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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
OIL MILL MAY OPERATE
DURING COMING FALL
ST. Landry Cotton Oil Company Will
Probably Arrange to Make Sue
sessful Run This Year


It is rumored that the st, Landry
Cotton Oil Company, at one time one
of the largest concerns of its kind
in Louisiana, is preparing to oper-
ate this fall.
Laurent Stage, manager Of the
company, stated, upon being inter-
viewed lately, that the stoekhold-
ers were endeavorng to arrange
matters SO as to make a run this
winter.
The st. Landry Cotton Oil Com
pany did a large volume Of bust
ness during its many years of sue
eessfuI operation; when it was
closed down two years ago, or ae-
count of the depression in the mar
ket, business interests, dependent
in a large measure on the company,
suffered and as a consequence bust
ness men felt that this once -four
ishing enterprise, now lying dor
mant, was no longer a source OF
revenue.
Should tae oil mill be operated
this winter thousands Of dollars
will be placed in circulation and
every business house will receive
It's share of the additional money.
It is probable that as
soon as new board
5 elected by the stockholders next
week it will be definitely decided
whether or not the mill will be
operated. It i sunderstood that the
property of the company has been
Kept in excellent shape and that it
would not require very much mon
ey to place all ;aaehineries IN tip
top condition.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
NOTES

~ AA1A@-
A profession is az occupation re-
curing technical skill and knoWl-
edge-scientife training.
The trouble with us heretofore
has been that we haven't laid
enough emphasis on the two last
mentioned phases of agricultural
effort. Too many Of US have
thought of farming as an oceupa-
ton in which only muscular effort
counted, the essentials to success
being summed up by Josh Billings
in the famous lines:
He who by farming would get
rich,
Must rake and hoe and dig and
SIGH
Work hard all day, sleep hard all
mite,
Save every cent and not get
tite."
Fortunately. however, we are at
last beginning to get a clearer un-
Outstanding of the whole situation.
We are beginning to see while
farming is an industry-just as is
digging coal in a mine, or cutting
trees in a forest, or shoveling fuel
into an engine, OF keeping a piece
of machinery going in a factory
yet farming is very much more than
this. The miner, fireman or factory
operator has nothing to do with the
business side of his industry; all
the purchase of the supplies and
all the big tasks of selling the prod
uct profitably are foreign to him.
Moreover for the miner or factory
operator there is absolutely Moth
ing in his work to make it a pro-
fession. 1t does not call for scien-
tifc knowledge and training such as
the successful farmer requires in
greater OF less degree in a dozen
branches-the care and manage
ment of soils; the feeding and
breeding of plants and animals; the
effects of various processes of fer
tilization, cultivation, rotation;
methods of combating plant an ami
NAL diseases, and a thousand other
problems offering scope for knowl-
! edge Of chemistry, biology, physi-
ology, botany and a dozen other
| sciences.
This is why farming is a nobler
occupation, an occupation better
calculated to develop ability, char
acter, and all-round efficiency, than
any other in which any great por-
ton of the human race is engaged.
The Progressive Farmer.
It is gratifying to note how the
good roads fever is taking hold
nearly everywhere in the South
Hardly a county there is that is
not busily engaged in improving its
highways. Many sections are find
ing too, that road building is by nc
means tae big and expensive jol
it was once thought. In a great
deal of the sandy Coastal PlaiT
country, from Virginia to Texas
nature has often mixed sand AMI
clay in about the right proportion
to make a good road, and all that j
necessary is to keep the road wei
graded by means OF scrapes ant
drags.-The Progressive Farmer.
Paint for home; whiteWash TO
the outbuildings: trees and flower
in the yard; and fields kept fire.
from gullies, ragged patches, AM
neglected hedgerows-taese are th
things needed to make the South tn
Land of Beauty it ought to beth
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
BILL PLACES PENALTY
UPON PARENTS OF CHILD
Measure Requires Attendance OF
Children at School at Least 40
Days Per Session

