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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31


became the controlling influence Of
the town. Peavy-Price post of the
Legion incurred the animosity of the
gamblers through the activity of its
individual members in combating
local evils and on several occasions
Iegionaires were held up at the point
of revolvers and threatened. Keeping
calm under this constant menace the
Legion men took no concerted action
until their pictures advertising a post
dinner had repeatedly been torn down
and defaced. They then appealed to
state Legion headquarters which got
in touch with the adjutant general of
Texas and captain of Rangers was
dispatched to Desdemona Further
insults in the meantime had been of
fered to legionaires and at a mass
meeting they demanded redress which
was refused. The crisis came on a
stormy night when the population of
Desdemona arose and, with eighteen
legionaires sworn in as deputy
Rangers, arrested the men who had
been defacing the veterans posters
and threatening their lives. The cru
SADIE against lawlessness moved swift
" after this action and within TWEEN
ty-four hours the original offenders,
together with all gamblers and other
undesirables had been escorted out of
town under orders not to return. Des-
demona. through the Legion's desire
for clean community. now boasts
itself as orderly and well-conducted a
town as there is to be found in the
southwest"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

Says the Tarpon Springs Leader:
I'VE are not acquainted with two OF
the three members of the Polk; county
school board who we're fired by Gov
|ernor Cats last week. but we know
Gen. E. M. Law and we are not sur
prised that Cats fired him. The gem
eral is one OF the best men we have
in the state He is an honorable and
cultured gentleman who cannot be
dictated to or bullied into doing any
thing that he considers wrong or un-
worthy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

If Great Britain's mandate over
Mesopotamia has cost that country
more than 4 hundred million dollars,
what would mandate over Armenia
have cost the. United States, down to
date Miami Herald
The people Of Mesopotamia are an
tagonistic to the British and fight
them The people Of Armenia would
welcome the Americans Before the
war, we measured our duty to human
ity in money And it cost ms thirty
two billion dollars.
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Meet me at the american Cafe,
Union Station. Ocala, for a regular
dinnerfamily style. Best dinner in
the state for 75c. Eat and drink all
you want. Time for dinner IL a. m to
2:30 p. m. 17-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

On his record Coolidge might
stand chance for the vice presidency
If he didn't have to tag Harding
along.-Jaeksonville Metropolis.
You forget he is running against
Roosevelt, who for many years was
the most useful man in the navy de-
partment.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

The Jacksonville Metropolis aims
the following sly innuendo at the
sisterettes: eve would suggest that
IN the future polls be placed in the
heart Of the shopping district. II
the Nets suggestion is carried out
we fear the cittoyennes won't vote at
all.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

Some wild-eyed calculator says
ther are sixteen thousand moonshine
stills in Florida. If he had said six
teen hundred, sensible people would
believe him. Sixteen thousand stills
in the state would be about one to
every seventy-five people and it is ut
ter foolishness to suppose such q
ratio exists.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

We never understood until we be-
gan observing its peanut politics, why
they call Georgians Hgoober grab
bers. Tampa Tribune.
Politics in Georgia. is no worse
than it was in Florida up to the last
primary
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

New York negroes are warned to
keep out of white sections Of the city.
which warnings have been emphasize
ed by. few well-placed bombs. Ok
lahoma citizens have lynched q white
man for murder tmaybe Oklahoma
has a pardoning board). So the race
question IS gradually evening up in
all sections.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

Urging the three members of the
school board of Polk county to defy
the edict of Governor Cats removing
them from Office, gathering Of more
than a thousand representative citi-
zens of that county IN meeting al
Barlow Sunday afternoon. offered the
three board members not only moral
support but financial backing in fight
ing the order of removal.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

The Miami Herald condenses the fol-
lowing, which shows the seIf-controI
as we'll as efficiency Of our ex-service
men, from the American Legion
Weekly: @Desdemona, Texas, struck
Oh and with the oil prospectors came
an element bordering on the criminal
that set up gambling houses and soon
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

