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LOCAL NEWS.

Mr.. George Sillan is in New Or
leans spending a few days.
We wire homes and build tele-
phone lines - Lafayette Electric
Co, Lafayette. La.
Misses Edna Soulier and Irene
Ere nch are spending the holidays
in New Orleans.
We guarantee our work for one
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fayette. La.
Mr.. Frank Ledoux. son of Mrs.
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Prompt service and satisfied
customers one of our chief aim
Lafayette Electric Co., Lafayette.
Mr.. ID. A. Long of Cads was
married to Miss Anna Vernette
Gondran at New Iberia on Dec.
18th. They will make their home
at Cade.
Mrs. w. ID. Potter returned to
Houston, Texas. Wednesday after
spending several days here with
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. George
Knight.
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Albert Rousseau Lodge No. 30l
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ing officers Dec. IA. 1919 Allen
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W. J. R. Olivier. j W.. K
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Prof. Frank T. Guilbeau who is
now teaching French at the State
University at Baton Rouge and
also instructor Of music and lead
er Of the Cadet hand. one of the
best in the south, was here for a
few days visiting friends this week
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The marriage of Mr.. Joseph
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place Friday evening Dec. 26th.,
at the home of her parents, Mr..
aud Mrs. John M. SALES.
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The high school class of 1918
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New Era hotel tonight. when sew.
eral guests will be present.
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The sun., 1919-02-09
GANDER TOURNEY
MOUNTAINEER SPORT
Capture of LiUe Bird by
Horsemen Amusing Contest.

SEwASEE, Tenn. Feb. S.-This is tur.
key time down South In the south
ern Appalachian Mountains here and
there the old time gander pulling tourna-
ment taxes place. This Is ono of the
little known out curious sports that dis
play horscmarsh.p, and to the onloOlier
is as funny as the CREASED pis contest
Of the North
The gauder pulling contest IL indulegd
in by the muuntalneers, and those who
enter the contest are on horseback. with
the ribbon of their best girl nIttcriug
in tho breeze. In ring toward when
every rider gallops Is long necked gan
der. harder TO catch than any creased
pig :aae = Nc-.hc.. chcwder party lets
loose.
once inside the circle every man tries
his best. as in the tournaments OF old,
to make the lady whose COlOrs no car
ries the Gander Queen. This can only
be done b. good hOrSemanShip. ability
to catch live gander by the neck while
It objects to being caught and having a
bit OF extra luck thrown in.
Spectators cheer and yell, and advice
Is given freely. often there are upsets.
Suddenly ono OF the gander pullers more
deXtrous than the rest catches the gan
der by the neck and with n quick twist
waves the trophy above his head. Then
he trots out Of the circus ring and lays
the trophy at the feet OF his queen.
This ia followed by loud and prolonged
applause. as the press agent likes to
say OF the fall OF the curtain in a play
he Is booming.
The sun., 1919-02-09
DINERS GIVE PRAISE
TO ALLIGATOR FLESH
If Demand Can Be Created
Meat Can Be Had at Lou Cost

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. s.--ITunters
OF alligators frequently throw hundreds
OF pounds OF alligator meat TO the car
rion crows and huzzards after they have
removed the hides, but IL tho demand
can be created for this meat the flesh
can be had at low cost.
Recently in Atlanta an alligator meat
banquet was served and those who par
ticipated said that the meat was agree
able, Some said that the flesh had the
suggestion OF lobster about it. others re-
marked It was somewhat like pork,
while still others said there was some
thing akin to fish about Il.
The alligator Gneat WIS parbo!led.
then fried In egg and cracker crumbs,
very much after tho manner OF a
Dreaded veal outlet.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Buck LAW Essential.

The Commission desires TO place par
tiluiar emphasis upon thc records ~
deer killed. as turned In by its secret
service force. a. an Indication Of what
would happen 10 New Works deer II
there were no buck law on the statute
books. out Of l0l deer. - were does.
despite tive fact that their killing was
Illegal: II. or more than 10 per cent,
were fawns.
II the deer law should be amended so
tha. hunters may take one deer Of
either sex the Commission IL firmly
convinced that the increased SLAUGHTER
of the breeding deer. which would I'M
mcliately follow. would result in the
The sun., 1919-02-09
Who's Who in Casting
Harold D. Smith
Sketch No. so
ny JAMES ROBERT o'NEILL.

Harold y smith Orc Of the younger
casters. Took up TIE game two years
ago. Doing remarkably well. Casts
every Sunday around the $50 mark at
Grant City. Goes there rain or shine.
Cold or warm. Has won a number OF
prizes during the year. Is also surf
fisherman. Prefers the Coney Island
pier. For ling and whiting Fishes in
summer Ncponset and New Jersey shore
Also likes the rocks at Edgemere.
Is crazy about his new tiivVer. Has
a new stunt In using kerosene. \ slight
change In the carbureter. Saves a lot
of money. Uses Fred Bishops car.
That also helps. Cheaper and better
riding Fishes with Wessar. Therefore
learned the art of making rods. Casts
with great ease. Direct overhead. Very
high. Works for a yeast company. Go
pun permitted1.
Is "A bachelor. Lives with his folks in
Brooklyn. Visits New York city every
Friday night. Loves the movies. Is six
feet tall. Weighs about lSj pounds.
Twenty-Five years old. Rosy complexion.
No wonder tie girls like him.
Smokes fierce cigars. Also drinks
coffee four times daily. Never takes n
drink" Chews tafry and loves to read
novels Is very bashfui. Gets there just
the same. Has good snap 10 his cast
Can beat Eddie Roche whenever he
wants TO. That is what he told me.
Eddie says different.
Has a pair of very heavy boots. For
the surf. Has them lined with rubber
tubing. Wades far out TO his hips. Is
going to make good showing in the
game within the next couple OF years,
Member Of the Long Island Casting
I Club. Gets up very early every morning.
Father has the job Of getting him up,
Father gets him UP in the morning, but
has no control in getting him to bed at
, night
The sun., 1919-02-09
raft Urges Retention of Present Buck Law Greatest Safeguard Human Life

sistance Of the others pull the FISH in
nand over hand. Then one of those I'M
foreseen things happened.
tarnum stood up to illustrate. lie
was living over the battle with Dustin.
holding an Imaginary rod in the pump
ing attitude. when ''blngv' there he
snapped his fingers sharply. changed his
myers on the imaginary rod and added
the rod broke in splinters and away
went s135 worth OF fishing tackle"
biliy Farnum had like luck with what
might have been n record tuna, lie
thinks. lie saw tuna coming along,
making for his bait, and the moment 1t
struck IL the actor remarked cheerfully,
why, good evening"" and away the tuna
went with $50 feet of line. This time he
decided to try strong arm methods and
never once did he give the fish any lee
way except when absolutely necessary.
AS n result he stopped the tuna in fifty
minutes
AS he slowly pumped the fish toward
the surf huge shark made O rush, and
all that was left of the tuna when 1t was
hung up was 81 pounds. W. c. Boschen,
Zane Grey and other big game anglers
have had similar experiences. The sue
cessful experiences, however, are never
as vivid to the angler as the big fish
that got away.
Harpoons Tarpon on First T..aI.
This Florida trip of Farnum's was the
first harpooning trip he had ever been
on. AS the Yuma sailed along Farnum
saw the silvery soping back OF u tar
pom. Now the tarpon does not make a
good target for harpoon and Fatnum
was exceedingly anxious that the first
The sun., 1919-02-09
49,:
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2!pA
$ixs,,..

Y dealt and started with two spades,
which A overcallod with three clubs,
and b passing. z went on to three
spades. which held the contract.
A opened with the singleton acc OF
hearts and followed with the king and
ace Of cluba B trumped the nee OF
clubs and led small heart. which A
trurzped on getting In on the dia-
monds B was able to give A another
run, setting the spade contract for two
tricks.
This loss is not ms serious as Il
looks, because y Is down for one trick
no matter how the hand Is played. two
by cards being the limit for the spade
contract. no matter how y opens the
hand. or whether p trumps the ace
of clubs or not II b does not trump
the second round Of clubs he will dis
card a high diamond--the eight-and
will shift TO that suit. Then e will
be In to TO give A the ruff in hearts !;
five tricks home.
II a does not lead his singleton heart,
but starts right in on the clubs, there
will be no yeason for h to trump, but
It makes no difference whether he does
or not. II he truinps, he will lead the
heart or the trump II the heart, he will
make a diamond and then lead another
heart or trump, no matter which.
He must make tho queen OF hearts.
II 3 trumpS the club and leads the
trump, with all suits stopped, they must
mako a diamond and two hearts, as Y
cannot get in TO lead hearts through a
second time
+ having no reason 10 ruff the second
club II he does not know his partner has
no more hearts 4 will win both rounds
and lead tho diamond. That is three
tricks. Now A and L must make two
hearts, no matter what Z leads SO that II
Is not diamond.
To return TO the bidding. When Y
refuses to assist tho spades rs only cx
cuse for going on is his honor score
Why A should stop bidding or u should
fail to go TO four clubs Is not clear The
hand is laydown fer four odd in clubs
but not flve, as can ruff the third
spade or save his queen.
AS it stands z loses 100 and scores 81
In honors, net loss ~ only. Al clubs A
and Is can score AZ. But for BIS play ir
trumping his partners nee z would have
been 81 TO the good by being set only on.
trick and ABB would have lost 20 point;
| by not going on with the clubs.
One curious feature about this hand il
| that Il Y does not overtake his partner!
| ten OF spades when the hand s played
at clubs a viii make a little slam
Whatever might lead next A woulc
! discard o.i the third diamond. ca:2b
lIshed by leading twice through y b!
| ruiiing hearts, IL led heart.
The sun., 1919-02-09
JERSEY TRAPPERS
TAKE EASY INCOMES
Market Prices High; Demand
for State License.

HAcKETTsTowN, N. j., Feb. S.--Wtth
nuskrat hides valued at ten times their
market price of "a decade ago and other
pelts Of native fur bearing animals
bringing big money, New Jersey trap
pers are taking easy incomes from the
marshes and woods this winter
So valuable have the trapping rights
become in some sections that land own
ers are reserving them and are prac-
Using on a small scale conservation or
muskrats and other fur bearers in order
to insure n yearly crop of hides.
Because OF the overlapping and con-
tfnual clash OF trapping activities there
Is renewed demand from trappers
themselves for a State trapping license
similar to the hunting and fishing
license.
As the State has the expense OF pro-
tecting the fur bearing rodents and by
conservation laws has prevented the ex-
termination of such animals the Legis-
lature is expected to regard II as only
a fair proposition that trappers who
reap the financial benefit should con-
tribute their share OF the expense In
The sun., 1919-02-09
By r. r. FOSTER.

II was hoped by many that the twenty
first annual meeting OF the Atlantic
Whist Association, at the Apsonia last
month would introduce q little auc-
tion In tho programme. as has been
done lately at the A w. L. congresses |:
but nothing of the kind rnatorialized
Nevertheless, there were quito 4 num-
Der of rubbers on the side between v.si-
tors from other States and the New
York cracks.
AS an illustration Of the possibilities
Of the game. here is n deal cont to THE
Sum by one Of the crack players from
California. Whist players who rail at
tho crime OF trumping n partners ace
must admit that It gains tricks some
times
The sun., 1919-02-09
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4 &

Clubs are trumps and z leads Y and
want all the tricks.
The solution is for z TO lead the six
OF clubs A disrards n diamond and Y
wins. leads the king of diamonds.
which L must cover or u gets spade
discard. trumps the diamond and
leads the top trump. \ has three dis
cards.
IL y discards the spade, Y discards the
small diamond and z leads the spade.
This allows to make two tricks, upon
which a must discard again. ing harding
one or other OF the red suits.
II A discards L diamond, Y still dis
cards the deuce OF that suit. Il leads
the spade and Y makes a trick with the
eight of diamonds, forcing the decisive
discard from A Ms before.
1t is obvious that II \ discards heart
the problem liz solved at once. as r
makes all three cards in that suit.
Charles Tuttle OF Brooklyn. Gee
Tee" having won the first prize. any
auction text book now on the market,
offered by the +. +. button Company.
the race remains between II. T. Blair.
Candidate and W. Z. W. 70 rthe runner
up prize, which is also any auction book
now on the market These three now
have SO points each. Next to them with
80 are Henry Andersen, Charles W.
Root and ID. \. W. Alcne has 81. Ros-
coe &. Harris, g. J.. Johnson and j. w.
Wortz each have 40, T.. w. White. a..
Charles Andrews, Frederick Bergen.
Martin Dibhle. +. r. Greenwood and u.
NJ Waller AZ: q. Z Bowen. ]. c. Cur
It's. W. y. Hill, y. Mcintyre. 5. 8. Null
ford, r. &. OIL rien and Winsor Palmer,
40; II. ID. Sinclair, 80. Correct solu-
tons also to hand from W. NJ. DeN!s-
ser. John II. Whiting. Henry Groscun
Mrs. Byers, L. r. Grayson and NJ. D.
SAoulter.
| Here is something Interesting from
one who has always been at the top II
the honor list as "A solver. 1t Contain s
an Instructive hint in end game manage
ment.
/ BAIvu4 rt"uLLA 80. go.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Upstate Trapper's Luck.

HUpsoN FALL. y. Y, Feb. S.--Harry
Russell since November 10 has accu-
mulated SIS nuskrat pelts and forty
five skunk hides. The animals were
taken at Old Northern and Wood creeks
OF Kingsbury. The highest taken in one
night was seventy-six muskrats The
price OF skunks is s. and muskrats
Slob
The sun., 1919-02-09
Game Preserve. in Penna. Countie.

HARRIsBuRG. Pa. Feb. S.-The Penn
sylvana Game Commission wishes TO
establish game preserve I'm each
county. II suggests that instead of
turning the money from hunters licenses
back in the State treasury, the fundsS
provided by sportsmen. should be used
for such preserves.
The sun., 1919-02-09
Alaska Dog Races Abandoned.

NOME, Alaska, Feb. s,--Until tho re-
turn of normal times the annual Alas
kan dog races have been abandoned.
Several Informal dog meets viii be held,
but the all-Alsska sweepstakes and the
Solomon sweepstakes. the big events OF
the North. will not be held until proper
conditions have arrived,
The sun., 1919-02-09

BROWNSVILLE. Pa. Feb. s.-Ilomer W.
Scaton ind s. G.. Allison recently or
ganized a coon hunt and al Carmichael
along tho Monongahela River freed a
coon. To their surprise. when they
climbed the tree they got three others
and left u big mother coon TO provide
sport for another year.
The coons averaged ten pounds each.
The sun., 1919-02-09

Auction Bridge. @. {. L. says: Dur
ing the play the declarcr, u. exacts the
penalty for lead out OF turn by calling
on A to lead II spade. a says, Have
none." and leads n heart. Some discus
sion as to whether or not u can call
anything else. decided against him. on
the last trick but one. A dIscarle a
small spade. Had no led il when called
on u would have made his contract
What is the penalty?
Failure TO comply with a performahle
penalty is q revoke. This should be In
cluded in the definition In law SO, bu.
it is not. It is NJ the end OF law rs;
among other things that we are told
tho revoke penalty can be imposed Cor
infractions of laws 66. rs and 90. Our
present code is a sad tumble.
F.. A. II, says: We have som. DIS
pute as 10 how to score this result. 2
IL playing three clubs. doubled by r
During the play h twice trumps spades,
but Il makes four by cards. on the last
trick OF all l. turns up with the deuce
of spades.
In the first place. goes game on
the double value Of the tricks, and score
4x6x2's4S below the line. In honors, In
addition to those held IN clubs. he scores
100 for making his contract and trick
is only when tricks are necessary TO
make contract or game that they should
be taken in penalty.
r. l.. d. says: During tie play. a
having the lead UP to tie Leclarer. re-
marks. "Well. partner, we have three
tricks in. and / guess We had better
save the game II we can" Tho de-
c,arcr at once demands n PENALTY. and
calls on \ 10 lead n diamond, us the
reference 20 the state OF the game IS un-
authorized.
Many persons hold that under law 80,
which prohibits reference TO ANY Incl
dent OF the play" penalty may be de-
mande.i for referring TO the fact that a
certain number OF tricks have already
been won by ono side. when the partner
has not asked for the information.
Poker. C. T.. W. says: Seven play
Ing. first two men pass up jack. G
opens, u and + stay and T. raises. The
dealer, A and Is passed. and tho opener
Withdrew. on showing his hand It was
found that he did not have openers,
Now d and + want 10 take down their
money, as they would not have opened
and would not have come under rs
raise.
\ pot once opened. even Il wrongly,
must be played for II any ono comes n
against the false openers. II u and II
were willing to como in against what
! they thought was Jacks or better in CO
hand they ara certainly no worse oN
when they find that he had nothing ana
cannot even draw cards. TLoy must
see F's raise or give him the pot. Same
| answer to W. s. \.
| Five Hundred. r, l.. y. SAYS: Three
players pass and Il is the dealers hid
] Can he bid six and look at the widow