Representative A. Ne. Smith of
Vermillion has introduced a com
pulsory school bill for all parishes
outside Of Orleans. that has at
traeted much attention. It pro-
vides that all parents or guardians
having control Of children between
the ages Of 7 and II years, must
send them to school at least lao
days each session.
That the following classes of
children between the ages of 7 and
IL years shall be exempted from the
provisions of this act, the parish
school board to be the sole judge in
all such Eases.
ist. Children mentally and phys
lcally incapacitated to perform
school duties.
End. Children who have completed
the elementary course of study.
3rd. Ceildren living more than
two and a half miles from a school
of suitable grade and for whom free
transportation is not furnished by
the school board.
4th. Children for whom adequate
school facilities have not been pro-
vided.
That the parish school boards
shall appoint such truant officers
as may be needed and fix and pay
their salaries.
That the penalty for every vio-
lation of any provision of this act
shall be a fine of $3.50 or ten days
in Jail, or both at the discretion Of
the court.
The bill also provides that the
state furnish text books in cases
where it is apparent the parents
are not in a position to bear the
cost.
Miss Belle Dupre, efficient mem
Der of the High School faculty, will
DEPART shortly for Washington, d.
c., where she will spend the sum-
mer months as the guest Of her
brother, Hon. Il. Garland Dupre,
representative from the second
Louisiana district.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03

EMrm&aaaE.
Whenever you have the slightest
symptoms Of liver trouble, stop it
Immediately. You can do it harm
lessly and mildly by taking Liv-
yer-Lax, the natural vegetable
compound that is replacing Gallo
mel everywhere. It has all the eff
fectfveness, not the effect of calo-
mel. Insist on getting the original
Liv-yer-Lax. bearing the sigma
ture of L. K. Grisby. which is guar
anteed to give satisfaction or mon
ey refunded. For sale by shutes
Drugstore. apr 22-tf
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
Observation-Disclosures CROP
FOR EVERY ACRE THIS YEAR

FOR EVERY ACRE THIS YEAR
In our recent article on green
nanures, or crops to be ploWed I'M
| der for fertilizers. We produced ex-
pertinent station evidence Of the
great values Of these crops. For
e1ample,sorghum planted after rye
stubble yielded 5.525 pounds of hay
per acre; after crimson clover
stubble, $3.50 pounds per acre; and
after crimson clover, entire plant
turned under, 10000 pounds. Reek-
oning sorghum hay at $40 a ton, we
have here an increased yield of
nearly S25 an acre due to the clover
crop. Again, oats after velvet beans
plowed under yielded 33 bushels
per acre; after COW peas plowed I'M
der 81 bushels per acre; and after
crab grass and millet stubble, only
s bushels per acre.
We hold that these facts are of
tremendous Importance to the
| Southern farmers; so important, in
| deed,that we believe every single
cultivated acre in the South should
have some sort Of nitrogen-gather-
ing crop planted on it this year.
But this is impossible, you say.
By no means. Not only is it quite
possible, but it can be done at the
same time we are producing our
| crops of corn and cotton. Let us
see.
In the first place the oat land is
only doing half its duty unless it
produces a Iegume crop after the
oat crop is harvested. In the lower
central South lespedeza or Japan
clover makes a splendid hay and
soil-building crop after oats; on the
sitter clay lands, soy beans produce
an immense lot of feed; cowpeas do
well nearly everywhere; and in the
Coastal Plain sections Early Speck-
led velvet beans may very proflta-
bly, follow oats for soil improve
ment and fall and winter grazing.
Then we must come to regard our
corn fields as not returning any
thing like a maximum profit if they
produce corr only, and must put all
of them to work growing, in addi-
ton to corn, a crop of peas, soy
beans, velvet beans, or peanuts.
Finally, every cotton field in the
South should next fall grow Grim
son clover to be plowed under the
following spring and followed by
corn or cotton. This clover can be
put in in September without at al
interfering with the cotton crop or
the land. In view of the demon.
strated fact that, when the soil il
inoeulated, crimson clover is a
home on practically every vel
drained soil type in the South, nj
cotton field should be without thi
great winter-groWing legume.
This, then, is an outline Of VIVA
we consider the only sound crop
ping system and we believe ever,
farmer in the South whose mai
crops are corn, cotton and tn
small grains might well adopt tn
slogan "a nitrogen-gathering Gro
every year for every cultivate
aere.a-The Progressive Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
THE REAL NOBILITY OF FARM
INC

People used to think of farming
only as an industry. Lately they
are coming to realize the truth that
farming is really AZ an industry,
(2) a business, 81 a profession.
An industry is an occupation re-
curing manual effort or labor.
"A business is an occupation re-
quiring knowledge of buying and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
SYMPTOMS
Slight Symptoms Sometimes Pre-
SAGE Serious Results

