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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21

The three essentials in making
cotton in spite of the boil weevil as
pointed out by the Progressive
Farmer in last Saturdays issue are:
plant on rich land. or fertilize lib
orally; practice fast shallow cultiYa-
ton. and space cotton closely. This
paper states that strict adherence TO
these essentials will result in profita-
bic crops in most sections of the
cotton belt in average years.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
NONRESIDENT Publication.

State of Mississippi.
Monroe County.
Chancery Court. January Term. 1920.
Leslie Tatum Walton, Complainant,
VS..
Jimmie Walton. Defendant.
To Jimmie Walton. a nonresident of
Mississippi whose postofice gd-
dress is No. 2202 Walnut street,
st. Louis. Mo.
You are commanded to be and sp-
pear before the Ohancery Court of
Monroe county, Miss on the 3rd Mon
day in January. 1920. then and there
to defend the suit in said court of Les
lie Tatum Walton. wherein you are
defendant.
Witness my signature this the nth
November. 1919.
G.. G.. RAY, Chancery Clerk.
Paine & Paine,
Solicitors for Complainant.
11-2l4t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Notice for Publication.

Department. OF the Interior.
u. 8. Land Office at Jackson, Missis-
sippi. November z, 1919.
Notice is hereby given that James
Franklin Isbell, of Quincy. Missis-
sippi, who. on April Is. 1916. made
Homestead Entry. No. O728O. for
NV Ia of the SW IA, Section 81
Township IA south, Range II west.
Huntsville Meridian. has filed notice
of intention to make three year proof.
to establish claim to the land sboye
described. before United States Com
missioner. at Aberdeen. Mississippi.
ON the Goth day of December. 1919.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charlie Smith, Clarence Smith. Jim
Boyd, D. NJ. Young. all of Hamilton.
r. F. ID. No. 1.
w. F. CUMMINs. Register.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Farm Notes.
County Agent F. A. Rev.


Place your order for nitrate ol
soda with the County Agent. 1t II
by far the most economical nitro
genous fertilizer that We can use
next ssason. The cost is less than
that of cotton seed meal and the
nitrate contains three times as much
nitrogen. The cost is $63 per tor
F. 0. B. New Orleans.
On Nov. % and %, q representa-
tive Of q Chicago Irish potato firm,
and State Marketing Agent Patter'
son. OF A. 4 n. College. will be iu
the county in interest OF Irish po.
tato growing. The Chicago firm
offers to advance fertilizer, 1000
pounds per acre. and seed at actual
cost. Full discussions will be made
at the meetings. which will be held
at Nettleton. Friday. N0y. 26. l p.
m. and Amory. Saturday. Nov. 20.
p. m. All farmers are urged to
he present.
We are shipping from Amory this
week two cars Of sweet potatoes to
a curing plant in Grenada. This
house has q capacity OF 10000
bushels and is modern in every re-
spsct. The No. l potatoes will net
US about 81 per bushel. A week
ago our best offer was So cents.
and it looked a. though We would
have to ship at that price. The
farmers will save $500 on these two
cars BY being able to make this
contract. We need two large curing
plants in Monroe next season. Let's
have them.
Order your crushed limestone as
soon as possible. 1t should be put
out this tall so that the acidity may
be corrected and the plant food
made more available. The cost is
only $3.50 per ton delivered your
station.
List your hogs. cattle, potatoes
and other farm products for CO.
operative shipment with the Coun.
ty Agent. We are planning TO ship
a car OF turkeys about Dec. 10.
Get them ready. We are assisting
the farmers in getting the highest
market price for their products.
Arrange for q terracing demon
stration to be given in your commu-
nifty. / will.begin this work about
the middle OF December. and would
like to have four or five demonstra-
ious in each district. OF course, it
Is understood. that we will have
dinner on the ground.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Let MexiCans Be Careful.

Still. il the Mexicans think there
is money in abductipg Americans
and holding them for ransom, all
right. But they would better be
careful in their selection. We have
some fellers on this side of the line
that would never be ransomed, even
il we had to resort to an Injunction
to prevent it.-Bailey in Houston
Post.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21

Over the south went up a cry OF
|re1iei when the Department of Agri-
culture Wednesday rescinded it's or
der Of Nov. 5 fixing the price OF cot
ton seed meal at the price obtaining
on Oct.
For the past few DAYS mill own
ers planters. and others interested in
cotton seed and it's products had
over the order of Nov. 5.
which stated. that the sale of cotton
seed meal above the price Of Oct. z
would be considered as an act Of
pro6teerine and gave 5000 ~ q
possible fine and two years in the
|penitentiaxv % punishment. either
one or both could be administered.
The owners Of cotton seed feed mills
OF cotton seed oil mills saw facing
them Z loes. The cotton seed they
had on hand and bought from prices
VARYING from $72 to STA q ton
would produce products that must
b sold at . loss. Furthermore, the
seed itself would be worth less il it's
products must be sold at 90 low =
price and that Vas direct loss.-
Columbus Dispatch.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
Makes " Sad.

The Talladega Home makes us
sad to think that we are approach
ing Thanksgiving without turkey
and Christmas without q dram" I"
Many q home will be without tur-
key on Thanksgiving and the usual
eggnog on Christmas. But we will
manage to get along somehow. and
those Of us WHO went through the
civil war and the great world war,
have long since learned to make
any sacrifice. and to get along with
ont the luxuries Of life. -MQntg0m-
cry Times.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-11-21
nsense Farming for Cotton
Belt Farmers.

Belt f0rmer0.
We commend the careful reading
of the article below. reprinted from
the Progressive Farmer to all read
ers into whose hands this paper
may come. 1t sounds the key note
of prosperity for all farmers in the
cotton belt. il only they will heed
Its advice and avoid the pitfalls it
points out:
There is one hope and only one
hope for the farmers in the Cotton
Belt. and that 10 in the production
of the necessary food and feed and
then cotton. Let Us not entertain
the notion for one moment that cot
ton conventions and warehouses will
save us il We depend ON the credit
merchant for food and feed. All
cooperative plans for holding and
selling cotton will surely fail il We
60 in debt for the food for our fam.
Mies and the feed Tor our teams.
There 10 absolutely no hope for
the farmers OF the South a. long az
the husband. wife and children cul-
tivats the larger part Of the farm in
cotton to pay Tor hieh-priced bacon.
lard, mules. hay. corn and othes
farm products. This means that
We must dump our cotton on the
market in the fsll to pay for food
and feed bought on credit.
The present crop il very shost and
the price higher than it has been in
years. Az farmers We will not fol-
Low in the footsteps OF othsss and
Eo6tssr. but sensible farmers will
liye at home. practice the most
rigid economy. and insist on setting
ali that they are Obliged 70 buy at
the lowest prices for cash until they
are ont Of debt and independents
American citizens. This u COM
monssnse farming. al other kinds
being nonsense farming"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

of four per week. not to name
machining and the produetio,
smaller parts making all as.ss
of 9 tons per engine. We a
this rate Of production Of cons
Type VIII c~oEspressors during 4.
but we were ii a position to Drssss
for the demand by the constrnst.
three sets of patterns whila s.,
der was executed about 81 a,s,'
as the patterns could have been 81
In fact, it was completed ~ III /.
our priority orders reached ID &
most of our engines.
Upon this performance tbepa
to US addtionl orders, bringing 4.
gregate up to sixty seven enpi,s.
all. Our engines saw service /, 4
Lee, Camp Eustis, Sandy Hook 4
ing Ground, Camp Cody, eussa'
Camp Stuart, Charleston Quarta,m..
ers Terminal, Camp Hill. Cam 1Ss
ander, the Richmond Bag Ie.ss
Plant, Camp B~eauregard, Cam nss
Camp Sherman, Camp Sill and e~'
Shelby.
One of these plants was ts,,..
over to the city of Newport New. II
is known as their Works, Numks,
This plant comprises two So Hp /.
semer Oil Engines belted II M
Chalmers Centrifugal Pumps IN
gallons per minute, three lOo u
Bessemer Oil Engines belted ID N.
Chalmers Pump capacity 24Oo galID.s
perm mute each, one electric a..
pump capacity 1900 gallons per Nh
ute. Had we been advised of fla Il
innate disposal of these engines.
individual auxiliaries would have ia
replaced by a suitable auxiliary ns
to serve the five engines. HoWs,s
we seldom had any knowledge IL W
use of which an engine was BIT III
frequently engines were ready
shipment by the time the formal 4
der has passed through the min
Washington and reached us.
Certainly nothing could have nj
the requirements of war service hi
ter than the semi-Diesel Oil Enrln
It's fuel range is so broad as to pegbR
the purchase Of an emergency supp
Of oil almost anywhere In the puga
The labor involved in procuring
fuel and especially in Transports
the very much smaller weight and iii
of fuel required would aaye yasHg
duEed some of our labor and tfanspN
tation problems during the war peha
had the use of oil power been nn
general. The simplicity Of the Cd
struction work for installation, ALVIN
strongly in favor of the internal cd
bustion engine, made these plans
adaptable indeed to quick ereciis
wherever required.
Bessemer facilities are open I6ia
to emergency service in making
liveries for seasonable work. we hsE
a very keen understanding and
warm sympathy with the owner d
rigation plant, the ginner, the Ice
man and every man whose success
ponds upon our service.
Layne e. Bowler Co, Of cEpWN
La, Welsh, La, and Stuttgart
are exclusive agents for Hessens
glnes in the Louisiana and Atksasa
Rice Belts.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
SERVING OUR UNCLE SAM
Ressemer Gas Engines Enlisted for
the War and After


Since the signing of the armistiee,
the restrictions placed upon publishing
information regarding the part OF the
Bessemer plant in war activities have
been Cancelled. We can pay no higher
tribute to our faithful shop organiza-
ton nor better describe our manufact-
uring capacity than by an account OF
some of this work.
Late in December of 1917, we were
called upon to bid on a lumber OF
engines for use in France. The re-
CURED guarantee were special and
even the firm of engineers which
drafted them seemed to have some
fears that they could not be met. The
most difficult condition was that these
engines should operate at full load
and without change of adjustment on
any petroleum fuel oil showing not
more than Z per cent coke and which
would give off at least 40 per cent of
distillate up to $50 degrees F. 1t was
further specified that these engies
should operate perfectly on gasoline
or any of the crudes of this continent
excluding some of the California
crudes only. An order for forty two
Of htese engines for delivery in twelve
weeks was awarded us, the size being
so H. P. A condition of the contract
specified that upon completion of the
first engines, the fni' test schedule
should be carried out upon it and upon
its performance, should depend COM
pletion or cancellation of the contract.
The fuels involved in this test were
our own shop fuel oils 81 Be, 4 per
cent coke asphalt base, a California
fuel oil 20 Be, Z per cent coke, an oil
engine cylinder oil, flash 400 degrees
F. a water white kerosene, a Texas
crude II Be, 6 per cent coke, a motor
gasoline Sc Be, a screw cutting oil
compounded of half lard oil and half
petroleum oil and denatured alcohol
go proof. We were required to make
quick changes with the engine under
constant load with this series of fuels
and to make prolonged runs at various
loads with the gasoline and the Texas
crude. Back of these requirements
was the necessity of placing engines
behind the lines In France which
would operate on any available fuel.
Needless to say, we knew that we
were going to meet these guarantees
when we accepted thin, and we did
meet them and our shop force and our
foundry force worked at unheard of
hours for many days completing this
order. The final delivery was made
just eleven weeks from the contract
date. Our production at that time
was running 5000 to 1000 H. P. per
month, our foundry heats up to so
tons daily and we were buying cast:
ings at three other foundries to al
most the same extent. But this pro-
duction was distributed over a large
number of types and sizes. Consider
getting out forty two of these en-
gines in eleven weeks, which involves
forty two bed plates weighing two tons
and n half each and cast at the rate
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
United States Civil Service
Rural Carrier Examination

Commission has announced an ex.
animation for the parish of st. Landry,
La, to be held at Opelousas on Aug.
%, 1919, to fill tn epos1tlon of rural
carrier at Washington, and vacancies
that many later occur on rural routes
from other post offices in the above
mentioned parish. The examination
will be open only to citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
a post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1877. This form and ap-
plication blanks may be obtained from
the offices mentioned above or from
the United States Civil Service Com
mission at Washington, d. c. Appli-
cations should be forwarded to the
Commission at Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Clerk Carrier For
Post-O Office Service

Place of employment, Opelousas, La.
Place of examination. Opelousas, La.
Date of examination. August 9, 1919.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date and at the place named above
an open competitive examination will
be held for the positions of clerk and
city carrier in the post at the place
first specified.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
NO IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON
CROP FOR LAST PERIOD

AttS1
Continued from page y
period enabled farmers to do a good
deal towards clearing fields of grass,
there was a change to unfavorable wet
weather before this clearing out pro.
cess had been completed and during
the greater part of the month frequent
and heavy rains have caused damage
in the entire southern half of the belt
from the Carolinas to Texas. As a re-
suit of grassy fields and scarcity of
labor there has been acreage aban-
donment in practically every one of
the states, this abandonment being
smallest in the northern section and
along the Atlantic coast and greatest
in the southern and south central
districts extending even to Arkansas
and Oklahoma. As a result of the
earlier unfavorab1e weather the crop
is late everywhere but particularly in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and
the northern portion of the central
states such as Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama.
AS a result of the moist weather and
lack of cultovation the plants have de-
yeloped rather large stalks, which are
poorly fruited in many portions Of the
eastern and central districts and in
South Texas. The sappy condition of
the plants and the reported absence
of adequate tap root cause fears that
a period of hot weather would aus
additional rapid deterioration.
INSECT PESTS
One of the most serious causes of
~uneasiness to farmers this season is
the wide prevalence of the boil wee
vii in large numbers. The weevil is
more o. less active in nearly all por-
tons of the southern half of the belt,
being present in nearly all states.
This pest has already done consider
able damage, and unless it a be
checked, which seems unlikely with
prevailing weather conditions, it is apt
to become increasingly harmful as the
season advances. The weevil is re-
ported to be more abundant than in
many years in the majority of the
states, the damp, rainy weather and
the lack of proper cultivation having
provided ideal conditions for its
spread.
Aside from the boil weevil there has
been little complaint of other insect
pests. 1t is probable that the weevil
has claimed so much attention that
other parasites have been ignored.
THE LABOR PROBLEM
There has been but little improve
ment in the labor situation in the cot
ton belt since the Times-Picayune's
last report. The scarcity varies in
various sections of the belt, being least
in the more northerIy portions and
greatest in the southern half. But
such as it is it is everywhere high
priced, lethargic and inefficient. This
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Announce Engagement

The many friends in Opelousas and
St. Landry parish of MI. and Mrs. A.
Meyers of LeBleau will be interested
in the announcement of the engage
ment of their charming daughter, Miss
Mamie, to Mr.. Dave Reese of New
Orleans. The marriage will take
place in the near future at a date not
yet announced.
The Meyers are one of the best and
most substantial families of St. Ian
dry parish and The Clarion's best
wishes go with this young couple in
their matrimonial venture.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Society and Personal

on Saturday last for their summer
home at Belle Cheney Springs. They
will have as their guests, Mrs. George
Edwards and daughter, Eleanor, and
Miss Julia Boagni for several weeks,
Miss Daisy Jackson of New Orleans
is visiting friend in Opelousas.
Messrs. George Richards and Woods
of New Orleans, were here Saturday
and Sunday mingling with friends.
Miss Lucille Wives, the charming
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Landry and Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Moresi, returned to her
home on Monday after a most delight.
full stay of six weeks.
Steven Durand and G. H. Cretin, At.
torney M. H. Thompson are spending
sometime at Hot Springs, Ark.
y Il =
Miss Louise Bagner of st. Martin.
vile is spending the weekend with
Miss Vita Guilbeau.
Miss Ellie Kea of Greenwood, Miss,
is the guest of Miss Julia Duson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith was
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. G. Richard
a few days last week.
Messrs. Charlie Grace and Walker
Hurdle, two prominent business men
of Plaquemine, visited friends here on
Friday.
Misses Edna Lewis, Julia Duson,
Sylvia Durio, Gertie and Helen Fux,
Irene Shute, Vita Guilbeau, Inez,
Myrtle, and Ira Durio, Elise Kea,
Louise Bagner, Lena and Della Bour-
der; Messrs. Marvin King, James
saizan, Mel DietIein, Edward Estorge,
Dewey Fux, Frank, Charlie and Vim
cent Carlo, Ike Chachere, Tilden Gull
beau, Sidney Brown, attended a dance
in Port Barre on Tuesday night.
James Vidrine, assistant postmaster
returned Monday from a short visit
to Port Arthur, Texas.
Alfred vidrine and family motored
over to Leesville last week on a fish
ing trip.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Hero Yorke Intends
To Start University
Former Warrior to Educate Youths
of Tennessee Mountains

Pail Mall, Tenn, July so.-sergeant
Alvin Yorke, greatest hero Of the
world war" has decided to devote his
life to furthering the education of
young men and women of the rural
and mountain sections of Tennessee.
For this purpose it is proposed to es-
tablish the "Yorke University"
To obtain funds for this work Ser
geant Yorke will make a tour of the
principals cities of the country, de-
~livering a lecture on his life and his
part in the war. He expects to be in
Knoxville in August.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

ness here on Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Stella Sylvestre was a gest
at the home of Mrs. A. Latour of Vile
Platte this week.
DR.. ]. Raphiel, Alfred Cormier, De
Jean and San Caillieuet, Clifford De
jean, motored to Opelousas on Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James /. Shute Of Port
Barre was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Chachere on Sunday last.
Mrs. Aaron Jacobs and daughter,
Lillian are enjoying a visit to Mrs.
Jacobs relatives at Pensacola, Flor.
ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Clary returned
home on Wednesday last after a ten
days trip to Coopers Well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Berthaud left on
Friday for Coopers Well.
Miss Enda Riseman is home on a
week end visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Riseman.
#%#
Bob Flenniken of Baton Rouge and
| Claude Dejean of Duson were the
guest of the Misses Bourdiers on Sun
day.
Miss Helen Vidrine, private secre-
tary to Congressman Lazare arrived
Saturday from Washington and will
spend about two weeks vacation here
with her month, Mrs. Yves Vidrine.-
| Weekly Gazette.
Prof. James F. Broussard of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, is the
guest of his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. J.. Sandoz.
Misses Mildred and Ines VOORHEES,,
of New Orleans, returned home on
Thursday, after a months stay among
relatives here and Crowley.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. j. Bauhard will leave
in a few days to visit relatives in An
napo1is, on their way they will stop
in Memphis. They will probably be
gone two months.
$50
Isaac Hawkins has returned home
at Bayou Chicot from the summer
school at the University of Alabama.
Miss Tanse Payrefitte returned to
her home in New Orleans on Tues
day after spending nearly two months
with Dr.. F. C. Shute and family.
Mrs. ]. B. A. Stage of Crowley
spent a week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. Mornhinveg.
Mrs. Ladilas Lazaro and her charm
ing daughters are spending a few days
at the Lacombe Hotel.
Judge 3 H. gavy AMI wife, Eaoul
Pavy and family, Mrs. Octave Pavy
and mother, Mrs. Gilbert Dupre, Julia
Duson, Edna Lewis, Mrs. c. Morn
hinveg and aughter, Mrs. Bertha
Lyons, returned from a ten days trip
to Coopers Well.
DIR. and Mrs. Ben Guilbeau of Grand
Coteau motored over Wednesday and
was the guest of Mr.. Dudley Guilbeau
and wife.
John E. Boagni returned from a
summer course at L. S. U. On Thurs
day and will spend the rest of the
summer with his mother. Mrs. M. S..
Boagni.
Miss Evelyn Stagg after a delight
full stay of several weeks in Eunice
guest of Miss Bonnie Lewis, returned
home this week.
s
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Levy went to
New Orleans on Wednesday to visit
Mr. Levy's relatives.
Mr.. A. B. Pickett prominent bust
ness man of Shreveport was here on
Thursday shaking hands with friends.
Mrs. Frank Mornhinveg of Crow
ley is visiting her sisterin-law, Mrs.
A. Veltin.
The friends of Mrs. A. Veltin will
be glad to hear she is doing nicely
after a severe spell of sickness.
j. y y
Ralph Rust Of Baton Rouge attend
ed to business here IN Tuesday.
Bob Schuyler was a Sunday visitor
to Morrow Station.
=
Herbert elliot of Bogalusa connect
ed with Swift and Co., of Alexandria
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Condition July 25-

Government official reports OF
dates given.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Colds Cause Grip and Influenza

LAXATIVE BR0Mo oUTSNE Tablets remove LII
cause. There is only one 'Bromo ouinins."
E W. GROVES signature On boz. SOC.