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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

firm each year takes in as much as
it can handle.
Mr.. Banta comes to Morgan City
territory well equipped in every res
pect, both as to experience and a
record Of past success, along with
his full equipment will be looked
upon with much interest by all who
are vitality interested in the progress
and successful settling up Of the
vast areas contiguous to this City.
Rock Bayou, the site of the $70,..
100000 pumping plant owned by the
Avoca Drainage District Commits
sion, can be reached by road, open
at all time to the public, and rum
ming parallel with Bayou Schafer,
after crossing the Avoca Bridge.
The road is good as any unsurfaced
parish road, and better than most,
and furnishes an excellent sight
seeing drive, except in bad weather,
when cars cannot well go over un-
surfaced roads, altho Mr.. Prejent
has missed very few days when he
had vegetables to sell in Morgan
City.
The fact that rice can be success
fully and profitably raised in this
section has been thoroughly tested
and tried out by Mr.. E. L. Breaux,
who has for the past three years
cultivated one hundred acres on
Avoca Island, just opposite Ramos.
Mr.. Breaux has made the business
pay each year, and it is fact that
this soil yields from a to bags per
acre more than the rice lands of the
West Louisiana territory. Mr..
Breaux made II bags per acre his
first year, while 9 is a good average
for Texas and West Louisiana lands.
Mr.. Breaux will not plant rice this
year due to the fact that he raised
the serial on the same land for
three years, and his cane interests
were so heavy that he was compelled
to abandon the rice, for lack of new
lands sufficiently convenient for
him to engage again in the business
las rotation must be practiced).
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

A heavy cold in the lungs that
expected to cure itself has been the
starting of many disease that ended
fatally. The sensible course it to
take frequent doses Of BILLIARDS
HOREHOUND SYRUP. It checks
the progress Of the disorder and as
sists nature to restore normal con-
ditions. Price 25c, Soc, and 800 per
bottle. Sold by Belanger Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
CHAUTAUOUA
At PATTERSON TO-DAY

The Radcliffe Chautauqua is in
full swing at Patterson today. This
Is the second of . three day Chau-
tauqua the engagement closing
Monday. There will be no entertain
ment Sunday. A basket ball game
today between Morgan City and
Patterson High Schools win be a
feature.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

There win be children's fancy
dress masquerade Valentine Party
given at the City Hall on Wednes-
day afternoon from 400 to 600
O'Clock. There will be an admission
fee of ten cents and prize will be
given for the best costume.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

A child that has intestinal worms
is handicapped in its growth A few
doses of WHITES CREAM YER
MIFUGE destroys and expels
worms; the child Immediately i'm
proves and thrives wonderfully.
Price Csc per bottle. Sold by Belan-
You will find Lawn Sprinklers
and MOBILES at Dyer-Lehmann's.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
ST. MARcARET'S DAUGHTERS
WILL GIVE LAST DANCE

The dance at the City Hall next
Tuesday will be the last dance III
Morgan City before Lent begins and
it is expected that the ladies will
have large attendance. There will
be children's dance in the after
noon.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Sixth Prize

What better prize could be select
ed for the winner of sixth place
than the Administer rug valued at,
$500 from the Alberts Dry Goods
Co. They have complete stock of
all kinds of floor coverings as well
as dry gods and clothing.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
"PEC o. MY HEART" THE
NEXT BIG ATTRACTION

The next big time attraction at
the ,Evangeline will be Oliver Nor
osco's great comedy of youth, "Peg
O. My Heart" the show that made
Laurette Taylor's fame. It will be
here next Thursday.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
DR.. ]. Clarence Berwick
Physician and Surgeon

Physician and Surgeon
Office hours 81 a. M; 4-6 p. m. 4
Office at the Peoples Drug Co. Up
posite New Depot. Calls answered
day or night. Office phone No. q.
Residence 321, Morgan City, La.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

To the candidate securing the
highest number of votes during each
month of the contest will be given a
26-Piece Silver Set, value SIS
This VIM. A. Rogers Silver Set
will be given to the contestant who
brings in the largest number of votes
for the months ending November list,
December LIST, January LIST, Febru-
airy 1st, and March LIST
In addition to the large list of
valuable prizes mentioned in the
above list, The Morgan City Daily
and Weekly Review will pay five per
cent commission to each contestant
in the race, with the exception of the
three contestants who win the first
three prizes. These three contestants
will not receive the cash commission.
The commission will be paid on all
subscriptions made on the Daily Re-
view, The Weekly Review and the
famous lax Gold Point Barnett
Fountain Pens.
Don't delay writing or calling on
the Manager of the Morgan City Re-
view for any further information
you may want in regard to this big
contest.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Fifth Prize

A $4,000 made-to-measure suit
from the exclusive shop for men
and boys in Morgan City. Fisher
Bros will take your measure for
your spring suit, and sell you all the
trimmings pertaining thereto.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Seventh Prize

This is the prize that saves your
temper. A $500 Bon Ami oil stove,
the last word in clean cooking. Are
you reading the DYLECC adver-
tisements? Hardware too.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

where you may buy at reasonable
price everything in dry goods no.
lions and mems wear At this time
the January Clarence Sale is on
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10

The second prize in the vote get
ting contest is a beautiful $2OO.OO
diamond ring from the 1mperiA
Jewelry Co., here.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
IT PAYS TO BUY AT
The SPECIALITY STORE.

Great variety of CHOICE FLOW
Err SEED at Dyer-Lehmann's-
plant early.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
First Prize

1917 Model Ford Touring CART
This car is completely equipped in
every respect. It has been purchased
from the Loeb-Dreher agency and
will be given to the winner in the
contest.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Third Prize

IhsFd RE
For the third prize the Home
Furnishing Company will give
splendid nine piece oak dining room
set, which if bought would cost
$500. See the Home Furnishing
Co. for all needs for furnishing the
home.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Fourth Prize

Fourth Prize
A $4,000 wardrobe trunk from
the store of Henry Loeb Co. Ltd.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-10
Second Prize

Second Prize
The contestant finishing second
will be presented with a beautiful
solitaire diamond ring costing
$4,000. This prize is being given
The Imperial Jewelry Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
Will the Receiver Please Give the
 Data Asked For?

MT. Editor: In acknowledging the receivers invitation to call and find out accurately about the affairs of the Thames Loan & Trust Co, as stated in his letter of the 5th inst. to the editor, will say, that although have already called there several times to get this information, yet, I have never been able to find him there. As q am from Missouri" when he answers this letter, if he would state exactly the actual amount of money he has collected during 1916 from the assets, and also the actual amount of money he has spent dur ing 1916 in expenses, including his own receivership charges, all the de- positors can then see what has been done during that period.
 I believe that we will all agree with him. that whatever assets there are still left cannot be collected any other way than by litigation. which is al- ways long drawn out. and very expen- sive and finally settled on compro- mise basis of about, 10 per cent of it's face value. When you come to deduct lawyers fees, receivers and other expenses incurred during that
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11

laraticn of peace there is going to be a new adjustment.
 That this nation is being looked to, and that it has an excellent opportu- nifty has been indicated for long time by those who are familiar with the requirements of Russia The need of getting better acquainted with Russian demand and Russian markets has been pointed out, and now Rus sia has licensed the National City Bank of New York to transact busi- iness in that country and especially to finance railroad construction.
 The lack of railroads has been one of the big handieaps of that nation. It has obtained a new view of its predicaRent by the struggle of the last two and a half years and it is but natural that it should be eager to overcome the defect and that it should declare that Russia must have rail- roads-splenty of them. The American opportunity to participate in such de- velopment cannot be disregarded for where the railroad goes other things follow and American built roads would of course mean increased trade in other American goods There cannot therefore help being an increased in terest in the Russian awakening.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
EXPERIMENTS IN
 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
Being Tried Out On the Island of Hayti-causes Which Led Up to Venture
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin.)
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 10.-OIe of the most interesting experiments in government to be found anywhere in the world today is being conducted by the United~ States. It is being tried-out on the island of Hayti, up- on which are located the Black Re public of Hayti and the Mulatto Re- public of Santo Domingo. The na- ture of the experiment and the causes which led up to this unique govern ment venture are set forth in a bull letin issued by the National Geo. graphic Society.
 After a century of effort to main tain itself as a separate, independent, sovereign nation. Santo Domingo in 1905 found itself about to fall a vic bulletin. Revolution had followed revolution almost with clocklike reg ulGrity. There were assa ssinations, there were betrayals, there were czlq- wars without-war with Maiti over boundary questions and civil war over the control of the government Debts were piled up without thought Of the day of payment or even provisions for meeting the interest charges.
 50 long and so steady was the orgy of. revolution, speculation, .1eft- making and interest -dodging that the nations credit grew worse than that of it's Individual citizens. F1.;ally, the day of reckoning came. Foreign warships approached the ports whose harbors had given refuge to the great discoverer Columbus and whose cap ital city contains what undoubtedly are his ashes, and demanded that tho claims of their subjects be satisfied - claims for money advanced, claims for property wantonly destroyed-aad they demanded it at the point ot big naval guns.
 'In a predicament from which they were powerlesS to extricate therI- selves. the Dominicans were ready enough to negotiate a treaty turning over the control of the country's cus- toms to the United States, if, in re- turn therfor, the United States would protect them from angry European creditors and rejuvenate their treas ury-
 And so it was that in 1895 the United States undertook to se.Ve as treasurer of Santo Domingo ard to vouch for her debts. The tariff was quickly revised, the American author ities urging that duties be laid on lux uries rather than upon necessities upon the things of the rich rather than upon those of the poor. The tariff as a whole was cut down, .he general reduction being 50 per cent on export taxes and If per cent on i'm ' port duties.
 And yet in spite of this great re- duction, in spite of payments of $1,- 100000 a year on the debt, there was still left a greater net income for the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
FRIEND AND BROTHER

