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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13
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Section Be if ord;,;u,d hv tine
'..I,-c. I,rt. ~ tb. Paris, If V.rruili,,fr.
la. that from and after trr odo;tinu
and rromuIaatinp Of this or,liuou'. il
shall lee unlawful for ans. per~an or
.r9~puS to r'ay amy r,mc with ulaviuo
cards dice or any other oau,c ar d,,i,c.
~ any Saloon hotc nubIi. uI..r or
.,larc IF busi1os, or in any private
a.
in tho Parish of VcrmiIiou /, far
money that Is ar may ho rrdecmoblc
i'm nancy
See. ; BE il further ordained. that
any owner. lessee or occurant Of any
building who shall permit. OH or about
the same. or @ the premises connected
herewith. the plavinr of cards. dice.
or gambling with any game or device.
either for mopav or STAKES. or anvtbino
rerresqune or anri,article of
value, or any equivalent -tfrtsIey thaf
is or NAV he redeemable in money or
consideration whatever, shall be deem
I'd guilty of n misdemeanor.
See. 3. BE if further ordained, that
il shall be the duty of the Sheriff of
the Parish of Vcrmilion, La, and his
Ie3uties, and the Justices of the Peace.
and the Constabics, or any Public Of
iccr. TO arrest and take into custody
any person or persons PLAYING cards,
f. @ Gr any OTHER game or device in any
hotel, saloon. or any publ. place or
lace # business, or in an private res
leprc. club or hniIliHg err elsewhere IN
he Parish Of Vcrmiliou, La, or any
,c~son aiding or assisting ia keeping
he same. tngrther with all The tables.
money. or REPRESENTATIVES. of moucv,
m. lcmcnts and other paraphcrualia.
which NAV be used in sucn games. or
ramblirg devices or plaving with cards
and take and cause them t. be taken
before any committing magistrate win"
hall commit such person or persons for
trial, if upon hcarinr there be sufficient
cause therefor: it shall be the duty Of
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13
W 90.
VERMILION STATE BANK.

..uratcl nj Pcicamhrc, Parish of Yer
million.
Report furnished 10 she Examiner Of
..t" Banks bv the above tark as the
's' G. business on SATURDAY, Jane
both IOlS
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13
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pI;rqti bovi9hambcrlain's Linimcut
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13

On motion Of Nj. Jos T.. Moore, duh,
seconded by Mr. Howard Ms, the fol
low & ordinance was uuauimuu~l
rut,t.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13

Now is the proper time % begin thv
preparations foS yoaE "a! garden,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13
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PEOPL. BANK & TRUST CO.
Located an Abbeville, La, Parish O
Nermilion.

Report furnt shed to the Examiner Of
state Banks ty the above Bank at the
close of busin ess on June Doth, 1918.
l.. NJ. Stebbkns, president; o. J. Chan
vim, vice presii INT; j. Camille Broussard
cashier; John kfwell, asst. cashier.
III fCnJvDrEC
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13

down to that house. Over.....1.5O
rough crib f!qM't p5d Of
an Gel, ALL 41EHAs-- LII A.. 2080
home. ins@ "a. ~. .32.14
after a while, and they ma. -
positions, and they may have a6.OO
residence; but they will not X23O
diving day forget tlat humble roo.
der which their mother sang, and then
father rested and their sisters played.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-07-13

Total Z, JJ6 90
State of Louisiana, Parish of NeF;ailion
I. \. Landry, NJ. D., President, and
7, G =. Grcig, Cashier, Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
\. LANDRY, NJ D. President.
G. p. GREIG, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me,
this 9th day of July, 1918.
r. J. ABSHIRE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
THE SPRING DRIVE

