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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-09-22
LAWTELL

Sheriff Latiolais of Lafayette par
ish visited relatives here Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Joubert and little son
Wilfred and Mrs. Alice Joubert were
among those who attended the races
at Lavergne's track Sunday.
Mr.. ]. N. Andrepont and daughter
Paline attended high mass here Sun
day.
Rev. Father Guel motored to the
race track Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Joubert, Mrs. b.
Joubert, Mrs. Alice and Wilfred, wit
messed the picture show and dance
here Tuesday night.
Mr.. Zeno Joubert and Julie Daigle
attended the show Tuesday.
Among those who attended the big
dance here Tuesday we're: Miss Eluia
and Ester Bertrand, Misses Alice and
Rosa AQQTSpO4t5 MID A@AANsA $500
Dimmick Lafleur Of Prairie Ronde.
Miss Daisy Lafleur and cousin
Arthur Fontenot also attended the
dance here Tuesday.
Mrs. ]. N. Andrepont and daagh'
tiers. Pauline and Mrs. E. Joubert and
little SON, motored to Prairie Ronde
Friday
There viii be another big dance
here at Joubert's hall Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 21st. Music viii be furnish
ed by Martell string band. Every
body is invited to attend.
Mrs. E. Joubert and Mrs. Alice Jou
bert motored over to the races with
Sheriff Latiolais.
Mrs. C. N. Bertrand was on the sich
list last week.
The (Joubert) BAN mare won the
race here Sunday.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-09-22
ARNAUDvILLE

Arnaudvllle Public school opened
Monday, September 6, with teachers
Miss Gladly Heard, principal; Miss
Queal Frichelle, Mrs. Viola Ander-
son, Mrs. L. A. Morrogh, Miss H. c..
Delacroix and Miss Tanner.
A meat market was opened Satur-
day, September IL, next to the post
office. Mr.. L. A. Quebedeaux, owner
and manager.
Mr.. Des Mizzi of Opelousas attend
ed to business here Monday,
Henry Couryille was married We'd
nesday, September to Miss Therese
Zendall.
Jules P. Darby and Miss Bertha
Barras of Breaux Bridge were mar
ried Wednesday in Breaux Bridge
and left Immediately after the cere-
mony for trip up North.
Mrs. Frank Morogh is back from
her visit in Sunset where she has
had a wonderful time.
Sam Guidry of Sunset is threshing
rice at his brothers Geo. and Frank
Guidry. There rice crop is excellent
Wilfred Kidder is back from the
Lafayette sanitarium where he has
been very sick for the last six weeks
He is doing well now.
A crowd from Leonville took in the
picture show Sunday night.
Miss Ameant Dore of Leonville
visited her friend, Miss Clermence
Lanclos Friday and Saturday.
Mr.. Geo. Greig is on a trip to Eu
rope. He went with the K. c. The
party left at the beginning Of August
The election day has caused grea
excitement in town.
Edgar Derouselle made a nyini
motor trip TO Breaux Bridge ami
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-09-22

Grand coteau and also to opelousas
last week.
Alma Greig OF New Orleans is Wis
iting her sisters, Mrs. J. e. Delahous-
sage and Mrs. ]. N. Olivier.
People from the neighboring town,
went out to Bayou Portage fishing
Sunday and caught worlds OF fish.
Mrs. Louis Greig Of st. Martinville
spent few days with her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Greig.
Miss Georgia Martin Is visiting re.
latives and friends in Forest City,
Arkansas.
Miss Laurence Darby, Miss Ethel
Bernard and Miss Vivian DerouselIe
left this week to go to Grand Coteau
where they viii attend school at
Sacred Heart Convent.
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The Facts of the Telephone
Situation in Louisiana
j. ident
TELEPHONE TELEGRAPH COMPANY
The Company, The Public, The Employees

Adequate and efficient telephone service Is
essential TO the continued prosperity OF all
commercial enterprises, and telephone in the
home for social intercourse is as necessary as
a telephone in the place OF business.
No telephone company can furnish this serv-
ice without the full support of the public it
serves This is true because the interests OF
the public the telephone company and its en-
poyees are Identical; each must cooperate
and neither can permanently profit at the ex-
pense Of the other.
The Company furnishes the Plant and re-
celves Profits.
The Employees furnish the Effort and re-
ceive Wages.
The Public furnishes the Revenue and re-
ceVes Service.
The telephone situation is as much the con-
Germ Of the public as 1t is Of the Company and
its employees The sound support Of the pub
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-09-22
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
Time of Arrival and Departure Of
Trains from Opeiousas Stations
TEXAS AND PACIFIC

Trains from Opefo1SAe SEAx1onSs
TEXAS AND PACIFIC
No.448 Local Passenger. $40 Am.
No.449 Local Passenger. 200 T. N.
Train No. 448 makes connection az
Melville with main line trains to New
Orleans and intermediate stations.
Train No. 449 arrives at Crowley at
200 P. NJ, making close connection
with westbound train over Southern
Pacific main line.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
Eastbound Trains
No.806 Local Passenger. .917 AN.
No.808 Local Passenger. $40 PM.
Westbouad Trains
NO.807 Local Passenger. g :56 AN.
Ne.805 Local Passenger. .2:44 PHI.
Train No. 500, due at 9:17 A. n,
makes connection at Lafayette with
eastbound train on main line to New
Orleans and all intermediate points.
Both westbound trains run through TO
Alexandria.
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LOST

Conklin Fountain ren in Court
House square Please leave at Hotel
LacOmbs. Reward. sept 1915
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at Must Have Been Dead at Least 8
Months But Didn't Smell"

Months But Didn't Smell"
''Saw a big rat in our cellar last
Fall" writes Mrs. Joanny, land
bought a Csc cake of RAT-SNAP,
broke it up into small pieces. Last
week while moving we came across
the dead rat. Must have been dead
six months, didn't smll. RAT-SNAP
is wonderful" Three sizes, CSC, Csc,
S1.25. Sold ana guaranteed by LittelIs
Drug Store and Est. ]. B. Sandoz.
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FOR SALE

A registered Jack, aged 6 years,
color black. Has many fine mule
colts to prove his worth.
Apply to
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lie should be based upon knOwledee OF the
facts - -
the telephone industry in louisiana faces
Crisis unparalleled during its entire history.
tne cumulative effect Of conditions during the
past four years; conditions which this Com
pany was powerless to influence or control
It Is the purpose Of this Company to fully
inform the public OF the facts Of this situation.
This is the first OF a series Of advertisements
20 place before the public all the facts OF the
telephone Industry in the state of louisiana
It Is the duty Of all who have need for teIe-
phone service now, and in the future. to care
fully read and consider these facts and. IL con-
Vnc1ng TO give a quick, direct and cordial
support to the Company
II any statements are questioned, they can
be verified.
Our whole claim for your support is based
upon established facts.
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T. A. BRASSEUX,
aug145t Route /. Carencro, La.
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The advertisement otvs fact, Of the serolee situation
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
GERMANY MOVING
SLOWLY TO DISARM
HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH
MANY PROVISIONS OF TREA-
TY. ARMY NOW 100000.

That Germany is in no hurry to
disarm is shown by the unofficial
Washington estimates that compll-
ance with the disarmament clauses OF
the treaty approximates only so to
80 per cent.
The most noteworthy instance OF
noncompliance with the disarmament
provisions attracting attention IN
Washington is the failure to reduce
German military effectives. AL
though pledged to reduce her regu-
lar army to 100000 by April 10,
1920. and to 100000 by July 10, the
regular army remains at approximate
Nv 100000. This is in contrast, how
ever, with an 100000 pre-war peace
establishment and an army of 5000
600 at the time of the armistice.
Many Munitions Remain.
Of the guns and ammunition Ger
manv agreed to destroy by March ~,
1920. it is estimated that, up to jan
uary 5, 1920, about one-quarter OF
the amount had been disposed of. In
a report to the inter-allied military
commission of control in Berlin on
January 5 the German government
stocks of munitions re-
naming in Germany as follows: 12,-
600 field pieces, $500 heavy pieces,
$500 flame throwers, 10000 ma
chine guns and $4,000 small arms.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
MONEY ORGY is A
MENACE TO COUNTRY
DANCE OF INDUSTRIAL DEATH
ON IN UNITED STATES. RAM
PAGE OF EXTRAVAGANCE..

NEW YORK-An appeal to the
Aemrican people to desist from a
rampage of extravaganza" has been
issued by the National Association OF
Credit in letter sent to its mem
bers. The letter said:
"The dance of industrial death, in
which the people of America are now
participating, should cease before
they have to pay the piper.
1.-THE extravaganza of our people
since armistice day is one of those
phenomena to which
man is subject. In the war period
we sacrificed gladly, but with the
cessation of hostilities the restrain
ed feeling broke loose and we went
on a rampage of extravaganza such
as never before has been exhibited
in this land.
"This nation is sound fundament-
ally, and this soundness will continue
if people will give up their folly, will
become more diligent, will work as
human beings should work in time
of stress and strain, and thus help
to bring about gradual deflation in
currency so that the prices may read
ily recede and that we may eventu-
ally be brought to a condition of in
dustrial and financial health.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
UNCLE SANS BONDS
ARE GOOD SECURITY
MARKETS MAY FLUCTUATE, BUT
BONDS ARE WORTH FULL
VALUE AT MATURITY.

The United States government
borrowed money from you to finance
the war. You hold the governments
promise to pay you back. This prom
Use is called Liberty bond or i've
torv note. On this bond is stated
the conditions under which the gov
eminent borrowed the money from
you.
For instance: If you hold a bond
of the third Liberty loan, it states
that on April 18th and October 10Th
of each year until maturity. you will
receive interest on the amount you
paid for the bond. Other issues bear
other rates of interest and other ma
turity dates, all of which are clearly
stated on the bond. a.
Now, if you keep your1bond until
the date when the government pays
YOU in full for it, you do not need
to worry if, in the meantime, the
price is low one day or high the
next. You and Uncle Sam are living
I'D to your agreement with each other
and neither will lose by it.
On the other hand. if you sell your
Liberty bond now, you will find that
the man you sell it to will not give
YOU a dollar for every dollar you
paid for it. The price has beer
brought down because so many PEG
pie are offering to sell their bonds
lIf the market is flooded with toma
toes you can buy them cheap, but i
everyone is clamoring for tomatoes
and there are few to be had, the
price goes up. The same is true Of
Liberty bonds. Short-sighted people
are dumping them on the market
and wise ones are buying them.
The best advice that can be given
to the owner of Liberty bond is
this: Hold the bond you bought dur.
ing the war; it is as safe and sound
as the United States government it.
lself.
Buy as many more at the present
low rate as you can afford. Ii you
hold them to maturity you are bound
to make the difference between what
they sell at now and their face value.
You will also receive good interest
ON your investment,
Hold on to your Liberty bonds and
buy more.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
The CENSUS MAY
ENLARGE CONGRESS
FIGURES EXPECTED INCREASE
MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE.
MAY REACH 500.

The growth of population in the
United States is expected to increase
the membership of the house of rep
resentatives from 435 to about 500.
The 1920 census is expected to re-
veal that there are from los, 100000
to 11O,000,000 persons in the United
States, as compared with 91,972,266
in 1910.
If no increase is made in congress
sional membership several states are
likely to lose members they now
have. This will be due to an increase
in the size of the average district.
With 435 members now answering the
roll call, the average of people in
each congressional district is 211,-
43O, based upon the 1913 population.
If it is decided not to increase the
membership, the size of the average
district hereafter, based upon 1920
population, will be $4,000 people.
Changes in State Representation.
Increasing the size of the districts
will cause some states to have fewer
members than now. Indiana, Iowa
and Missouri would lose two mem
bers each. Illinois, Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland, Nebraska, Vermont and
Virginia would lose one member
each.
The losses by certain states will be
offset by probable gains in member
ship by California, Oklahoma, Wash
ington, New Mexico, New York, Ore
gon and Texas.
When the first house of represent
atives gathered in 1890 there were
1O6 representatives, and the average
district contained 37,068 people
Every census year since then the size
of the house has been increased to
take care of states that were about
to lose members. There were 391
members from 1900 to 1910, when
the last increase was made, and the
population in each district averaged
194,364.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
SEE THE PINCH OF
HARD TIMES NEAR
HEAVY EXCHANGE TRANSAC-
TIONS IN LIBERTY BONDS.
A BIG DECLINE.

NEW YORK.-The pinch of hard
times for the small investors was
clearly visible in today's heavy stock
exchange transactions in Liberty
notes. all issues of which with one
exception sold at new low records.
Of the days. total transactions in
bonds, amounting to almost $3l ,OOO,-
900 government issues constituted an
overwhelming proportion.
Decline in Selling Value.
The great decline in the selling
prices which amounted to from Sc to
$50 points below yesterdays closing
figures was attributed by brokers to
the fear of holders that if congress
enacts new tax legislation this SEES
sion the bonds will suffer heavy
loss in value, through disposition by
corporations and wealthy Individuals
to sell in big blocks and the difficulty
experienced by the individual in need
of ready cash in securing loans from
the banks.
All the Liberty bonds except the
31a's which are tax exempt and the
Victory 4 3-4's which duplicate their
recent minimum, suffered falls IN
prices ranging from one-tenth to l Il
per cent, with feeble rallies at the
close of the season
Today's losses represented the Gull
of a progressive decline ex-
tended over the period since January
i, during which the value of the gov
eminent securities has decreased IN
amounts ranging from SIS to $17'58
on each 500.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
WOMEN WENT
HIGH OVER THE TOP
Got More Money Than Was Asked In
Drive In the South. Many
New Societies.

While the Baptist women of the
south were asked for only S15,0O0,-
900 or one-fifth of the total sum
sought in the Baptist $4,000, 900
campaign, they responded with sub
scriptions of S21 $4,000, according
to the annual report of the activities
of the Women's Missionary Union
made to the southern Baptist con-
vention by Miss Kathleen Mallory
of Baltimore, corresponding secre-
tary.
During the campaign $500 girls
and Young women volunteered to give
their whole time to special christian
service, 1000 new missionary socle-
ties aiming the women and young
people were organized, 100000
pages of tracts and other literature
were distributed in behalf of the
campaign and 10000 letters were
sent out and over $4,000 miles tray
eIed in the interest of the drive by
two of the Women's Missionary
Union workers.
A total of 5000 new organizations
were formed by Baptist women dur
ING the last year and over 3.4OO mis-
sion study classes we're conducted.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
EXPRESS DELIVERY
OF THREE CHILDREN
ARE TAKEN SAFE TO SEATTLE
FROM FRANCE AFTER FOUR
VARS OF WAR.

= Jew YORK.-After spending four
Fdibs ars lin war-torn France
bravlna >nrney across the
stormy Atlantl~, BY trans
continental journey ac4~ the United
States, CamilleJ August and Mark
Clausen, three native born Indians,
whose ages range between 10 and ID
years, were delivered safe into the
hands of their parents at Seattle
through agents of the American Rail
way Express Company.
Express charges amounting to more
than $5O7 were willingly paid by the
children's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Clausen, for
merly proprietors of a restaurant in
Colorado Springs, sold their estab-
lishment seven years ago and went
to Mont Belaird, a small town near
Paris, France, to visit relatives, TAX
ing their children with them. The
parents remained in Europe several
months and then returned to Ameri-
ca. The children were left in the
hands of the relatives, and were ex-
pected to follow the parents to the
United States within a few months
but
Forced to Remain in Europe.
Along came the world war, and
with thousands of others, the chill
dren were forced to remain in the
country until the cessation of hostili'
ties. Then the problem of how tc
return the children presented itself.
Some one suggested the express
company. Investigating, Mr.. Clau-
sen was informed that the company
would be willing to undertake the
job. How well it succeeded was proven
by the prompt delivery, the entire
journey requiring less than thirty
days.
And despite the long absence, in
which time Mary, the youngest, had
grown from a girl of 6 to a miss of
10 years, she Immediately recognized
Mrs. Clausen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
Lid WILL Be OFF
DURING CONVENTIONS
PLANNING. TO TAKE
MANY GALLONS WITH THEM
WITHOUT A SEARCH.

Delegates to the republican nation
al convention in Chicago and the
democratic gathering in San Francis
co will not drink to each other solely
with their eyes, according to reports
which are prevalent in those cities.
Both Chicago and San Francisco will
be wide "open," with every assur-
ance that federal prohibition enforce
ment agents will not interfere with
visitors.
Under the rulings of the courts
thus far it is necessary for pro-
hibition officer to make formal APP
plication for a search warrant to be
able to examine grips or baggage.
During the few weeks preceding the
convention thousands of persons will
go to San Francisco and Chicago, and
it will be out of the question for the
scanty force of prohibition agents to
get warrants except in a few cases,
and. if they do this, it is declared
the cry of discrimination will be rails
ed.
From reports in Washington, dele
gates from New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky
and Illinois, it is asserted, will carry
thousands of gallons of whisky in
grips, boxes, bags, in trunks, jugs
and bottles. During the convention
weeks it is also asserted breweries
will move their indicators to the foul
or five per cent notch. California
plans to show delegates just how Cal
ifornia wine tastes when consumed
on the premises. Delegates going t.
that state will not go by the signs OF
the wall but will be governed solel!
by the taste. 1t is asserted that tn
only prohibition that wiz be noted il
the convention cities will be the pro
hibitive prices, and competition ma,
even take care of this condition.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
PROFITS MADE BY
BIG MEAT PACKERS
AVERAGE WAS $192, 900, 900. SPE-
CIAL REPORT OF FEDERAL
TRADE COMMISSION.

Profits made by the big meat pack
ing companies in the first three years
of the war, 1915 to 1917, doubled,
trebled and quadrupled, according
to a special report of the federal
rade commission.
From 1912 to 1914, the report
said, the big five"-Morris & Co.,
Wilson & Co., Cudahy Packing Com
pany, Armour & Co., and Swift d
Co-made average annual profits Of
59,5O0,0OO, while in the next three
years their net return averaged $780,
100000.
The commission called attention to
the packers announcement that prof
its amounted to "only 2 or 3 cents
per dollar Of sales" and said that in
an industry like those under consid-
Grafton which turn over product
very rapidly, this is the equivalent
of high rate of return on net worth
Us per cent or more)."
Rate on investment, not rate on
sales, furnishes the correct method
whereby the reasonableness of profits
may be determined" the report add
ed.
Financial statistics used by the
packers in their recent advertising
campaign care not based on accept
methods of determining costs and &C.
cordingly dependence cannot be plac-
ed upon Them" the report said.
'The whole accounting system of
the packers must be revised before
dependable figures can be found
showing costs and profits by specific
products or even for the business as
a whole"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
PENNSYLVANIA FAMILY
ATE 1852 EGGS IN YEAR

The high cost of living holds
no terrors for Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Manchester. of Potter
vile, Pa. They raise chickens
and eat eggs-witness month
ly average of 70 dozen eggs
consumed by the family during
the year ended May /. One
month they ate 70 dozen.
Reduced further, according
to the records kept by Mrs.
Manchester, it is shown that
876 dozen eggs, or 1882,
were consumed during the year.
The family consists of six
members, but sometimes ten
ten have been at meals. The
Manchester farm is one of the
finest in the state, and most OF
the eggs produced are shipped
to New York and Philadelphia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-05-25
BARGAINS IN new
YORK DRAW CROWDS
HUNTERS" STORM THE CITY'S
STORES. ALL LINES JOIN IN
THE PRICE SLASHING.

\ NEW YORK.-The whole New
York shopping district is one great
bargain sale today with thousands of
bewildered bargain hunters wavering
between S11 crepe de chine night
gowns at 1925 and $14 shoes at
$3.50
After John Wanamaker announced
that he would remit 81 in every So
spent with him, the other great de-
partment stores hesitated just long
enough to watch the first public re-
action. BY midweek last week sew
eral alert merchants had started sim
liar sales and today there are few
big stores in town that are not adj
Ivertising reductions ranging from 20
per cent on some articles to so per
cent on others.
Altman's, for one, is offering a
very large stock of women's wear be-
low the wholesale cost and the man
ager of a large rival store today paid
Altman's the tribute of admitting
that the offer probably is absolutely
on the level.
Little Fellows" Joining.
Even the "little fellows" in the
outlying districts have fallen in line,
depending on a greatly increased vol
ume of sales to compensate for the
loss of direct profits. Gerning,s five
small department stores in residential
neighborhoods north of New York are
following the Wanamaker plan all the
way-that is, a dollar back on every
81.
a cent back on every nickel spent
over their counters.
J. H. Biumenthal & Co., of Mon
treal, wired Wanamaker's that an
identical sale had been declared up
there; Miller Bros, of Chattanooga,
advertised a reduction of one-fifth
on everything under their roof; so
did Rosenthal, of Blytheville, Ark.
Braegers, of Baltimore; c. Craw-
ford Hollidge, of Boston; Sage-Alien,
Of Hartford, Conn; the Peoples
Outfiters, of Detroit; Koch & Co., OF
Allentown. Pa, and Friedman-Spring,
of Grand Rapids, Mich, joined the
play with various versions of the
same general idea.
Brought Huge Trade.
Wanamaker's sales for last week
were five times the average for that
time of the year. Saturday, the
greatest day of the old Philadelphia
merchants attempt to bring down
the high cost of living, was likewise
the greatest in the history of has
store. No recorded last minute rush
of frenzied Christmas shoppers equal
led the bargain counter battles that
ragged in Wanamaker's during the
heavy buying hours.
So here are dry goods dealers,
clothing stores, mems shops and fur
niture stoEes slashing prices to reduce
the cost of living and divert some OF |
the thousands from Wanamaker's.
'Waramaker's does not expect any
immediate ecect on the manufactur-
ing costs, but the executives of the /
store do believe that in time the rip I
pies of this grand slash in the re-
tail market will be felt in the fac
.ories. The immediate effect hoped
for is that the Spectator, hoarder
and profiteer, who have been with
holding goods from the market,
awaiting much higher prices, will be
forced to sell at fair profit, if not
At loss.