"Hullo, Bill, got home first, did your" said the younger brother.
 Whereupon William Merrill, stretch ed. almost full length in a most full length in a Morris chair, opened his eyes and bIinied. The words Eat reused, him from the deepest slumber.
 "Yes, got home" he replied sleep fly. 'fWhy, no, I didn't go out. Heavens Joe, what time is it?"
 Just 12:15 dear" answered Joe with mock tenderness '1t's really time you were in bed, Willy boy"
 Great Caesar, I've slept all the eve ming" Merrill slowly rose from his chair and cast a rueful glance at his rumpled clothes. T had a date with Laura"
 My word, you don't mean it. Too bad, old fellow. Miss Bell probably went with handsomer man"
 T must telephone her..
 You're crazy, Bill You can't cali a girl up at this time of night"
 That's right, of course not. But l don't know what she will think of me"
 ..Oh, you can fix it tomorrow, Try a sudden attack of illness, or an au- tomo bile smash or even an unshak- able client whose case means mon ,v and reputation to you. Why, it's ea7y Bill"
  sons for deiinquencies before, worse luck, and more too"
 You don't mean to say that you've used all those excuses? Why, Wt.ly boy. I'm surprised at you. I had no idea you were such a gay deceived"
 I'm not. I'm as honest as the day is long, but luck is against me. When I didn't meet her train and take her to lunch, as I had engaged to do. OI1e day last summer when she was com ing in from the country, I told her 1t was because I had had a heat stroke, and I had had one. I was in a half stupor all the afternoon in a doctors office"
 Did she believe you, Bill?'
 Most assuredly. She felt sorry for me and urged me to go to the coun- try, which you may remember [ did. I stayed a week end at their country place and had a bully time. The first thing I did when I got back to the city was to look up some information that Laura wished for a paper she was writing, and sent it to her with my very prettiest bread and butter letter.
 'I was a little surprised because she never wrote to thank me for the work I had done for her, and when I happened to meet her a month
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
PROHIBITION IN WASHINGTON.

That congress is responding to the efforts Of the prohibition movement
 which has been so successfully car ried on throughout many of the states
 of the nation, and is recognizing the merits which are back of the steps taken by the nations of Europe to curtai1 the use Of liquor in order to have more efficient and effective ar mics and workmen, is indicated by the action which has been taken by the United States senate in declaring for the Sheppard bill which abolishes saloons in the national capital after November 1. 1917, though it permits importations of liquor for personal use.
 this question submitted to the people on the ground that they are the ones who are most affected failed. The effort to get such an expression was unsuccessful even though 1t was not obligatory for congress to abide by such a vote.
 This bill must now be passed upon by the house. That a hard fight will be put up there Is to be expected. The advocates of the bill are already claiming that 1t will get favorable action in that body, but 1t Is possible that that branch of congress will be 1dNOA oOlO Io Ih0 Pi opOSd1 AoT u Te1eT- endun, should 1t be possible for the matter to be pushed along to vote at this session of congress which has but a few weeks to run and many matters of importance still remain to be acted upon.
 That prohibition Is gaining in strength is indicated by the senate action and should the house pass the bill a greater effort than ever could be expected to be made in behalf of the cause throughout the wet states or possibly in behalf of national pro hibition.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
THE LITERAcY TEST.

From the attitude taken by the sen ate of the United States relative to the immigration bill, and therefore the much discussed literacy test which 1t contains, 1t is apparent that if the support which was given to the bill as 1t passed that body is adhered to, it is more than sufficient to. pass the measure over the promised veto of the president
 This is of course not the first time that the senate has declared its ap- prova1 of a similar clause. It has occurred on at least three other occa- sions and had the support of the low CT house of congress, only to receive the dfsapproval of the president, which has been respected in each instance, since it was impossible to get the necessary two thirds vote in each body which is required to make a law of it when vetoed by the chief executive.
 What action will be taken by many of the congressman who have favored this clause when it comes to acting upon it a second time is not indicated, except by what has transpired on previous occasions. That there will be many who will refuse to insist up on it following a veto, and the veto having been applied once by President Wilson there are good reasons for be- Iieving in addition to his statement that it will be forthcoming again, has been the case in the past and it will without doubt be the case again. Get ting a two-thirds majority to over ride a veto is not as easy as a simi- lar vote on the first passage of a measure, and this is particularly true in the larger body, the house of rep resentatives.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
A apRYn DECISION

