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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
MRS. DIR. McCLELLAND
UNDERGOES OPERATION

Mrs. Ben McClelland, wife of the
well known and prominent Plaque
mine Point physician, was operated
on for a serious ailment at the St.
Landry Sanitarium on last Friday
morning. The operation was sue
cessfully performed by DR.. o. p.
DAILY, Jr., and as a result Mrs. Nc
Clelland is on the road to rapid re-
coyery.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

There will be a regular meeting
of the local chapter of the Order Of
the Eastern Star, at the Masonic
Temple, on next Monday, December
%.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

TOR SALE-Goat and gig. Goat
/ already trained. Just the thing
to give boy for Christmas. Price,
$500. Apply to S. S. BERTHEAUD,
Opelousas, La. dec2O-tf
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

($95, OOO.00), to run for a period of
from one ~ to not exceeding forty
(4O) years from their date, bearing
interest at the rate of five per CEN
tum per annum from their date, pay
able semi-annually, for the purpose of
constructing a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals and
bitches as follows:
Bayou Plaquemine and Bayou NAL
let and the laterals and bitches con-
nected Herewith, also Ditch No. 2
with the laterals connected Herewith,
and thereby improving the gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District and the inhabitants thereof,
the title to which shall vest in said
Drainage District; all of which ba-
yous, laterals and bitches are named
and outlined ia red on the map of
the district, made by r. M. Hollier,
civil engineer, Opelousas, La. The
amount of said bonds being less than
ten per cent 10 per cent? of the
assessed valuation of property within
the boundaries of said Drainage Dis
trict, as shown by the assessment
rolls last made of the said Drainage
District; said bonds to be of such de-
nomination and the interest and prin-
cipal thereof to be payable at such
time and place as shall be determined
by the said Board of Drainage Com
missioners 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, in accordance with the pro-
visions in that respect contained in
Article 281 of the constitution and
laws of the state of Louisiana and
any and all amendments that may
now exist or that may hereafter be
made thereto.
SECTION w
Be it further ordained, ETC., that a
notice of said special election be duly
published for thirty days prior to the
date fixed for holding said election,
in accordance with the law of this
state, in the Star-Progress, the. Off
cial journal of the parish of st. Lam
dry state Of Louisiana, newspaper
of general circulation therein. The
notice of election to embrace SUBJ
stantially all things set forth therein
ard to further state that the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District will met 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 the said par
ish of St. Landry, state of Louisiana,
and then and there proceed to open
the ballot boxes, examine and count
the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns and
declare the result of the election and
make, file and publish and record a
process verbal of their proceedings.
SECTION
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the proposition to be submitted at
such special election shall be as fol-
lows, and the ballots to be used shall
be in the following form:
LOT
For the Issuing of Bonds
A proposition to incur debt -
issue and sell serial negoti-
able coupon bonds of the
Bayou Plaquemine and Nal
let Drainage District of the
Parish of st. Landry, State
of Louisiana, to the amount
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

of Ninety-five thousand Dol
lars ($95,00O.OO)S to run
for a period of from one
to not exceeding forty (40)
years from their date, and YES
bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent Is per cent?
per annum from their date,
payable semi-annually at
such time and place as shall
be determined by the Board
of Drainage Commissioners
under the constitution and
laws of the state of Louis
lana relating thereto.
For the purpose of con- --
structing a system of grav
ity. drainage in and for said
Drainage District by clean
ing with dredges or other
wise, the Bayou Plapemine
and Bayou Mallet and the
laterals and bitches con-
nected Herewith, also Ditch
No. 2 with the laterals
connected Herewith and
thereby improving the grav-
ity drainage in and for NO
said drainage district and
the inhabitants thereof, the
title to which shall vest in
said drainage district, all of
which bayous, laterals
and bitches are named and
outlined in red on the map
of the district made by r.
M. Hollier, civil engineer,
of Opelousas. -
Taxable valuation $.......'.
signature of Voter.
To vote for the proposition sui
mitted upon this ballot, place GRO!
(X) mark in the square after tt
word EYES," and to vote agains
place a similar cross (X) mark aftt
the word mo"
SECTION vi
Be it further ordained, ETC., tn;
the President of the Board of Drail
age Commissioners of the said Bayo
Mallet and Plaquemine Drainage Di
trict of the Parish of st. Landry, stat
of Louisiana, be and he is hereby dul
authorized, empowered and directe
to have the necessary ballots printe
for the said election in accordanC
with the provisions of the laws of tn
state and this ordinance. He sha
also provide ballot boxes and the n
cessary blanks and tally sheets ar
other paraphernalia for the holdir
of said election.
SECTION VII
Be it further ordained, etc., tn
the clerk of court and ex-officio re
istrar of voters for said parish shs
furnish the election officers here
mentioned, with a list of the taxpa
ers entitled to vote in person or
written proxy at said special electio
| together with the assessed valuatit
of each of said taxpayers proper
as shown by the assessment roll Ia
made and filed prior to said electio
SECTION VIII
| Be it further ordained, etc., tn
the election shall be held at Bertral
Bros. store in Prairie Ronde, in sa
Drainage District, and the followil
persons are hereby duly appoint,
and empowered to act as commissio
ers and clerk at said election:
G.. N. Bertrand, J. S. Lafleur, J.
Pitre, commissioners; Geo. Vidrir
clerk.
The officers of election above nal
ed shall hold said election to confoH
with Act 256 of the Acts Of the &c
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20
For the Issuing Of Bonds

TOT the Issuing OF Bond
A proposition to incur debt L
issue and sell serial negoti-
able coupon bonds Of the
Bayou Plaquemine and Nal
let Drainage District of the
Parish of st. Landry, State
of Louisiana, to the amount
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-12-20

signature of Voter.
To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place cross
(X) mark in the square after the
word EYES," and to vote against,
place a similar cross (X) mark after
the word mo"
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
Leader Rises From South
To Command Army OF Peace
yirginian Marshals 100000
Episcopalians in Great
Nationwide Campaign
To Increase Sphere
of Church

virgipia-cradle of leaders-has
given new command 0 lead l,oOo,-
600 Americans in the battles OF peace.
From the heart of the "Old Do
minion.', the County of Albemarle. has
risen the Rev. Robert w. Patton, ID.
n 10 he the national director OF the
Nation wide Campaign of the Protest
ant Episcopal Church in the United
States.
Into his hands the church has given
the task OF rousing the people to their
mart in the reconstruction of the world.
By his call 100000 men are mobilizlng
in every town and city in the country,
to enlist in sweeping drive, Decem-
her It'll. every man, woman and child
In the church.
Must Win Workers.
On his shoulders rests the executive
responsibility for raising more than
$4,000, 600, to be expended in three
years to set schools and hospitals.
community centers and churches In
the remote places of this country and
beyond it's borders. where the need is
great. Through him must come the
means for recruiting 1900 workers that
they may be sent out to strengthen
the church's forces in the United
States, in the ORIENT under the south
ern cross and the midnight sun
DR.. Patton IS an idealist, an inspirer
of men and veteran campaigner. The
confident smile of youth is always on
his face and the restlessness of youth
in his figure.
He comes out of classic Southern in
stitutions; Randolp h-Macon. the Uni
versity of Virginia. where he studied
law, looking to that profession as
field for his truly southern gift Of ora
tory, and then the Episcopal Theologi-
cal Seminary in Virginia, near Alexan-
dria, for the church called him.
Once Army Chaplain.
He was rector for while in Roa-
nohe. Then his Southern blood told,
again, and he became an army chap
lain in 1898, when the Spanish war
called men to the colors. Four years
later found him rector again, in
st. Stephens Church, Williamsburg.
near Pittsburgh.
In 1905 he began the career that
has carried him to his present posi-
tion. The Episcopal Board. of Mis-.
sions sought secretary for mission
work In two Of its provinces. They
Saving Habit Is a Great Character
builder. is Belief of Chicago's Well
Known Financier.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
BY MARSHALL FIELD.