We occasionally earn the everlast-
ing gratitude Of one of our friends by
not printing d poem he or she sends
IN, but they seem never to be aware
Of it. Almost anybody can write q
poem that pleases the composer and
q few friends, but there IS not one
person in thousand who can write
poetry worth printing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-08-31

It is time people were making plans
for the Marion County Fair
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Don't fail to visit the Guarantee
Clothing & Shoe Company Every
thing we sell is guaranteed. We're
|figh1ing for QUALITY not prices. tt
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Sugared pecans IN one-pound boxes.
They're delicious. Court Pharmacy. If
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
WE SELL 1.-THE BEST
CANDY-GET A BOX

plant mas the inside Of the stem more
or less blackened
This disease can usually be kept
in check to sonic extent by the use of
sanitary measures. according to G..
W. Edgerton. plant pahtologist, ex-
pertinent station, Louisiana State
University. These include a system
of crop rotation and tie use Of UNI
contaminated soil in the seed beds,
hot beds and cold frames. Tomatoes
should never be grown on the same
ground for more than one year out
Of three. he says, while a three-year
rotation win not entirely eliminate
the disease, it viii reduce it to a
point where a crop can be grown.
For the seed beds, hot beds and
cold frames, fresh, soil should be OBJ
tanned each season and this should
be obtained from the weeds or from
some field that has never grown to-
mat0es or has received the wash
from tomato fields. BY using such
soil, the tomato plants win be healthy
when set in the field. II infected
soil is used in the seed beds, many Of
the plants win be infected before
transplanting and the chances are that
large percentage Of the plants viii
die before making fruit. Much Of the
loss I'm tomato wilt In this state is
due to the fact that the young plants
have been grown in injected soil
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
Hogs Tbsv Took .
lance On Died"

R. L. Sloan, agent in Grant parish,
contributes this week an account Of
the costly experience Of a farmer who
didn't believe IN the anti-hog-cholera
treatment.
Says Mr.. Sloan: e0n the way to
vaccinate hogs against cholera for a
farmer some time ago, we passed the
place of another who engaged US in
conversation. After learning where
we were going and what for, he re-
marked, I viii let my hogs die be-
fore I will go to the trouble of vac
cinating Some weeks later this
same farmer came to me to vaccinate
his hogs, saying that he had changed
Inns mind. But there were some hogs
that he did not get up to vaccinate,
and according to his own word those
not vaccinated died while those vac
cinated lived. Only last week this
convert persuaded man moving in
to his community to have all Of his
hogs vaccinated by the simultaneous
method before turning them loose on
pasture or range. And / call to mind
Just now four other farmers who
have come to me unsolicited with an
experience of vaccinated hogs living
while those they took a chance on
died.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

parishes which are organized, and
show that the time spent in paving
the way and creating this organization
was not wasted. Though every par
ish secretary was supplied several
weeks ago with more than his quota
Of charter and production member
ship cards, several requests have
come ii from additional cards. One
secretary wired in for 100 additional
charter membership cards.
Bad roads and bad weather inter-
fered very much with the speaking
campaign which was to precede the
drive, So dozens b. parish mass meet
ings were arranged during the week
Of February 2 and there win be quite
4 number during the following week.
Speakers who have filled in these be-
lated dates are Chairman w. B..
Thompson, Hon. Harry d. Wilson.
commissioner Of agriculture Dr.. W.
R. Perkins, head Of the farm extern
sion work in Louisiana; and Grundy
Cooper Of Alexandra.
The London exchange condition,
and the threat Of the English spinners
to put an embargo on American cot
ton. has caused some unnecessary anx-
ietv in the cotton belt, and Chairman
W. B. Thompson, in a telegram to
President J. S. Wannamaker Of the
American Cotton Association, shows
how absurd it is for the spinners to
take that attitude. It is the out
come Of 4 realization, brought home
70 them by Prof. Todd in his address
to them last December, that they
would have to pay q higher price for
cotton and they might as vel make
I'D their minds at once to do 50. Mr..
Thompson in his telegram says:
IF the rehabilitation Of England
depends upon production, which is
unouestionably true, and if the Brit
ish importer can manufacture the raw
material into finished product and
undersell the American manufacturer
in his own market, which the authori-
ty mentioned declares to be the case,
then the threat that the raw material
win Be shipped back 60 this country,
OF even that importation win be ma
teriaIly curtailed while these condi-
tons continue, is either the product
Of mental confusion or else is an eff
fort to bluff the American spot hold
er into sacrificing his product. + i
quite true that the foreign exchange
situation presents very serious diff
cuIties, but these difficulties viii not
be overcome By efforts to stampede
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
Sweet Potato Industry
Makes Great Strides


