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The Washington times., 1919-09-19
Postmaster Chance Answers the
Army Food Sale Critics
By EARL GOODWIN.

In effort to find out WHY the public is not taRnr
interest in the opportunity to buy army food at cost
have printed several articles which brought forth answers
from many and women who have had various exper
in buying trying to buy this food Postmaster
Chance declares that the post Office is nOt fault There
are other agencies through which tie food is being ds
uted. would call particular attention to Mr. Chances
statement concerning the charges Of the ssevere critic
who is official Of the District government Here Is what
Mr.. Chance says:
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Under the title Of "A SEVERE
CRITIC reference is made to soma
one who RENTED e185 b the Post
Office and got only 345 worth of
goods, the balance of the money be-
ing returned and the purchaser IN
formed that the Post Office could
furnish only black pepper, candles
and some minor articles. This party
cannot have reference 70 the Post
Office, as we did not handle such
items, nor did We give out such IN
formation as contained in the letter.
he must have dealt with some other
local agency.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
IonOFROW,

IolloiH0Wa
Baseball Washington Va Cleveland
AmoEloa9 League Baseball Park, Seventh
A. FloFida avenue northwest, at $3.50 p. m.
Danoe-Under the direction OF the Gov
eFnmeht recreation League, Fort wash
inEton, at p. m.
Dance-Central High School Community
Center, ThirteeBth and Florida avenue
northwest, at $3.50 Q. m.
Dance-Under the direction Of the Gov
eminent Recreation League, National
Guard AEmoFy, Fifth and L streets north
vest, at : p. m.
Dapeo-Thomaon Communitv Center.
Tweifth ana 7, streets narthWest. ~ - ~
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
What's Doing; Where; When

Dahee-Red CrOH Auxiliary. CoPeoFah
court New York avenue, between Seven
tseath and Eighteenth streets northwest.
9 p. m,
paRee-dEeVeF ClovOalh4 BohooL Blghth
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Mr.. 81. A. SIMON says that his OBJ
lection is that you had 70 buy q whole
case Of the cherries and enough
pepper to last q lifetime. He cannot
be talking about the Post Office
sale, because these articles were sold
in single cans, and IN the case Of
pepper it could be bought IN as small
a quantity as H-pound cans.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

JAMES 7. BOLDER-As stated
previously, purchases could be made
in as small quantities a8 you can
buy the articles at any 81 the stores
in the city. The newspapers have
carried fun information regarding
these sales, printing details time
and again. IL anyone did not get
the information from the paper they
had a representative Of tie Post
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

II We an bought direct fom TIE
farmer would we save that middle
mans profit? Or what extra charge
would the farmer make e he had
the monopoly Of the distribution syB-
tam? And what would become o.
the msrchautg2
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
HEARD AND sen

what have long favored-abolitcn
Of the present high license fees Tor
huekstsrs
The Washington times., 1919-09-19


JOHN RIEHL There has been
no order placed with the Post Ofdce
since we began the distribution of
the food which has not been acted
upon and the goods delivered within
q week. Every order which was re-
eeived prior % the first 81 the month
the purchaser was informed that
there would oe possibly two Weel1'
delay but In every one 81 tbas
eases they preferred 90 place tll
order 50 as % be certain 81 obtain
ing the goods, but since We started
the campaign through tie uswspa-
peTs there has been no delay 81 Six
days. let alone six weeks. Some
other agency may have had such DE-
lay, but not ths Post Ofice.
j think the public i8 very mush
confused over the several agaaeieg
which have been Distributing focd
am q1ite interested in the answers
which your query IS bringing foFlh
and believe that good win result
therelroms but DO not ike to see ths
Misunderstanding which seems -
exist with reference 70 the actfvitV
Of the Washington City Post Ofhce.
M. o. CHANCE,
Postmaster.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

I asked them why Il was that farm
products we're now being sold By the
farmer at LESS than il costs him
while we city tolks-tO get the same
products-have to pay more than We
earn. There were many answer
but the suggestion Of interest to
Washington particularly was that
there be community markets estab-
lished here under the supervision
Of a Government Ohicer.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
Why Women Make Good
Physicians

Hundreds of Them From All Over the World, Who Have
Proved Their Ability Are Meeting in the United States
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Stayed ct my desk az one morning
and tried 70 attend q committee meet
ing ct one o'clock with x. C0WLNG
and LA BERT ST. CLAIR-the IA
nous Indiana buggy painter, but We
made the mistake Of having the meet
ing at q lunch table and various wits
IKE GRANNY HUNT and CONNIE
SYALE shot their remarks at rs and
almost busted the meeting.
After that I mOtored 3 car ful
out to see WILL THOMAS at his
orchard 1873 miles from the Treas
ury. Happened 70 break into q
meeting. The fRFmsrs' association
was meeting there
That community-in the neighboF-
hood Of Ednor, Maryland, can Be
called the most intelligent agricul-
tural section Of the world. measured
By Post once standards. More
hiEh grade magazines and news
papers per family are sent to EdnoF
P. o. than TO any other pOstOddce
in the country.
You may rest assured that far
mers in a community Ike that
KNOW something. The man in the
open field who has the opportunity
for independent thought all day long
Is generally 3 more advanced person
than the chap who brings himself
up in a Strengthened channel The
discussion at that farmers club was
one Of the most enlightening talks
ever heard.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Those farmers had nothing good to
say about the Washington Market
Company, blaming the company and
its influence for many Of the high
prices we pay and laying monopoly
and unfair competition to its door.
These farmers also recommended
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Because Of the death ot BEN
ALLEN the Press Club show for TO-
night has been postponed.
Went to the Farmers wholesale
Market and saW folks buying corn
for twenty-five cents q dozen ears
which Is ons-hah what you paid for
them elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
RAY B0HLAYm

ApFOpo8 the handsomast dTug
clerk. Allow me b nominate W.
LIAM QUngLAN, of CHRISTIANS,
18th and F streets store. One glance
at the genial Quinlan and az this
coutrOVeFay concerning the puleh-
ritud8 of Washington's apothecaFiog
win end. While there &C would bo
Wsl 70 give his colleagus, DR. WAG-
NER the once over.
CoNNoTsEuR
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

Office, namely, the letter carrier
calling at their residencs daily, from
whom they could obtain fan infor-
nation II they cared 20 make the In
quiry.
The Washington times., 1919-09-19
What Drug Clerk & tie
Handsomesl?

Now, girls, this s. confidential.
Go 20 "A. D. s. drug store, 7th and
g stg. ~. w, and take 3 glance ae
NEIL E. VESSELS
ADMIRER
The Washington times., 1919-09-19

When &c comes % the haudsouless
drug clerk IN Washingt0n III say
that GEOEEREX THORNEIT. tie
bl6nde-haired Beau BFummal aFoun6
j. Hoyt Lambs wins the fur-Enc1
bath tub. Very truly y0uE8,
PETE BEAEL.
EDDIE CASSIDY,
RAY BOHLAYE
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06
ORDINANCE

Mr.. Gosselin offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol-
lows:
An ordinance ordering and calling a
special election in the Bayou
Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage
District Of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State Of Louisiana, for the
purpose Of submitting to the
qualified property taxpayers OF
said Drainage District propo-
sition to incur debt and to issue
and sell serial negotiable cou-
pom bonds of said Drainage Dis
trict in the sum Of Ninety-tive
Thousand Dollars 1896, 100000 /,
as hereinafter stipulated, for the
purpose Of constructing sys-
tenn Of gravity drainage in and
for said Drainage District by
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sioners and both principal and in
terest of said bonds to be secured and
paid by a sufficient ad valorem tax
levied and collected in each year that
any of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing, TO pay the amount OF prin-
cipal and interest falling due in such
year in accordance with the provis-
ions in that respect contained in the
constitution and laws Of the state of
Louisiana and any and all amend
ments that may hereafter be made
thereto.
The said special election win be
held on the 22nd day of December,
A. d. 1919, between the hours Of z
a. m. and p. m. The polling place
is hereby designated as follows:
At Bertrand Bros Store, in Prai-
RE Ronde, in said Drainage District.
The commissioners and the clerk
at the said polling place are as fol-
lows:
C. N. Bertrand, ]. s. Lafleur, J. P.
Pitre, commissioners; George Vid-
rine, clerk.
The Board OF Drainage Commls-
sioners of said Bayou Mallet and
Plaquemine Drainage District of the
Parish of st. Landry, State of Louis
lana, will meet in open session to be
held at 10 o'clock a. M, on the 23rd
day of December, A. d. 1919, at the
office Of said Board, in the City Of
Opelousas, in said Parish of st. Ian.
dry, State of Louisiana, and then and
there proceed to open the ballot box
examine and count the ballots in
number and amount, examine and
canvass the returns and declare the
result of the election and make, file
publish and record a process verbal
of their proceedings.
Dated at Opelousas, State of Louis
lana, this 14th day of November, A
d. 1919.
T. T. ATTEBERRY,
President of Board of Commissioner
of Bayou Mallet and PlaqueminC
Drainage District.
Attest. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
/ Secretary.
nov1 Sc
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06
DUBLIc AUCTION.

have sold my plantation near
Lawtell, and in order to have clear
ance sale of all my movables, will
offer at auction at my residence, near
Lawtell, on
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10,
at 10 a. m, the following articles:
Household furniture.
Farming implements.
Sixteen head of cattle.
One pair Of mules.
Three mares.
One buggy horse.
One fine three-year-old colt. (He
is "beaut."
One new wagon and body.
One buggy and harness.
One moving machine.
One sulky plow.
Five hundred barrels of corn.
Four hundred bales Of hay.
One lot at Lawtell.
Numerous other articles.
TERMS Cash, or bankable pa.
per. ..-~
nox29-2t Lawtel, La.
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PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ELECTION

1T. T. Atteberry, President of the
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State Of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested in me'by an ordi-
nance adopted by the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Drain
| age District on the 14th day of No
vember, A. D. 1919, and the constitu-
ton and laws of the State of .Loulsl-
ana, do hereby proclaim and give no.
tice that a special election will be held
in the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemlne
Drainage District of the Parish of
st. Landry, State Of Louisiana, for
the purpose of voting upon the prop
osition to incur debt and issue and
sell serial negotiable coupon bonds
of said Drainage District, said bonds
to run for a period Of from one to
not exceeding forty years from their
date and to bear interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually.
The proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
constructingA q system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise, the Bayou Plaquemine and
Bayou Mallet and the laterals and
bitches connected Herewith; also,
Ditch No. 2 and the lateral connect
ed Herewith, as named and outlined
in red on the MAP of said Drainage
District and as designated in the
proposition submitted to the electors
under the ordinance adopted by the
board of Drainage Commissioners OF
1.-THE said Drainage District, this 14th
day of November, A. D. 1919.
The proposition to the electors al
said election is substantially as fol.
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of Bayou Mallet and Plaque
mine Drainage District of the Parish
of st. Landry, State of Louisiana, tt
the amount of Ninety-five Thousand
Dollars ($95, 000.00), to run for ;
period of from one ID to not exceed
ing forty (40) years from their date
bearing interest at the rate Of fiv'
per centum per annum from thei
date, payable semi-annually for tn
purpose Of constructing a system O
gravity drainage in and for SAT-
Drainage District, by cleaning witt
dredges or otherwise, the Bayol
| PIaduemine and Bayou Mallet an,
the laterals and bitches cOnnecte,
Herewith, also Ditch No. 2 with tn
Iaterals connected Herewith, thereb
improving the gravity drainage in an
5 for said Drainage District and the in
2 habitants thereof, the title to whic
, shall vest in said Drainage District
r All of which bayous, lateraIs an
bitches are named and outlined j
red on the map of said Drainage Dis
t trict, made by R. NJ. Hollier, civ
: engineer Of Opelousas, Louisiana
j Said bonds to be Of such denomins
: ton and the interest and princips
e thereof to be payable at such tim
= and place as shall be determined b
/ the said Board Of Drainage Commil
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to have the necessary ballots printed
for the said election in accordance
with the provisions of the laws of this
state and this ordinance. He shall
also provide ballot boxes and the ne
cessary blanks and tally sheets and
other paraphernalia for the holding
of said election.
SECTION VII
Be it further ordained, etc, that
the clerk of court and ex-officio reg
istrar Of voters for said parish shall
furnish the election officers herein
mentioned, with list of the taxpay-
ers entitled to vote in person or by
written proxy at said special election,
together with the assessed valuation
of each of said taxpayers property
as shown by the assessment roll last
made and filed prior to said election.
SECTION VIII
Be it further ordained, etc., that
the election shall be held at Bertrand
Bros. store in Prairie Ronde, in said
Drainage District, and the following
persons are hereby duly appointed
and empowered to act as commission
.ers and clerk at said election:
" Ne DCGLId1Au3 Js ~ AcA4OuA1 - L =
Pitre, commissioners; Geo. Vidrine,
clerk.
The officers of election above NAM
ed shall hold said election to conform
with Act 256 of the Acts of the Cen
eral Assembly of the State of Louis
lana of the year 1910 and all Acts
amendatory or supplementary there
to, and shall make due returns of said
election to the Board of Drainage
Commissioners of said Drainage Dis
trict at the meeting to be held at the
office of said Board in the City Of
Opelousas, in the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, on the 23rd
day of December, A. D. 1919.
SECTION TX
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the board of Drainage Commissioners
of the said Drainage District shall If
a majority Of the taxpayers in num-
bers and amount voting at said spe-
cial election vote in favor of the prop
osition herein submitted, annually
levy and collect, beginning with the
year 1920, while any or all of said
bonds are unpaid and outstanding, in
excess of all other taxes a sufficient
ad valorem tax on all the taxable
property in said Drainage District to
pay and retire the principal and the
semi-annual interest coupons attach
ed to said bonds at their respective
maturities.
| The foregoing ordinance after be-
ing duly seconded by Mr.. Ledoux, was
read to the meeting and adopted by
the following vote:
For the ordinances. j. Gosselin
v. Ledoux, ]. D. Bertrand, ST., T. 7
Atteberry.
| Against the ordinance-None.
/ Dated at Opelousas, Louisiana, this
18th day of November, A. D. 1919
T. T. ATTEBERRY,
President.
Attest. D. BERTRAND, JR.,
Secretary.
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SECTION II

Be it further ordained, that spe-
cial election be, and the same is here
by duly called and ordered to be held
in the Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine
Drainage District Of the Parish Of st.
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Be it ordained by the Board OF
Drainage Commissioners of the Ba-
YOU Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage
District of the Parish of st. Landry
State of Louisiana, that it is advisa-
bic and expedient to incur indebted
ness in said Bayou Mallet and Plaque.
mine Drainage District to the amount
and for the purpose hereinafter men.
toned.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

signature Of Voter.
To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place a cross
(X) mark in the square after the
word "YES," and to vote against,
place a similar cross (X) mark after
the word mo"
SECTION vi
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the President of the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Bayou
Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage Dis
trict of the Parish of st. Landry, state
Of Louisiana, be and he is hereby duly
authorized, empowered and directed
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals
and bitches hereinafter named
and outlined in red on the map
Of the said Drainage District.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-06

CaneIs are sold everywhere in scientific
ally sealed packages of 20 cigarettes; or
ten packages (2O0 oigareftss) in . glass
ne-paper-coversd carton. We strongly
reconlmsnd Eais earton for the home Or
Office supply, or when you travel.
RI REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
Winston-Salon. N. c.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-16
F,Ox,S THFATER.

Theda Bara. in THE Light, bril-
liant Partisan drama; Pearl White, in
the second episode of 1.-THE lightning
Raider; a new Sunshine Comedy and
some excellent vaudeville are the at
fractions at Fox's tonight.
The war Is over. It has been over
for some time. Yet it's potent influ-
ence for good is still to be felt, and
will be felt for years. The Light"
the Theda Bara super
which opened today at Fox's, Is an
after the-war play and shows how the
most wicked and frivolous woman in
Paris, after a turbulent career as a
breaker of mems hearts, sees vision
through the eyes of a blinded man.
The woman whose services had been
spurned by aid organizations is reborn
through her devotion to a, hero. The
latest super production offers the
Sarah Bernhardt Of the screen--as
critics have called Theda Bara-
abundant opportunities to reveal her
splendid talents. IN the role of
Blanche Dumond, who becomes in
fatuated with an Apache dancer, yet
does not hesitate to slay him when he
tries to interfere in her devotion to
the blinded man, Miss Bara reveals
even more than her customary fire and
passion. THE Light contains a, stu
pendous theme, which has been staged
and enacted with all the genius that
William Fox, the producer, and Theda
Bara have at their command Epi-
sode No. Of The lightning Raider"
shows Tom Norton in the hands of the
Chinese arch criminal WI Fang, who
is using him as 81 pawn in the game
OF wits for possession Of The Ebony
Block which he is playing with the
Lightning Raider. Tom is about to
be thrown into a pool of water with
a giant octopus when his rescue is eff
fected in an original manner by the
Raider. A new Sunshine Comedy,
Mutt and jeff the Pathe News and
a Pathe Comedy make up an unri-
vailed film bill which is augm ented
by the usual four acts of high class
vaudeville.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-16
LTCEUM THEATER.

Lafayette We Gomez" That is the
name Of the big picture which is to
be shown at the Lyceun, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of this week.
These words, which have been chosen
for the title Of the picture, have re-
echoed to every corner Of the globe
and went laundering at the gates of
Berlin. The walls OF Potsdam palace
trcmbled, then fell, at their signif-
canoe. It is not war film nor does
it in any way picturize the grue-
someness of war; but it is one Of the
biggest and greatest mystery love
dramas ever filmed, and the story it
presents is one of mystery and excite
ment. The cast is headed by r. X
Lincoln and beautiful Doris Cassinelli,
supported by & cast of especially
selected players. Inspired by General
Pershing's immortal utterance at the
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-01-16


The Blinded officer didn't speak for
a long minute. He stood with his face
turned toward the receding car exact
ly as if he were looking after them
The impression came to me that the
eyes of his mind were indeed gazing
after Kenneth Stockbrid,ge and his
wife, that the odd behavior Of Mrs.
Stockbridge coupled with the discov-
cry that I was to be Mr.. Stockbridge's
assistant had presented q problem of
some sort to his mind.
Madge Gets Shock.
My nerves had been much upset in
the few minutes just preceding, and
the silence became unbearable. T
i broke it banally.
will you not sit down until the
tire is finished?" I asked. IT'S only
a few steps to the bank
He turned to me abruptly as if
had recalled his thoughts from some
far distant region
THANK you''-then with an uncon-
sctous note of pa,thos-''But I'm afraid
you will have to take Adams place"
He indicated his arm with an air Of
panied embarrassment that touched
my sym pathies deeply. l put my
hand on his arm instantly, casually,
as if I had been accustomed daily to
helping him, and guided him without
further words along the path Adams
had cleared to the grassy place by the
bank
AS he sat down he smiled whim-
sically.
| Confess now, didn't you rather
! idealiZe the grassy bank in order to
save Adams and me the trouble of
finding suitable resting place for
! you?"
saw that the sixth sense" of the
| blind had enabled him to discern the
uninviting nature Of the particular
stretch of road upon which we were,
and I fastened to reassure him.
perhaps I did," I replied demurely.
But it really isn't bad at ALL and
infinitely prefer it to anyone's veranda,
don't your"
"Of course" he replied absently,
and I saw that his thoughts were
| again straying to some other topic. =
Pardon me-" he said abruptly,
after a long minutes silence, sis there
no way to avoid taking the position of
assistant to Mr.. Stock bridge ?'
Astonishm ent held me silent. He
/ spoke again, hurriedly.
IT know it is none of my business,
and don't misunderstood me. I think
it's wonderful of you to go to work
while your husband is gone. That
should be the duty of every American
woman who can, but-your husband
isn't here-and some times men can
see things-with their minds eyes,
mean"-he corrected himself with a
painful fush-"on account of their
wider worldly experience, that are de-
MED to women. [ am afraid you are
letting yourself in for rather an en-
barrassing if not a dangerous situa-
ton, one that I should hate to see my
own sister face. And--as I promised
your husband to look out for you, am
! taking this liberty Won't you please
/ tell mo all about it?'