Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-02-09
ABBEVILLE PROGRESS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918.

but has no effect on a book agent.
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Tomorrow is Shrovc Sunday. \ day
on which it is supposed to make merry
STOVE AND 2-TT. WOOD FOR SALE
Ring 1861. Deliveries made any time.
The fire dctparmcnt was called on
Monday TO the home of Mr.. Rex lie
Blanc.
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The entire wheat crop in France has
been rcquisntioncd by the French GOV
eminent.
e. Miss Hazel Moniau of the hig
school faculty, spent the week end
in Baton Rouge.
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Miss Hnrictta 'Florv has accepted Il
position as cashier at the Alexander
Conrad grocery store.
Next Tuesday is Mardi Gras, and
from all accounts, there will be many
of our people disguised.
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One rat will eat or spoil four bushels
Of grain a year. II costs 81 or So a
year to feed rat ON your place.
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An exchange SAYS that gossips hav,
motor ears beaten to fragile when il
comes to running people down.
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Mrs. A. II. Murray, of the high
school faculty, spent few days in
Lake Charles the latter part of last
week.
New Orleans is now mcatlcss and
whcatless. The habit is spreading all
over the state and will make Louisi
ana bcatlcss.
Recently it was cold, recently J;
showed, recently it was warm, bat
when our readers receive this issue il
may be something else.
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The international convention of the
United Mine Workers, in session at
indianapolis, ratified by an ovcrwhclm
ing vote the Washington wage agree
ment.
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1850 Tractor. j. A. Summers,
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A man doesn't discover that there
is boundary line between his own
lot and his neighbor' 5 until the first
snow falls and he has to clean the
walks.
There will be new moon on the
18th, and some say the moon means
change in the weather. On cOnSOa-
ton is that it CAM possibly be much
worse.
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A buggy was turned over Thursday
night by an automobile and fortunately
no one was hurt. The auto also was
70 still in good running condition after
the mishap.
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Many ships require to be bunkered
before they can take on their cargoes
No effort is being spared to bunker,
Tls~~ -srs-sischarge ships carrying mill
'.''- Following suggestions made by farm
ers willing to employ high school boys,
the educational authorities of Illinois
have arranged an extensive farm course
from Feb. to May l.
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Spring is supposed to begin in the
21st of next month, and the exper-
fence of the past few weeks has many
times brought to our memory that we
have had springs before.
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DR.. C. S. Wishard, here in the in
terest of tick eradication, has moved
into the Harold Edwards residence,
having been assured that Vermilion
will dip the ticky cattle.
G.. G. Fore, District Traffic Chief of
the Telephone company, of Lake
Charles, was recent visitor in this
city, calling on many people here win
Mr.. Russell, the local manager.
Our general citizenship are begin
ming to realize that tnis country is in
war, after reading the reports of the
daily papers, and hearing lectures dl-
rect from the over-the-seas countries
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If YOU want to know who is huving
War Savings Stamps, read tn Pro-
gress. Anv merchant or buslhc,s man
telling us, so we can tell your ems
toners. See.
Some people say the news columns
arc what make = paper. Did YOU tell
us about the visitor YOU had this Oh
last week. or were lou too busy t
think of it. Oh, YES, of course, we j
pardon you this time.
MSS
In this issue we print the statement
of the Red Cross Auxiliary Of Yer
million Parish. 1t shows that consider
able work has ben accomplished, an,
in future issue. NAV be next, we vii
publish the list Of members.
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Road Draus mt $50 90
j. A. Summers
"Win the war by wearing sof
shirts" college professor advises us
There are 50 MANY wavs of winning tn
war that we rope the old America
way of walloping the other fellow vii
not be altogether overlooked.
Representatives OF the Fuel Admir-
istration have been located at ever
Atlantic seaboard of Importance to cC
operate with the railways and trans
Atlantic steamship lines in gettin
coal into the bunkers of ships
WIS.,
The Department of Agriculture est
mates that only onttlird of the ma
ketable surplus Of the potato crop ha
been moved by January ], 1918. La
years potato crop was the large
ever produced in the United state
WIS.,
L. n. Leblanc has accepted Pc: