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Among the parish chairmen who
spoke enthusiastically were:
Edmond We'll of Acadia; r. S.
Vickers of Ascension; Emile Regard
of AvoyeIles; E. H. Fisher of Bien-
vile; George E. Gilmer of Caddo; w.
S. Peck and T. L. Enright of Gaia
houla; Secretary F. w. DeCroix of
T,$Goto; N. c. Williamson of East
Carroll; j. w. Duncan of Grant; j.
J. Lewis of Jackson Secretary w. M.
Crumpton of Lincoln; R. K. Boney of
Madison; Secretary C. w. Davis of
Morehouse; Secretary J. ]. Nixon of
Natchitoches! John P. Parker of
Ouachita; James F. Seip of Rapides
Secretary ]. G. Belisle of Sabine; j.
E. Wilson of st. Helena; Secretary A.
A. Mendoza of st. Landry; Q. A.
Hester of West Carroll Secretary w.
II. Virgins of Winn.
Many of the chairmen and secre-
taries remained over until Saturday
to complete the details of the work
ahead of them, and to fix upon the
speakers from the campaign in prog
ress this week. This campaign has
been source of disappointment, be-
cause many of the speakers whom
the headquarters depended on for
different itineraries, wired at the last
moment they could not come. How
ever, meetings were arranged in sew
eral parishes, and Chairman w. B.
Thompson, T. P. Turner, president of
the Georgia State Bankers Associa-
ton; Harry Wilson, commissioner of
agriculture; DR.. w. R. Perkins and
Rev. Eugene DeRivas, kept their en-
gagements and have been doing their
part in different parishes
Attention is called to the national
convention caleld for February II to
20 in Montgomery, and every organ
lied parish is expected to send dele
gates. This convention will fix the
associations policy for the current
year, and it should be a representa-
tive one.
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give notice that a special election will
be held in the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
for the purpose of voting upon the
proposition to incur debt and issue
and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of said Drainage District, said
bonds to run for period of from one
to not exceeding thirty years from
their date, and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum from
their date, payable semi-annually.
The proceeds from the sale of said
bonds to be used for the purpose of
constructing a system of gravity
drainage in and for said Drainage
District, by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise, the bayous, laterals and
gulleys as named and outlined in red
on the map of said Drainage District
and as designated in the proposition
submitted to the electors under the
ordinance adopted by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District, this 18th day of
of December, A. d. 1919.
The proposition to the electors at
said election is substantially as fol-
lows:
A proposition to incur debt and is
sue and sell serial negotiable coupon
bonds of the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of the Par
ish of st. Landry, State of Louisiana,
to the amount of seventy thousand
($7O, 0O0.00) dollars, to run for pc
Rod of from one ~ to thirty
go years from their date,
bearing interest at the rate Of
five per cent per annum from their
date, payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of constructing system Of
gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District, by cleaning with
dredges or otherwise the bayous, lat
erals and gulleys as named in the
proposition to the voters at said
special election, also outlined in red
on the map of said Drainage District,
made by F. S. Robert, civil engineer
of Opelousas, La, under date of De
cember 10, 1919, thereby improving
the gravity drainage in and for said
Drainage District and the inhabitants
thereof, the title Of which shall vest
in said Drainage District. Said
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of said election to the oBard of
Drainage Commissioners of said
Drainage District at the meeting to
be held at the office of said Board in
the City of Opelousas, La, in the
Parish of st. Landry State of Lou
isiana, on the 9Th day of February,
A. D. 1920.
SECTION TX.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the Board of Drainage Commissio :
ers of the. said Drainage District
shall, if majority of the taxpayers
in numbers and amount voting at
said special election, vote in favor Of
the proposition herein submitted, an
nually levy and collect, beginning
with the year 1920, while any or all
of said bonds are unpaid and out
standing, in excess of all other tax
es, sufficient ad valorem tax on all
the taxable property in said Drain
age District to pay and retire the
principal and the semi-annual inter-
est coupons attached to said bonds,
at their respective maturities.
The foregoing ordinance after be-
ing duly seconded by Mr.. Wilson, was
read to the meeting and adopted by
the following vote:
For the ordinance-Lee Wilson,
Valrie Bourque, William Lavergne,
Frank Dimmick.
Against the ordinance-None.
Absent-Oscar Daigle.
Dated Opeleusas, Louisiana, this
18th day of December, A. d. 1919.
FRANK DIMMICK,
President.
ATTEST
L. A. ANDREPONT, Secretary.
dec27-6t
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s. Roberts, civil engineer,
Opelousas, La, bearing date
of December 18, 1919. +
Taxable valuation, S.
Signature Of Voter.


To vote for the proposition sub
mitted upon this ballot, place cross
(X) mark in the square after the
word eyes," and to vote against it,
place similar cross (Xl mark after
the word mo"
SECTION vi.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the president of the Board of Drain
age Commissioners of the said Drain
age District be and he is hebey duly
authorized, empowered and directed
to have the necessary ballots printed
for the said election in accordance
with the provisions of the laws of
this state and this ordinance. He
shall also provide ballot boxes and
the necessary blanks and tellers'
sheets and other paraphernalia for
the holding of said election.
SECTION VII.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the clerk of the court and ex-officio
registrar of voters for said parish
shall furnish the election officers
herein mentioned with a list of the
taxpayers entitled to vote in person
or by written proxy at said special
election, together with the assessed
valuation of each of said taxpayers
property as shown by the assessment
roll last made and filed prior to said
election.
SECTION VIII.
Be it further ordained, ETC., that
the election shall be held at w. G.
Mills store in said Drainage District,
ord 4bo fol1cxuiuo poreopc GRO hnrp-
by duly appointed and empowered to
act as commissioners and clerk at
said election:
Joseph Miller, Theo Bourqua,
Leon Lavergne, commissioners; r.
Lee Mills, clerk.
The officers of election above
named shall hold said election to con-
form with Act 256 of the Acts of the
General Assembly Of the State Of
Louisiana of the year 1910 and al
Acts amendatory or supplementary
thereto, and shall make due returns
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Mr.. Bourque offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol
lows:
AN ORDINANCE
Ordering and calling a special cleo
ton in the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of the
Parish of st. Landry, State of
Louisiana, for the purpose Of
submitting to the qualified prop
erty taxpayers of said Drainage
District a proposition to incur
debt and issue and sell serial
negotiable coupon bonds of said
Drainage District in the sum of
seventy thousand ($70,000.00)
dollars, as hereinafter stipulated
for the purpose of constructing
a system of gravity drainage in
and for said Drainage District,
by cleaning with dredges or
otherwise the bayous, laterals
and gulleys hereinafter named
and outlined in red on the map
of the said Drainage District.
SECTION !.
Be it ordained by the Board of
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PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
AND NOTICE OF SPECIAL
ENTION

/, Frank Dimmiek, president of the
Bellevue and Coulee Croche Drain
age District of the Parish of st. Lam
dry, State of Louisiana, by virtue of
the authority vested in me, by an or
dinance adopted by the Board Of
Drainage Commissioners of the said
Drainage District, on the 18th day OF
December, A. D. 1919, and the con-
stitution and laws of the State OF
Louisiana, do hereby proclaim and
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bonds to be Of such demon
and the interest and principe
of to be payable at such sa
place as shall be determines
said Board Of Drainage Con
ers and both principal and
Of said bonds to be secured
by a sufficient a6 valoreni z
and collected in each year
said bonds are unpaid and
ing, to pay the amount q
and interest falling due in
in accordance with the pre-
that respect contained q ~
tuition and laws of the State
isiana, and any and all ag
that may hereafter be maze
The said special electiea
held on the 4th day Of feni
D. 1920, between the hours 2
and 5 p. m. The polling
hereby designated as fellow
At w. G. Mills store u
age District.
The commissioners and FL
said polling place are as ions
Jos. Miller, Thee Boufa
Lavergne, commissioner
Mills, clerk.
The Board of DRAMA
sioners of said Drainage
meet in open session 70 2
o'clock a. M, on the 5tn
ruary, A. D. 1920, at re
said Board, in the City q
in said Parish Of st. Lan9A
Louisiana and then ans
coed to open the ballot
said special election, e
count the ballots u ns
amount, examine and e
turns and declare the
election and make, ME
record a process verbal
ceedings.
Dated at Opelousas
| isiana, this 18th day g
A. D. 1919. ma
FRANK u
President of Board Of
missioners Of
Coulee Croche Z
trict.
= r 4 ANDREPON
Secretary.
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n pIOpOSlGlOu " A1CuA ASpb
and issue and sell serial
negotiable coupon bonds
of the Bellevue and Coulee
Croche Drainage District of
the Parish of st. Landry,
State of Louisiana, to the
amount of seventy thousand
go, 000.O0) dollars, to run
for a period of from one to
thirty (30) years from
their date, and bear
ing interest at the rate of
five 6 per cent? per cent
per annum from their date,
payable semi-annually, at
such time and place as shall
be determined by the Board YES
of Drainage Commission
ers under the constitution
and laws of the State of
Louisiana, relating there
to, for the purpose of con-
structing a system of grav-
ity drainage in and for
said Drainage District, by
cleaning with dredges or 9th
erwise the Coulee Croche
lateral, Lavergne lateral,
Mills lateral, Bourque
lateral, Wilson lateral, Cook
lateral, Burleigh lateral,
and the Bayou Bourbeux a -
sufficient distance to give
proper outlet to the wa
fer of said laterals. Leger
and Meche lateral, Nc
Bride lateral and Bayou
Wykoff to the connection
with the Bayou Plaque
mine and Wykoff Drain
age District in the Parish
of Acadia, State of Louisi-
ana; also to clean with
dredges or otherwise the
Pine Grove gulley, the Joe
Miller gulley and the Rubbitt
and Cormier gulley suffi-
Gent distance to give prop NO
er outlet for the waters of
said gulleys. And thereby
improve the gravity drain
age in and for said Drain
age District and the inhabit-
ants thereof, the title of
which shall vest in said
Drainage District. All of
which bayous, laterals and
gulleys are named and out
lined in red on the map of
said District, made by +.
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ORDINANCE

Mr.. Bourque offered the ordinance
which is in words and figures as fol-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-01-31

Be it ordained By the Board Of
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SLOW
DEATH

Aches. pains, nervousness. diff
Guilty IN urinating, often NEAR
serious disorders. The worlds
standard remedy for kidney, liver.
bladder and uric acid troubles
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time.)
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
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ADVENTURES
OF THE TWINS
b. Olive Roberts Bartos7
we NobertS OeTtoa7

long-tailed coat. The only way Nick
resembled The fairyman was in his
disposition for they were both kind.
But dispositions don't count in blind
mans buff much.
Wrong againw they all shouted.
you're still st. Muff."
sob. my goodness they all Shrek
ed with laughter. "Try again, Muffy.
There aren't any feathers on frog!'
Then he caught Prickles Porcupine,
and really there's no installing Prick
les when you touch him but Muff
called out. "Ben Bunny" which tickl-
ed old Prickles most to pieces.
"Ughp' exclaimed Mike Mole in
disgust ''I never knew Muff was so
dumb"
And Mr. Grandaddy Hoot Owl, the
head of the school board, who hap
pened to be passing. said that Mr..
Scribble Scratch had better mark
Muff about 1900" in common sense.
Copyright, 1920
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CENTRAL. OF GEORGIA RY.

1926 am Chgo, st. L Alta 1888
+ 4:21 am Chit, Atl-Macon f 2:13 am
g. Daily; 81 Sunday; ~ Flag
stop.
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FOREIGN POLICY.

The United States afford continue making partisan
ayhmgs of its foreign policies America follow continuous
line international relations whichever party power The
FIRST duty Republicans and Democrats that the presidential
election has been decided reach about
ths counrys relationships abroad.
No nation has succeeded in world affairs whose political
disputes have ended the waters edge The United States
must be single undivided foreign relations 1t
dabuse the world Of the idea that instability marks the State De
partments proceedings.
The American constitution requires twohds majority in the
Senate tor the adoption of That the taken
by the founders of the republic against introducing the and
preude8 of partisan politics into discussions foreign relations
But the danger still remains be eliminated only by the
Grafton of Democrats and Republicans alike The leaders of both
parties should that partisan tradition created
by the State Department.
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'Co1lfessiotlso faBrida
Copyright 1920 bu The Nulspa Der Eraerr1sp
72O. bY Ihe NeuspaperE mqprlse ,AeociaAom

