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, 1920-04-22
DEAFNESS
And Noises In The Head.

IF YOU ARE A SUFFERE-Go to
your Local Druggist and order CON-
CENTRATED SOURDAL,' price lis
per tin. This New remedy gives almost
immediate relief, and quickly effects a
permanent cure. 1t penetrates to the
actual seat of the complaint, and has
completely cured many cases which were
considered hopeless. If your Chemist
does not yet stock 'SOURDAL', do not
accept any substitute, but send money
order for a supply direct to the 'SOUR-
DALI DISTRIBUTING co, SO STA
TON ROAD, CROYDON, SURREY,
ENG, and a package will be mailed per
return with full directions.
, 1920-04-22
BATES OF EXCHANGE.

There was a decided fal in the rates of
exchange during last week, the round
sterling rising in value by about 9 cents
in the dollar, and thus infusing conf
dence in early reests blishment of the value
of the British Pound. Today the buying
bank rate, which once stood as high as
Al per cent, is now 22.-IbGd.
, 1920-04-22
DENTISTS CONDEMN GOLD TEETH.

Gold teeth and Filings were condemned
in resolutions adopted by the American
Academy of Dental Science holding a
Convention on Feb. 4. They were termed
"out of date and not conducive to gen
eral good health" The dentists also
went on record as being against removal
of nerves from decayed teeth preparatory
to filling. Ibid.
, 1920-04-22

by science have met with Wonderful sue
cess after all, despite the fact that cpl
denies still rage and men still die of dis
ease. Small pox, the deadly scourge of
countless centuries, has been rendered
practically inoffensive. Yellow Fever
and Malaria, which In former times rem
uered many large and fertile sections of
the world almost uninhabitable for White
Men, have been conquered. The deadly
scourge of Diptheria has been robbed
OF its terrors by that most efficient of
cures and preventatives- Anti--texin
while Typhus and Typhoid Fevers claim
very few victims in these later days, AL
though all this is true, yet there remains
much yet to be done, for Rheumatism
still t%ortures and cripples almost un-
checked, and Pneumonia and Tuberculo-
SIS claim almost as many victims as here
t0fore. Any invention or disco very that
may MITIGATE the ravages Of these Cap
tains of the men of death cannot fail to
be of vast interest to mankind. In a re-
cent issue of the New York Herald,
DR.. Harris A. Houghton tells of an ex-
pertinent being made in birmingham,
Mass, for the elimination Of COnsump-
ton from that city, the experiment, if
successful. is certain, of course, to be
AuIICdlSu SlSSWISLCs 1IS uIOVG WAS Sl3EL~
ed by one of the large industrial life
insurance companies with an initial
gift of $500, 900. The National Asso-
citation for the study and proven
ton of tuberculosis accepted the trust
and DR.. D. B. Armstrong was selected
as director of the experiments. Fran
ingham, with Is, 900 inhabitants, was
selected for the place. The plan followed
was to examine the largest possible
number Of people for tubercular cases
and to treat the cases found. Not less
than 4,473 persons were examined, sew
enty-seven per cent were i'll to some de-
gree and all but fourteen per cent, of
these we're classified as wholly or parti-
ally preventabIe. Of the total number
affected by disease, So cases of Pulmonary
tuberculosis were found, or 2-16 percent,
of the total examined. The most up to. date
treatment vas given, and the practical
result at the close of the second year is
thus summed up During the preceding
decade the tuberculosis death rate was
996 per 100, 900. For 1917 it was SO per
100, 600. For 1918 it was Ia per 100, 000-
a most remarkable decrease. And the in
dications are that there will be a still
greater decrease, because centres of in
lection will be gradually eliminated, the
town ply sicians w%illfacquire greater skill
in dealing with the sSease, and the peo.
, 1920-04-22
THE WHITE DEATH.

In the AcGdjam Recorder we read that
the assaults made upon human maladies
, 1920-04-22

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The Washington times., 1920-04-15
4 COMBAT AIRPLANES
WILL BE SENT TO BORDER
Tests of Machines Equipped With
Heavy Armament Will Be
Made Near Mexico.