II you want to succeed, save.
This is true, not so much because
OF the value of the money which the
young man accumulates, but because
OF the infinitely greater value Of the
system and organization which the
practice of saving introduces in his
life.
This result of the saving habit is not
generally nor properly appreciated. /
consider it to be almost the greatest
element in making for young mans
success.
In the first place, it creates determin-
alton
This is at the start. Then it de-
velops steady purpose, then sustained
energy.
Soon it produces alert, discriminate
ing intelligence. Better and better re-
turns follow Up his industry, ability
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
Use RED CROSS
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Each Seal Is a Penny's
Worth of Cure and
Prevention.
UtIIIzIns SUMS Heating Power.

00ttAtH8 SaW FFCatfu8 ROVER.
Many attempts have been made TO
utilize the heating power of the sun
for engines, writes Charles @. Abbot
in the Youths Companion. Sun
power pumping plants have been run
experimentally on large scale in Cal
ifornia, New Mexico and Egypt. In
some solar-power plants the rays are
concentrated on steam boilers by mir.
rors. In others the sun heats shall
low pools of water with blackened
bottoms. and the hot water is used 70
run sulphur-dioxide or other low-pres-
sure engines. The great trouble is
that the first cost of the large con-
trivances for collecting solar heat and
the small efficiency of the engines on.
Grating within such narrow ranges Of
temperature make solar plants a little
too costly to compete with other
sources of power.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21

called DR.. Patton. and he found him
self commissioned to visit the dio
ceses and parishes, in the cause a
missions. from New Mexico to Morn
Carolina, and from Florida and Ten,
to Kansas and Kentucky. territor
equal to more than one-third the an
of the United States.
serves In Field.
He began his pilgrimages I'D and
down the United States. He orean.
ICED and directed campaigns Of sdp
cation that made vivid to the parishes
the needs OF the mission fields. nj
conducted every-member canvass
that reaped rich harvests for the wort
His successes N NeN Orleans, Charles
ton. s. c.. and Mississippi brought d
mands for his services in Richmond
ST. outs, Baltimore. Chicago. and other
large cities of the country.
And so, wheny the Episcopal Board Il
Missions planned the Nation-Wid
Campaign. based on the principle Of
the every-member canvass, the mem.
DRY of DR.. Patton's work in this fed
was vivid. and they summoned him
to command.
New Fish, Too.
Lord Londonderry, who narrow!
escaped being killed in an airplans ac
cident recently, is fond Of telling DE
story Of a smart lad whom one OF n
keepers caught one. day fishing in lb'
private waters.
You mustn't fish here" he was told:
these waters belong to Lord London.
derry"
DO theyY' said the boy. Il didn't
know that" And promptly laying
aside his rcd he took up book nd
commenced reading.
The keeper therefore departed, bit
returning the same way about an hoW
or so afterward he found that he had
started fishing again.
Didn't tell you that this water be.
longed to Lord LONDONDERRY h
shouted.
why. you told me that an hour
ago. retorted the youngster. "Surtly
the whole river don't belong to him;
bis share went by long ago."
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
POOLING the Pests.

"what can do" asks Stakeholder
to keep the birds from destroying my
pluHS. apples and pears?' The best
way is to sell the orchard when they
are asleep. The simple creatures viii
go on destroying some one else's
piuns. apples andsrenrs without dis.
covering the deception that has been
practice1 Upon them. Punch.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
THESE are real bargain times 70,

These are real bargain times for
the purchase of War Savings Stamps
and Treasury Savings Certificates.
Stamps and Certificates bought in
November and December mature jan
uary 4. 1924. A 500 Certificate bought
in November costs $s4.4o and IN De
cember, 1890. -Four years and tri-
fls later they wiz have grown into
500 bllla.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21
Joe Boswell
Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx clothes

You can get today's news today on
the rural routes. Daily Arkansas Ca
zette, 55c per month. Jack johnson,
Jr., newsdealer.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-11-21

