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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30

hlV carry by an overwh, mling ma
jorlty and there seems very little Do
mocratic sentiment in the First
Ward, II reuplts reaching Houma are
correct. In til" Second, Eighth and
Ninth Wards, Cox VIII muster his
'~rcatest strength, thohgh there will
b.. en'si ! j. Jeraolr fiar4-A s-.port is
Ms tn. .s.,sn
~s ~vnt'n}e@s II thas time, xougln
ssa-s*~ "a=E Y ch ! ses before the
ns'1,s.rSt2'ion n Of Republican senti-
ment. an tnderculra rant Of feeling for
the ID moclatlc party. which was the
u:t,;ouhted savior Of Southern civi1i-
zs.t~lon When the supremacy Of the
y hlte Man was threatened by the
mistaken policy Of Republican ad-
m:nlsn41ions shortly after the Civil
v Ar may yet assert and hold the par
lsh in |inp fer Democracy.
Resentment against the Democratic
party, Cue largely to the sugar stu
3tIon, >ha t.:e ancient !ngrained love
Tor the Oh Party of White Supreme
cE, are torc.s that are today fighting
one against the other in the hearts Of
"Hr people of this section. Which
IS the strongest? Which of these
two undercurrauts will gain the mas
terry and carry the parish on Nevem-
ber Second?
Tuesday will give the answer to
the question.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30

tun!, tJr entertainment along clean
heat Y INES. It is hoped that every-
one Wl4t show their approval of this
idea ~ attending the games of the
Ass1@'r rt1aS: The Chairman ofxthe
Asill>nd Athletic Association is Mr..
Naltt} ffalean, and the Secretary
ami Treasurer is Mr. Pierre Dupre.
Its2 mtmbers are John Adams
Jam"$1cf%er, K. J. Baird, Dovic
BcrG, "'Is, Sidney Boudreaux. Willie
BoUji@H"@, Ellie Brady, Edmond Bru
ne., tl9're Buquet, Pete Buquet, Os-
car l14.E2l3a, James tagnier, Vic
tor a!s.':Esn, lancy Cuneo ,lAbbie Du-
plai!t:' P'erre Dupre, Allie Guidry,
Lon!s l~aj}1t, Ivy Leblanc, Lawrence
leh2uF.. Sidney LeBouef, Campbell
Jon'@ A,''uIe Llrette. Lee Lottinger,
tlI! at' ct}roy, irving Moore, Will
son f'a~ H"han Porche, Walter Pra-
jean, 44ta,er Richardson, Enos Robi-
chau=, tedcie Kobichaux, Evans
RoduJ ts'<sen Roger. Paul Savois, Cy-
ril Gtcf AE4in Walker, Walter
II = It-rr#
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30
- Observation-Disclosures OR
CO%}OLD DEMOCRTICPARTY
MAY CHANCE

vita t... near aporrcah ui The gen
eiail tsv,tis'2, VI III. /. VIII take Ditc,
iit>V t1v-s'.y, pe,,,ie ale lightning t.
tAI'It@a tf.> ntosi>>o with n.s1t~t l.
ttls i'.' .:,.a>!.ll candid lie :. great
ds,ll l-.c.-. .;~,.y tg ..try .>.l,. IN
clltod t., .. = few rs : ago. From
the -'.@3@t,"a, ttn4! =.e lips
~ :t's': i II - sn,i :A,ndl y
pa Is ,r ,:.> "a4-o, ,f.v nay ;,.ts!>.s
1t4r'\ wei .r,;l:.% tie strength pf
u" teptr:,> 4 ,4i.i democratic can
a1siates IN tins LEGALITY.
Ii may bv =4iu N.....~,.>~ e>.g-.>ra-
days Of the Progressive" molcment,
back III the ss.mnrr of 1914, has
there been shown on the surface at
leaSt 4 atfurE2r an.i~dem0cratic
feeling that cae finds in this parish
today. Ask ten men how they are
gong 10 vote III the coming election
Tor President, and if they express
themselves az all, which they are very
apt 20 to with considerable vehe-
mence, nine cut Of that ten will say
they are going to vote for Harding.
anu II does not seem to matter
"fctner the persons are residents Of
Houma CT OF the most remote part of
the country district-uith few excep
tons they do not hesitate to reveal
their feelings, which in nine tenths of
cases favors the Republican cahAi-
date.
Here in nouma that feeling is very
pronounced, although Houma has
been regarded as Democratic strong
hold 1or fifty years, and III 1916, ac-
tually gave a majority for Wade O.
Martin against Whit P. Martin. the
progressive candidate Yet it is ex-
treneiy doubtful whether the Demo- |
cratic ticket will muster maioritv |
next Tuesday, it these expressions
heard everyWehre in town Indicate
the true state of affairs. In the low
er part Of the parish, in three wards
The sixth, seventh and fourth-Hard-
ng appears to be stronger than Cox,
and in the Fifth Ward (anotner De
stronghold the Republican
candidate has considerable strength
The Tenth Ward, Harding will proba-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30
CIRCUSf'E0PLEv VOTE
By MAIL
- HARDING VOTES SENT BY
NEs.i;EHS Oh HDNES' CIR
tlS 10 INDIANA SE>PE-
IANN 81 STATE.

Thirty members Of Ilowes' Great
i.oI1',"u Cncu@, Which showed hefe
Sunday, a""ij@d t5em2e!sc5 uf their
rights nnder In" election laws Of IN
diana, Vh~re they are ce=e~'";jad TO
cast their votes through The mai,
Sunday.
They made out their ballots and
signed the necessary attitlavits before
Fl. NJ 'ou1&, attorney ard notary,
and forwarded them to the Secretary
Of State OF Indiana,
Every one Of the thirty votes thus
east was for Harding for President.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30
FOREIGN CRUISE FOR IT. q.
FI EfTS

Secretary of the Navy Daniels an
nounces that after the joint battle
practice Of the Atlantic and Pacific
Fleets in May, each fleet will start
a foreign cruise, the Atlantic Fleet
visiting South American ports, Cape
town and possibly other South Afri-
can ports. St Helena, the nome Of
Napoleon while he was in captivity
will also be visited rhe Pacific
Fleet will visit the South Sea Is
lands, Australia, New Zealand Tas-
mania. One object of these rruises
IS to give men recently enlist and
men enlisting between now an nexf
May an opportunity to see t. world.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30
Houma, La, Oct. =

Houma, La, Oct =. H..
The Police Jury of the I".. .
Terrebonne met this day at th4 es
House in Houma, La. in ar@1-I s@.-
sion
Were present: Messrs ! Chill
louet, Sam Polmar, r, ". ("~.
J. Bonvillain, J. c. Dup"n., |l@.
Hebert, A A. Sanders, J. &, U.l9A"-
tis, Emile Marr,-rr,;r.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30
Adopted October Is, 1920

The President appointed Moesr@
Polme1- and Bonviliain witt n4
Wurzlow attorney, to appear hof4te
the Police Jury Of the Parish q l.e-
fourche to present above re$S!utior. -
meeting to be held By zaid 'hodv on
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1920-10-30

itG OF UNpRUPTTlDUc
IONS, BUSINESS RE-
t'tk'i ED GOOD.

J warm Wtatner since the
II the oyster shipping sea
~ much salt water dee to tha
eit js:o September hurricane,
ar a q tn rather poor tundj~
''.'a t..~-,~'s thus far, and the
~ ~, !ling OF in shipn. ent.,.
- "rc therefore awaitin:.
- - with a greet deal Of
Coz - oysters need to be fat-
tenn at will happen when
the E,omes more propitious
ior opment of the oysters.
| Ill %tNi al tho weather conditions
fefa' 'a2 growth and develoDing
OF u Il ma oysters considered,
tnt:e-. zen very good report,
fr2nl <arlons packing houses in
roraf" . The volume of business done
this Ees' rs compared with that done
up t., his Lime last season.
The Press., 1920-07-15
EYEBROW IS HIS SPECIALITY
New York Beauty Doctor" Makes Good Living MInistering to the
 Vanity of Women.

The American woman, according to a New York doctor, Is the loveliest woman in the world. and he Is begin ming a drive" to keep her so. He rails against the habits and customs of New York women, and declares they are ruining their intellects and their health by trying to keep young and beautiful the wrong way.
 Flesh Is menace to longevity, and the woman over thirty should be care full of her diet. and take plenty of exercise. She should eat very little meat, plenty of fresh vegetables and fruit. and she should never smoke a cigarette!
 The man of the hour in New York is the eyebrow specialist, who can change a woman from a beetle-browed beauty to a beauty with eyebrows that are just a slender curved line. That man does nothing but alter the shape of women's eyebrows. and he makes a good living at 1t.
 and a little pair of silver tweezers. With these he tweaks out hair after hair until only little group where the brow starts are left. Then he puts on some healing cream to ease the irrfta- ton of the tweaking, and finally, when he takes slender camel's-hair brush and paints narrow curved line where your hairs once were.
The Press., 1920-07-15
HE JUST WANTED TO KNOW
Possible Explanation for Nonappean ance of Watch Had Suddenly
 Dawned on Simple Farmer.