-Four rcmodeled De Haviland-4 air
planes, equipped with eight machine
guns each. will be sent to the Mexi-
can border for service tests, the Air
Service announced today.
The armament consists of two
fixed synchronized guns, two hxed
Marlin guns projecting through the
floor of the pilots cockpit. two heIi-
Bile guns on tho upper gun mount,
and two Lewis guns in the moor. At
the rear Of the observers cockpit.
The pilot, in attacking q target.
fiies the plane In such q way as to
fire tho synchronized guns directly
at the mark. AZ ho gets closer he
raises tho plane slightly and opens
hre through tho floor with his sec
ond set Of guns. After he passes
over the target the lower rear guns
are brought to bear and as he climbs
tho observer can fire his hsxihly
msunted Lswfs guns.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
SEES U.S.. NAVY
BEST IN WORLD
Cong. Britten Predicts America
Will Excel Britain on
Seas BY 1923.

Following the testimony that the
navy personnel 10 being dsmoraiissd
through rssignations and dsssrtions.
Congressman Britten OF Illinois. rank
ing member OF the House Naval At
fairs Committee. has presented TO
the House q study based upon very
exhaustive investigation to show that
the American navy In 1923 will be
superior to the British navy.
Britten's action was considered OF
Importance because OF the nEht being
made by the Republican Steering Com
mittce or the House to prevent the
granting OF additional pay 10 officers
and men OF the navy. AZ member
OF the House conference committee
considering the pay Increase bill
Britten has been making a nEht Tor
the Increase and practi"a'y In den
ance OF the Steering Co0aattee edict
, Grand Biow-Up Likely.
1t II evident the naval pay Increase
situation Is reaching point where
there may be q grand blow-up on the
floor II the Steering Committee con-
tinues in its policy OF preventing the
i""rcases. Britten would not discuss
the situation today nor talk about MS
action in suddenly submitting the nB-
ure. on ships and armament TO the
House.
7. "a known. however, that he has
aligned himself with two Democratic
members OF the House COMMITTEES In
favor OF the pay increas.s and thus
has created q situation that IL any
action Is taken at all II will be action
to ipcrease the pay and to overthrow
the Steering Committee.
Brittcn has said in public state
meuts that the future o. the navy de-
pepds upon the maintenance az n
tra 'ned and highly efficient persornel. !.
and that this personnel cannot be mao
unless the pay incren 'cs are granted
That the pay increases would net
involve the expenditure OF more than
81 .0O0. 900 has been casual estimate
submitted BIZ him. And he, II Is
known. has been rather discouraged
that the steering COMMITTEES would
m the pay increa ,es involving such
nall sum in the face OF authentic
information that the. navy personnel
Is rapidly being shot to pieces.
some Information had by Congress
IL that if all the navy desertcrs were
arrested there would be no room III
prisons TO confine them.
superssrity h Fsrssee~.
2Brittens fgures show the follow,
ing comparisons as to the naval
strength In 1928:
United 'states--Main battery guns
$40.
Main battery guns. average, caiiber.
i4h inches.~- 80, .-.....
Main battery guns, aversge number
Total weight Of broadside projec-
tiio.. 5sS.6SS pounds. VI -, i.
United States supsrior weight oil
broadside projectiles. "a per cent
Total displacement superiority. 700
per cent.
Total displacement superiority OF
average ship, 34.2 per cent
United States total displacement
1,11S.650 tons.
British total displacement, ss4.1oo
tons.
United States average displacement
per ship, 80 ,S9S tons.
British average speed, 23.6S. snip
20, 260 tons.
United States average speed. 1854
knots.
British average speed. 23es knots,
Britain-Main battery gums, 314.
Main battery guns, average caliber,
13 2-3 inches. '-
Main battery guns, average num-
Der, per ship. S.eI.
Total weight of broadside projec-
tiles, 4S4.0S0 pounds.
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
ADVERTISEMENT
Weak, Thin, Nervous
PeoOIe Should Take
Biho.Phosophate
what II In AsA How 70 rners>-ss Weight,
strsegth asA Ncrvs-rsv~~,

