left for New Orleans
the first of the week but he ane
the president Of his company, Mr.
Gerson, will probably be back
here today to close up the matter
of the subdivision which they
will shortly offer for sale to tht
general public.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09

great boon, the automobile, would
be an impossibility without It's
electric self-starter, electrlc
lights and electric ignition.
aWith this period of great
electrical development comes a
demand for trained electrical en-
gineers. Opelousas, as always
lust a little ahead of the time, IS
prepared to meet the demand
with the recent establishment OF
an electric service station.
Mr.. Bodemuller, who IS at the
head Of this new institution,
brings to bear his long exper-
fence in the United States and
several foreign countries and OF
fers a service covering the con
struction and maintenance OF
storage batteries which can not
be excelled in the large cities OF
the country. He is being kept
busy repairing self-starters ane
rendering expert service on mag
netos and ignition systems.
We bespeak him well and con
graduate Opelousas on having
secured the splendid service
established by Mr. Bodemnller II
the rear of his father residence
The station faces on West Nortl
street, between Court and Marke
streets, and he will be pleased
to see any me interested IN hi
l;ne of business.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
EsTRAY NOTICE

Estrayed from my premises, II
the city of Opelousas, about one
month ago, a hog weighing about
2OO-pounds. Has white ring
round neck and also one left foot.
A liberal reward will be paid for
itss recovery and return.
dec 2-4t A. MORESl.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
SUCCESSION SALE

ESTATE OF GEO. W. HAWKINS
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
No. 1921, Probate Docket, i6th.ju-
dicial District Court, Parish
Of st. Landry, La.

BY virtue Of an order OF the Hon
orable B. H. Pavy, Judge OF the Six
tenth Judicial District Court,
Parish of st. Landry and
in pursuance of a commission to
me directed, I, the undersigned
testamentary executor, or any duly
qualified %auctioneer. will sell, At
public auction to the last and high
est bidder, at the Court House door
OF the Parish Of ST. Landry, La, on
SATURDAY DECEMBER 23rdi9i6,a
At Ii o'clock A. r.. the following
described property, to-wit:
A certain lot or parcel of ground
situated in the City Of Opelousas La,
having a front OF ninety (90l feet
on Lombardy Street and running
back between parallel lines a depth
of (240) two hundred and forty feet
bounded north by a street or
formerly j. 7. Stewart, east by
formerly E. D. Estilette. south by
formerly E. d. Estilette, and west
by Lombardy street.
CONDITIONS: Cash on day Of
sale.
G. F. BoAGNI.
Administrator.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
Salesman Wanted

Industrious man to give part
time to sale Of lubricating oil and
grease, specialties and paint.
Commission basis until ability Is
established. Permanent position
and wide field when qualified, if
desired.
RIVERSIDE REFINING co.
dec Git. Cleveland, Ohio.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
Notice of Application

Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned that he will apply
to the Police Jury of the parish
of ST. Landry for a license and a
permit to continue the operation
of a saloon for whites at Wood
side, in this perish in his present
location, during the year 1917.
DECEIT M. Il. ROBERTS.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
Ann1ieation for License

The undersigned hereby gives
notice of intention to apply to
the police jury Of the parish ot
st. Landry for a license to opef-
ate a saloon in the year 1917, fo1
white people, to be located al
Debaillon's bridge, in Plaisance
and on the property Of leicester
Sy1vestre.
dec 2-4t A. Sylvestre & Bro.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
AN ORDINANCE

Odering a special election through
out the limits Of Bayou Mallet
and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the parish Of st. Landry,
at which shall be submitted to the
property taxpayers qualified to
vote under the constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana the
ques ton Of mourning debt and
issuing Eegotiao bic bonds there
for the amount of S70,09a.0 90
for the purpose Of retiring the
bonded Indebtedness of said
Drainage District and the special
assessment of ten cents per acre
for the period Of twenty years
levied on FEBRUARY Q. 1anT, and
for the purpose Ct providing, ere
ating and maintaining a system
of gravity drainage in said Drain,
age District; and also the ques'
ton of levying and assessing an
nual contribution or acreage tax
of twenty cents per acre for forty
years on all lands situated with
in the limits of said Drainage
District, beginning with the
year 1917 and ending with the
year 1866, both inclusive.
Section BE it ordained by the
board of commissioners Of the Ba
you M2ilet ar d Plaquemine Drainage
District of the parish of st. Landry
in regular session convened, That, tc
carry out the purposes for which II
was created, and in order to retire
the Outstanding bonded Indebtedness
OF said Drain &C District, which con
sists OF eleven bonds Of the donomi
nation of one thousand dollars each
dated September l., 1907, due April l
1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922
1928, 1924, 1925, 1926. 1927, respec
lively, together with zach interest al
may be due thereon, and the special
assessment of ten cents per acre fol
the period Of twenty years levied and
assessed by this Board on February
g, 1907, by authority of a special cleo
ton held II said Drainage District, Il
secure said onGs; AID in order re
provide, create and maintain a sys
tenn OF gravity drainage in sale
Drainage District, it will be neceasar,
that the board OF commissioners .
TIE Bayou Malles an Plaouemin'
Drainage District of the parish of st
Landry be authorized to inclr deb
and issue negotiable bonds therefor t.
the amount of seventy Thousand
(s70, 900. 100 dc liars In the denomina
lions and bearing interest ss herein
after set forth.
Section BE 1t further ordained
ETC.. That in order to provide for TIN
payment Of said bonds in principa
and interest, it will be necessary T.
levy and assess An annual contlibu
ton or acreage tax of twenty cent
per acre on all lands situated within
the limits of said Drainage Distric
which are subject to taxation unde
the constitution and laws OF tn
state OF Louisiana for the period Q
forty years, beginning with the yea
1917 and ending with the year 1856
both inclusive: and whereas. it is ne
eessary that the board Of commits
sioners be authorized by a vote Q
the property taxpayers of said Drain
age District before it can levy an
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09

Our boys all leather sshies at
$500 is the best volue anywhere
under present leather conditions.
Benefits Stores.-ady.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
4 ten-dav Christmas ST.

Fer a ten-dav Christmas Spe-
cial. Rennett's Stores offers ?
ladies' pnre thread silk stockinr
1T o. cents. mainly white with
hIack cloekino and embroidery
Al few pravs and blacks. They
are worth $2.-adv.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-12-09
BONDS

FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS
Proposition to incur debt -
and issue bonds Of the Ba-
you Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District of the par
|ish of st. Landry to the
amount of $70.000.00, to u
forty years. bearing interest
at the rate Of 5 per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually
for the purpos e of retiring YES
the bonded Indebtedness of
said Drainage District,
which amounts to eleven
bonds of the denomination of
s ], 0o0.0 0, together with such
interest as may be due there -
on, and he special assessment
of ten cents per acre for the
period of twenty years levied
and assessed by the Board
tOf Commissioners of said Dis
trict on February 8. 1907. by NO
authoritv of a special cleo
ton, to secure said bonds,
and to provide, create and
maintain a system Of gravity
drainage in said Drainage
District F.
NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote il
favor of the proposition submitted III
on this ballot, place a (X) mark i
the square after the word Yes" I
vote AGAINST it. place a similar mar
| after the word mo"
Taxable valuation |
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-12-28

is noted for it's splendid citizen ship. Our large crowd of 2OO0 students annually is controlled
 with perfect ease, both while in and out of school. The school is opened each morning with ex- ercises that strengthen the mor- al character of every student within it's walls. Lectures by prominent business men from various parts of the country upon
 the necessity of truthfulness aud honesty in a true business education; lectures by some of Americas greatest orators. men of extensive travel and careful study. These morning eXercis- es are made interesting, inspir- ing, and encouraging. They cause our student body to deter
 mine to be honest. to be upright,
 to be economical and industrious.
 to be ladies and gentlemen who
 will make the brightest type of citizenship. A business educa-
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-12-28
4 THOUGHT WORTH CONSIDERING

Parents, when you select a school for your son or daughter or young men and women de- pending upon their own judg- ment, should take into consid- eration the moral surroundings in which they will be placed when attending school. Our large cities are full of saloons and their accompanying evils.
 The business college located in these cities cannot control their students when out of the school room, therefore, they are left to roam the streets at will and get into all kinds of company. The Tyler Commercial College in the beautiful and healthy city of Ty- Ter. Texas, a town of 5000 in-
 habitants. with no saloons or their accompanying evils. Tyler has often been referred to as the intellectual center of Texas and
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-12-28

especially forces upon our atten- sion our faults, failures and mis- takes. Let us look them square ly in the face and profit by them. The wise man always does this, but the fool never. The, latter goes on committing the same fol- lies and making the same mis- takes, never rrofiting by his experience, to say nothing of the experience of others. Every man makes mistakes. It may not be his fault the first time, but it is if he makes the same mistake a second time. We be- lieve that the secret of success with those who succeed, and the cause of failure with those who fail, will be found largely in the ability and disposition to study the causes of both success and failure, not only ones own expe- rience, but in that of others. The farmer now has leisure to review the operations of the year, and he should do it candid lv and critically. Make a com plete analysis of every impor- tant operation. Find the weak places in it and trace them to their origin. Nothing will pre- pare one so thoroughly for the operations of the year to come as this kind of searching inves- tigation.
 And while we are about this business we should look just as carefully into our record of mor- al responsibility. We should be far more anxious to improve character, mind and morals than to improve farms. Serious study of our weak points and of means to strengthen them is a very pro- ftable business at any time, and if pursued assiduously will stren- gthen and develop all that is good and admirable in our na- lures, and make us better, stron- ger, nobler men and women as the years go by. And the time will come in the life of every oneawhen such a record of hon. est. earnest, persistent effort to improve will afford far greater satisfaction than anything else in his account with this world.
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-12-28

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro nounced it local disease and pYescrib- ed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease. and therefore requires consti- tutional treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio. is the only constitu- tional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from l0 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tenn. They offer one hundi ed dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
 F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o. Sold by all Druggists 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for coustipa- tion.