Supt. J. B. Oursler of the Carnegie Steel company has established cost price store for his 12,5OO workmen. thus circumventing the local profteer.
 One of the local profiteers asked MT. Oursler If he would not shut up the cost-price store. as 1t was interfering with the other stores profits. but Mir. Oursler answered:
 twill shut up our cost-price store. eh? We'll, that is about the naivest question I ever heard. Yes, it's as naive question as the young farmers"
 "The young farmer's?" said the prof iteer.
 "A young Pike county farmer" ex- plained MT. Ousler, ''stalked up to the inquiry office in Pittsburgh station and asked:
 ""This here's the inquiry office. ain't itr
 "'Sure is.' said the capable young clerk.
 "'Wall,' said the Pike county farm CT, about eight hours ago a gazabo took my new watch down the street to get my name engraved on 1t free gratis so's 1t wouldn't get lost, and Pm kind of tired of waitin'. so what I want to inquire isis there onrest in the engravin' trade, and are all tho Pittsburgh engravers out on strike or sump'n'?"
The Press., 1920-07-15
NO INSURANCE ON HAPPINESS
LIoyds Refuses to Take the Risk That Seems to Be Involved In in-
 ternationai Marriaoes.

About the only thing the Lloyds will not insure is happiness to follow an International marriage. While some American women who welded repre- sentatives of the nobility of the old world found happiness, vastly larger number found failure to be their DOT tion. The honeymoon trail of these internationaists shows many ship wrecks. As rule the representative of the nobility seeks a mate among the wealthy who have unsatis1ed so- cial ambitions Given these cOndi- tions, the chance for presentation at court, the glamour of title, the ex- clusiveness of social relations with the titled great, cause many a young woman to forget prudence and have made many fathers and mothers will ing to approve a heavy bet on slim chance.
 The long string of women who have come back across the Atlantic broken hearted and slim of purse since Nell lie Grant made. her unhappy alliance has taught little wisdom to those who are courted by the titled but ofttimes penniless nobility.-Ohio State Jour nal
The Press., 1920-07-15
Plan to lrrioate Eovpt.

For many years projects have been under consideration for obtaining such a complete control of the waters of the upper Nile as will enable Egypt to develop its agricultural resources to the utmost and to secure the coun- try against the dangers of excessive floods, while permitting the Sudan also to develop to some extent it's own vast resources.
 The works contemplated will extend over a generation and involve the ex- penditure of tens of millions of dol lars, affecting the entire future of irri- gation throughout the Nile basin. The commission, 1t Is reported. will consist of three members: An irrigation engineer nominated by the government of India as president and a British physicist nominated by the University of Cambridge, while to draw on the wide experience available in America on questions of irrigation and water supply. and still further to strengthen the independence of the commission, an irrigation engineer nominated by the government of the United States will constitute the third member,
The Press., 1920-07-15

splration that had flung those words from her -pen-or would they remain birdlike and alert7
 Rylance drew 8 laggard breath.
 The eyes were utterly and complete ly blank. Then he remembered that undoubtedly poets forgot many of their own inspired words as soon as they were transferred to paper. He was. however. disappointed. More and more he regretted having risked losing the ideals he had formed of Paula Raymond through her verses. He wished he had remained In his dream of her out in the broad West.
 Then some strange impelling force dragged his eyes to those of the quiet Beth and. as if she had been flung be- fore him in painted letters. he knew the truth.
 Her eyes were alight and her cheeks were soft flames while now from her lips came forth flood of exquisite words like the rushing torrent of an impatient brook. An. explanation, won- derful. deep with thought, and put for . with such brilliant understand ing as to make the soul of Rylance glow within him. came from that other soul-the soul that Rylance had loved.
 Beth had been making frantic eff forts to stop the flow of words from Paula's lips. Her alert eyes had caught the knowing expression In the WeSterner's quiet smile. and somehow she felt a keen relief.
 You are fortunate In your friend ship" Rylance said with queer look in his eyes, there are not many chums who could so get under the mind of the other and In fact sense the poetic thought of another so truly and express 1t so magnificently."
 Paula had the added grace to blush and Beth jumped up suddenly, bent on brewing a cup of tea. Having beaten her retreat, she wondered what method from the false position they had as- stunned.
 Paula was not troubled about having given away her identity, but she felt a bit startled at the new emotions within her that she knew were not des- tined to spend themselves on the mere writing of verse.
 Then Beth. from the little kitchen ette. heard Rylance speaking.
 You couldn't have hidden your soul long from me, Paula Raymond. have loved it too we'll for 1t to escape me under a camoutiage."
 Beth couldn't hear Paula's answer, but 1t must have been satisfactory, for when she returned with a dainty tea tray there was an atmosphere of hap piness that prompted her thoughts to stray toward orange blossoms and wedding and a tiny flat.
The Press., 1920-07-15
DAD" R0YALEs LUCKY DAY
Old Man Had Reason to Be Thankful That His Pig Developed Quality
 of Enterprise.

One of the most important applica. tions of geological science is the point ing out of places likely to yield stores of mineral wealth. And yet, where copper is concerned. the really great discoveries in this country have been made by pure luck.
 It was Old Man Royale's pig that located, according to the story, the richest copper mine in the world-the famous Calumet lode.
 Old Man Royale was not interested in mining; he kept a boarding house. But his pig was gifted with the valu. able quality of enterprise. Grubbing In the back yard. it "snooted up" @ prehistoric Indian cache.
 The cache contained a large quan- tity of copper. fortune in itself. But examination of the rock beneath dis closed veins of the metal, and mining operations thereupon undertaken de veloped the Calumet lode, which has since paid $145. 100000 in dividends and $5OO.OOO,OOO In wages. Native" copper was used to & con- siderable extent by the Indians in pre- Columbian days, for ornamental pur- poses chiefly. Ancient aboriginal skel- etons have been dug up wearing cop per masks. In Michigan they got cop per out of rocks by building fires against them; and huge nuggets of mass" copper weighing hundreds of pounds have been found in the Lake Superior region which showed signs of unsuccessful attack. The Indians had no tools with which to cut up such great Jumps. and they could not carry them away bodily.
 Copper is the American metal par excellence. and of all the metals Is the most useful to mankind, iron alone excepted.
The Press., 1920-07-15
Hawaii Led In Prohibition.

Historians of the Hawaiian islands assert that an Hawaiian monarchy was the first government In the world to put absolute prohibition into effect.
 Kamehameha the Great, first king of United Hawaii. in 1795, after having conquered all the other islands. issued an edict imposing prohibition. Its pen alties. were drastic. An offender was stripped of his property. real and per sonal, and was driven from his village clad only in a loin cloth. >~
 Tn later years foreign nations forced liquor on the Hawaiians and it's sale was general in the islands until the great war. when, with the opening of the army training camps on the is- lands. prohibition went into effect.
The Press., 1920-07-15
War Disability.

Although Modern Medicine credits medical science with having accom- plished wonders during the late war in eradicating or reducing diseases that have previously ravaged fighting armies, it maintains that disabilities resulting from the war are due in more cases to disease than to wounds. Fig ures compiled by the English ministry of pensions show that of all the pen sions granted down to September |, 1918, 58 per cent were on account of disease. Tuberculosis and chest com plaints were responsible for 11.2 per cent, rheumatism for 6.5 per cent and heart disease for 9.9 per cent. Only incomplete figures are available con- cerning American experience, but of 7,710 cases dealt with by the federal board of vocation up to January 31, 1919, by far the greater portion were due to disease.-Youth's Companion.
The Press., 1920-07-15
AmerIea,s Telephone Industry.

According to the report by the bu- reau of the census showing the results of the census of telephones. covering the year 1917, there are s, 234 separate telephone systems and lines. These lines and systems operated 2S,827, ,1SS miles of wire In the United States enough to glrdle the earth at the equator 1.153 times-and connected 11.716,52O telephones and 21 ,175 public exchanges.
 The messages or talks" sent ov>- these wires aggregated the stupendous total of nearly 22,OO0. 900, 900. or, to be exact, 21.s45. .T22 1855. Figured on the estimated population of the country in 1917, this gives 211 messages per an- mum to. every man, woman and child.
The Press., 1920-07-15
Why Hair Nets Are Dear.

The hair net business of ChefOO, China, Is In a state of chaos owing to complications caused by buyers from Shanghai going directly to the makers In the region of Chingchowfu and thus competing with the firms with which these had contracts. Consequently th.. price has increased about 300 per cent Whence Comes Turpenttne.
 Most people know that turpentine is product of the pine tree, but are not acquainted with the means by which 1t Is obtained.
 Beneath the bark of the tree are resin-secreting cells, whose output is meant by nature for healing wounds.
 If the skin of the tree be wounded severely, many more of these cells, much larger in size. develop and pour out great quantities of resin.
 Hence, to procure the resin. the bark Is we'll scared with cuts (preferabiy made in series of parallel V's). and receptacle is placed beneath to catch tho fluid as it exudes.
 The fluid is then distilled and the volatile part of It. which passes over. Is turpentine. The residue Is what we call "rosin" and is used for many pur- poses. one of its empl0yments being in the manufacture of explosives.-Kan- sas City Star.
 shuts on 0aa
 7. Above the frame of new gas light fixture Is 8 turbine that Is whirled by the heated air. stopping and shut ting off the flow of gas should the flame be blown out.
The Press., 1920-07-15
NOTICE!