A decision of far reaching import ance Is that which has just been handed down by the United States su- preme court relative to the constitu- -tionality of the Webb-Kenyon law, which upholds the statute to the full est extent
 Wherever a state has voted for pro- hibition and laws have been enacted Fto bring it about, much trouble has always been experienced, aside from the enforcement within its limits, in overcoming outside interference. It has been maintained that liquor could be sent into a dry state from a wet state upon the order of a resident of Athe dry state for personal consump- tion- This has meant that those who were able could maintain their wine cellars while those who could not were forced to go without The claim has been that the state had no right to Interfere with interstate commerce, a matter which was under the control Of the federal government By this Webb Kenyon law this is changed. The prohibition state Is given the right to regulate this traffic in ac- cordance with its desires In other words congress said that the states should have the right to prevent this traffic by the exercise of its police power when it so voted, and At is this position which the highest court in the land has now sustained by vote of z to ?. The power to do as they please has been delegated to the states.
 It is but natural therefore that the prohibition workers should be eIated ats the decision for they see a greater opportunity for a fairer test of the prfnclple for which they are and have for SO long been working.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Disease Prevention.

Mir. Editor: Health Officer Brophy's address at the banquet of the New London County Dentists is timely and contains much valuable advice in however, has evidently esca ped his at tention; that is the custom which is almost universally observed among young ladies and especially school children in wearing wooden wraps about the neck. Such apparel think the doctor will agree with me in saying is extremely hazardous ow- ing to the fact that the temptation to remove it is very strong on days when he temperature is above normal for the season. In the main we can all agree hat the doctor is giving sound advice. It is evidently a great advance from the doctrine now being promuI- gated by the secretary of state board of health who evidently entertains the belief that a few years from now mo- body will have an opportunity to get sick. Each citizen of the republic will be vaccinated. He will be inecu- lated with the antitoxins of diphtheria, glanders and tetanus. His blood will be sterilized. his lungs fumigated, his aHmentary canal ascepticised, and once a month he will submit to the tuberculin test and the Wildal react i've. He will drink pure hydrogen mo- pabulum will consist of .extra-inspect- ed double -digested cero- bovi-gluten- gritlets favored with pepSin. |. After that we will have to buy Q license to think. It is to be hoped that the city health officer will soon inaugurate a doubly needed in this alternating thawing and freezing weather.
 Norwich Jan 10 1916
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-11

use of the government than it had ever had before.
 For long time it was thought that, deprived of the opportunity of securing customs-house revenues through the seizure of ports. -aYoiG- tions could not support themselves. But after six ors seven years of peace trouble broke out again, and during 1914 and 1915 it became so serIcUS that the United States was forced to intervene in behalf of peace and to demand, with marines on shore and naval guns trained and pointed on the ports, that the country return to state of quiet. And so today the Dominicans realizing that the Monroe Doctrine is determined to afford thom protection from their own excesscs. their own bitter passions and blind purposes, have accepted the inevitable and have secured the blessings of peace from without when they could not attain that end themselves. IL is a reluctant acquiescence they yield, but wholesome one, none the less.
 Ut has not been without effort or without expense, nor yet without the actual sacrifice of blood and life that our country has steped into play the role of Good Samaritan to the peo- ples of Santo Domingo, Hayt!. and Nicaragua, who had lost the blessings of peace and were unable to regain them. In HaJti alone we lost one of- fcer and six marines and had a num- per WCunQeO. buI out or InlS istic effort are growing results of which a nation that covets no terri- tory, that seeks only its own security and the welfare of it's unfortunate neighbors. may well be proud.
 "In Porto Rico we have reduced the death rate from 45 per thousand to 19 per thousand. and a beginning along the same line is being made in these new fields of American endeavor. In Porto Rico wages have increased from 16 cents to 75 cents, and stable con ditions show encouraging results in the same direction in our ward lands. Tn Porto Rico the school attendance jumped from 20 per cent to more than S5. and these new wards are trying to follow in Porto Rico's path.
 Wherever America has aone, whether to Santo Domingo. Porte Rico. Nicaragua, the Philippines, or Hayti, the welfare of the peopIe has been her first concern; and while all colonial history shows. that thu tares of evil are never absent from the whaet of good, our nations record of heIp given where most needed is one that well may challenge our adinira- tion and quicken our patriotism.
 The success in Santo DoIningan customs administration led to Ni'other experiment along the same line few years later. Nicaragua became -evo- lution-torn, resulting in the overthrow of Zelaya and the conversion Of the country from an unspeakable despo- tism into one of ruinous anarchy. Rival factions issued fiat morey as freely as tap water flows from a spl- got. The treasury was bankrupt, in- terest was in default, foreign credl- tors were threatening to collect their debts with gunboats and cruisers. and there was not enough money 10 he had by the party in power even to pay salaries. much less soldiers wages. The offer of the United Ststes