Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-03-02


crop ever grown.
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Mr.. Wade, of Alexandria represent
ing the War Loan Organization, was ;
visitor here Thursday and attended
he meeting held in this city.
Several of our citizens are in LAX,
'harles today attending the big fooc
ampaign meeting being held there
This is one of a series that is being
acid all over the country.
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The new grocery store of Mr.. l.. \
Moreland, an Abbeviile boy, was opc.
ID up Yesterday for business, and ".
arnestly hope that this hustlng voun.
man will receive his full share Of til,
bushes.
The lecture by Rev. Daily on "Ncw
and Better Era will take place at the
Court House tomorrow morning at II
p'clock. The fact of this lecture mas
cen well advertised requires little
more to be said.
Robt. j. B0udreaux, of Erath, was
business visitor here this week, and
informed us that many were plartin.
Irish potatoes, among them being &c
acres on the Erath Nursery place, 10
acres by V. l.. Caldwell, and so acres
BY himself. This is certainly a good
move i'll the right direction.
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In this issue of the paper appears
the announcement of Mr.. Lucuis Dutel,
who is a candidate for the office of
Chief of Police and Tax Collector, to
which he has been in service for the
past twenty some odd years. He is
anxious to receive the support that has
been accorded him in the past cleo
items.
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The grocery store Of Alexander-Con
rad Co., and formerly known as the
Immergluck store, has been purchased
bby Mr.. Leodias j. Brossard, who has
been connected with the l.. &. NJ
Sokoloski store for many yeals Mr.
Broussard is well known, and has a
host of friends who WISH to see him
succeed.
grOceries.-L. A. MOreland.
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Henry TlibOdeauX, a prosperous
farmer of the eastern part of the parish
was here this week, and we learn thai
he has planted a fve-acre grove of
pedigreed pecan trees. Mr.. ThibodeauX
is also a hog fancier, and has about
80 head of DurOc Jerseys, which is
said to be among the finest in the
parish.
Municipal candidates are lining
Themselves up for selection and in fair
ness to all we would like to impress
upon the people that it is not an
April Fool election. It is the regu
lar municipal or rather, town, election,
which happens to fall on April LIST,
and should not be misconstrued by
anyone.
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The announcement of Mr.. Caliste
fuidry, who is a popular candidate for
+he Office of chief of police appears in
lis issue of the paper. Mr.. Guidry
AS had many wears of experience
which would tend to qualify him for
The Office, and has very strong line
mp of friends who are working to see
him get the Office.
Mayor W. S. Hayes, announces. in
his weeks paper, his candidacy for
mayor for the second term, Mr.. Hayes
served on the council for two terms
md is anxious to serve as MAYOR for
two terms Mr.. HAYES is deserving Of
much credit for the accomplishments
re has made under the circumstances,
md has large following who are de-
termined to see him re-electer.
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Doctors are taught in their patients.
hut the other dav onr came very naer
lrifting from the pathway. Late in
the evening he had prescribed for
me some medicine to drop-in tle eve
'hrec times a day. The next morning
his first visitor was the one having
bmis eyes treated. The doctor in
1uired and got the following: g Doctor
came bac kto find out if ! must
drop this medicine in my eye before
or after meals" ,-. sd,
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Just where the limit to some things
extends is a puzzle to many of our
better classes of people, and from the
subject matter we are approached with
this week, we can't hep but bow our
read in shame. This is hoping that
the Authorities will take the proper
action in anything concerning the vel,
eare of our little citv. and at the same
time borrow one Of the soy glasses
loaned to Uncle Sam and see if you
can't locate some of the remnants Of
the city health board. There is grave
and incurRble danger at our doors.
Wake up!
WIS.,
| am now open for business, and
my best efforts will be to please volt
list cali phone SO. Yours truly, L. A.
Mcreland.
VS. s.
Try as hard as YOU please, YOU can
never get the knoeker No believe his
home town is ANYTHING but a modern
Nazareth: Nothing good eau come
from il. Even when some bit OF sue
cessful hustling or unusual generosity
sets the outside world taking, he finds
some flaw, some manner in which the
deed would have been bettered had i
happened elsewhere. Personally, bis