I have a few two-horse revers- ible Walking Flows left at $17.5O each, also bargains on other makes of blows for the next ten days.
 Can show you 8 splendid line of ot her implements, including Clark's Cutaway Harrows, Spring Tooth and Smoothing Harrows Weeders, Prout Hoes, Walking and Riding Cultivators and Hill CTS. The Worcester, Adriance, Deering and Mccormick Mowers, New Bullard and Steel Tedders, the Worcester Champion and Deering Rakes.
 Repairs for the above named implements.
 Field and Silage Corn, Millets, Hungarian and all kinds of Grass Seed. Fertilizers for all crops. SETH SCHOFIELD,
 R. F. D. }, Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1920-07-15
Penitentiary Farms Success.

Included in the report of the gov ernor of the Edmonton, Alberta Gan ada), penitentiary to the superintend- ent of penitentiaries Is an interesting paragraph dealing with the farm operations carried on at the peniten- tiary as we'll as its mining operations. Some 70 acres were under cultiva ton during the past year and were farmed with gratifying results. From this small acreage, after buying a tractor and stubble blow at, a cost of $1,314 i've show a net profit of $4.191.17. From 9A acres of wheat we thrashed 45 bushels to the acre, and from II acres of potatoes we sold $500 bushels, Our oats yielded 85 bushels to the acre. and the amount of small vegetables was exceptionally good Our intensive. farming has been very profitable"
The Press., 1920-07-15
Proper Food for Parrot.

Parrots in the wild state live on seed and fruit. and should. while in captivity, be fed as nearly as possible the same kind of food. They should be fed sunfower seed. hemp seed, boiled yellow corn. stale bread soaked in water an occasional piece of apple or banana. roasted peanuts, dry crack CTS. Plenty of water and gravel should be kept in the cage. The parrots cage should be cleaned every day.
The Press., 1920-07-15
The Wronu Man.

"These two crestfallen footpads were brought to the police station by the man they sandbagged."
 "Well. If they ever hit him once I don't see how he kept from toppling over"
 Easily enough. The person they struck was Prof. Finetti, circus star. who bounced down a. flight of steps on his head."-Birmingha gham-Age-Herald.
The Press., 1920-07-15
Heart ExpeIs Bullets.

During the war surgeons did some extraordinary operations on the heart. An account of these and of the tech nique Is given by Sir Charles Balance. consulting surgeon of St. Thomas' hos pital, London. in the Lancet. An in- teresting fact related by him Is that bullets that penetrated the heart were often expelled through the aorta with the blood and were found at remote parts of the body where they had stuck In an artery.
The Press., 1920-07-15
Friuhtened Lad.

We were taking a curve in the road slowly when we ran into a boy. He was not hurt, but was very much frightened. When we asked him why he was so frightened when he wasn't hurt. he explained: You see, pap is sick and he hasn't enough money to pay for repairs, and thought broke the fiiyyer."-Exchange,
The Press., 1920-07-15
"Bump the Bumps" for Electric Iron

"Bump the eumps" for Electric Iron.
 In one of the large electric manu- featuring companies which IS among other things engaged In, the manufac- ture of electric irons, specimen iron from each hundred or so Is taken and subjected to severe test by series of bumps on hard surface, reL foduc- ing as far as possible the shocks which 1t receives while In use on the ironing board. A well-bu.lt iron will stand this treatment from 16 to 24 hours before fl fails
The Press., 1920-07-15
Stranoe NameR Ponular.

In India names are likely to change as a result of conversion to Christi anity. For instance, MT. Nosepricked becomes Mir. Servant of Jesus; Mr Beggar, Mir. Child of the Church, and Mrs. She Devil. Mrs. Happiness.
The Press., 1920-07-15

Firestone puts the best in materials into tubes by establishing purchasing experts at Singapore, center of the worlds rubber market. Firestone puts the best in work manship into tubes by organizing the crack manufacturing organization of the industry on proft-sharing basis.
 And then subjects the finished product to this big-scale road test-in order to get you more for your tube money and more miles out of your tires. And yet Firestone Tubes cost no more than the ordinary kind.