Our boys are going "Over the top"
and into mo mans land" this spring.
No one has any doubt of their ability
TO get there. There will also be a
spring drive on this side of the ocean,
because March is the years blue Mon
day." 1t is the most fatal month of the
year. March and April is a time when
resistance usually is at lowest ebb. II
is trying season for the rundown"
man. But medical science steps in, and
says, sit need not be- We should cul-
tivate love of health, sense of re-
sponsibility for the care of our bodies.
Do not allow the machinery of the body
TO clog. Put the stomach and liver in
proper condition. Take DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, to be had at
most drug stores in tablet or liquid
form, tablets siXty-cents vial, com
posed of native herbs. This puts the
stomach and liver in proper condition.
You may be plOdding along, no spring,
no elasticity, no vim, but as soon as you
have put the body into its normal physi-
cal cOnditiOn-oiled the machinery, as
1t were-you will find new vim, vigor
and vitality within you. A little pep"
and we laugh and live. Try it now.
Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y, 10c. for
trial package. A little energy will save
the day. The prime necessity of life is
health. With spirit and energy you
have the power to force yourself into
action. The Golden Medical Discovery
is the spring tonic which you need.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

bird. That chord might appeal to
their sympathies, their aggressive
ness, their loneliness, their joy, their
calmness, and so on through the
schedule.
The writer cited one case where an
elephant had his sympathies wrought
upon so that he sat down and cried
like child. There was also one where
a man took a harp to a geological
garden and played on it in front of
a tigers cage. He hit the tigers
aggressive chord, and the animal got
out Of his cage and terribly bit and
clawed two or three patients. Again,
when he struck a lively chord of the
hippopOtamus, the old fellow went
waltzing around and his eyes spark
led with joy.
"Egad ~ Bowser said to himself. 81
am going to prove the truth or fall
sity of that fellows story about
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
DRIVING RIVETS SLOW WORK
Not Only That, but Enormous NumbsF
of Them Are Needed In a
Steel Ship.

The largest single item In the labor
Of fabricating a steel ship is In tbs
riveting of her hull; therefore the
driving of rivets is taken as standard
of size and of progress by most of the
shipbuilders. To build a 10000 ton
ship a week means the driving OF
about 650,O00 rivets in that time. The
Union shipyards of San Francisco, az
at present equipped and freed from Ia
Dor troubles, can drive about 3OO,OOO
rivets, although in a record week IL
drove 411000 rivets; the four next
largest yards in America-at Fore Riv-
er, Mass, at Newport News, Va, at
Camden, and at Philadelphia upon the
Delaware-can drive 100000 to 275,OOO
rivets a week each. A half dozen
smaller steel shipyards will drive frosn
$4,000 to 10000 each seven days.
Riveting, despite all the Inventions
devised to speed 1t up, remains hand
work and slow work. A rlveting gaeg
consists OF two men and two boys
the riveter. his "holder-on," the passer
boy and the heater boy. The gang
drives from 300 to 375 rivets in the
course of ten-hour day and is tired
at the end of it. But when you know
that 1t takes four men all Of working
day to drive an average of little lesa
than $50 rivets. you can begin to SEQ
the full size of the labor problem oS
driving at least $4,000 rivets week
necessary to turn out a 10,0OO-ton
ship at the end Of that length of Tina.
In other words, you need 1,200 men fuF
the riveting gangs alone.
Look at the matter from another an
gle, writes Edward Hungerford In Haf-
per's. Ten ships a week-the tremen'
dous program for 1913 to which ~wo
stand committed-means 100000 riV.
cts week. And the rivet capacity az
our five greatest yards-with a total
working force of $4,000 men at the end
Of 1917-was but 100000 rivets
week. And riveting represents only
about 20 per cent In the constructed
Of ship.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

To increase your earning capacity,
you must be an energetic, live speed
men of humankind. You should be
throbbing with Surplus power. You
should possess a degree of strength
that will give you confidence and couz-
age and endurance. Then you can So
on day after day, relates writer, add
ing to your skill and knowledge asyi
power in your profession. And when
you have climbed to the highest poift
on one sphere of endeavor, you will lse
ready to look around for other wore,
and continue to experience the delights
that come only with the daily struG-
gle, required for the attainment of tie
objects one has in view. Do not forget
the value of systematic effort. Do nit
waste your energies. Intelligent direr-
ton is all-important. Force, to be n
value, must be applied at the propsi
place. Effort. TO be productive of to
ward, must be directed by superior In
telligence.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

Bowser took seat ut the piano and
began to strike chords. He let the
bass keys alone and used only the
treble. If he used any of the bass
keys they might sound like brick
bat falling close to the dogs heels and
thus arouse his ire.
Slowly, very slowly, the tender keys
were pressed down and held for two
or three seconds, and then the right
chord came. The bulldog cooked his
ears, gave a growl which sounded like
distant thunder, and with q sudden
lunge he broke from his master and
ran across to the divan. Here he
seized a sofa pillow in his mouth and
had it in threads ia q moment and
feathers flying all over the room. He
had served second pillow in the same
way when the two men interfered. In
the melee which ensued both were bit
ten, two or three chairs knocked over
and the easel on which stood Mrs. Bow
ser's portrait was knocked over and
the portrait was trodden under foot.
Just at this moment the original of the
portrait opened the front door and
the dog ran out, pursued by his own
err. Mr.. Bowser sat down to rub his
bitten leg and face the music, but
there was no music to face. Mrs. Bow
err came in and looked around. and
then. as she began to remove her hat,
she said:
ooh, yes. read that same article,
and l was going to suggest that you
try 1t some time. see you have been
trying it, and 1 hope you found it
successis
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

"You like them DID," he repeated,
smiling. "You are very generous. One
old one is all / want you to like" But
when he leaned toward her lips, Carol
drew away swiftly. "Don't be afraid
of me, Carol. You didn't mind once
when 1 kissed you" He laid his hand
softly on her round cheek. 81 am too
old, dearest, but I've been loving you
for years, guess. I've been waiting
for you since you were little fresh
man, only didn't know it for while.
Say something, Carroll don't want
you to feel timid with me. Yor love
me, don't you? Tell me, if you Co."
Il" She looked up at him Gespe-
rately. T-well, 1 made you soy it,
didn't To-
"Did you want me to say it, dearest?
Have you been waiting, too? How
long have you"
"Oh, a long time; since that night
among the rose bushes at the parsoD-
age"
"Since thenp
eyes; that was why it didn't break
my pledge when you kissed me. Ee-
cause Twas waiting then"
"Do you love me?"
ooh, P'fessor, don't make me say 81
right out in plain English-not To-
night. I'm pretty nearly going to cry
now, and" She twinkled littln
then, like herself, you know what CIV
ing does to my complexion"
But he did not smile. Don't cry"
he said. 1--WE want to be happy to
night. You will tell ME tomorrow. 10
night"
Tonight" she said sweetly, turning
in his arms so that her face Wfs
toward him again, ''tonight-" SIZE
lifted her arms, and pu. t,oe-a softIF
about his neck, he 'er.-s fauiNg hseS
and showing her pink, dimpleo efbUws.
Tonight, my dearest" She LIFTED
her lips to him, smiling.
THE END.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER xv-continued.

you're the incest old things that
ever lived" said Lark, still laughing,
but with great warmth and tender
ness in her eyes and her voice. "But
YOU can take the stockings back and
save your money if you like-we love
you just as much"
But this the happy donors stoutly
refused to do. The twins had earned
this wealth of hose, and finally, wiplng
their eyes, the twins began to smooth
their hair and adjust their ribbons and
belts.
whats the matter?" "Where are
you going?" evil you buy the rest
of us some silk stockings?" queried the
family, comic-opera effect.
"Where are we going" Carol re-
peated, surprised, seeming TO feel that
anyone should know where they were
going, though they had not spoken.
"We're going to call on our friends,
OF course" explained Lark.
"Of course" said Carol, jabbing her
hairpinS in with startling energy. "And
we've got to hurry. We must go to
Mattie's and jeans and Betty's and
Fans and Alice's and-say, Lark, may
be we'd better divide up and each take
half. It's kind of late-and we mustn't
miss any,"
"Well, what on earthW gasped Pru-
dence, while the others stared in
speechless amazement.
"FOr goodness sake, Carol hurry.
We have to get clear out to Minnie's
tonight, if we miss our supper"
"But what's the idea? What for?
What are you talking about?"
"Why, you silly thing" said Carol
patiently, 1--WE have to go and tell our
friends that we've got four pairs of
silk stockings, of course. l wouldn't
miss this afternoon for the world. And
Wen go the rounds together, Lark. 1
want to see how they take it," she
smiled at them benignly. 81 can imag-
inc their excitement. And we owe it
to the world to give it all the excite
ment we can. Prudence says So"
Prudence looked startled. did ]
say that?"
Certainly. You said pleaSure-but
excitement's very pleasing, most of the
time. Come on, Larkie, We'll have to
walk fast"
And with a fond goodby to the gen.
erous family, the twins set out to
spread the joyful tidings, Lark paus-
ing at the door just long enough to
explain gravely, "Of course, we won't
tell them-er-just how it happened,
you know. Lots Of things in a parson-
age need to be kept dark. Prudence
says so herself"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

I stay here where such things are go
ing on"
Mr.. B0wser hadn't hit IL yet. The
people across the alley, with the front
of the houses facing on another street
had their back windows open, and his
eye caught human form seated at
one of the windows.
"There's my chance" he whispered
as his eyes came back to the keys. at
is a girl or woman who is in sorrow,
and thinks there is no more JOY or
pleasure for her in this life. l will try
and find the joy chord and give her
a new emotion"
Mr.. Bowser began with great de-
liberation TO strike every key on
the board from left to right, and he
kept his eye on the figure in the win
dow as he did so. He had almost
reached the end, when he struck a
chord that seemed to float out and
culver around with a sort of Fourth
of July chorus. The figure instantly
changed position, and the woman lean
ed out of the window and shook her
fist and shouted:
aye old divll vel Has a poor wom-
an, who has been over the wash tub
all day, got to submit to such an in
fernal racket as this, when she could
catch nap by this cool win
dow. Stop that catter or 1 will blow
the whistle for a policeman, and he
will soon yank you out of there"
Mr.. Bowser had failed again. Per-
haps he should have played on harp
instead of a piano. He pulled on the
curtain of the window, and was about
to abandon his experiments, when the
dOorbell rang. He went to the door,
and there stood a man with bulldog,
and the man said:
"This is Mr.. Bowser, believe"
at is"
swell, Mr. Bowser, the butcher was
telling me that you wanted to buy
bulldog and so I brought mine over.
He is worth every cent of fifty dol
lars, but, as l am hard up just now, l
will take half of that"
II do not wish to buy q dog, Of
any kind" replied Mr.. Bowser, "but 1
wish you would bring your dog in here
a minute, and let me try an expert
ment on him."
as there another dog or cat in
the experiment" cautiously asked the
man.
"Oh, no. l am going to play the
piano little, and see how he likes
it,"
"That won't do no harm, 1 think,
but you must take the risk of it. A
bull dog, Mr.. Bowser, is an animal
that you can't fool with. Sometimes
he will lick your hide, and sometimes
he will try to get at your throat.
will watch him closely, however, and
guess he will be all right"
The man took a seat, and the dog
sat up and looked around him. If he
had any idea at all, it was that his
owner was going to sell him, and he
had objections to that, for everything
looked nice and comfortable. Mr..
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
BOwSer
Strikes
Chords
But He Does Not Make
a Success at It
BY M. QUAD.

Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

musical chords. Here, you Internal
old cat, come down from there and
take a seat in a chair while practice
on you little"
He wanted to touch the cats sympa-
thy chord, and he persisted for five
minutes and made failure. Then, by
chance almost, he touched the right
chord. 1t was chord in the air "The
Sweet BY and By" The cat responded
to il instantly. Her heart was touched.
She gave yowl and went out of the
open window into the back yard and
licked seven cats one after the other.
Mr.. Bowser didn't know whether to
be satisfied or not. He was pondering
IL over in his mind when he heard the
cook fussing around in the dining
room. She was making too much
noise and he could hear her talking
to herself and complaining of her hard
life. He would find a chord to calm
and quiet her, and IL she wanted a
raise In wages to make her forget 1t.
He struck chord that he thought
would do the business. 1t did. He
heard her broom drop and she came
gathering upstairs and looked into the
sitting room and exclaimed:
"why, Mr.. Bowser, what was that?
l thought bad boy had thrown a
stone through the window and you had
tumbled out of your chair dead"
eft was ONLY me playing. Sarah"
calmly replied Mr.. Bowser.
"Then. If you don't mind II, please
don't play any more, for certainly
will have to have my wages raised II
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
ALWAYS Particular.