If you are subject to. attacks of
heartburn or indigestion, it may do
you good to learn that Prickly Ash
Bitters is prompt and efficient rem
edy. It strengthens digestion, relieves
heartburn, tones up the stomach and
by its agreeable cathartic effect, it
empties and purifies the bowels. Try
it. Price $1.25 per bottle. Hesterly
Drug Store, Especial Agents. MWF
Everyone in Arkansas should have
the 224 page Centennial issue Of the
Arkansas Gazette. 1t will be out the
goth of this month. Price SO cents.
Jack Johnson, Jr.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17
MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, default having been made
in the payments of the moneys Sc
cured to be paid by a certain linden
ture of Mortgage bearing date the
Goth, day of April 1904, given by Ella
Nj. Crosby to w. j. Sellick land re-
corded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds of Van Buren, County, State of
Michigan in Liber 7S of Mortgages
on page 394, and,
Whereas, the amount due and pay
able, by the terms of said mortgage,
at the date of this notice is the sum
of one thousand four hundred and
fifty-seven and 3-100 dollars Isl ,457.-
03) principal and interest and the ad-
ditional sum of thirty dollars ($30.00)
attorney fee agreed to be paid by the
terms of said mortgage, making the
total amount now due at the date of
this notice the sum of one thousand
four hundred and eighty-seven ($1,-
487.03); and no suit at law or pro-
|ceedings in chancery having been be
gun to recover the amount secured to
be paid by said mortgage, or any part
thereof, the power of sale in said
mortgage has become operative.
Now, therefore, by reason of said
default, the entire amount secured by
said mortgage is hereby declared to
be due and payable and by virtue of
the statutes in such case made and
provided the power of sale contained
in said mortgage has become oper-
alive.
Therefore, by virtue of said power
of sale and pursuance of said statutes
said mortgage will be foreclosed by
sale of the mortgaged premises, at
public auction, to the highest bidder,
at the North door of the Court House
in the Village of Paw Paw, County of
Van Buren, and State Of Michigan on
Saturday the 1st, day of March 1919
at 1000 o'clock in the forenoon of
said day.
The premises to be sold are des-
cribed in said mortgage as follows:-
The North east quarter (A) of sec
ton fourteen (14) Town one Q
South Range thirteen G3) West,
township of Pine Grove, Van Buren,
County, Michigan.
Dated this 9Th, day of December 1918
A. Lynn Free Attorney for Mortgage
John w. Free Administrator of
Estate of w. j. Sellick, deceased
Mortgage. 45t13
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17
MORTGAGE SALE