after all makers of erotic literature
had tried and had failed
'Let's go for a walk" suggested.
Its such practical way of get
ting rid of emotional hurtsw After
that, we didn't talk much, but
thought a good deal.
Service was the secret of the fin
est kind of love. Of what use was I
to Bah? I reviewed the routine of
my days. When had l done any
thing to please my husband?
/ felt shivery as | tried to find
satisfactory answers to my ques-
lions. | tried to excuse myself by
saying that the possession of for
tune had spoiled our happiness. 1t
seemed to me as often before, that
if Bob and l had been quite poor
we would have been far happier !
envied the busy little wives in all
the modest homes of the land. They
had chance to serve their lords
"a chance which ] had not-and
they made the most of it,
For once, l saw what might be.
If scrapped the past, might it not
yet De!
had gone on for days and days
blaming my husband for our separa-
ton. Never once had / opened my
lips, but l had reproached him con
stantly in my heart.
What Deb had done showed me
what | ought to do. | added to her
example bit of Mother Lorimer's
wisdom: "Man doesn't value a wo-
man for what she has given him. He
values her for what he hopes to
get"
Ny husband had forgotten the
gifts ! had brought him. Well,
would scrap the hurt of all that. And
would make him value me once
more. / could make him value me
No other woman had so good
chance as his wife!
ITO be continued.)
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The High Cost of Losing a War
BY MILTON BRONNER.

ICERMANY is at standstill
awaiting definite knowlede of
the indemnity the allies will exact.
The amount has been discussed ever
since the war ended, and may be de-
clded upon at any time now. What
ever it is, there is no doubt but that
it will make all other indemnities
/ mere dwarfs in comparison. Posi-
| bly, it will be a larger amount than
all other indemnities paid by losers
of all other wars.
Indemnities paid by losing nations
during the past 100 years include,
among Others, the following:
Treaty of Paris, Nov. %, 1916
I France to pay Great Britain, Austria,
Prussia and Russia joint indemnity
of 1913, 678,5O0 within five years.
Treaty of Adrianople, Sept. IA,
1829-Turkey to pay Russia $22,-
SIS, 900 within eight years.
Treaty of Nankin, Aug. 20, 1912
China to pay Great Britain $10.-
100000 within three years.
Treaty of Milan, Aug. 6, 1860
Sardinia to pay Austria S14,750,-
600 within a year.
Treaty of Pekin, Oct. 244, 1860
China to pay Great Britain $6,000,-
900 within a year and a half.
Treaty of Tetuan, April 26, 1860
| Morocco to pay Spain $850,000
within one year.
Treaty of Saigon. June 5, 1862
AMMAN to pay France and Spain
100000 within ten year.
Treaty of Miramar, April 10, 1864
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Mexico to pay France sos, O0O,-
600 within nine years. o
Treaty of Prague, April 70, 1866,
Austria to pay Prussia S29,50O,OOO
within month.
Treaty of Versailles, Feb. 20,
1871, whereby France agreed to pay
Germany an indemnity of about one
billion dollars within four years
time She was also to pay for the
cost of the German army OF occu-
patton, which at one time was about
100000 men. In 1871 alone this
army of occupation cost France $780,
100000.
Treaty of Constantipople, Febru-
airy, 1879, whereby Turkey paid Rus
STA 100000 within seven years.
Treaty of Shimonoseki, April IL
1895. whereby China agreed to pay
Japan $150,00O,O0O within seven
and half years.
Treaty of Constantinople, Dec. 4,
1897, whereby Greece agreed to pay
Turkey $3,800,000.
In only two instances have vic
torious states paid large pecuniary
compensation for coded territory
which they mighth ave claimed by
right of conquest:
By treaty of Aug. 10, 1914, Hol-
land ceded her colonies of Cape OF
Good Hope, Demerara and Berbice
to Great Britain, which paid hel
$30,000,000.
Treaty of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898
whereby Spain ceded the Philippine
Island to the United States, but was
given $20,000,000 in cash by us.
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MUFF'S MISTAKES.

NOAA NAA0 fAAGO.
EVERYBODY yelled at Buff Mole
LIS when he said Snoopy Skunk was
Petey Porcupine. The Meadow
Grove picnickers were playing blind
mans buff and Muff was cit"
Wrong! Wrong! Let m gop'
they yelled dancing around, delighted
that Muff could be so easily fooled.
Nobody was more pleased than Snoo-
ply himself, because he vas getting
a little bit sensitive about always
being known SO easily.
So Muff let him oo. and went CROP
ing around again, the handkerchief
still tied tightly over his eyes. He
caught Nick next, and everybody
stopped yelling and crowded close.
Muff felt him all over, which, al
though YOU NAV not think possible,
was very easv to do, for Nick and
Nancy had wished themselves quite
little with the help of their Magical
Green Shoes. cts Mr. Scribble
Scratchw called out Muff triumph
antly
Then everybody laughed again at
Muff being so stupid, for the fairy
schoolmaster had no hair but fore
lock and his ears were enormous and
his nose stuck out like banana, poor
soul. and he wore huge glasses and a
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THE BOOK OF DEBORAH.
Deb's Was the Greatest Sacrifice
Woman Can Make for Man.

