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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

homs folks v Sunday. Charlie
Emmons and children have Chicken
Pox. - John lam killed a nice beef
Wednesday. - Bill Hendrix sold 10
calves TO Wayne Bradley. Pearly
Fredd sold 60 stock hogs at Ice to
Speck Huddleston. - Claud Woods
sold 16 stock hogs to Ern Kennon of
Goose Hill. - Frank Muir sold a load
Ct mules to a st. Louis firm and they
were shipped Friday. = Sparl Smith
bought a calf from Clyde Harkrlder.
- MA. Will Stephens and daughter,
Miss Marguerite, are home from St.
Louis where they have been buying
spring goods. Jake Harkrider is
home from Gentry County.
Observation-Disclosures VS. hrdluououoo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
V. E. KENDALL SUCCESSFUL.
Former Mexico Man Retires From
Business in Oklahoma.

V. E. Kendall, who was born and
reared in Mexico, and who is the
brother of Mrs. j. H. Lane, Of this
city, has retired from the clothing
business in Durant, Okla, where he,
together with his brother, o. r. Ken
dali, and NJ. R. Wise, now of Mexi o,
established the firm known as the
Kendall Clothing Company in 1908.
Mr.. Kendall, the manager of the
store, was a pioneer in the one-price
business in southwestern Oklahoma,
and has made a great success in his
experiment, according to the Durant
Daily Herald, which prints a picture
Of him and compliments him on his
success, upon the occasion Of his re-
tircmcnt.
The paper states that Mr.. Kendall
does not know what he will do, now
that he has sold out to the Hiltibrand
Staten Co., further than that he will
remain in Durant. The Ledger joins
many others in congratulating MIR
Kendall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

Ham and family Sunday. - Mr.. anu
Mrs. John Mollett were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. F. /. Hagan Tuesday.
- Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Ham were the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ferris
Wednesday. - Arthur Stanford but
chered three hogs last Wednesday. -
Brice Flynn was in Mexico on bus
mess Thursday. - Mr.. and Mrs. c..
A. Mollett were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. F. l. Hagan Wednesday. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Brice Flynn were the
guests of Nj. and Mrs. F. l. Hagan
Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. F. /.
Hagan started to Mexico Sunday to
visit Mrs. Frank Paige and her new
son, but they had tire trouble and
were forced to give up their trip. -
F. /. Hagan bought som hay from
Galloway, paying $50 a ton for it. -
Theodore Hitz and family, Phillip
Melahan and son, F. l. Melahan were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Spencer Sunday, it being their third
wedding anniversary.-Louis Sonwait
butchered hogs Thursday, and John
Martena helped him. - Mr.. and Mrs.
John Mollett were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Sonwalt and family
Thursday evening. - Mr. and Mrs.
S. P. Burbary and family were the
guests of Ed Ferris and family Sum-
day. - Theodore Hitz bought a pure
bred bull from Mr.. Deboe; he paid
800 for it. - o. C. Ehrlich butchered
two hogs Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
DEATH RATE THE HIGHEST.
IS Per 1000 Died in Registration Area
of 80 States and q Cities.

! WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 3.-The
death rate in the United States for
1918 was the highest on record, &C
cording to the Census Bureaus annual
mortality statistics, issued today, which
shows 1,471 1867 deaths for the year,
representing a rate of Is per 1000
Of population in the death registration
area of 80 States and q cities, with a
total estimated population of 81 $685.
104.
Of the total, 477,467, or more than
80 per cent, were due to influenza and
pneuminia, 380.99 having occurred in
the last four months of the year, when
ar epidemic of these diseases prevail
ed. The rate for influenza and pneu-
monia was 1892 per 100000; influenza
caused 344,681 deaths and pneumonia
1921 1876 showing rates of 1899 and
284.3 per 100000 respectively, the
highest rates which ever nave appear
ed for these causes. The rate in 1917
for influenza was 17.2 and for pneu-
monia 1893.
The other principal causes Of death
were organic diseases of the heart,
tuberculosis, acute nephritis, Bright's
disease and cancer, which, together,
were responsible for 991 1892 deaths,
or nearly 81 per cent of the total dur
ing the year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
HEDGEDALE ITEMS.

