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The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-01-04

Misses May and Hilda Brea
zeale, Elma and Erline johnson
Bette and Barbara Porter, Lucy
GALLON, Elvina Sp!dath, Do
ra Dey Ivy Tauzin, Clara
and Fannie Tarver Mrs. benson,
Retta Katie, Regina Ewing, Fay
and Lizzie Dunckleman, Myrtle
Sompayrac, Maggie and Emma
Voters, Lillian Nelken, Sadie Bar.
low, Edith Porter, Leila Ducour
nau, Margaret L'herisson, Crock
cite Jones, Mia Guardia, Edwina
Bloodsworth, Elizabeth and Hat
tie Dezendorf, Sarah and Alice
Williamson, Messrs, r. Z. Chap
lin, Roe and Albert Brown, Earl
DeBlieux, Cecil McClung, Marion
Hargroye, Irion and Bernard
Nelken, Edwin EnIoa, a. Ducour-
nau and Willie Lucas were among
the teachers who were at home
for the holidays.
The holiday spirit prevailed to
the utmost. thruout the old town,
the past week.
The New Year has much in
store for Natchitoches: plans are
many and great with their fulfill
ment practically assured.
A "Get-to-gether' meeting OF
the members will be held at the
Baptist Church this evening
(Thursday) at 1880 p. m, to meet
the Pastor and every one is cor
daily invited to be in attendance.
The Normal students returned |
Tuesday night, all ready to re-
sumo work, Wednesday morning
after a most enjoyable holiday of
twelve days. st. Mary's Academy |
beginning its regular routine, one
day earlier.
Attractive calendars have been
received by the editor from Sam
Dlpola, The Standard Bakery,
Levy Drug Co., Exchange Bank,
Peoples Bank, E. G. Palmer 6
Co.. Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
tic.
Family reunions were en- regle
Turing the holidays, absent men,
oers coming from every section of
his and many from far away
States to be together during the
I uletide and a number of happy
Inner and supper parties were
enjoyed.
The Christmas dance given
tuesday night at Williams hall
~ the young men was enjoyed
~ large dumber of couples and
i ectators who danced till the
wee sma' hours to the music of
he Mansfield band.
Preparedness Get a Semmelman
vercoat to meet the bitter cold days
# January and February.
The Emerson Comedians who
ave been holding the boards at
he Amuzu Theatre since last Fri
lay night, have been entertaining
arge audiences, o. many nights
Without not even standing room
nd present good clean, change
# program every night. They
will continue throughout the rest
# the week.
As usual the old year was ush- .
red out and the new one in to the
commandment of bells, anvils, !
Whistles. fireworks and pandemon-
um relgned thruout the night. .
But everybody was in the jolly
God humor that goes with the :
eason and as there were no acct
ents or harmful practical jokes
layed. all went merry as a mar
iage bell.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-01-04
Report for Year l016Cath.
olic Cemetery Asso-
citation.
Money paid as follows:
BY Members, Section |

by Members, Section l
Aaron, Mrs. Sam 3oo
Cunningham, Mrs. C. M. 300
DeVargas, Mrs. Richard 100
Fontenot, Mrs. Pamela Ga
Guillot, Mrs. Fannie 300
Garcia, Frank 300
Garcia. Alex 800
GALLON, Mrs. z. 7. Gallon 800
Hughes, Mrs. Henry 800
Jones, Mrs. e. K. 300
Keyser, Mrs. J. &. 900
LaPIace, lob loo
Morrow, Mrs. Jennie / 50
Miller, Ado 800
Prudhomme, Tom 800
rrudhomme, Percy $50
Payne, William 8 90
kachal, Aristide 800
Schuman, Roy 800
stephens, DIR. Joe 1926
| Watson, Mrs. Emily 800
Williams, Mrs. j. II. 800
Watson, Mrs. Arthur l.5O
Colored Helpers rs
Total amount, LIST Section. $3.50. $63.
By Members Section II
AKRON, Mrs. jeff ESQ
Breazeale, Upshur 800
Breazeale, ID. w. 1000
Breazeale, Mrs: D. w. 800
BreaZeale, Phanor 3.OL
Breazeale, Mrs. Z. L. 1,25
Breazeale, Mrs Phanor 800
Cloutier, Edgar 800
Cloutier, Emile (Heirs) 800
Cloutier, Alex (Helrs) 3.U
DeMonasteri. MRS. Clara LOO
DeBheux, Lestan 81
johnson, Mrs. Joe 35U
Hertzog, A. j, 800
hlle, MISS DAISY 3.UL
Ale, George so,
Lambre, U. and V. 80,
Lambre, Mrs. Coralie 400
McClungy Mrs. T.. l.. 3.U
rrudhomme, Mrs. Victorin 20
Prudhomme, Mrs. St. Anne LIZ
Prudhomme, Mrs. Emanuel 3.t
Prudhomme, Miss Cecilia 2.5l
Prudhomme, Ailhaud 80.
Tujaque, Leon 800
Picard, Mrs. l.UL
Rusca, Mrs. Jno. 81
ttusca, j. ID. 2.U
oompayrac, jules 3.0C
SlIuiHOIlSJ MISSES ON
Total amount, End Section. $S7.25
By Members, Section III
Ante, Colin LOT
Artemise, (Coloredl .75
Blanchard, (Heirs) 3.0t
Broazeaie, Wood 800
Caspari, Mrs. Gussie 80
Compbell, Colin 3.W
DeBieux, Mrs. Alice 80
Henry, Mrs. 5. ]. BOO
Lemee, (Heirs) 3.OU
Mazier, Bony l.UC
Morse, Sidney 30
Poete, Mrs. 81
rrudhomme, P. S. 2.0
Smart, Mrs. Marie 3.L
Smith, Mrs. Monte zoo
stephens, Henry LOO
frichel, Miss Kate Lea 80
fricnel, John 1.0
Tessler, Mrs, Beatrice 2.OC
Total amount, 3rd Section. s3S. Is
By Members, Section ~.
Burke, Miss Mammie 800
Carr, Mrs, Virginia zoo
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-01-04
CARD OF JFANE.,