20 you feel tired, have you a sal
iew complexion, constipation, head
ache, bad breath, s~leeplessness or
circles around your eyes? If so,
you are undoubtedly suffering from
some liver complaint.
Perhaps you don't feel very badly
now, but delay is dangerous. To al
low your liver to continue out Of
erder, IS to invite a serious chronic
illness.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03
TWO LAZARO GIRLS ARE
GRADUATED AT STATE NORMAL
Daughters OF Congressman from
This District Receive Diplomas
at Natchitoches Institution

Misses Mary and Elaine Lazaro,
two charming young daughters of
Hon. Ladislas Lazaro, representa-
tive from the Seventh Louisiana
District, were graduated at the
Louisiana State Normal, at Natehi-
toches, this week. The two Misses
Lazaro are charming young ladies
and were popular among the col
lege set.
Mrs. Lazaro iourneyed from
Washington, D. c., to Louisiana to
witness her two daughters receive
their diplomas.
Miss Peggy Sanders has returned
from the Lafayette Industrial ms
titute to spend the vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. L.
Sanders.
Miss Dina Dossman. daughter Of
Hon. L. ]. Dossman, of Vile Platte,
was the charming guest of her sis
ter. Mrs. Charles Ventre on Monday.
Misses Betsy and Lily Dupre have
returned from their duties at the
Lake Charles and Baton Rouge High
School They will spend a few days
here, after which they will depart
for Washington, D.. C., where they
will be the guests of their brother
Hon. FL. Garland Dupre. representa-
tive from the Second Louisiana lis
trict. Miss Betsy Dupre will dc
research work in the congressional
library while spending the surntael
! in the national capital.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-03

Paint for home; whiteWash for
the outbuildings; trees and flowers
in the yard; and fields kept free
from gullies, ragged patches, and
neglected hedgerows-these are the
things needed to make the South the
Land of Beauty it ought to be.-The
Progressive Farmer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
WINTHROP CENTRE

Herbert Robinson has purchased =,
fine new work horse.
jefferson &. Smith. secretary Of the Y
NJ. G. A.. and Arthur Head. both q
Waterville, were at the State Y. N e
A. farm Wednesday on matters Of bus.
ness.
Arthur l.. Deering of Augusta, in char,
of farm demonstration in kcnnebec cour.
ty, was business visitor Wednesday !,
the State y. Nj. c. A. farm
Mrs. Charles l.. Smith passed Tuesday
in Augusta with her mother. Mrs. c. 7
Flynt.
Robert Winterbottom has been savl,
wood for the past week az the Cent?.
9th his wood saving outfit.
Mrs Herbert Clough was a visitor i,
Augusta Tuesday.
Owing to motor trouble Tuesday mon.
ing the electric car management va;
obliged to omit the seven A. NJ. car from
Winthrop. The employees Of {. NJ BAILEY
Sons & Co.'S factory at the Center cam.
to work on the 9 A. NJ. from Whiting,
as result OF the delay.
There was very little rabbit hunting
done in this section in March this ysr
as conditions have not been very gM
for working the dogs. The closed tra
goes on rabbits April I. So that very H.
tie time remains to hunt them this spring
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
MEDAL
FOR CHAMP PUTT,
Who Downs All Corners at
Oyster-eating at Dallas, Tex,
on His Trip Among Mystic
Shriners of the World.

In his travels around the world for the
Mystic Shrine putt" Stevens Of Port
land, imperial potentate, reached Ell Paso,
Wednesday of last week.
The Ell Paso Herald says;
J. Putnam Stevens of Portland, Me, i'm
perial potentate of the Ancient Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine OF
North America. is the guest of Ell Nadia
temple of Ell Paso. He arrived Monday
evening at 525 from San Antonio and at
noon today was the honor guest at lun-
cheon at the Paso Del Norte.
Mr.. Stevens is making an official visit
to the various temples in his jurisdiction
and before his return to his home in
Maine, will have visited over 100 temples,
including the one in Honolulu. He will be
Joined here Wednesday morning by sew
eral members of the imperial divan, trav-
cling in a special train. with F. B. Silver
wood. illustrious potentate Of the Los
| Angeles temple, as host.
Mr. Stevens is accompanied on the
present trip by Noble A. r. Kicker of
Poland Springs. Me-, as escort of honor.
Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Kicker were met at
Clint Monday afternoon by a reception
committee composed of Sol 7. Berg, illus
trious potentate of FL Mazda temple;
John NJ Wyatt and Eugene l.. Harris,
past potentates w. w. Evans and James
+. Boyd.
At the union station 30 members of Ell
Mazda temple, headed by the Municipal
band, welcomed the imperial potentate.
and escorted him to the Hotel Paso del
Norte, which will be his headquarters
while in Ell Paso. Monday night he in
formally met Ell Paso Shriners.
The big entertainment features will
occur on Wednesday. following the arri-
val of F. b. Silverwood's party from
Chicago. This party, travelling in a
by the local committee and escorted into
the city.
Prior to coming to FL Paso Mr.. Stevens
had visited about 100 temples. In Texas
he has visited the temples at Dallas. Fort
Worth, Galveston, Houston, Austin and
San Antonio.
At Galveston last Wednesday night, he
was the honor guest at an oyster roast
and was given a leather medal for hav-
ing eaten the largest number of oysters
He is credited with having consumed
something less than 1916 bivalves at one
sitting.
From Ell Paso Mr.. Stevens with the
Sherwood party. will go to Phoenix,
thence to Los Angeles, Oakland and San
Francisco. From San Francisco the inn
perial potentate party will sail for
Honolulu Returning about April 6, Mr.
Stevens will return to his home the north
ern route visiting six temples en- route.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
PALERMO