btreN9th aaA Nwve-Forr~.
Judging frrr tho countless preparations
and trestmcnts whioh are eontinuaiiy beins
advertised for tho purposs Of making thin
people ncshy, dsvoispins arms sad nsch,
and replacing ugly hoIiews and srgiss by
the soft curved hpcs Of health and beauty,
thsro are evidently Thousands of rres and
women sho kssniy fssi their sRssssivs
thirnsss
Thinns-s s.d veeksess are sf,s~ cue 10
starved nsvves. Our bodice eeed msvs
phssphsts than u sestaifsa In mefsvn
feods fhyvtotass cisira tks~e ~ Nsthiss
that will supply this dsssisrsy 50 we'll ~
the orGsrio phosphate knsvn srnsos dug
Hists as bitro-phcsyhsts, which 10 iuss-
psnsivs and 70 sold w Peoples Dug Stores
srd NEST ell druggists under . susssntss
OF rstisfsction OF money back.
BY feeding the nerves directly and by
supplying the body cells with the necesvsry
phcsphoric food elements, kltro- phosphate
shsuid soon pVedoos . welcome transforms
tion In the appearance; the ircreass In
weight frequently being astonishing.
fnoreass IN weight also carries with n .
general Improvement In the health. Eer-
voosness. sie~piessness and lack sf energy,
which nearly always accompany excessive
thinn--s. should soon disappear, dail eyes
sriGhten and pale cheeks sIsv With the
sseesp ~ perfect health,
CAUTfoNi-whiie bltre-fsssphsts 10
.sssrpa.sed fer the relief ef rerveussess
ssssesi desifity, etc, thess tsking "a vhs
De net dssfre ts pvt % nssh snsvfd -
sgtn vsrs tn avesdisg tat ppsaueiuo fssdk
The Washington times., 1920-04-15
RUPTURE
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Wome en- and
Children
At National Hotel,
Washington, D. c.
REPRESENTING
w. s. RICE
Adams, N. Y.
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Our Expert, A. r. Per-
kins, will be at the Ma
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and Pennsylvania Ave-,
April II, l3, II, IS, 10
and II. He will be as
sisted by Miss S. P.
Meegan in fitting the
women and children.
Every ruptured man,
woman or child should
take advantage of this
opportunity.
The Rice Method for
Rupture is known the
whole world over. You
can now see this Method
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a Rice Appliance fitted
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satisfied to keep the
Outfit after having the
Appliance adjusted and
you see how perfectly
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Don t. wear a truss all
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National Hotel. Office
hours, 9 to II A. NJ, 2
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to 9.
Don't miss this great
opportunity to see an
Expert on Hernia.
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of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
for value received, hereby promises to
pay to bearer, on the first day of
July 19-, the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,O00.00) in lawful money
of the United States of America with
interest thereon at the rate of five
per centum $50 per, annum, payable
semi-annually on the 1st days of Jan
uary and July in each year, upon pre-
sentation and surrender of the inter
-est coupons hereto attached as the
same shall mature, both the princi-
pal and interest of this bond are pay
able at the office of the treasurer of
the Parish of St. Landry, at Opelou-
sas, Louisiana, or at the option of the
holder, at the National Park Bank in
the City of New York, in the State of
New York.
This bond is issued by Road Dis
trict No. II of the Parish of ST. Ian
dry, State of Louisiana, for the pur-
pose of constructing, improving and
maintaining public roads and bridges
in said district, under and by virtue
of the authority conferred by Article
PSI of the Constitution of the State
of Louisiana and Act 256 of the Gen
eTal Assembly of the State of Louis
lana, for the year 1910, as amended,
and this bond was especially author
lied at an election held in Road Dis
tict No. IL of the Parish Of St lar
dry, on the 18th day Of June, 1919,
the returns of which election were
duly promulgated on the 18th day of
July, 1919.
The debt represented by this bond
and the issue of which it forms a part
was incurred and the said bonds were
issued by virtue of the authority con
ferred by the Constitution and Act
TO and conforming to the
results of an election held by the !
taxpayers In Road District +
No. 11eof the Parish of st. Landry. /
qualified to vote at the election held |
on the 18th day of June, 1919, who |
the governing authority
If Road District No. II of the Par /
sh of st. Landry, to levy in each year
4 tax sufficient on all prop
srty situated in said district
20 pay the principal and interest of
laid bonds in accordance with law,
md, and it is hereby certified that
Ill acts, conditions and things requir-
ID to be done precendent to and in
he issuance of this bond and of the
ssue of which it forms part in or
Ter to make the same legal, valid and
binding obligations of Road District
20. II of the Parish of st. Landry,
ave existed, have happened and have :,
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ond day of March, 1920, in regular
and lawful session, with the following
members present:
DR.. F. o. Pavy, president. persid-
ing; Messrs. j. T. st. Cyr, H. d. Lar
eade, K. L. Mills, ]. P. Pitre, E. A.
Cummings, K. T. Catlett, w. NJ. Rush
ing, F. P. Martin, Alex Sylvestre. Al
len Mccoy, Geo. Greig, w. C. Dejean.
AbSent-Messrs. j. e. DALEY. W.
+. Brown, Theo Doueet.
Motion by Mr.. Cummings
That the clerk of this body be and
he is hereby authorized to cancel war
rant for the sum Of $4,000, approved
through error February 8, 1920. in
favor of Albert Andrus for road and
bridge work, second ward.
Motion carried
Mr.. R. L. Mills offered the follow
ing ordinance, duly seconded, to-wit j:
AN ORDINANCE
10 provide for furthering work of
eradication of the Texas fever
carrying tick; to prohibit the
transportation or movement OF
cattle into this parish without a
~AAAAASJ " pAOFlQC lOt expenses
incurred in dipping cattle under
certain conditions.
Section BE it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. lam
dry, That in order to further the
work of eradication of the Texas fe-
ver-carrying tick in this parish, it
shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to move tra0snort oy have
moved into this parish any cattle
from other parts of the state or else
where without permit having first
been obtained from an inspector of
the Louisiana State Live Stock SAM
tary Board, that said CATTLE are free
from ticks.
Section BE it further ordained.
etc, That for the violation of Section
/ of this ordinance said person or per
sons shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor and shall on conviction be
fined not less than $1,000 nor more
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than $4,000, or in default thereof be
Imprisoned in the parish jail TOR a
term of not less than ten days nor
more than thirty days, or both, at the
discretion of the court.
Section 3-Be it fruther ordained,
etc, That any infected cattle, horses
or mules within this parish, the owner
or owners of which, after due notice,
or if non-residents by public notice
published in the parish official jour
nal, shall fail to dip same in manner
satisfactory to the local inspector in
charge and the federal inspector for
this territory in which the cattle,
horses OF IN aies might be ct the t.r,c,
shall be caught and placed in quaran-
tine and dipped and cared for at the
expense of the owner, and if the own
er is unknown, the said cattle. h3---
or mules shall be dipped and cared
for at the expense c. the parish and
any expenses incurred thereby shat!
be paid by the owner OF O7.1eas OF
such animals before the same are re-
leased by the Inspector and the said
known owner shall be notified by no.
VIZ P0OAAoACu III AWO ISSUES II the
owner or unknown owners fail to APP
pear to claim said stock and pay all
expenses SO incurred, the said live
stock shall be advertised by the jus
tlce of the peace OF the wards where
they may be for thirty days, in the
same manner as estlay stock and shall
be sold to cover all expenses and
charges incurred.
Section Be it further ordained,
etc, That to further carry out the
provisions of Section 8 hereof, the
several parish inspectors and federal
for the territory shall have
authority to appoint such range rid
ers as they may deem necessary to
drive up and corral such live stock,
and for the services the said range
riders shall receive compensations of
not more than $500 for each and ey-
cry head. Corrals and pens shall be
provided by inspectors with the APP
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been performed, in due time. form
and manner, as required by law, and
that the Indebtedness of said road dis
trict, including this bond and the is
sue of which it forms a part, does not
exceed the constitutional or statutory
limitations of indebtedness.
In witness whereof the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, as the
governing authority of Road District
No. IL of said parish, has caused this
bond to be signed by the president
and secretary of said Police Jury and
the corporate seal of Road District
No. II of the Parish of st. Landry to
be hereto affixed, and has also caused
the coupons hereto annexed to be
signed with the fac-simile signatures
of said president and said secretary
and this bond to be dated July 1,
1919.
ROAD DISTRICT NO. ELEVEN (11)'
OF THE PARISH OF ST. Lam
DRY
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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
Orelousas. "a. March 1. 1910.