Woman Can Make for Man.
The rescue of Ann marked the
climax of Deborah's love for Jim.
Deb could easily have let Ann slip
off to New York with Van-and to
her own destruction. Then she could
have built her own happiness on the
ensuing domestic debacle. But Deb
has restored his child-wife to Jim's
arms. Never before did a girl in
love with a married man make such
a strange contribution to his hap
piness, | suppose.
Next to laying down her life for
his, Deb had made the greatest pos
slble sacrifice any woman can make
for a man. And she had done it
without any urge of the new moral
ity. She had acted in quite and old
fashioned way.
| went over to her house a few
hours after we had finished with
Mistress Ann.
at isn't as if she were worth saw
ing" / said to Deb. "She distinctly
isn't.
But Jim is! That's the point
Jane"
"Oh" ] exclaimed Deb you're
a dearw
81 suppose that's the last thing
can ever do for Jimr'
"And the bestn' I spoke absently
: because suddenly the full force Of
Deb's conduct struck me-and re
preached me! I fairly cringed before
the lesson she had taught me tina
/ day.
Service! That is the secret of the
greatest human love! Deb, you're
the most wonderful girl in the
worldp
"0nly the most miserable! L
your theory about service wer,
workable, wouldn't be happy?" sht
cried.
Of course I couldn't answer that
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GEnzuuHMh
A BATCH OF ERRORS.

Harriet Stanton Batch recently prepared another large batch
misconceptions mistakes and statements In the Socialist Re
view Mrs Bach gives publicity her idea that perform
at least threehfths Of the labor of the world
the housekeeper the mother the
the homes according Mrs Blach the leader of the
the exploited She lives slavery asserts Mrs Bach explaining
Women produce the human they bake the biscuits bo
the potatoes bro the steak and the product of their toll to their
hungry family All of which is partly There good author
it however that father aids the production OF
2he human
true often, that bakes the biscuits At other times
bakery where has done them nicely brown
IN But when she bakes them Mrs Bach
points out delivers the -four her kitchen door gnds the
wheat into the and FIRST of ALL poed and seeded the ground
so produce the wheat Baking the biscuits not all OF the job
She bos the potatoes and did nothing but plant the
seed last spring hoe them during the dig them this fall
and deliver them at the kitchen door
She broi steak and does nothing to help her
but grow calf feed and for the butcher the bee and
deliver at the kitchen door.
The remedy2
In the Socialist Party and there alone find radical promise
TO women -
Batch wish understand that Socialism will
persuade potatoes boil themselves the steak do its trying
hop unaad into the oven? Or does she serve
warning coming of Socialism father will have to bake
his biscuits?
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IMP INlSHED MURDER.

A. in killing B. makes of gun, club poison he is guilty
of murder and may be punished
kills by Intentionally introducing disease into
drink probable that murder accusation might o
low.
But if kills by sneezing coughing, splitting thereby
introducing germs B. body he legally be charg
ed with murder
palmer language you may murder and be punished by
these
Sneezing
Coughing.
Splitting.
No physician but will tell you killed by the
spreading of disease germs sneezng coughing and splitting than
guns automobiles fires wrecks accidents and drown
Every health official issues against spreading disease
by coughe and spe Yet they continue taking THEN
toll of life
What is be done 10 compel the his
the cougher his cough the discontinue his
habit
the jail cell do it?
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EASE THOSE TIRED.
ACHING MUSCLES
Outdoor and indoor workers, sub
iect to exposure or heavy toll, find
relief in SIoanfs Liniment

" ZEN at work all day, standing on
X your feet, lifting heavy weightse
~ And now you're all tired out.
Never mind, if you are wise you have
a bottle Of Sloan 8 on the shelf, at home
or in the shop. Put little on, without
rubbing, and quickly comes grateful
warmth and relief.
Good for rheumatic pains, neuralgia,
sciatica, llmbago and the.host of ex-
ternal pains that are all the time COM
ing. Helps break up colds, tool
It's comforting to keep 1t handy.
Three sizes-3Sc, zoe, $40.
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