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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
Abraham Lincoln at Play

There are two things that Lincoln
loved more than anything else in the
world, and that was to tell a story
and to fondle children. Lincoln was
always simple in his habits and tastes.
He was economical in everything, and
his wants were few. He was a good
liver; and his family, though not ex'
travagant, were much given to enter
tainments, and saw and enjoyed many
ways of spending money observable
by him. After all his inexpensive
habits, and a long life Of successful
law practice, yet he was reduced to
the necessity Of borrowing money to
defray expenses for the first months
Of his residence at the white house.
He repaid this debt speedily upon re-
ceiving his salary for the first quar-
ter.
Lincoln showed great love for his
own children, and tenderness toward
the little ones generally, and he firm
ly believed in what a great writer
said: Better to be driven out from
among men than to be disliked by
children" and whenever it CHANGED
that he gave offense to a child unwit-
tingIy he never rested until he had
won back it's favor and affection. He
beheld in the face of little child
a record of innocence and love, of
truth and trust: and in the society
OF children he was always happy.
Owing, perhaps, to his homely
countenance and ungainly figure,
strange children generally repealed his
advances, but 1 never saw him fail to
win the affection of a child when its
guileless friendship became a matter
of interest to him. He could persuade
any child from the arms OF it mother,
nurse or playfellow, there being pc
culiar fascination in his voice and
manner which the little one could not
resist.
Before leaving the old town OF
Springfield, Mr. Lincoln was often
seen, on many afternoons, striking
out on foot to a neighboring wood, at
tended by his little sons. There he
would romp with them as companions
and enter with great delight into ali
their childish pranks. This joyous
companionship with his children suf-
fered no abatement when he became
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
GIN WAR STARTS
Is SOUTH TEXAS
LOUISIANA PRODUCERS WILL
ERs THERE PAY Is CENTS
NOTE WITH INTEREST FARM

The daily newspapers Tuesday con-
tanned dispatch from town in the
Rio Grande valley of Texas where
cotton ginning is now under way,
stating that lively war is in force
between the ginners Of that territory.
Some time ago the dispatch says, the
ginners agreed to charge forty cents
per hundred for ginning the 1921 crop
grown in their territory. Some gin
ner broke the agreement and thus
precipitated a trade war, and when
the news was sent the price had drop
to twenty-five cents per hundred
pounds Of lint.
The Louisiana ginners' association
met last week at Alexandria and fix
ed the price Of ginning for this sea.
son at seventy cnts per hundred lbs.
Of lint, thirty per cent under the war
time charge for the work.
When the producers of this sec.
ton learn that the South Texas
ginners agreed to gin for forty cents,
they viii wonder how the ginners
Of that section figured on making a
fair profit at such a price as compared
with the seventy cents fixed for Louis
lana. On the other hand, they can
ponder on what the Louisiana ginners
win make at the seventy cent rate
If the Texas fellows were due, to
make a profit at forty cents, and #
they are still make profit at twenty
five cents. what, the producers can
well ask, are the Louisiana ginners
going to make at the price they have
agreed upon.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

! a resident of the white house and took
upon himself the perplexing cares OF
his great office To find relief frCn
those cares he would call his boys
. to some quiet part of the house, throw
himself at full length upon the floor,
! and abandon himself to their fun and
froiic as merrily as If he had been of
their own age.
When Lincoln's soul was most
troubled, he would try and ease him.
self by joke. There was so much
sadness in his makeup that he found
this the best safety valve. Had others
considered serious moments in light
vein they might have been condemn
ed for this mental attitude. But every
body knew it was part Of Lincoln's
temperament.
No one knew better than Mr.. Lin
coin that genuine humor is "a plaster
that heals many a wound and GER
tainly no man ever had larger stock
of that healing balm or knew better
how to use it. But in no sense was
he vain of his superb ability as a wit
and story-teller
Mr. Lincoln's stories were generally
told with a well-defined purpose. to
cheer the dropping spirits of friend
to tighten the weight of his own mel
ancholy-"a pinch, as it were, of men
tai snuff,,-to clinch an argument, to
expose fallacy, or to disarm an antag-
onist; but most frequently he employ
ed them simply as labor-saving con-
trivances."
The most trifling circumstances, or
even word, was enough to remind him
of a story, the aptness Of which no
one could fail to see. He cared little
for high-flown words, fine phrases, or
merely ornamental diction; yet for
one wholly without scholastic training
he was master Of style which was
remarkable for purity, terseness, vi
gor and force.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
CARE WILL ELIMINATE
POD SPOT DISEASE

Baton Rouge, La, August lac
cording to G. L. Tiebout, horticultural
department, Louisiana State UnlVer-
sity bean pod is one of the Louisiana
truckers worst enemies; in one Sec
tion alone more than $4,000 was lost
when wit honly a little care this dis
ease can be eliminated.
There are two diseases that may
"spot" beans in Louisiana, the pod
spot disease and the bligh. The pod
spot disease produces more or less
circular sunken, shiny red spot while
the blight gives blister-like or water
soaked spot, light red to brown In
color. Usually the pod spot causes
greater injury to the pods.
Briefly, pod spot is carried from
one season to another or from one
crop to another in the seed. If one
plants clean seed there will be no
mod spot unless the disease is carried
into the field from some other field
where infected seed were planted.
The experiment station has found
that the heat of summer will kill this
disease, so seed planted in early Au-
gust will produce a crop of SNAPS"
Tor dry beans, if desired for seed
that will be free of pod spot.
Many growers say that the fall crop
Of beans may fail, and it occasionally
does. but one should remember that
a portion of the spring crop may be
set aside for seed, once clean seed
is obtained from fall crop.
Again it may be asked how will one
save the clean seed from spring
crop for planting the following spring.
Easy; thrash soon as possible and
mix with air-slaked lime in the pro-
portion Of two to four parts by weight
of beans to one part by weight Oh
lime. Store the containers in a cool
dry place. The air-slaked lime VIII
keep out the weevils as well as pro-
tect the beans from excessive humidl'
ty.
Unfortunately. blight is not entire
" eliminated by using homegrown
seed produced as outlined, but it Is
unsally considerably reduced.
For details regarding pod spot OF
beans send to the extension division
Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La, for circular No. 16.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
AUTOS COMPETE WITH
RAILS IN PHILIPPINES

In the PARKWAY Philippines the
automobile as a means Of transpor'
tation is making hard competition for
the railways, according to Harris
Waite, of the Goodyear Tire and Rub
Der company, who has just returned
after two years spent in the islands.
American built goods is the ans
Wer.
There are only three islands in the
Philippine group with any railroads
at all. on these the highways
cover a great deal more territory.
matte tires. Trucks honk back and
covering routes of $50 miles and more.
These Buses are equipped with pneu-
matte tires. Truck honk back and
between the plantatinos carrying su-
gar hemp, copra, tobacco and passen-
gers.
In the island of Leyte an enterpris-
ing truck owner has fleet Of sixty
two in operation, all running on big
/ Goodyear pneumatics.
Even in Mindanao, the most back
ward of the islands and largely in
habited by wild natives, many miles
Of good roads have been built, especial
ly leading out from the port town Of
Davao. And the natives will carry
their hemp into market, sell it, for d
few clothes and provisions and then
have a glorious time with the rest of
their earnings riding back kand forth
in auto buses over the macadam
stretches.
The sultan of Sulu has car or two
to tour through his kingdom, although
he is more apt to come into Manila
where he can go farther for his money
His car are Geodyeod equipped.
There are about 5000 foreigners on
the islands, excluding the Chinese
who do S5 per cent of the retail bust
ness on the islands. But the native
Filipinos are also good customers for
automobiles and tires.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
ABDALLA ENLARGE
STORE BUIDn
Ne" Improvement on Forr
Additional Frontage Make,
the Largest and Best Euoinn.. !. ~
in St. Landry's Parish.