Miller Bros, sold SIS head of stock
hogs to Mr.. Fennewald. - Mrs. ]. r.
Shook who has been sick is very much
improved. - Mervyn Fisher and
Charles Maxwell butchered hogs this
week. - Miss Mary Hanna spent the
weekend with her parents of Santa
Fe- - Ed Witchie who is attending
school at Columbia has the flu, buS is
much better. Miss Fern Rogers
had the measles last week. - Dan
Miller has been on the sick list. -
Dick Rosenthal sawed wood for D. L
Rogers, l.. Kircher and J. H. Hinton
last week. - Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Err
del, Jr., spent Sunday with Ira Mayes
and family of Moline. - Miss Leona
Kircher has a position as Typist and
Bookkeeper at the Power Company
office at Mexico. - Ben Pierce is suf-
fering from an attack of measles. -
Miller Shute is i'll of measles at his
grandparents, r. Miller's. - Maxwell
Bros, shipped a car Of oats to Ala
bama. - F. F. Witchie, L. Kircher, F..
S. Sicily and Will Frazier delivered
oats to Rush Hill last week. - F. S.
Shelley and family and Raymond
Shook and wife spent Sunday with F.
Witchie. - Arthur Ketter hauled corn
to Rush Hill last week. - Clayton
Shook and wife and Miss Leona
Kircher spent Sunday evening with
L Kircher.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
DYE NEWS ITEMS.

In two days after Miss Keller, agen'
for a farm paper, made an interesting
talk at Dye School, they had secured
enough subscriptions for the paper tC
obtain a beautifully framed picture OF
General Pershing. - Esther and Will
lard Britt spent the weekend with
their grandparents in Rush Hill. -
Ralph Leritz was in Mexico Tuesday
- Most everyone is cutting wood
these days. - Miss Ruth Dubray was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. La
Rue last week. - Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Alderman and daughter, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Erder, Jr.,
Tuesday evening. - Ralph Leritz Is
hauling corn to Rush Hill at $l.45.
Albert Erdel is aiding him. - We well
come Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hale in to
our neighborhood. They are residing
on the place vacated by Edgar Mar
tin. - Mr.. and Mrs. Alderman and
daughter were guests of Ed Kunkel's
Wednesday evening. - Miss Ruth
Rouse spent the weekend at her home
in Mexico. - Mrs. J. R. Shook, mother
of Mrs. Geo. Erdel, has been confined
to her bed for about two weeks. She
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
CANT ITEMS.

The flu and measles are making
their appearance again. Army
Dempsy is reported some better. -
Other Nevins, wife and one child are
down with the flu. - Genelle Den
ham and Ola Showers visited Mr.. W.
P. eDnham Saturday and Sunday in
Centralia. - Mary Edwards died at
Martinsburg, Jan 80, 1920 at the
home of DR.. Fulkerson where she mad
been making her home. The cause Of
her death was heart trouble and flu.
She was 80 years old, a good Christian
girl, loved by all who knew her. The
family have this community's SYM
pathy in their hour of loneliness. Her
mother, Mrs. Edwards, has the flu
now. - Mrs. Fulkerson and Helen
both have the flu. - Miss James was
in Mexico over Sunday. - We win
soon have two new bridges to go over;
one near Mrs. Belle Sims and the
other one south of James Mocks. They
are ready as soon as the road boss
puts in the fills. - P. F. Denham is
still saving but wants to move to
Sims as soon as he can. - Will Smith
has gone to back to Vernons for a few
days - Joe Berrey and wife were
in Mexico on business Saturday.
- Walter and Hazel McCewen have
been out of school for a few days on
account Of bad colds and coughing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
HATTON-CONCORD

Mrs. Parker Huelett is on the sick
list. - Charley Hoffman's family are
sick with colds. - West Muir of Ok
lahoma is here visiting his son, Oran
Muir and wife. - Miss Mayme Muir
returned home from her aunt's in Ar
kansas, where she had a most delight
full time. - Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
Berry will live with Pete Brown this
year Mis- Frances Cottrell who at
tenn Fulton High Schol is visiting
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
Attention, Women!

The League of Women Voters will
meet Saturday afternoon at the Lib
rary Club Room at 2:3O. The class in
citizenship will be conducted with the
following program:
County and Township Organization
Mrs. Hugh Sproul.
Methods of Voting in Ohio, DR.
Florence Geeslin.
Excerpts from the Woman Citizen
Mrs. Arthur Holmes.
American Citizenship, Mr.. Gall
Johnston.
Every woman in Mexico and vici
nifty is invited to come and hear thi.
interesting and instructive program
d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
SIX BABIES IN Is MONTHS.
Two Sets of Triplets Born to an Ala
bama Couple.