Whereas default has been made in
the conditions of a mortgage dated
July Is 1910, executed by Jacob Carr
and wife, Lydia Carr, to Vesta l..
Travis of Chicago, Illinois and record
ed in the office Of the Register of
Deeds for Van Buren, county in Liber
81 of Mortgages at page 229 on
August first 1910, and
Whereas the said mortgage has
been duly assigned by the said Vesta
Travis to the estate of f. p. Grimes
by an assignment bearing date April
&c, 1913 and recorded in Liber 1902 of
Mortgages at page 221, and by the
estate of F. p. Grimes, by and
through Alice |. Grimes, administra-
'trix of said estate to Elmer j. Carr
on the 18th, day of December, 1914,
by an assignment bearing that date
and recorded in Liber 102 of Mort
cages at page 276 on the same day,
and
Whereas there is now due on said
mortgage, principal and interest three
hundred ninety eight and 10-100
Dollars and the further sum Of fifteen
dollars as an attorney fee provided
for in said mortgage, and no proceed
ings having been taken to recover the
debt, wherefore the power of sale
contained in said mortgage has be-
come operative,
Now therefore notice is hereby
given that sale of said premises will
be made under the statute and by
virtue of the authority contained in
said mortgage at public auction to
the highest bidder at the north front
door of the Court House in the Will
age of Paw Paw, Van Buren, County,
Michigan (that being the place of
holding the Circuit Court for Van
Buren, County on the 9Th, day of
April, A. d 1919 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of that day, which said
premises are described in said mort
gage as follows, to-wit:
Lot seven, block twenty-five village
of Paw Paw, Van Buren, County
Michigan according to Village Plat.
Elmer j. Carr Assignee
Thos. j. Cavanaugh, Attorney for
Assignee.
Business Address, Paw Paw, Mich
50t13
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17
Lillian A. Mack
MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas default having been made
IN a certain indenture Of mortgage
bearing date the 30th, day of April,
1917, made and executed by Frank
Kroth, administrator of the estate of
Ida Alice Collins, deceased, to Albert
o. Duncomb of Paw Paw, Michigan,
the said Frank Kroth having been
duly authorized to mortgage said
property by order of the Probate
Court for the County of Van Buren,,
dated the 30th, day of April 1917,
said mortgage having been confirmed
by the said Probate Court by order
on the 18th, day of May 1917 as pre-
scribed by law, which said mortgage
is recorded in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds for Van Buren, county in
Liber los at Page $50 of Mortgages
at 1:30 o'clock p. NJ, upon which
mortgage there is claimed to be due
at the date of this notice the sum of
S296.55, the power of sale in said
mortgage having according to the
terms thereof become operative and
the whole amount above stated has
become due and payable, and no suit
at law or proceeding in chancery hav-
ing been instituted to recover the
debts secured by said mortgage, or
any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given that in pursuance of the power
of sale contained in said mortgage,
and by virtue of the statute in such
cases made and provided, said mort
gage will be foreclosed by sale of
the mortgaged premises, or so much
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-01-17
MORTGAGE SALE

Whereas, default having been made
in the payment of a certain indenture
of Mortgage bearing date the 18th,
day of October 1907, made and ex-
ecuted by Polly Shearer of the town
ship of Keller, county of Van Bufen
and state of Michigan, to Ora H.
Ma Kyes of Keller township Van
Buren, County Michigan, which said
mortgage was afterwards, on the 10th
day of March, 1918, duly recorded in
the Office of the Register of Deeds in
Liber 6S of Mortgages at page 80 at
1870 A. M. of said day, and which
said mortgage was afterwards, on the
5th, day of March, 1909, duly assign
ed to said Ora III. Makyes to A. o.
Duncombe of Keller Township, Van
Buren, county, Michigan, and said
assignment was duly recorded in the
office of Register of Deeds of Van
Buren, County, Michigan, in Liber 80
of Mortgages at page 211 at 11:20 A.
NJ.
Whereas, the power of sale contain
ed in said mortgage has according to
the terms thereof become operative,
and the whole amount secured by said
mortgage is now due and payable and
the amount now claimed to be due
on said mortgage at the date of this
notice is the sum of $458.00, principal
and interest, and no suit at law or
proceedings at Chancery having been
instituted to recover the debt secured
by said mortgage, or any part thereof,
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
that in pursuance of the power Of
sale contained in said mortgage, and
by virtue of the statute in such cases
made and provided, said mortgage will
be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged
premises or so much as will be neces-
sary to satisfy the amount due on said
mortgage, and the attorney fee pro-
vided by the terms of the statute,
taxes and other expenses of said sale,
as provided by law, the premises des-
cribed in said mortgage will be sold
at public vendue to the highest bidder
at the North Front door of the Court
House in the village of Paw Paw,
County of Van Buren,, State of Michi-
gan, said Court House being the place
of holding the Circuit Court for said
county, on Saturday the 9Th, day of
February 1919 at 1000 o'clock in the
forenoon of said day. The description
of said mortgaged premises to be sold
being as follows; to-wit:- A piece of
land 10 rods wide north and south by
16 rods long east and west in the
northwest corner of the following
described piece of land to-wit:- The
south part of the west half of the
northwest quarter of section so, town
A south, rapge 16 west and bounded as
I follows: Beginning at a stake in the
half quarter line 20 chains and 76