The average Louisianian little re-
allies what vast strides the sweet po-
tato industry has made within the
last five years or the Importance Of
this crop plays in southern agricul
ture. From an acreage Of sos, 900
and production Of $4,000, Goo bush
els IN 1914, this crop has grown
steadily year BY year to an acreage
Of over one million and production
Of 102, 1919 900 bushels in 1919. val
ued at s13s, 0S5, 600.
That Louisiana has kept pace with
the other states in the development
Of this industry is shown by the fact
that within the last five years her
acreage IN sweet potatoes has in
creased from $4,000 to 10000. her
production from las, 900 bushels
to $500, COO, her acre yield from 81
bushels to 80 bushels, per acre value
from $48.75 to S103.50, total value
from 81, 365, eco to $7,245, O00.
That this increase has been a
healthy one and not accompanied By
the glutted markets and low prices
that usually follow such increased
yields, is evidenced BIZ the price Of
this crop, having advanced from q
cent busheI to s1.z8 in the SAME
period
When our farmers, especially those
in the hill and cut-over pine land sec,
tions Of our state, compare these fig
ures with the 81 pound acreage yield
and per acre value Of 1920 for cot
ton, and the II IL bushel yield and
lper acre value Of $26.25 for corr
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
Recent Activities IN the
Big Cotton Associations

Reports from the parishes to the
headquarters Of the American Cot
ton Association, in New Orleans, m
dicate that the supreme effort to
put the Louisiana Division over the
top in the campaign for member
ships has been reasonably successful
Detailed reports win not Be received
for several days yet, but brief reports
by letter and telegram tel Of the
splendid work done BY the ward and
school district committee in the 50
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

Mr.. w. NJ. Rushing offered the
following ordinance, seconded by Mr..
w. #. Brown, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
Whereas, on Thursday, the I'D
day Of January, 1920, an election was
held in the Fourth Road District of
the Fourth Police Jury Ward Of the
Parish Of st. Landry, La, to deter
mine the following proposition, to-
wit:
Proposition: To incur debt and to is
sue serial negotiable coupon
bonds Of said Fourth Road Dis
trict, Fourth Police Jury Ward
Of the Parish Of st. Landry, La,
to the amount Of seventy-five
thousand dollars ($75, 000.00)
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to run for periods az from ore
(11 to thirty (30l years, and to
bear interest at the rate CT five
per cent % per cent) per am
mum from said date until paid
interest on all bonds to be paid
semi-annually, and said bonds
or funds derived from the sale
thereof to be used and expended
under the direction and control
of the Police Jury Of the Parish
Of st. Landry, La, as the govern
ing authority Of said Fourth
Road District, Fourth Police Jury
Ward Of the Parish Of st. Lam
dry, La, for the exclusive pur
pose Of contracting for, acquir-
ing, laying out and constructing
a system Of modern public roads
within the limits of said road dis
trict. the title to which shall vest
in the parish and public. A SUI
ficient tax shall be levied each
year to meet the payment of she
bonds and interest as same ma
lures.
Whereas, the returns Of said cleo
ton were duly canvassed by the Po-
lice Jury of the Parish of St. Landry,
according to law, and notice to that
effect given on the first day OF De-
cember, Al. d. 1919, and result Of
said election was declared to be that
said proposition had been carried by
q majority of 90 in number and
a majority of $124, 723.00 in amount
Of property valuation in favor OF
said proposition; now, therefore,
Be it ordained BY the Police Jury
Of the Parish of St. Landry, La, IN
regular session convened, that said
proposition having been carried ct
said election, the result thereof shall
be promulgated by the president and
clerk of the Police jury by publica-
ton Of one issue Of the official jour-
nal under their respective signatures
and this shall be- their authority Ger
so doing.
The foregoing ordinance was duly
read and considered, and majority
Of the members elect being presents
voted as follows ,to-wit:
For-Messrs. J. T. st. Cyr, ]. F.
pitre, r. L. Mills, J. e. Daley, E. A.
Cummings, F g. Pavy, Geo. Greg,
X. r. Catlett, w. F. Brown, ". "a.
Rushing, Thee. Doucet, T. P. Martin,
Alex. Sylvestre, w. G. Dejean.
Absent Messrs. Il. D. Larcade.
Allen Mccoy.
Adopted FEBRUARY 2, 1920.
f. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
ATTEST
III. HEALEY, Clerk.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.
ESTATE OF ARCHIE MOORE
No. 7076, Probate Docket, Sixteenth
Judicial District Court. Parish of
St. Landry, Louisiana.

Whereas, Bolton Moore has applied
to be appointed administrator Of the
above numbered and entitled estate;
now, therefore,
Notice is hereby given to any and
all interested parties to show cause
If any they can or have, IN writing, IN
this office within ten days Of the
first publication hereof, why the
prayer Of the said petitioner should
not be granted.
BY order of Court dated February
5, 1920.
HENRY LASTRAPES, JR.,
feb7-2t Clerk Of Court.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

In some sections ST Louisiana, it is
often difficult to raise satisfactory
crop Of tomatoes on account Of the
tomato wilt disease. This disease
first attacks the roots and then pass
es up through the stems causing the
plants to wilt and finally die. The
disease is readily identified by cut
ting 3 suspected plant. a diseased
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21
sau Furnishes Latest
Figures ON Production

Director Sam L. Rogers Of the bu-
ran It the census, department Of
rec announces the prelimin-
report On cotton ginned by parish
u Louisiana, for the crops Of
1919 and 1918. The report was
public for the state at 10 a. m,
aay January 20, 1920. Quantities
% running bales, counting round
8 hah bales. Linters are not in
dad
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

the American producer and spot
holder, and to make cotton produc-
ton Improbable, nor win such ef-
forts succeed.
The cotton producers Of the South
are in an impregnable position, pro-
vided that they do net sacrifice their
holdings, and proAded that for the
coming year they put into cettOn that
acreage which they can properly culti-
vate and harvest. II the producers
win pursue this course, which they
certainly viii do, they can buy any
cotton that any misguided EngIishnen
might ship back and later sen i e the
same people at substantial profit.
'sThe thing for the Southern cot
ton producer, merchant and banker
to do is to pay no attention to the
raw-head and blcody-bones tales Of
English spinners, but to warehouse
their holdings to produce and finance
food and feed stuffs with cotton as .
surplus crop only. These things. they
can do and win do, and viii thereby
not only insure their own prosperity,
but viii preserve the cotton prOduc-
ing industry for the benefit Of the
whole world.
s'Be not afraid, but stand together.
Now is the time for the American
Cotton Association to function along
these lines. Go to it!
'sW. B. THOMPSON
The national convention Of the
American Cotton Association has
been deferred until March s-12, ow-
ing to the vast amount Of preliminary
work necessary before the assembling
Of the convention. AS It win be of
vital Importance to the entire cotton
belt, President Wannamaker and his
coadjutors desire to have as large a
representation as possible, and to be
able to lay the big questions before
the convention in a lucid and intelli-
gent manner so that the delegates
win have no difficulty ii forming q
mature judgment without unneces-
sary delay.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

Seven fine big Jacks, from 3 TO
S years old and from IL IL to
IS hands high. All good indi-
viduaIs white ponies. viii sell
them worth the money.
REM WAILIoR.
feb14-2m Opelousas, La.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

NOTICE is hereby given, that Stock
Ia certificate Number Twenty-sev-
en- (27(, in the A. G. Skies Lumber
Company, Limited, issued September
Is, 1912, to Frank Dimmick of Ope-
lousas, La, has been lost or mislaid.
The public is cautioned against ne
gotiating this stock, as the same has
been cancelled on the books and a
duplicate annlied for.
FRANK DIMMICK,
Al. C. SKILES LUMBER
COMPANY, LTD,
BY A. c. SKILES, Manager.
feb7-6t
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

ns total output Of bituminous
s e the United States in 1919
e a5s,0eS,O00 net tons.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

1919 crop). they should have no
trouble ii convincing themselves Of
the value Of increasing their acreage
to sweet potatoes.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-02-21

TOR SALE-0ne four-roorn house,
with outhouses, located en- Grolee
street. Lot has q frontage Of 81 1-z
feet and a. depth Of 100 feet. Very
cheap st $4,000. Apply to ] I
COMEAU, Opelousas, La. jan2e-5t
66e quickly relieves Colds and L.a-
CriDpe. Constipation, BilieUsness.
Loss Of Appetite and Headaches.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-23

Archie Gillis was among those arriving from the upper town today
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-23

The new Baldwin-type locomotive which was received from the States last summer and which was as- sembled at the shops at North Ne mana, was taken to Fairbanks yes terday on trial trip. Engineer Pete Gallagher and Fred Date, who put the big engine together, occupying the cab, with Roadmaster w. L. Packer accompanying them as pas senger. The locomotive was taken out the Chatanika line today to try it's capacity for short curves, and will soon be installed on the regular run on the branch line north of Nenana. Bill Christensen will have charge of the engine.
 The. weekly force report of the Alaskan Engineering commission 20 shows total of 3S1 regular em- 20 shows toal of 3Sl regular em ployes on the payrolls, in addition to which there were 286 contractors and 52 laborers in the, employ of contractors. "-
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-23
MORRISON, LOSES FOX

A valuable black fox, says re- cent issue of the Juneau Capital, jumped overheard from the deck of the steamer Alaska, swan ashore and escaped.
 The fox was the property of G. L. Morrison, formerly of Manly Hot Springs, and was being shipped to Prince Edward Island. There were P crates containing 54 foxes, on the steamer, all of which were being shipped to the Morrison fox farm in the East.
 Captain Davis and Bob Annesley took a small boat to Cassiar, where the fox escaped, and s:.1cc the country for two days with dog, but could find no trace
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-23
KANTISHNA REPUBLICANS
 GIVE DAN GOOD SUPPORT

Republicans are very much in the majority in the Kantishna district, according to the vote cast at the late election. Commissioner c. Herb
 Wilson, who arrived in town on Sat urday night with Mrs. Wilson, direct from the diggings, reports that Dan Sutherlad received 27 of the 29 votes cast for delegate.
 For time it looked as if it would
 be necessary for the kantishnaites to arrange for private election, as the official ballots were very late in arriving. They reached the diggings just two days before they were re- quired.
 Commissioner and Mrs. Wilson went into the Kantishna last March and this is their first trip to Nenana since that time. .They will be here for Thanksgiving but how much
 longer they do not know.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-11-23
SHANNONS REACH TOWN
 FROM KANTISHNA HILLS

Mir. and Mrs. w. J. Shannon are among the recent arrivals in town from the Kantishna district, having come in on Saturday after a stay of nearly nine months in the hills. Mir. Shannon divided his time be- tween hunting and prospecting and brought with him seven large bear skins and a quantity of ore samples taken from his prospect. He will dispose of the skins in Nenana, If possible, and take the samples to Fairbanks for testing.
 MT. Shannon is not a stranger in Nenana. He worked for the com mission at one time, leaving his po- sition to enter the service. After his discharge from the army, he and Mrs. Shannon struck out for the Kantishna from Fort. Gibbon and have been in that district ever since.
 They are guests at the Rust house during their stay in Nenana.