Opelousas, La, March 1, 1920.
The Police Jury of the parish of ST
Landry, La, convened in regular an,
lawful session this first day of March
1920, with the following member
present:
DR.. F. 0. Pavy, president, presid
ing; Messrs. H. D. Larcade, J. P
Pitre, r. L. Mills, K 7. Catlett, w
NJ Rushing, Alex Sylvestre, w. C. De
jean, Alien Mccoy and ]. T. St. Cyr
Abseut-Messrs. ]. E. Dailey, Z
A. Cummings, Geo. Greig, w F
Brown, Theo. Doucet and f. P Mar
tin.
Motion by Mr.. r. L. Mills
Be it resolved, that the Police jury
now proceed to open the bids on file
pertaining to the sale of the $39, 200
bond issue of the Thirteenth Road
District, Fourth Police Jury Ward.
Motion carried.
The FLOWING ordinance was of
fered by Dir. r. L. Mills and seconded
by Mr.. J. Z. St. Cyr:
AN ORDINANCE
Authorizing the issuance of $780,
WV VI IUdu JULIUS VI AeOdO OIS-
triet No. II of the Parish of St.
Landry, prescribing their form
and fixing the maturities there
of, and providing. for the levy
of taxes for the payment of the
principal and interest of said
bonds, and repeating and rescind-
ing an ordinance of the Police
Jury adopted on November 4,
1919, providing for the issuance
of said bonds
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Landry, in COM
pllance with the terms of Article PSI
and the Constitution Of the State of
Louisiana and Act ESQ of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana
for the year 1910, as amended, and
acting as the governing authority of
Road District No. / of the Parish of
st. Landry and the said Police Jury
having been duly authorized at an
election held in the said road district
on the 18th day of June, 1919, hereby
authorizes the mourning of an in
debtednesS of 100000 on behalf of
said road district for the purpose of
constructing, improving and MAIN
tanning permanent roads and bridges
within said district, and does hereby
authorize the issuance of $780, 900 of
road bonds of Road District No. IL of
the Parish of St. Landry, numbered
from one Cd to five hundred (500),
inclusive, Of the denomination of ST.
900 each, dated July /, 1919, and
bearing interest at the rate of five
t5) per centum per annum from date
until paid; said interest being payable
on the first days of January and July
In each year, and each of said bonds
having attached thereto semi-anual in.
terest coupons to represent the said
interest.
Be it further ordained, etc, that
the said bonds and the interest cou-
pOns thereon, shall be payable at the
office of the treasurer of the Parish
OF st. Landry, at Opelousas, Louisi-
ana, or at the option of the holder at
the National Park Bank in the City
OF New York. State of New York.
Be 1t further ordained, etc, that
sand bonds shall be substantially in
The following form, to-wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of st. Landry
ROAD BOND OF ROAD DISTRICT /
NUMBER ELEVEN I'D OF
THE PARISH OF ST.LANDRY
NO. - 100000 /
Road District No. Il of the Parish /
j. J. Benoit of near Leonville
was nagreeable caller at the Star I
Progress office Wednesday,.
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State Of
President Police Jury.
Secretarv Police JUN.

Be it further ordained, ETC., that
said bonds shall be executed by the
president and secretary of the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Landry, on
behalf of Road District No. il of
said parish, and the coupons shall bear
the fac-simile signatures of said pres
ident and said secretary.
Be it further ordained, etc, that
said bonds shall bear the following
This Bond secured by a tax. Reg
istered on this the -- day of --
10 -
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prevail Of the president Of the Police
! Jury for corraling said stock, and ten
cents per day shall be charged there
| for for keeping and such additional
charges as are necessary for feed and
caring for said live stock.
All monies so collected shall be
! placed in the fund set aside by the
parish for the eradication of the cat
tie fever tick.
Section 5--Be it further ordained,
etc, That all ordinances in conflict
herewith be ard the same are hereby
repealed.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Pitre, Mills, Cummings, Pavy, Cat
lett, Rushing, Martin, McCoy-10
yeas.
Nays-Mr. Sylvestre.
Ordinance adopted March 2, 1920.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
j. J. HEALEY,
Clerk.
Motion by Mr.. Merlin
Reolved, that this body grants to
the sheriff and ex-officio tax collect
or the privilege of employing an as
sistant in the tax collectors office
for the purpose of collecting the per
capita and vehicle tax for the year
1919, the salary to be paid said as
sistant at the rate of seventy-five
dollars per month out of the contin-
gent expense fund of 1920, for a
term of two months, beginning from
this date.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Pitre, Mills, Greig, Catlett, Rushing,
Martin, Sylvestre, McCoy-10 yeas.
Nays-Messrs. Cummings, Pavy,
Dejean-3 nays.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Rushing
Resolved, that the Police Jury now
proceed to open the bids on file rel
atiye to the road bond issue of the
Terth Road District of the Fourth
Police Jury Ward.
Continued on Page Eight
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.ecretarv of State. ,

Secretary of State"
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the aid bonds shall mature serially in
numerical order in the following man.
nor to-wit:
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President Police Jury.
Secretary Police Jury.
FORM OF COUPON

On the - day of -
L., Road District No. IL of the
Parish of ST. Landry, State of Louis
lana, will pay to bearer the sum of
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.O0) at the
office of the treasurer of said parish,
at Opelousas, Louisiana, or at the OPP
ton of the holder at the
Bank, in the City of -
------- --, State of --
being semf-annual
interest then due on its Road Bond,
dated July l, 1919, Number --.