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The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31
ANTI-MAIL ORDER HOUSE
CAMPAIGN.

The government of Canada is con-
Quoting an investigation of mail order
houses in that country. There is a
movement on the part of retail mer-
chants all over the dominion against
these establishments, which it is de-
clared r destroying community life.
Evidence presented in regard to one
such concern alleges that they added
a profit of SO per cent to the cost of
clothing. And the merchants are con-
fident that they can show these houses
do not sell to the consumer any cheap
err than the home merchant can.
1t is very easy to take a second
grade article, and make an attractive
photograph out of it. No half-tone
cut ever revealed defects.
Purchasers of these articles usually
forget that they have to pay a good
sized express or mail charge. Then
if the goods do not come out as rep
resented, it will cost more than it is
worth to get satisfaction.
The worst feature of the mail order
business is as reported from Canada,
a tendency to destroy community life.
If a town is going to grow and pros
per it must have good stores. And it
cannot possibly have good stores if the
people send a large share of their
money away to mail order houses. 1t
would be worth while for people to
pay a little more to support the bus
mess of their own town, rather than
see it slump. Fortunately that is
not necessary. If you want the grade
Of article that sells so cheap in the
mail order catalogue, ask your home
merchant for it. He will get it for
you, while deploring your judgment.
1t is to be hoped that the Canadian
people push this investigation to the
limit and force a real showdown on
it. 1t is the belief of the Independ-
ent that it will show that nothing
is saved when the consumer sends
away money by mail. 1t is both poor
policy to buy goods without seeing
them, and to build up some distant
city and let your own humble town
drag.-Independent.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

tropolls have known Larry for some
time past as a spender who has no
regard for his fathers millions. and
who can fight like a demon.
But Bob started in by licking his
charge and then tried to help him
collect some letters foolishly written
to a pretty waitress. But Bob fell for
the lady himself and then Harrington
Sr. called in a private detective to
get the evidence. The latter got away
with the papers, but Bob borrowed
a mounted policeman's horse and fol-
lowed the fleeing taxicab.
Overtaking it, he got the letters
and returned with the young million
aire to the girl. Then he learned that
she didn't care a bit for Larry, but
was strong for himself. Now they
are going back to Arizona, where Bob
says he has to yell when he
wants to and where there is space to
ride without humping into cars and
policemen every ten feet.
Above is the outline of William S.
Harris new Aircraft picture, Brand
ing Broadway" which will be present.
ed at the Orpheum theatre next San
day and Monday.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

THE l. w. w. is A FELON.
Under a state law which makes
membership in the l. ". W. a felony,
California has begun a var of exter-
mination against advocates of sabo-
tage, anarchy and crime. The law pro-
vides from to IA years. imprison-
ment.
Other states, as we'll as the federal
government, might we'll look to the
start made by California. Radical
thinkers and parlor bolsevists are
won't to denounce any sort of a law
which on the surface denies a man of
complete liberty, but the sane ele-
ments of this country are beginning
to realize that disturbing and injurious
forces in a community by attacking the
foundation Of our government, are as
undesirable as men who ~jeopardize
the lives of the people in a commune
ty. The former method Of handling
government enemies with gloves is
being supplanted by a more drastic
method.
It is worth while to note the guar
antee which gives an American citi-
zen the assurance that his life and
property will be protected. The Unit
ed States government is the guarantor
and the mar or set of men striking
at the government are in the final
analysis striking at the protection of
individuals.
But what is an f. W. w.? He is a
man who believes all form of proper
ty should be destroyed. He is a So
cialist who has lost all sense of de-
cency, justice, regard for law and or
der and honesty. At heart an 1. w.
W. is a murderer and a thief. The l.
W. WIS have the utmost contempt
for government or religion. In their
"official s%ongbook" n may find the
following blasphemous parody on "On-
ward Christian %Soldiers:"
Coward Christian Soldiers! Rip and
tear and smite!
Let the gentle Jesus bless your dyna-
mite.
Splinter Skulls with Shrapnel, fer
tilize the sod;
Folk who do not speak your tongue
deserve the curse Of God.
Smash the doors of every home, pref
.ty maidens seize;
Use your might and sacred right to
treat them as you please"
Is it to wonder that California pas
.sed a law making it a felony to be-
long to the /. w. W.? What can the
future hold for America if men who
preach such doctrines ever gain the
,ascendancy in this country! The time
is gone when such persons may be
dealt with gently. The risk is too
great. Every American father who is
anxious for the protection of his home,
who guards the purity of his wife and
daughters, who believes in America,
should use his influence in having
more laws passed like the California
law.-Helena Independent.
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OLD'H C. l.. IN '65.

1t is the fashion to rail at and be-
moan the present high cost of living,
or as Mr.. James ]. Hill used to put
it in his terse way, "the cost of high
living" In order to compare present
prices with those prevailing under SIM
liar conditions and due to similar cause
loss of man-power diverted from pro-
ductive to destructive purposes, it is
necessary to go back, in this country,
to the time Immediately following the
close of the Civil war.
Unfortunately, few living Amer
leans recall exactly and precisely what
commodities cost in those happy days,
those good old days" that, because
they are past and gone, are enveloped
in a purely fictitious haze which serves
to camouflage the fact that they were
by no means good to the wage Garner
or the man on a salary.
In speaking of this recently, Mr..
Charles Espenschied, formerly a mil
Ter of Hastings, Minnesota, now re-
tired and residing in St. Louis, cas-
ually mentioned what certain things
cost in 1866, and the editor of The
Northwestern Miller, somewhat start
led at the figures given, and afraid
that Mr.. Espenschied unconsciously
exaggerated them, requested him to re-
fresh his memory, consult his records
and give the results in writing for
the benefit of the readers hereof. In
response Mr.. Espenschied has kindly
written the letter which follows:
st. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 5, 1919.
Editor of The Northwestern Miller.
Sir: A little ancient history may
not be out of place at this time, and
possibly be some comfort to those
who suffer from the H. C. L. In 1865
I went to work in a retail grocery
store here. My first job was to grind
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31
Cotton "prints' were Sfortv cents .

Cotton "prints" were forty cents a
yard.
From this time on (say 1859, prices
steadily declined and eliminated in
the panic Of 1873.
When I first went to housekeeping
here, in 1874, I had graduated" into
the wholesale business by that time.
We paid eighty-five cents a pound for
creamery butter. AS the supply was
limited, the grocer with whom we
traded could only "allocate" to us a
pound or so a week. Other kinds, So
called farmers or dairy butter, sold
for much less, with quality according
ly. :. :. -.
So you see, we are much better off
than they in those days. They
had no automobiles, electric lights, tel
ephones or movies, for all of which we
should be duly thankful.
Respectfully,
CHARLES EPENSSHIED.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

sugar. This came in h~ogsheads of
about a ton weight. It was raw; just
as it came from the sugar mills of
Louisiana, and was called New Or
leans sugar. Little was known of re-
fined sugar; we only heard of the loaf
sugar imported from Europe. This
sugar, by the time it reached US, had
caked and run into Jumps in spit of
the canes that were inserted when it
was packed. It was my job to break
these Jumps and it through a pair
Of rolls, thus to make a "lively" look
ing mixture; the bottom of the cask
was soggy with the unextracted syr-
up, and unstable in that state.
The first sale l made of this sugar
was at twenty-five cents a pound. I
we'll remember the excitement it Great
ed when we posted up the sign Give
pounds for a dollar"
Flour, for which we paid eighteen
dollars per barrel, we retailed at twen-
ty dollars.
Yellow laundry soap, twenty-five
cents a small bar.
Starch, twenty-five cents a pound;
nutmegs, five cents apiece; ~currants,
seventy-five cents a pound; prunes,
fifty cents; green Rio coffee, fifty
cents, when we could get it.
Best tea, two dollars and sixty
cents a pound. :. =.
Day laborers received two dollars
and fifty cents for ten hours work.
Mr.. Gardner told me that he paid
for a piece of land adjoining his mill
property at Hastings, Mimi, one thou
sand barrels of his flour (Vermillion),
which was then valued at eighteen
dollars at the mill. The seller pre-
ferred the flour to cash, probably fig
uring that it would go higher. How
ever, it advanced no further, and fetch
ed considerably less before it was
shipped out. J.
About this time (1S65) he built the
eastern or main part of the stone mill.
l remember seeing the book in which
the cost items were entered, and they
footed up over ninety-eight thousand
dollars; a goodly sum in those days.
Even allowing for the deprecated cur
ency lat that time gold sold around
two dollars and fifty cents) the cost
was more than it would be now, even
at the high wages and shorter hours.
Everything was done by hard; la
b~or-saving devices were not available,
and in fact did not exist. Common
black powder which was used in blast
ing cost a dollar a pound, and was
mighty poor at that.
The first pair Of boots I bought
(boots have since gone out of fashion)
l paid eighteen dollars for. Shoes for
children and boots for youths were
cooper toed" to conserve leather.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31
NO CREDIT.

Retail merchants are wisely adopt
ing the theory that a man who is out
of a job by his own choice is an un-
safe debtor. No retail merchant can
be expected to extend credit to a mar
who can get work and won't take it.
Aperfectly trustworthy man is some
times out of employment for a short
time, through no fault of his own,
but in these days there are jobs for
all who are willing to work. A man
can with perfect propriety quit the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

To declare a bank solvent by decree
of court, when a sworn official examin-
er has found it insolvent, is like de-
claring a man honest or a woman vir-
tuous by act Of legislature when a
case of in flagrante delictu has been
set up by testimony. To hold as sound
collateral security as post-dated check,
which is a mere order to pay at some
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

Post dated checks may be good col
lateral in North Dakota, but We'll bet
a Lincoln penny that the league lead
ers would have a circus borrowing
money on them in any other state in
the union.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

job he has, but he cannot with credit
to himself, refuse to seek and find a
new employment. The idle man these
days, if able to work, is somewhere
off his system.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

A mar can about commit most of
the sins in the calendar, but if he
keeps his promises to the letter 9TH
er. men will stick up for him through
thick and thin.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31
ARIZONA COWBOY

BRANDS BROADWAY
. Bob Sands is a puncher from the
southwest. He got into Manhattan a
few days ago and was employed by
Mr.. Harrington, the millionaire rail-
road man, to undertake to tame young
Larry Harrington, his son. The
brightly lighted districts of the me-
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

Marriage is a lottery" but the
haste with which some plunge into it
would lead you to suppose they think
it is a "sure thing" game.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

If you approved the Red Cross in
war, approve it in peace. F.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31

Better to die as a swan, singing
than as a pig, squealing.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-10-31
CorsetS

A big lot of Standard Make of Corsets
(the only kind we will handle) at
$3.50 OFF
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
A Timely Warning

Do Q knew that the average dura-
ton Of the human life is 80 years?
One-quarter of the people of the earth
die before Sc years of age, one-half be-
for the age of Is, and only about one
person OF each hundred born lives to
attain the age of SIS.
Do you furthermore know that dur
ing the recent s~elective draft 730.756
men were rejected on account of phys
zeal deficienees-Iike rheumatism
catarrh. lung troubles, etc.
Is there a remedy for these eondi-
tons is the natural question which
instantly will spring into you mind.
The answer is yes!
you CAN MAKE YOURSELF 0
PER CENT FIT by simply remember
ing the old and true saying that zone
ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
of cure"
You will stop right here and say to
yourself: What preventive measures
must / take in order to stay or become
q giant Of body and mind? Follow
the answer!
The mouth figuratiYely speaking is
the Switch Board to the human bdoy
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
I'm M~EMoRiAM"

Master Laurence David, age Is years
3 months, and II days: Son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur David who formerly
resided in Opelousas, La, sadfully de-
parted this life on Thursday July 18th,
1919, lear Sulphurs, La, by being
struck by a passenger train of the
Southern Pacific Line.
Laurence was held in high esteem
and beloved by every n in this
community as was more fully realized
by the number Of riends and fellow
scheol-mates that attended the last
funeral rites, which were held in the
Catholic Church of this place IN Fri
day evening Of July 18th, 1918.
Laurence will be sadfuI1y missed by
his little friends and also by his
sehooI-mates, as he was of such a low
ing disposition and had he not had
teh misfortune of departing this life
so 500 he would have made this
world see his mark some day.
He was not only endowed with a low
ing and gentle disposition but had
showed marks of intelligence by being
head of his class in the high school.
But God in His infinite goodness,
and mercy has seer fit to call him to
his everlasting resting place. His
will be done and not ours.
A FRIEND.
Church Point. La, July Gath, 1919.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
R. D. HUDSPETH
Dental Surgeon
Office in Landau Building.
opeiousas, La.
OLD TIMES, AND Wv

The time was in the memory OF
many people when a man worked for
SIS per week, famed himself two sum
mers with a five-cent palmetto, ate
ham bought at nine cents per pound
biscuits made from flour bought at
$3.50 per barrel, butter al 20 cents.
beefsteak at 10 cents, honey at eight
cents, and saved SIS each week. Now
the same man works for SIS per week,
eats go cents ham, keeps cool with a
$40 electric fan at IL cents per day
additional, drives as $500 a which
drinks up q cent gasoline much as
his old mule used to drink water,
sleeps on a $40 cotton mattress sits
in a SIS frail oak rocker bought on
the installment plan, eats biscuits
made of SIS flour, gets no steak at all,
except on Sunday mornings. and
lodges bill collectors by day and
night. He ave nothing at all ex-
cept his good standing with the club
Yazoo County News.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
Washington News
By JAS. A. GOING, Correspondent

Hon. M. Wolff of Alexandria, is in
cur town for a few days rest.
Hon. W. D. Newton of Birmingham,
Ala, was in town Thursday.
Washington State Bank has
installed the latest improved Bur-
roughs Electric Bookkeeping machine.
Messrs. J. G. Carriere and F. L. Bal
ley are both charmed with it's beauty
and usefulness.
Mr.. Sam D. Klaus and sister, Mrs.
Godhelf of vicksburg. were guests at
the Klaus home this past week.
Mr.. Sol Klaus and Miss Sadie
Schloss were over from Baton Rouge
Thursday.
Miss Shirley Kelt will represent
Washington at the Carnival Club
contest to be held in Baton Rouge at
some early date.
Mrs. Geo. W. Kelt and children and
Mrs. Mary Going motored to Opelou-
sas Wednesday.
Misses Dupre of Opelousas spent
Monday in town.
Ralph Fitzpatrick has completed his
work in the Assessors office at Alex
andria and is now at home.
Messrs. L. A. Poche and James A.
Going, motored to the parish capital
Thursday.
DR.. c.. H. Green was in Opelousas
Thursday and while there called on
the Clarion's force.
Last Tuesday night a most jolly
crowd ~congregated( at the EwelIs
home, an dit was not long before
everybody was either singing, or dane
ing some amuseing theselves by tell
ing fortunes with cards. Mrs. Roset-
ia Williams acted as hostess and
proved herself equal to the occasion.
Delicious cake, sherbet and candy
was served. Those present we're:
Misses Maud Baltic, Gabe Bidstrups,
Eleanor Wartelle, Cora Savant, Elvie
Pitre, Lennie Thompson. Mrs. Reset
ia Williams, Winona McCaffery, Mr..
and Mrs. Quirk McCaffery. Messrs.
Felix Wartelle, Oscar s. Cummings.
F. L. Bailey, Clarence P. Hellmin, c..
H, Green, D. D. s., James A. Going,
T. Culver Quirk.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

and no matter how strong and vital
you are today. sooner or later you will
suffer the consequences of a neglect
mouth, because bad teeth and health
in old age never go together.
It is said that Napoleon calculated
the value OF his brave warriors by the
condition of their teeth.
If yoa are suffering from Pyorrhea
Of the gums Riggs diseased or if you
have a decaying tooth, mouth odor is
always present and you not only be-
come the back-number in society, but
your mouth is actually converted
into the breeding place of millions of
germ parasites. These germs are con-
stantly On the 'watch-out" and are
ready to attack your body at the first
sign of constitutional weaking.
Millions OF cases Of rheumatism,
lung troubles, stomach disorders could
have been prevented by proper mouth
hygiene Federal investigation and
scientific research illustrates the fact
that over 80 per cent of all diseases
have their origin in the mouth.
Is it worth while to neglect your
mouth and teeth?
NoTICE-Tae writer of the above
is Dr.. G. H. Green, Dental Surgeon.
Washington, La. For the past II years
he devoted his time exclusively to the
treatment of all forms OF diseases,
their origin in the mouth. DIR.
Green is especially successful in the
painless extraction Of badly decayed
teeth and the replacement of same by
means of Bridge and Plate Work. He
also makes a specially of straighten-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

Miss Gladys Cannon from Alexan-
drfa, La, is spending the week at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. w. M. gilbert
son.
Messrs. Henry and Ivy Whip both
young men that served with the
army and navy overseas. were visitors
at their aunt's home, Mrs. w. M. Cul-
bertson.
Mrs. N. A. Normand of Alexandria,
spent Wednesday night with, Mrs.
W. N. Culbertson. Mrs. Normand is
the wife Of our distinguished statesmen
out of Alexandria, who travels for the
Avoyelles Wholesale Grocery Co., Ltd.
Mr. W. M. Culbertson left Wed
nesday evening for Alexandria, La,
where he went on some important
business.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
NEW DAY HAS DAMNED"
PRESIDENT TELLS SENATE

Continued from page y
members of the League of Nations
ask leave of the council of the league
to be permitted to go to the assist
lance Of a friend whose situation has
been found to be one Of peculiar peril,
without awaiting the advice of the
league to act.
IT is by taking such pledges as this
that we prove ourselves faithful to the
utmost to the high obligations of graft
tude an dtested friendship. Such an
act as this seems to me one of the
proofs that Wa r a people that sees
the true heart of duty and prefers
honor to its own separate course of
peace.
WOODROW WILSON,
The White House, July 20, 1919"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

While Guidry of Beggs was in town
Thursday.
Isaac Goetz, leading merchant of
Garland was here Thursday.
When it comes to social pleasure
fr the young people, old Washington
Win hold its own with any town of its
size IN Louisiana. Every night the
past week there was a get-to-gether
Everyone enjoying themselves to the
utmost.
Charles j. Gibson, arrived last Sat
urday from overseas, looking the pic
tufe Of health. He was with the 41st
Division for fifteen months doing pa
tfol duty along the border. between
Brest to Bordeaux, France.
Mrs. ]. A. Derbonne is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John C. Frichel in
Shreveport.
Judge and Mrs. S. B. Ewell, aad
daughter, Miss Make, are enjoying a
two weeks rest at Biloxi and other
points along the Gulf Coast. T. Gull
yer Quirk is in full charge of the
home during their absence.
Mrs. Vera N. Tate and two chill
dren, Walter and Mildred. left Mon
day morning for Pass Christian, Miss,
v spend several weeks with the fam
w Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fiegel formally of
Garland.
Mrs. George Bailey and son, Rich
and Of Alexandria is visiting her sis
Teri Mrs. J. Franklin ScheIl.
Mss Cecilia C. Gardner is in Vile
Platte visiting friends.
M. Henry J. Brignac had the mis-
iortune to lose a beautiful Jersey Cow
nght In the heart of town last We'd
hesday evening due to the neglect
q the town officials to enforce the
sock ordinance, which is becoming
moearable to the people. The Mayor
strongly favors the enforcement of
this ordnance, but he has so much
iAtn In the people to believe they
Nil listen to his appeal and keep
y their milk cows. especially at night
instead OF forcing him to resort of
ether means.
MISS Cora Sayant of Whiteville is
us charming guest of her sister, Mrs.
4 s Pierrel.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
TO THE PUBLIC

In order to assist the widow Louis
Deshotels and her fatherless children
I have leased the Deshotels gin at
Deshoteis, in Grand Prairie, and have
made a modern and u~p-to-date gin
plant of it. respectfully ask for the
patronage of the good people Of that
section of st. Landry and Evangeline,
and promise them good and quick ser
vice. will charge the lowest current
rates for ginning.
FRANK FoNTENoT, Lessee.
july &c St
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02

ing irregular teeth. Dr.. Green is now
permanently located in Washington.
La. to practice his profession OF den
tistry. Out of town patrons are re-
quested to make appointment in ad.
vance, if possible, in order to obtain
the proper cars and treatment.
Office Hours-Morning, 9 to IL: af-
ternoon, l to 5; Sundays, 10 to 12m.-
adv.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1919-08-02
FRIDAY
MARGUERITE CLARK. AND
EUGENE o'BRiEN
M
Come Out of the Kitchen"
FRIDAY

Adapted from the famous stage sue
cess by the same am
A charming drama Of which Mar
guerite Clarke cast in her daintiest
role. Eugene O'Brien. Watch the
young girls and a few of the old
ones) as the lover, land oh, my how
that man can love-" that's what we
heard n lady say the last time we
ran Mr.. O'Brien.
Extra Added Attraction
James Montgomery Flagg SatricaI
Comedy!
"WELcoME LITTLE STRANGER"
The real stuff in refined modern
comedy"
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"The World before your eyes
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