l wish TO thank ana lP-ess my APP
probation for the generous support
given me by my friends in the Hughes
Great Trade Contest.
MRS. MAUD CEOS5EIT
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Mr.. and Mrs. 0. f. Himel anC
/ Messrs. Carl and Earl Henry mo
! tored to Alexandria to enjoy !
} family reunion at the home of Mr.
! and Mrs. Baynard, where Mis-:
! Coralie Henry joined them.
/ Special values in boys blue serge
\ suits at SEN MELMAN'S
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles DeBlieuX
Mr.. and Mrs. 5. Hart, and Miss
jeanette Wemp motored over to
Winfield for a dance Friday. re-
turning Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. {. V. Porter Jr..
of Baton Rouge and Mr.. and Mrs.
). r. Harmanson ard son of Bun
kie were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Phillips during the week.
White toboggan caps. 65c at SEM
MELMAN'S.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0. VI. Peters of
Anacoco, Misses 0. and l. Peters
and Mr.. NJ. l.. Peters came home
to enjoy a family reunion with
their mother and sister Mrs. Maud
CrosSett.
Mrs. Helen Walmsley returned
from Shreveport Friday night with
her daughter Miss Louise who
has been in that city under treat
ment for several weeks, very..much
benefited thereby.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Durand of
Lake Charles reached home on
Saturday night and left the morn
ing after Christmas for st. Mar
tinsville to attend the marriage of |
their sister:
Mr., and Mrs. John Tucker of |
Shreveport spent the holidays at
the old homestead with their sis
ters and brothers, Misses CallIe
and Lily and Messrs. B. and j.
b. Tucker.
Miss May Katie went to Alex
andria during the week to serve
as one of the attendants at the
marriage of her cousin Miss Sell
ma jackson to Mr.. Mayer Weiss.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kranson. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Friedman, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. I. Ra-
chal, Misses H. Friedman, Miller.
RACIAL and Goldman of BavouI
Natchez were among the Bayou
Natchez visitors to town. I
Miss Fannie Nelken of New
Orleans and Mr.. and Mrs. Press
burg and daughter of Alexandria
were welcome guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Nelken dur
ing the holidays.
Messrs. George Janvier and B. |
Denerge OF New Orle ms came up
Tuesday morning to join party
that enjoys an annual hunt with
Messrs. D, W. Breazeale, F. A.
Cloutier, Tom Prudhomme as
hosts.
Miss Emily POLICEMAN who came
from Baltimore where she is at
tending school to spend the holi-
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Soady of
Shreveport spent a couple If days
in Natchitoches with Mr.. and Mrs.
I. E. POLICEMAN.
Capt. and Mrs. e. G. Nash en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. r. E,
Stuart and son of Winfield.
Misses Elvie Nash of New Orleans,
Annette Nash of Houston and Ida
Nash of Alexandria during the !
holidays.
FOR RENT--Ten room sesidence 104 /;
Trudeau ST., with modern conveniences j
Apply to DR.. z. T. Gallon or Phone 80.
Mrs. Emily Prudhomme. Mr..
and Mrs. Dudley Seay, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stafford of Shreveport, Mr..
Jim Hyams of Alexandria came
10 be present at the 102nd ami $
Fersary of Mrs. Emily Hyams, on :
The 9th inst. II
A surprise that made Mr.. Hen a
" Cook. Manager of the Crystal S
Ice Co., very proud and happy |
nan on Christmas day, was the
presentation of handsome gold :
watch, Waltham II jewel, BY c
he employees of the company who 5
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1917-01-04
PERSONAL
AND
OTHERWISE