ALBANY, Ala, Feb. 4.-Six child
ren-two sets of triplets-within ff-
teen months, is the birth record in the
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Posey Living
stone of Albany. The second trio Of
children was born Monday and all are
we'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

Two suits in partition were filed
with the Circuit Clerk Tuesday. They
were William Mongler against Clara
Gaby; and Joe Mongler against Clara
Gaby.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

is slowly improving. - Frank James
and Otto Alderman attended the Wal
ter James sale Thursday. - Misses
Martha Tuepker and Hilda Anderson
spent the weekend from Mcmillan
High with home folks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
McCLINTIC ITEMS.

Written By A and B Glasses. .
Mr.. and Mrs. o. C. Durbary were
the guests of Ed Ferris and family
Sunday. - Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Ham
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
c. & A. SWITCHMAN HURT.
w. J. Jordan is Thrown From Train
Monday Morning.

W. j. Jordan, a switchman for the
c. & A. Railroad was knocked of a
train Monday morning about 9:31
o'clock and was cut and bruised a
great deal. He was taken to the Aud.
rain Hospital where a thorough exam.
nation was made and it was found
that no bones were broken, and thai
none Of his injuries were serious.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

Mary Mccain and Ella Criswell, of
Wellsvillc, were in Mexico visiting
Monday and Tuesday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

Mrs. W. F. Thomas has returned
from a visit in Artesia, New Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05
NOTICE


We have finished our inventory and are pleased to announce
that we will soon put on another sale to close this stock out IN
the shortest time possible. We have released our present store
room for our own protection and we offer our stock fixtures and
lease Tor sale.
We have today given our coat and suit stock another mark
down. We have only 3 plush coats, 10 cloth coats, 3 ch'ldrens
coats, left. These we have reduced SO materially that if you are
going to need any Of the above you cannot attordto miss this OPP
portunity as prices for next fall are about 80 per cent higher.
We were in market last week, and pi,ked up some good staple
merchandise at a price to help make our sale as effective as last
TALL sale. We believe your saving will be at least SlOO a garment
on underwear over next falls prices. We are showing some
spring suits, dresses, and the spring merchandise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

Mrs. Dave MCGEE, of Bowling
Green, visited Mexico friends Tues
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

W. N. Jones went to Vandalia on
business Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-02-05

L, NJ. Fetch, of L~addonia, was In
Mexico on business Monday.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
One of Iberia'S Most Loved
Citizens Passes AWAY.
Hon. l.. 0. Hacker, Confederate Veteran, Judge,
Lawyer and Once School Supt. Dies Tuesday.

One Of the landmarks of New Ibe-
ria citizenship was removed from our
midst on Tuesday, November %,
when the venerable Judge" l.. O.
Hacker passed to his reward
Almost eighty years ago Mr.. Hack
er first saw the light of day, being
born in iberia Parish, which shas been
his home for well over three-quart-
ers of a century.
A little over fifty years ago he was
married to Miss Sarah Bolch, of Pla-
quemine, Louisiana, in Iberville Par
ish, and on the % Of last February,
one of the prettiest sights we have
ever witnessed was their celebration
of the Golden Anniversary of their
marriage.
The deceased was admitted to the
bar and began the practice of law
after his return from the army at the
close of the Civil War.
In the Spring Of 1900 he was a
candidate for District Judge against
T. D. Foster, carrying Iberia Parish
by two to one vote over his oppon-
ent, the exact figures being Hacker
1887, and Foster 594 A heavier vote
in the rest of the district, however,
returned Foster the winner, much to
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
v, G, WEEKS SPEAKS
At N. 0. MEETING.
uome Loan Bank Plans
Are Being Developed.

NJ w. G. Weeks of the iberia
Building Association delivered one
:, tbe principle addresses at the
....;,o of the Louisiana State
ostoad League last Saturday
Il. i New Orleans, when Senator
calder of New York, was the guest
Of honor.
rso occasion was hearing of the
u..;onal Senatorial Committee on the
uome Loan Bank proposition, Sena-
TOR Calder being Chairman Of the
Senatorial Committee.
The Louisiana Homestead League
-,;oh was meeting in New Orleans,
.atertained their important guest at
dinner at Antoine's one of the res
..nrants that has made the Crescent
r;tv famous throughout the Nation.
r. was at this dinner that New
1hsria's citizen, past president of both
.he National and State Homestead
Ieapue. delivered the address OF wei
,ome to Senator Calder on behalf OF
the State organization.
Among the other speakers were
r;tv Commissioner Kicks, Congress
man James O'Connor, and Congress
man Garland Dupre.
n his speech Senator Calder said
tbat the outlook for the Federal
Homestead Bank bill is much brighter
tban Il was six months ago. If. the
svctem Is established New Orleans
ebould be the site of one of the dis
tr;et hanks, and will be if he has any
saw in the matter.
Senator Calder spoke Of the failure
of banks to make any of their saw
;nos deposits available for homestead
loans. and went thoroughly into the
subject of home scarcity, and then
discussed the remedial legislation to
he suggested as result of the sur
vey in progress. Consideration is be-
ing given to a home loan banking
system en- the order of the farm loan
system. The plan would provide for
bank in each Federal Reserve Dis
trict The stock would be subscribed
by the homesteads and at least $780,
900 would be necessary for district
bank. There would be general sup
eryision at Washington. Associations
could borrow from the banks upon
pledge Of their mortgages as securi-
ty. The homesteads have loaned out
two billion, and the bank system
would permit expanding the loans
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
TELEPHONE COMPANY PLANNING
BIG EXPANSION TN NEW IBERIA.
Night Expansion Depends n

The Cumberland Telephone Comp
any had hearing before the New
Iberia Chamber of Commerce at its
meeting on Tuesday night on their
proposed increase in rates"
rhe General Manager of the Comp
any, Mr. C. A Stair, was present,
accompanied by the New Orleans ma
nager, Mr.. Baird, and Mr.. John Gil
lentine, also of the head Office.
Mr.. Stair made a very interesting
statement of the business conditions
of the Company, and submitted their
plans as at present outlined for in
.creasing and improving the service in
New Iberia.
The General Managers statement,
in part, follows:
"The present investment of the
Telephone Company in each city in
which it operates is based upon tho
rough detailed studies made from
time to time by trained forces con-
stantly engaged in such work.
"In 1914 such a study was made Of
New Iberia in order that we might
obtain the necessary data upon which
to forecast the future telephone
needs, based upon the number, char
acter, distribution and occupations of
the population, and in turn to obtain
the data upon which to base plans
for providing the additional facilities
required, as well as to ascertain the
approximate cost of same.
"Based upon the data obtained in
the study, we estimated the popula-
ton of New iberia in 1914 to be
7,O42, and the population of the ex-
change area, which includes territory
outside but adjacent to the city, to be
8,247. We estimated that the popula-
ton of New Iberia in 1920 would be
1900, and the exchange area $500.
The 1920 census gave New Iberia a
population Of 6,270, which, if correct,
shows that our estimate was a little
too large, bat the intervening years
from the estimate to the present
covers the war period, in which the
growth of population has been check
ed.
New Iberia Telephone Area.
"The city of New iberia, with a
population Of 6,27O is not the whole
telephone service area. In the serv-
.iee area are included all populated
areas lying Immediately beyond and
adjacent to the city imitsf This en-
tire area has conservatively popu-
lation, at the present time of 5000
people.
The population of this area in 1880
is estimated to be 11,000.
Forecast of Service Requirements.
"Based upon our 1914 study of the
character and occupation of the peo--
pie, we were of the opinion that the,
567 telephone stations which were
served through the New iberia ex
change at that time did not repres-
ent as high a percentage of develop
ment as should be obtained. The
ratio of stations to people was l to
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27

the disappointment of the hundreds
of warm supporters of Judge Hacker.
In 1901 Mr.. Hacker was appointed
to the position of Superintendent of
Public Education for this parish,
which position he filled with a great
deal of credit to himself and salts
faction of the public.
Upon the adoption Of the present
commission form of government in
New Iberia, he was chosen to fill the
place of legal advisor for the Com
mission Council, which position he
has held ever since.
AS late as Monday evening of this
week Mr.. Hacker was evidently in
fair health, having gone to the @mov-
ing pictures that evening.
Monday night he was reading the
newspaper, and waiting up for the
8:4G train, on which his daughter,
Mrs. A. A. DeBlanc, was returning
from New Orleans, as he was anxious
to get the news from his grandchild
in that city.
He was stricken without warning,
just as the train was coming in, and
was unconscious when Mrs. DeBlanc
came from the depot. The end came
at seven o'clock of the following
evening, when without pain or strug-
gle he passed to the reward of a
beautiful life
The funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 P. M, Wednesday from ST..
Peters Catholic Church, Of which he
had been most devout member all
of his life.
It was an occasion of general sor-
row for the whole city, as attested by
a procession many blocks long that
followed him to his final resting
place. Rev. Father Langlois payed
beautiful tribute to the character
Of the departed man, and drew a deep
lesson that much impressed the audi
ence that more than filled the church.
The pail bearers were Mr.. S. G..
Harry and Emile Vuillemot, repre-,
senting the Societe Renaissance, of
which he was member, and Hons.
Walter Burke and James Simon. F.
j. Decuir, j. S. Power, F. j.. Dau-
terive and E. T. Weeks.
The honorary pail bearers were E.
S Broussard, P. R. Burke, E. De-
lahoussaye, I. w. Gajan, V. j.
Smith, w. G.. Weeks, representing
the local bar. and Mayor III. S. Sea-
ly, Commissioners l.. F. Villermin
and A. A. Girard, P A. Landry, j.
A. Gonsoulin. Jules Dreyfus, Paul
Basin, G. j. LaBauve, M. w. Fish
er, r. W. Frame. Dr. Geo. Saba
tier and DR.. H. J. Dauterive.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
four children, Mrs. A. A. DeBlanc
and Mrs. R. M. Moore, of New Ibe-
ria, and Mrs. L. c. Fagot and Mr..
Herbert Hacker of New Orleans; two
sisters, Mrs. A. Ami of Lgreauvfale
and Mrs. Prosper Druilhet Of New
Iberia. He also has seven grand
children and two great-grandchildren,
the latter being the children of Mrs.
Mayronne of New Orleans, formerly
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
another billion and a half.

another billion and half.
Another bill Senator Calder pro-
posed was to exempt from federal
taxes the income on realty mortgages
up, to $40, 900 principal, which would
attract mortgage investment.
A building and construction bureau
at Washington also may be recop-
mended, and the banks may be requir-
ed to invest some of their savings in
housing.
There will not be any great reduc-
ton in building costs, was another
expert opinion by Senator Calder,
who is building contractor in
Brooklyn. Lumber has come down,
but cement will not, because of the
immense road building program.
In interviewing Mr. Weeks on the
Homestead subject in general he stat
ed that Louisiana easily ranks first
among all the Southern States both in
number Of Building Associations and
in the size and activity of the indivi-
dual organizations.
The proposed Home Loan Bank
will compose a system of eleven re-
gional banks, similar to the Federal
Reserve System, and from these dis
trict banks the local Homesteads can
borrow at five percent on long time
loans. This will so facilitate the
work of the local organizations that
it should at once promote the build
ing of homes in increasing numbers,
an activity now so sorely needed all
over the nation.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-11-27
mate completed plant is in use.
Outside Plant.

ITO connect the stations to the
new Central Office equipment will re-
quire minimum of 1000 pairs of
wires. These wires made of copper
will be assembled in cables ranging
from 80 to 1900 wires per cable.
making altogether over 10 miles of
cable. The great majority of this
cable will be upon aerial routes
through the outlying sections of the
city, but it is contemplated that all
open wire routes in the city will be
dlsmantled and converted into an all
cable distribution, which will render
the lines less liable to trouble and
mechanical interferences. and make
unnecessary the trimming of trees so
as to keep the lines clear.
Program.
The plans for the next five years
include the erection of a new build
ing, the installation of complete COM
mon battery switchboard, and the en-
largment of the exchange outside
plant to serve an estimate of 792 sta
tiOns.
"These additions and extensions to
our property account in New Iberia
involved in the program mapped out
for the years 1921 to 1925, both in
elusive, represent gross expendi-
ture of approximately S128,70O, and
If our forecast of $50 stations is re-
allied by 1880, we will have by that
time expended approximately $780,
600 to provide the necessary facili
ties to handle that number of sta
tions.
"All OF these plans looking to a
greater New IBERIA with adequate
and efficient telephone service, upon
which its future growth is so vitally
dependent, are predicated upon the
abiding faith in the willingness of the
telephone patrons to pay such rates
for its service as will enable the
Company to raise the necessary large
sums of new capital involved in car
rying through this comprehensive
program for the city"
Mr.. Stair assured his hearers that
every cent of money raised in Loui-
siana due to the increase in rates,
will be used in improving and extend
ing the service in this state. And he
further stated that the average in
crease in New Iberia asked by his
Company amounts to about % per
cent. or approximately so cents per
month on residence phones.
After the hearing President Carver
of the Chamber of Commerce fixed
next Tuesday night as the date when
final action by the local organization
will be taken as to what recommend
alton will be sent to the State Com