CENTER-Mrs Arvilla Brown has .
far recovered from her illness as to b
able to take short ride Sunday.
Maurice Knox has returned from |
weeks visit with friends in Riverside
Mr.. and Mrs Russell Northrup of Chin
We're recent callers on his parents
An excellent sermon by the pastor, Rev
S. J. Oldaker. was enjoyed Sunday.
Frank Finley has returned from III
to Boston.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs.
Bowler Wednesday. March % Elev'
members were present and d few guest;
A pleasant and profitable meeting is II
ported.
Dexter Turner and J. W. Northrup ha7
been selling hay recently to parties from
Washington and Somerville.
Justin Turner is hauling lumber
Watervlle
w. w. Turner visited his uncle ant
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Gr0tton.
Washington Wednesday. Mr.. Grott0n
suffering from a severe attack of eczema
Mrs Hannah and Mrs. Helen Worthd!
returned to their home at the Brah'
Thursday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
CUMBERLAND.
Country Doctor Found
the Right Liniment,

Down sf;ast." as they say of Maine.
there lived good old Doctor Abner
Johnson. 1t was in a little country
town where every family knew the
value of keeping a good liniment on
hand.
They were hard working peoDle.
often exposed to cold. and nearly ev-
cry body had the rheumatic" espec-
tally muscular rheumatism, and hard
work gave them sprains, bruises and
such pains.
The DOCTOR studied and experimental
and finally found a recipe for a lini-
ment that took the pain right out OF
all these ails. 1t somehow seems To
get right at the trouble and takes
the pain away quick. Yet it is 81
harmless you can take it inside as
well as rubbing it on the skin.
So the recipe found by good old
Doctor Abner Johnson was put IN in
bottles and called "Johnson"s Anodyne
Llniment.' Probably you have heard Of
1t many times. Whenever YOU want
good liniment remember and Inv
'Johnson's Anodyne Liniment," the re-
cape of old Doctor Abner Johnson II
can be bought wherever medicines are
sold.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
ST. ALBANS

liver Seekins is very sick with pneT
monia A trained nurse is caring lo' W.
The funeral OF Helen Hanson was "'
Wednesday. March %. The family haT
the sympathy of all in their suaue" =
reavement.
Owen Emery and Fred Berry were ian
ing potatoes to Iartiand Nedhes"''
Mr.. and Mrs. j. V. Smith paSsea sun
day in Corinna.
Ralph Hanson was loading pota'oeS
Hartland Wednesday.
Steve Seedlings and Ben Miller were
Hartland Wednesday,
Missouri has issued geological ''''
map.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25

cured at very normal cost. Va
drained land allows the profitable W.
of commercial fertilizer and stabla ~
nures by allowing the crops to be pl,r.
ed early enough in the season To t,%,
advantage Of the full growing ner,sI
Stable manure in soil that is ~.
drained is more readily reduced :,
bacterial agencies and hence is A,.,
for the use of plants much sooner .,,
more effectually than land that has ~.
been drained. Proper drainage OF ~
soil improves the physical under On,
ditions to pay all the expenses =.
drainage in one or two years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
CLINTON

The Senior class of Clinton High sche,
gave a supper at the Town hall.
The Morrison's Corner school will or.,
on Monday, March =.
Miss Margaret Hamhlcn who had h.,
hired to teach the Morrisons Con.,
school. resigned to accept school nea,.
home.
Miss Pearl Raymond Of Bowdonhar
a graduate of Gorham Normal school h,
been secured to teach the Morrison,
Corner school.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Richardson, s ?
Felkcr, Arthur Holt and Ira Witham a,
in Portland to attend the Republic,r
state Convention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25

1t will be observed by the above that
practically three fourths of the farms
reported show a gain in the length of
the season of from one to four weeks.
The ones indicated as being five weeks
or or over would probably be areas that
would not be under cultivation or on
which crops may mt be harvested dur
ing any year.
We recall Il field on the University
farm on which during one year we
were able to cultivate the corn crop
and as a result of which not over one
fourth of the crop was secured. This
field was tile drained before the crop
ing season of the next year and oats
We're seeded on this land without any
inconvenience as early as on any other
field on the farm. This field was at the
same time seeded to grass and clover
for hay. a full yield of oats was Sc
cured and an excellent stand of clover
which yielded more than three tons per
acre the following year would indicate
the success that attended the drainage
undertaking. 1t made the difference
between success and failure in the crop
yield. Another field of practically four
acres had about one fourth of the area
in such condition from excess of
water that teams could not get onto it
excepting during the hayinG season at
which time only swamp grasses could
be secured from it. The drainage Of
this particular field resulted in a full
crop over all the area. This practically
added an acre to our tillage land Sc
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25
DIED.

ANDROSCOGGIN
Lewiston-March %. Georgia X. Drake,
formerly of Bangor: March %. John Bar
~. aged - years.
CUMBERLAND
Peaks 1sland-March 30 Lewis NJ.
Townsend, aged IS years.
Northumberland p. Sarah Maria
Hawkes.. aged - years.
Portland-March p, Elizabeth II. Mitch
ell. aged IS years; March %. John Staples
White, aged - years. 4 months, p DAYS:
March -, Clara =. Norton.
WASHINGTON
Cherrytield-March 90 Sumner S.
Hutchinson, aged 81 years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25

Following the highly valuable delivered
durna the held under the auspices
COLLEGE Of Agriculture, Maine The enabled
70 publish 25 or reader
will find several not ALL Of interest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-25

At s o'clock Friday, March 10th,
Professor George f. Simmons of the
Department of Agronomy discussed the
subject Of drainage, it's effect on earli-
ness Of seeding and crop yield. From
statistics furnished it was shown that
crops could be seeded from one to
four weeks earlier on we'll drained land
than on adjoining land that was I'M
drained. A synopsis OF the ADDRESS
follows.
The value Of drainage to the land
found in many parts of Maine is very
marked. Large areas that need drain
age may be redeemed and put under
cultivation where it is impossible to
cultivate these areas before, therefore
adding to the cultivated area of the
state many hundreds if acres.
With an increase in population in
Maine it will be necessary to increase
the area available for the production of
food. These tracts at that time will
be called into service. Many small
areas that have interferred with the
profitable cultivation of many farms in
Maine are at present being redeemed
by drainage. The profitableness is not
only measured altogether by the pro-
duction from those particular areas but
the saving in cost of cultivation of the
adjoining areas.
Tile drainage on account of the tiles
being below the surface is superior to
the surface drain. The following
points might be mentioned as being of
great importance in this connection:
(a) Tile drainage not only removes
the surplus water from the soil. but
also increases the amount Of moisture
available for plants.
% The removal Of water from the
soil in this way tends to diminish the
injuries due to surface erosion by keep
ing the soil in sponge-like condition
ready to receive and retain liberal
rain fall.
Co Tile drainage reduces surface
evaporation and prevents consequent
lowering of temperature of the soil.
thereby having the effect Of making
it warmer, which in turn promotes
plant growth, and lessons the danger
Of damage by frost, both in the spring
and fall.
(dD Tile drainage increases the AGRA
ton of the soil. and consequently the
bacterial action which increases the
available supply of plant foods.
(e) BY closing open bitches with tile
drains more improved machinery can
be used in the preparation Of land and
the tillage Of crops, thus decreasing
the cost of such operations.
90 Land can be plowed earlier in the
spring and in better condition, and
crops can be cultivated sooner after a
rain. thus making a much better dis
tribution Of labor on the farm.
60 Tile drainage promotes a good
condition of the soil at time Of blowing
and consequent ease in preparation Of
seed bed and cultivation Of crop.
Differences in dates Of seeding on
drained and undrained land as report
ed by 26 farmers who have land drain
ed with tile drains are reported as fol-
lows: