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SoOOO,OOO Read Bonds for
sale.

The Parish of Washington,
Louisiana will receive bids at
Franklintun, Louisiana, on and
up to noon Friday February Z,
1919. For the purchase of $780,
600 5 per cent road bonds.
Each bid shall be accompanie d
by a certified check for 2 1-2 per
cent Of face value Of bond issue.
The laws of the state of Louis
lana require these bonds to bring
Par and accrued interest. All
bids must be superscribed with
the words:
"Bids for road bonds of the
Parish of Washington, Lonis-
lana"
The purchaser will be requested
to defray the cost Of any legal ex-
animation or Investigation in con-
nectlon Herewith that may be re.
quired by him.
The Police Jury shall have the
right to reject any or all bids.
Address all bids to:
W. E. Banister,
Mt. Hermon, La.
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LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After Few Doses Of BlackDraughk

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age, which is 65, the liver does
not act so we'll as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. ! was constipated, my liver
didn': act. My digestion was bad, and
1t too.s SO little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. I was very weak.
I decided I would give Black.
Draught thorough trial as knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking 1t. I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and l became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with a few
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Succession Sale. No. 800.
Estate of Sam W. Smith. u

Succession Ssle.-No. 30a
Estate of Sam W. Smith. NI
ceased.
26th judicial District Court, Parish 9
Washington. State OF Louisians
Notice is hereby given that bJ W
tue of a commission of sale, lssaA
out of the 2Sth judicial Dstn
Court of Louisiana, in and fof y
above entitled cause and to me difee
ed, will proceed to sell at Eus
auction to the last and highest Dlo0'
on
Saturday, February |, lsh'
between legal sale hours for ladN
sales, the following described prop.
ty, being and situated in WasDlngN
Parish, towit:
1st.-lO0 acres of land, more OF =
in John Willifred Headlight NO.
TIP. 1, s. R. 10 east, bound norm
lands of W. W. Simmons, and y
by lands of NJ. T. Brumfeld.
2nd.-55.O4 acres of land being z
sws of sci, Section IS; and n'as
(15) acres, beinga strip OF equal WV
across the northern part OF tns 3.
of the mel, Section 10, all in Ip' :
R. 10 east.
Also the following movable p'Vr
ty:
1st.--Three head of cattle.
2nd.-One lot of hogs.
3rd-One lot of farming implsnss
4th. 700 pounds of seed cotton
5th-One buggy and harness
6th-One wagon.
7th-Cne hundred barrels cofp'
Sth-Two shot guns.
9th. One pistol. IA.
Said sale will be made at the w. -
ing house formerly occupied by
W. Swith, deceased, loca1eu ~
tract of land in Hr. 81, TIP. J, .. D 3.
east, described in first aes0''f
above.
Terms of Sale. Cash. al
This the goth day Of Decen'Del,
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doses Of Black. .Draught."

uOSeS OF Black-Draught."
Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford's ack.Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member, of every family, at times,
need the help that Black-Drauglt can
give in cleansing the system and re.
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation, indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep we'll. unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black.Draught. 1t acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish, take dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
25c. a package-one cent a dose
All druggists. J. So
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Motion made by Walter Green,
seconded by G., M. Tate that the
plans aud specifications submit.
ed by W. S. Bonner, of New Orr
leans, La. for creosoted pilipg
bridge over the Bogue Chitto near
Frankllnton was adopted, the
cost of plans TO be agreed on by
the State Highway Department.
Carried.
Motion made by Walter Green.
seconded by T. D. Foil, that the
Secretary be authorized to adver-
tlse the building of the bridge
over Bogue Chitto river near
Franklinton as per plans and
specifications on file. Carried.
Motion made by Walter Green,
seconded by G. M. Tate, that the
list below was named as Wash.
ington Parish Fair Directors. for
1919.
1st Ward--W. P. Bullock,
End. Ward-O. E, Brock,
3rd. Ward--F. B. Bateman,
4th. Ward-W. H. Sullivan,
9th. Ward M. N. Knight,
9th. Ward-C. B Jones,
7th. Ward---J. w. Ford,
9Th. Ward-W. e. Warren,
9th. Ward-Morgan Kemp.
AT Large, ]. B. Lindsey, F. L.
Sanford, D. E Sheridan, Geo. C.
knight, Geo. H. WhelaD, G. y. E.
Darlington, j. K. johnson, and
w. S. Gardiner. Carried.
Motion maIeby Walter Green,
seconded by G. NJ. Tate, that
there being no fnrther business
the Board stood adjoarned to-
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Stockholders Meeting.

Annual meeting of stockhold-
ers of The Babington Store, Inc.
will be held at their Office at 800
O'Clock p. M. January 81, 1919.
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\ nationwide strike beginning
July 4 was decided upon by the
labor convention in Chicago of
other means to obtain a rehear-
ing Of the Mooney case fail.
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offer of S1,Ooo,ooO for oil wells
under graves Of its dead.
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Police Jury Proceedings.
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Carried.
On motion the following bills
were allowed and ordered paid:
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
SHOOK WITH
 NERVOUSNESS
A Lady Was Flat On Her Back With Terrible Spells, But Her Husband Got Cardui - and Now
 d She Is Grateful J.

Mckinney Texas--Mrs Mary Steph~l enson. of this place. states: About a year and a half ago. was down in bed for six weeks. not able to sit up. I was flat on my back and had ter rible spells. Why, it looked like I would die. At times didn't know anything. I would get nervous. I couldn't bear anyone to talk to me. II would just jerk and shook with nervousness across my back was so sore and ached me all the time. would have q dizzy feeling. My limbs ached me and I would get numb and feel so weak. l said 70 my husband I knew Cardui was good and believed I had best try it.
 He got me a bottle of Cardui. and when I had only taken one half bot. tie of Cardui I felt stronger. took half a dozen bottles altogether, then in two weeks after I began taking was up, in three I was doing my work. praise Cardui for believe it saved my life and am grateful"
 For over 40 years Cardui has been helping weak. sick women back tc health and strength Try 1t.
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Andrew and knogene
LITTLE LIFE CONFIDENcES EXPERIENCE COUPLE PHLOSOPHlC, THOUGH MARRIED
 By I.<

wneelharrow full of notes and as long as he had one of 'em in his clutches was fighting like an Indian for every dollar saw to give to him, and 1 felt that if ever got them all out of his hands I would gloat over the possession of a home, but when did get 'em. I found that this anxiety was not to own a home, but to get out of debt.
 ''The same thing applies to the interior fixings. You know at first all we had vas half dozen chairs, a bed and some pretty pictures which came with the Sun day papers. But now we have more stuff than the house will hold and yet I don t seem to stnse that the stuff is all mine. You've got one chair that cost us more than hundred bucks and think what that new bedroom furniture cost, but somehow I don't seem to take the proper sort of satisfaction insit all. I don t know what it is, but I seem unable to realize that this s25,O00 worth of stuff around here is really mine"
 Well. thank heaven, am not that wayl'' said Imogene happily. q can see the house from way up the street and as come up to it I caress it from cupoa to doorstep with my eyes and my heart sings Mine! Minei All Miner Then when I am alone here at night or in the day time go around the house and touch SOIneLHlHS HeIe run nand over the back of chair or the polished part of a piece of furniture, fleck a bit of lint off of piece of glass or silver and all the time my caressing fingers are going over these things I feel like I imagine a woman does who is running her fingers through her childG curls. for am singing my lit tie song of possession, Mine, mine, all my very ownn
 q guess that accounts for the way I feel' smiled Andrew fondly T guess it is all yours and that all my struggle was to get it for you. I do take infinite pride in you, puddin' and if I have you and feel that you are my very own and you feel that same happy sense of posses sion of the home, I guess it is all as it should be- eh?'
 Andrew said Imogene, looking up at him shyly, sometimes you are an awful nice boy Copyright. 1919, by Twenty first Gen.
 tury Press, Inc)
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very large. If it should be learned later
 that one or two South American nations hope to place loans in the United States then it may be reported within the next
 twelve months that fifteen foreign na-
 tions are approaching with out-stretched
 hands the American money market in
 order to secure leans.
 It was made plain by the secretary of
 commerce, Mir. Redfield in the address
 he delivered a few days ago and also bv
 MT Lamont. that it is not only duty
 but an opportunity for the United States
 to meet these demands. It is duty be-
 cause from the moral point of view we ought to give every possible assistance
 to other nations, especially those which are trying to upbuild their industries and recover from the effects of the war
 It is an opportunity because if this
 financing be wisely performed then it
 will serve greatly to increase the world
 reaching trade of the United States. It
 should enable us to import mora and
 more of the commodities produced by other nations and these imports will in
 some measure serve as set-offs against
 the export trade of the United States.
 After the President proclams that the peace treaty has been ratified then the
 ti,re will have come for the American
 po7ie to undertake, not at haphazard or by individual acts which are not close ly related, to make the advances which many of the nations of the world will ask of us. It may be that some plan similar to the one su~~erind h.. Secre tarv Redfield will be adopted He stated his Ian in rather general terms propos- ing that there be an investment trust creat ted of such magnitude in capital and
 resources to enable it to deal in for egn securities that ultimately will pass into the ownership of the American peo- pie.
 Therefore it has been observed that since these conferences. renewed refer
 ence to tho navison plan has heen made with the intimation that in it's general priac' pies it is likely to be adopted soon after the peace treaty has heen ratified
 For after speaking of the imperative need of assistance by the United States to those nations that were our allies during the war, Mfr Davison clearly in- t;mated that in his view the best way to give this aid and to accept the op- pr,tunities which would be open there by to us would be by the perfecting of
 nationwide syndicate. so to can it, in which would he included not only bank CTS, but manufacturers, merchants men
 of commerce, and the farmers of the United States. A step in that direction is already taken through the announce inent that the British loan which was un- defwritten by Mir. Morgan and associated | bankers is offered to the American peo- pie. from one point of view, exactly as our own Liberty Loans were offered, in the hope that the people will accept these lsecur;ties out of their savings and earn inrs just as they accepted the securities issueo by the government which were
 called Liberty ana Victory Loans.
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Andrew had written and pinned to the bills dozen checks. Glancing at the stub of the last one he had drawn, he sighed and remarked:
 Truly the Koran hath said: Be not exercised over the sudden acquisition of great riches, for Allah will provide a great necessity therefor.' I work and fuss and scrape and save and then when the bills come in at the end of the month 1 can just scrape enough out of the bank to pay 'em. We don't seem to get ahead, honey; we don't seem to get ahead"'
 "Nonse nse, Andrew" said Imogene with spirit. i've have our well-furnished home here. your life is well insured and we have everything on earth we wantl think we are very fortunate.
 "AIavbe you are right he said reflec- tive,y, ''Dut I guess there is deficiency of some sort in my makeup. I know the little dump we have here is nothing to te ashamed O. and there is no mortgage leaning up against the side of the house. She is well furnished and there is no danger of :he installment man backin' a truck up here and hauling out the furni ture. She is worth all told about $25.000, but the thing that gets my nanny is that ! don't sense that it is mine.
 "I know l won it-that I paid for it- that I can sell it or burn it up if I want to- but for some reason l cannot bring myself to d realization that it's mine.
 We used to rent a house and when I walked down the street to that house it looked and felt like home to me. and so Ioes this one. but when 1 rented it I Thought that if I ever owned a house would feel very different about it: that W ould have Q sense of infinite pride in it's possession and that I would rub my hands n miserlv glee when I saw it and all that sort of thing, but don't.
 'I remember back home at the academy used to debate the question as to whether there was more pleasure in the pursuit of happiness than in the posses sion of it. I believe now there is When we bought this place we gave the guy a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
MORGAN BTSY ON
 FINANCE PLANS
Nv HOLLAND

New York. November 2.-(Special.)- Henry P Davidson was not identified personally with the important confer ences of investment bankers which was held in mid-October. At St. Louis one of his partners. Thomas w. Lamont, so spoke to the delegates who there gath cred that it was deemed worth while that a wide publication of the greater par. of his remarks should be made.
 Nor at the International Trade Con ference, which was held at Atlantic City in the third week of October, did Mir Davison appear personally or by com munica tion, or if he did. it was in such modest manner that no reference was made But one of his partners, Dwight w. Morrow, spoke in such manner as to cause emphatic and approving com ment Nevertheless, while these con ferences were in session and especially since they adjournd MT. Davison's name and financial ability have again been brought into prominence.
 1t is an interesting and probably sug- gestive coincidence that in this month ot October three of the members of the firm of J. P Morgan & Co. have become identified either with actual and very
 
 ing toward future international financ- ing as the part the United States is to play in aiding those who were our allies when the war was in progress
 Just as the conferences were organizing came announcement from MT. Morgan, speaking for the financial authorities of Great Britain, that a loan of $250. .000. 900 to Great Brtian had been underwrtten by a nation wide syndicate of American bankers, and that the negotiable evil dences of this loan would be offered to the American public in the hope that the public rather than the banks would ab- sorb them.
 A considerable part of the funds which Great Britain is in this maner to obtain is to remain in the United States. From time to time as Great Britian makes pur- chases in the United States these funds will be drawn against in order to make prompt payments to those from whom the commodities are bought. In this method is to be discovered the basis from one point of view, of the recommenda- tions which were made to the bankers and international trade conference dele gates by two of MT. Morgan's partners. Mr. Morrow and MT. Lamont. For if we are to extend credits to Europe it is in- evitable that much the larger part of the money secured in this way will be ex- pended in the United States for the pur- chase of commodities of which at least four of our allies are in need
 12NATIONS WANT CREDIT
 The leading bankers of the United States know that at least 12 foreign na- tions hope to be able within short time to negotiate loans in the United States. The aggregate of these loans will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
SHOWS COMBINED |N| .G|ANT SUPER-C|RCUS|

The epoch making amusement consol- idation known as the Ringland Broth CTS and Barnum & Bailey shows com bined has been the means of bringing
 together more and better features than have ever before been presented in the history of the circus. "Bigness' is the
 key note of the gigantic, new institu-
 tion.
 More trains are required to trans
 port the great organization than have
 ever been used by any single amuse-
 ment enterprise. More and better
 horses are made necessary to haul it's equipment to and from the show grounds. The street parade is the longest ever exhibited in America. The menagerie contains the finest animals of both the famous circuses and the main-tent programme. presenting the cream of the arenic world is unequal led.
 Some idea of the size of the new in stitution may be had when it is stated that the menagerie includes no less than eight giraffes This herd-and nothing more than family" of giraf- fes has ever ben carried by one circus before-comprises all the giraffes in America with the exception of one or two exhibited in geological gardens. | And the giraffe herd is said to serve as criterion for the entire circus. The great number of rare and curious ] animal exhibits has made necessary l the construction of the biggest men i agerie tent ever built just as has the | wide range of remarkable arenic ex- hibitions made imperative the construc-
 tion of a main tent of proportions that will astonish all who enter it. None l but the most daring and exclusive acts 1 have been selected for the gigantic programme. Among the hundreds of
 performers appear such stars as May | Wirth. Ernest Clarke, Bird Millman, the , Hannefords Signor Bagonghi. the Dav-
 exports, the Bradnas, the Klarkonians,
 the Miranos, the Siegrists, the Meillos-
 all as famous in the realm of the white | tops as is CaruSo to the lover of opera. l The dumb actors are legion. Picture | an elephant act numbering enough of the "big -eared giants" to line the en- 1 tire length of one side of the great , hippodrome track and you will have some idea of the gigantic scale upon which the famous showmen have mus tered the wealth of animal actors at | their disposal Wonderful dogs-such 1 as Loyals 'Toque' and "Chiquita"- captain scores of other canines. There are companies of marvellous trained
 bears monkeys, donkeys geese, pigs, pigeons. ponies and goats. Five troupes hof seals are exhibited in place of the
 usual three. As for clowns-they ap- | pear everywhere and at all times. No
 such number has ever before been car
 ried at one time.
 | A mammoth opening pageant of as | founding size and brlliancy, opens the
 main-tent programme Hundreds of | characters and scores of beautiful horses are introduced. By it's very size
 and scope this magnificent production suggests the bigness of the programme that follows. The Ringing Brothers
 and Barnum X Bailey shows combined l will exhibit here Wednesday, Eoyem-
 Der 12.
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land themselves with the roses of the Princess Lamballe and twist Natter rib bons through their bodices, as did the women of the Pompadours court.
 They have chosen the eighteenth cen tury as the fittest epoch upon which to model their clothes this winter Nattier blue, rose pink, shell pink, lemon yellow and eaf green are the shades in which they delight. Lace flounces are used to drape their frocks, and it may be either thread or metal.
 The sketch shows a young girls frock made in anticipation of the gayeties of the Thanksgiving holidays.
 It is of yellow satin over which is draped thin gold lace. There is a soft belt of Nattier blue chiffon caught at one side with a great pink rose.
 A GOWN OF YELLOW
 This combination of colors is much sought after by those who design for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
And Another

Chicago. Illinois. s.-"I suffered for four years with pains in my sides, hips and legs and terrible backache. Icould not do any work at all. Twas treated by many physicians but they did not help me. Tread in one of your books where other women have been helped by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. so tried it and it helped me very much so that now l can do everything in the house. have told my friends about Vegetable Compound and you have my permission to use this letter" - Mrs. l. OVENSTEIN. oO2 s. Marsh6eld Avenue. Chicago. III. Thousands of such Letters
 Prove the Curative
 Value of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03
HOUSEHOLD
SALAD PLITs DESSERT

If you want to simplify your dinners,
 try combining your dessert and salad course
 Almost any sort of dish can be made in the name of salad. and salads may be made to answer almost any purpose in the meal. We can meke an entire meal from q salad. Some Americans even like to begin with their salad and quite q few, who count themselves as gourmcts, favor having salad between the soup and meat course. But for the sake of simplifying your meal just try having a salad and dessert combined.
 When sugar is scarce this is a very good idea, for you may have a saiad that depends on some sort of fruit for its sweetness, but actually requires no sugar at all
 The foundation should be lettuce or some other sort of salad green. The dressing may be rlayonna:se or French dressing though French dressing IS really much easier 10 make and is usually just as satisfactory as the more iii1f cult. With a fruit salad the French dress ing is greatly to be preferred.
 On the lettuce you may put halves or bananas, sprinllled with chopped wainuts Some people first dip the bananas in white of egg to make the nut stick but thls IS an extravagance when eggs are 90 cents or more dozen. Another good salad is made hv filling the centers of canned pineapple with cream cheese and laylns these on lettuce leaves. Dates may be stuffed with cream cheese and placed on lettuce leaves. A salad made by mixing diced fresh apples, chopped nuts aud little minced celery is also excellent for the combination salad dessert Ripe choice pears may be used by cutting them Hi half. pairing them ard removing the corS, and then serving with a spreading or chopped nuts, diced celery and mayoh- naise dressing.
 Grapefruit forms q good topping for this sort of salad It should be well dressed with French dressing. Malaga grapes may be halved and seeded and then served with chopped nuts ana French dressing on the bed of lettuce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-03

girls. and the mother who makes frocks
 t home for the youngster who wants o dance will find that many of the ovely colors which she herself Wore as girl have come back int0 youth wardrobe.