DENOE'S FORECAST - Januar
5th a storm will advance from tn
Pacific Coast, 9th to 7th cloud
and cold, 8th to 9th rain or snow
10Th to l1th cold and squally.
Mr. Charles Greene was Yule
tide visitor in Colfax-Chronicle
Mr.. b. e. Caldwell spent cou
pie of days in town this week.
New neckwear at SEMMELMAN'S
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Cl0utie
and family of Bermuda moto! e
to town on Tuesday.
The Jefferson Highway Realty Co,
has choice building lots from $4,000 up
Why pay more? See Hedges,
Mr.. w. p. Wemp was a bust
ness visitor to New Orleans dur.
ing the week.
Crepe de chine in white, black and
colors at SEMMELMAN'S.
MIR. N. I. Smith and SOD Pres
ton spent a couple of days in New
Orleans during the week.
Mr.. A. A. Fredericks spent a
part Of the holidays 10 Winfield.
Miss Joyce Weaver spent cou-
pie of days at Boyce during the
week.
Living or dead, you must have lot.
If alive. see Hedges. Buy a lot now
while they are cheap.
Mr.. Earl Freeman paid an i'm
portant visit to Monroe on New
Years Day.
Miss Jean cite Wpmp left Sun
day night tor Abbeville where she
will teach the rest of the year.
Tailor made suits, bargain prices at
SEMMELMAN'S
Mrs. James Cumming and little
son of Gadsden Alabama, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Williamson.
Fortune Chedss nv ack has re-
ssorge E a: JolsC after enjoy
Horace WadsworeA,
Alias Ryanne !. lh Mr.. and
Mrs. chedsoye......ly.
Arthur Wadswory at sEMMEL-
Mahomed....
.e..e-~ss@s
Mr.. VIM. French and son Ed
win of Alexandria visited Mr.. and |
Mrs. p. S. Prudhomme during the
week.
Ms sHHy Scout 'h'f'' at > : !" MEL
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Z. POLICEMAN
entertained at a dance on Wednes-
day OF last week in honor of Miss
Emily POLICEMAN of Shreveport.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. McNeeley
and sons of Colfax spent the holt
days with Mr.. and Mrs j. H. |
Williams in East Natchitoches.
Csc bow ties at SEMMELMAN'S.
All the great fortunes in the country
were made by buying real estate when
1t was cheap. Why don't you start |
yours today? See Hedges.
Messrs. I. Gallaspy, I. Som
payrac, j. Prudhomme. DR.. Brea-
zeale, Misses Keator and Cloutier,
were among the Campti visitors
Tuesday.
Novelty rugs s1s5 at sEMMEL-
MANS.
Misses Grace and h h y q
Haynes of Boyce were the holiday
guests Of Misses Helen and Doro
thy Freeman.
Advance Spring Models in dresses,
1880 at SEMMELMANS.
Mr.. Gerald Porter of Lake
Charles returned to bis home on
Saturday after spending the holi.
days at home.
Mrs. Kate Trichel aud daughter
Miss Kate Lea enioved the Christ
mas holidays in Shreveport with
Mr.. and Mrs j. 9. Trichel and
family.
Loag crepe KimOnas CSC at SEM
MELMAN'S
Messrs. Kyle Dunbar OF Baton
RouSe and King Irion of New Or
leans were guests of Miss Marjory
Henry at her home in East Match
itoches during the holidays.
The basis of wealth is land It is
the final security on every loan. Why
not establish your credit by buying a
lot? See Hedges.
DR.. T. ", prndlomne Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
DECATUR

Decatur. November s.-(Special0 Mrs Margaret Sommers of Florence
 has announced the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Miss Villa Hunter Sommer. to MT. 1 John William Miner of Albany. The wedding will take place early in De.
 cember.
 The bride-to-be is one of tho most popular young women in north Ala bama.
 The groom-to-be Is well known young business man of Albany. Both Miss Sommers and Mir Miner have a host of friends all over this part of the state.
 Frances Lamon. aged years. daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lamon, was burned to death at their home south of Trinity yesterday. The little girl and her little brother
 were playing around & heating stove
 and were placing splinters in the stove when the child's dress was ig- nited Her body was burned from her
 knees to her head. She lived about three hours after having been burned. Mayor James A. Nelson of Decatur
 has appointed the following delegates to the rivers and harbors convention.
 which meets in Washington, D. C.. on
 December and 6: W. E. Crawford, W. NJ. Bailey, Foster H. Pointer and , John A. Thomson.
 Local dealers have paid several thou sand dollars war tax on their present stock of goods. One wholesale firm paid over 5000 in war tax alone. Religious services were held yes- terday at the noon hour at the De- catur hosiery mills by the president of the company, Rev. Charles R. Hyde, who is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian church. From now on re- 1 ligious services will be held at these
 mills every Friday noon. A Sunday school institute of the Presbyterian church will be held on Monday and Tuesday next at the First Presbyterian church in Decatur. A
 number of well known Sunday school workers from all over this section of l the state will address the institute 1 What seems to be a well founded | report says that the Southern railroad
 will build large repair and construc- 1 tion shops at Decatur and that the company has already bought tract O. 1 40 acres on the outskirts of the city lying along their line of road. 1 It is well known that the Southern sometime ago considered the building of shops here. but for some reason the.
 were not built at that time.
 A few days ago a representative o the Southern railroad was in De catur Investigating land titles at tn
 county courthouse here, Just why Ii
 was Investigating these titles no on
 seems to know, but 1t Is now believe
 that 1t was for the purpose of tn
 Southern buying lands here on whic to build shops.
 Decatur Is about the middle point O the Southern railroad between Chat tanooga and Memphis and on this ac
 count would be the logical place fo | the shops.
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that falls on the mountains. some fiowa i into Hudson bay, some goes into the l Mississippi river and the Mexican sulf' and some rushes down Into Lake Su- perior and out to the Atlantic over Niagara Falls. Hibbing Is 1000 feet above the surface of the lake ana A0VN
 feet above the level of the ocean.
 l It Is In the top of these mountains I that the forces of nature have created
 what might be called river or lron'
 The stream flows from northeast to northwest It Is about 20 miles long and from @ quarter of mile 10 three mics in width It narrows and widens- Tn sone places 1t rises to the surface of the ground and in some 1t is 40O feet below. The deposit Is not con ttnuous nor of an even thickness, but altosether 1t contains hundreds Of rnil- lions of tons.
 The ore lies in great pockets which might be compared to the golden crown of a decayed tooth with jagged points running down below and hllins tne roots. A single crown may De several
 hundred feet. It may cover lo0 acres or more and contain ore to the amount of tens of millions of tons. The Hall
 Hurst mine with the Mahoning mihe' which is really part of It. IS a great oval pit of more than 300 acres, out or NnICD they lOOh iShSN 7 S~SNA 00Q tons of excellent ore. Be1ore I'Vo there was not an iron mine in the worlo that was producing one-tenth that amount of ore in one year.
 Today there are six mines in the Lake Superior region, each of which an- nually produces more than l.OOoVoO tons' and within the past 20 years the Hah- Hurst-Mahoning mine alone has mad product of something like 6oooo,o0o tons. Sixty million tons of iron ore! It IS hard to appreciate what that means. It is enough to make 3O000,60o tons of steel which at the low price of $oo per ton would be worth $1,5oG 000,00O. ton or steel will make about 100 feet or rails or 50 pounds to the yard. That ore, 1T made into single rail- would form streak of steel 6o0,o00 miles long, or enough to lay 30oo00 miles of track. IL could replace the iron in every railroad in Europe and Asia, with several thou sand miles to spare It could relay every track In the United States and leave enough over for all the raliroaos or Africa and Australia. Altogether, the 5oo'- o0A miles of track would reach rom the earth to the moon and traverse tun- nel through the center of that luminous body and leave enough over to twice eira1 } the earth and make track trough 1t from one side to the other. All saa ore needed to make that steel would 7et oe as much as has come from this one Dit, on the edge of which I am writ ing.
 The methods of mining here ara dif- ferent from those of other parts Of the world. Everything Is done scien tifica1ly The prospecting is largely by the aid of magnet, or magnetic nee de, which dips as the prospector passes over the ore bodies beneath. After the ore is found the operators ascertain the exact quantity in each deposit and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
AMONG THE
 METHODISTS
(Continued from Page Fourl


 his glory and went from ward to ward and cast his vote for his favorite early and late. Well. that Is just what they did at the North Alabama conference. When l got there on the first day they were voting. On the last day I was the-e they were still at 1t It's the only reli- gious body ever saw stop to vote while a man was on the floor speaking. No one seemed to think 1t at all strange, but just as some orator would be wandering around among the stars. Bishop Denny would call him down to earth while vote was announced, and the audience were again told to prepare their ballots Ths thing that struck me most was that by the secret ballot the delegates were elect iEg the men they wanted to honor py sending them to the general conference
 These are just some of the superficial things that have touched upon l was tremendously impressed with the serious ness of the body and the business-lke way in which 1t was attending to king dom affairs. No man could sit day by day where I sat facing the congregation without being conscious that he was in the presence of body of men who had enlisted as soldiers in the army of the Lord and were worthily representing Him in city, state and country. I enjoyed the oid-time hymns. The addresses stirred my soul The sermons made me want to be better man. The fellowship warmed my heart In fact, think l got as much pleasure and good out of it as any Meth odist present.. What more could you ask a Baptist preacher to confess?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
FIGHTING TFEE GERMANS WITH STEAM OVElS crpsn

out the ore, which, as I have described 1t, branches into the roots of tn eiron- crowned tooth. The work is economically done Every bit of good iron Is saved. and wastes Is as carefully guarded against as in the steel furnaces and mills to which the iron Is taken.
 Another pit is the Dean mine This Is Q beautiful oval which makes me think of one of the diamond pipes of South Africa It Is 12 feet long, 500 feet wide and 125 deep. Its walls for 50 feet down are earth and rock, and below that to the arena 1t Is rich red ore. That mine covers about 13 acres, or as much space as the great pyramid of Ghlzeh You could drop two Colosseums like that at Rome inside it and they would just about fill the space.
 The Shenango pit is like the famed Kimberly diamond mine, save that the latter is almost a half mile deep, where as the depth of the Chenango is only few hundred feet. It is almost round and the bottom is marked with a great coll of railroad tracks In all of these
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04

sending the ore up to the surface They begin at the top and ....9tt the roof or the first laver of oN7Tn- bers by timbering and leaving pillars of ore. When they have worked nom one side of the deposit to tho other they lay 9 floor of heavy logs and the earth above is allowed to cave lr. This floor then forms the roof for g second series of chambers which they cut out below. The ore is piled up at the surface, and is loaded upon the cars by steam shovels when the win- ter is over.
 The underground mines have miles of tunnels. They have great pumps which are kept going day and night. They are lighted by electricity and the machinery is moved by the same power. Everything Is carried on after cost efficiency methods, and great care is taken as to the prevention of waste. About one third of the output of tho Lake Superior region now comes from these underground mines.
 Copyright, 1917, by Frank c. Car penter.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-04
LUMBAGO, SC|ATICA
 PAINS RELIEVED \
lca.. : Lininent affords best local treatment for pain
 ful inflammations

Coon as an attack of Lun1bago or
 etica begins apply Sloan's Liniment
 Lrittle, promptly used, not only stops |pain, and overcomes stiffness, but |hastens complete recovery and helps prevent recurrence of the trouble.
 Sloan's Liniment supplies the warmth to soothe inflammation, its -irritant effect promotes cir cula ton and absorption of morbid SC eretions, while it's sedative influence Eoothes the nerves and muscles. Sore hess. Stiff neck. Wrenched Joints. Strains and Bruises are effectively re- lieved by it's use
 great comfort with S1aan's Ifrf lent Is that you don't have to rub. is also far cleaner to app. t.4-- | 9Ees or plasters, as 1t does not stain ~ skin or clog the pores. Generous .e bottles at druggists everywhere
 .. soc, s1.
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mines the cars move in and out. and there are terraces and tracks so arranged that the ore Is hauled by easy grades to the surface There are scores of steam show els, which have an efficiency as great as those of the Panama canal. They each take two tons at bite. and one will fill 50-ton car in less than five minutes. In that time 1t loads burden as great as 100 horses could hall on a wagon. The newest of the shoves weighs 290 tons. It cuts to a depth of 60 feet and has swing or swath of 42O feet.
 Tn addition to this open-pit work out under the sky. a great deal of min ing Is carried on underground. The open pit worK can be done only dur ing the eight months of the open sea- son. but the underground mining goes on also throughout the winter. It is restricted to the deposits which are so deep that it costs too much to strip off the heavy earth which lies over them In such mining, a shaft Is sunk at the edge and the miners cut out of the Iron formation huge chambers,