He had been the nuttiest of the nuts
he was to be hanged on the following
day.
Have you any request to maker
inquired the governor of the prison,
according to time-hOnOred tradition.
"Well, if you could let me tie the
moose myself" suggested the con-
demned one. "Never did care for
those ready-made ties-dont want to
start now"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

most beautiful thing to see. Every few
weeks he ''ran down for few days."
and If he spent most of his time re-
counting his uncle's symptoms before
the sympathetic STAIRS, no one could
be surprised at that. He and Mr..
Starr naturally had much in common,
both ministers, and both-at any rate,
he was very devoted to his uncle, and
Carol grew up very, very fast, and
smiled great deal, but laughed much
less frequently than in other days.
There was a shy sweetness about her
that made her father watch her anx-
iOusly.
as Carol sick, GraceT" he asked one
day, turning suddenly to his sister-in-
law.
She smiled curiously. "N-no, think
not. Why7"
"She seems very-sweet."
'Yes. She feels very-sweet," was
the enigmatic response. And Mr.. Starr
muttered something about women and
geometry and went away, shaking his
head. And aunt Grace smiled again.
But the months passed away. Lark,
not too absorbed in her own happiness
TO find room for her twins affairs, at
last grew troubled. She and Aunt
Grace often held little conferences to-
eether when Carol was safely out of
the way.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21

The most expensive wood in the
world is said 10 be the lockwood inn
ported from Turkey for the use OF
engravers. The cost ranges from 4 to
10 cents a square inch for the beg
gsade.-Brooklyn Sta adard- Usion
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-03-21
CHAPTER XVI.
The Girl Who Wouldn't Propose.


It took a long time for Carol to re-
cover from the effect of Larll's disloy-
atty, as she persisted in calling it. For
several weeks she didn't twinkle at ALL
But when at last the smiles came easy
again, she wrote to Mr.. Duke, her
p'fessOr no longer, but now q full
fledged young minister. She apollo
glzed sweetly for her long delay.
But you will forgive me when you
have read this" she wrote. Cupid is
working havoc in our family. OF
course no one outside the home circle
knows yet, but insisted on telling you
because you have been such a grand
good friend to us for so long We may
seem young to you, because you can't
forget when we were freshmen. but
we are really very grown up. We act
quite mature now, and never think of
playing jokes. But 1 didn't finish my
news, did II"
ut Is jim Forrest-he was in high
school when we were. Remember him?
Larkie and were ont to spend a week,
and-but / needn't go into particulars.
whole family is very happy about it
he is n great favorite with everyone.
But how our family is going to pieces
Still, since it is JIM He is nice,
isn't he? But you wouldn't dare say
no."
Carols eyes glittered wickedly as
she sealed this letter, which she had
penned with greatest care. And few
days later, when the answer came, she
danced gIeefully up the stairs-not at
all mature" in manner, and locked the
door behind her while she read:
Dear Carol:
Indeed I am very interested. and wish
you all the Joy in the world. Tell Jim for
me how very much / think he Is to be
congratulated He seems a fine fellow.
aid I know you will be happy. II was a
surprise. I admit knew he was doing
the very devoted-but you have seemed
so young TO me- always. l can't imagine
you too grown up for jokes. though you
do sound more mature" in this letter
than you have before. Lark will be lone
ly. / am afraid.
II am very busy with my work. so you
will understand IL my letters come less
frequently, won't you? And you will be
too busy with your own happiness 10
bsther with an old professor any more
anyhow. I have enjoyed our friendship
very much. more than YOU will ever
know and want once more 10 hope you
may be the happiest woman I'm the world.
You deserve TO be.
Very sincerely your friend.
DAVID A. DUKE.
Carol lay down on the bed and
crushed the letter ecstatically between
her hands. Then she burst out laugh
Ing. Then she cried little. nervously,
and laughed again. Then she smoothed
the letter affectlonately. and curled up
on the bed with pad Of paper and