Improvements and alto,..
Geo. Abdalla's enlarged So
practically completed, and vils'.
next few days the people Of oDsIa. =
will have an opportunity Of vI,.
ing the enlarged facilities for NJ.
service, bigger assortmens ana NJ
values than has been possible
tofore.
Mr.. Abdalla, who is merch..A
buyer, is now in market and -.
great success in securing the coon...
ton from manufacturers and ~
salers in assembling the larger 49,.
that the big increase in footay. q
enable this firm to carry.
In a recent interview MI. Ana.
stated, 1--WE believe the time !. 81
for merchants to prepare for n. n.
gest and most satisfactory buslvs..
in the history of Louisiana. m.
adjustment period is past, and Ne
now on a firm basis to 20 ahead s.
we are now putting our house IN ~.
in our enlarged store building 81
patrons viii find all the dry ~.
wearing apparel and household L.
essities that they have a right i
pect in the leading store Of tbs 81
munity."
I'VE shall continue to give our ,u.
toners the best possible values ana +.
afford them the largest sssormss
from which to make their selsetio,
"Our new store win be ! slors I,
today with, spick-span new stoel I
merchandise to present to our e
toners, and everything win b ns,,
ed at rock-bottOm prices. We ara IA,
ing behind all memories Of Ola y,
merchandise and old war prices
'"The opening of our ENLARGED 81.
will be announced in a few DAYS ~
the public may look forward 70 nal,
delightful economy surprisss-adps
tisement.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
CITIZENSHIP FIGURES
FOR FOREIGN BORN

Washington, D. c., July 2S.-The
bureau Of census, department of com
merce, today issued a preliminary
statement giving by states the CHI
zenship status of the foreign-borr
white population q years of age and
over, as accertained at the census
taken as of January l, 1920. A prelim,
mary statement covering the United
States as a whole was issued under
date of June II, 1921.
OF the 6,928,O27 foreign-born white
males 81 years of age and over emu.
merated at the census of 1920, 1914
SIT, or AIS per cent, were reported
as naturalized and 1,116,698, or 1871
per cent as having taken on first pa.
uers; 2,138,205. or 800 per cent, as
aliens; and for the remaining $685.
547, or 81 pc recent, the citizenship
status was not ascertained by the emu
merators. So altogether 63.9 per cent
or almost two-thirds, of the foreign
born white males of voting age were
either citizens or on their way to be-
coming citizens. The corresponding
percentage of 1910 was 54.2 the per-
centage of naturalized citizens at that
time being 456 and of those who had
taken out first papers, 8.6. The most
striking change is in the number who
have taken out first papers-570, 772
in 1910 and 1,116,698 in 1920.
There was an increase of AZ per
cent in the total number of foreign
born white males 21 years of age and
over, of 90 per cent in the number
naturalized, and of 95.6 per cent in
the number having taken out first pa
pers, together with a decrease of 81
per cent in the number reported as
aliens and a decrease of 53.8 per cent
in the number of whom the citizen
ship status was not ascertained. These
changes are the net result of two
causes: a. Prior to the entrance Of
United States into the world war
large numbers of aliens applied for
citizenship papers, while those who
had already taken out their first pa
pers and were eligible for the full citi-
zenship status availed themselves of
the opportunity to assume it: (2) a
very great reduction in the influx of
aliens took place during the second
half of the decade 1910-192O. The
result was a decrease in the proper
tion which aliens represented of the
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
Auto Trayel Versus RaIIroads

When this state is gridironed with
good roads, as it is doubtless going
to be, the railroads will have to either
reduce their rates, or go out OF bust
ness. The "rent hogs" in New Or.
leans are depressing the people OF
that city; the railroads are depressing
the people of the state and nation.
Travelling by rail is becoming pro-
hibitive. Shipments that may take
up one half the profits. To illustrate
how much cheaper one can travel by
auto, rather than by rail, witness the
following:
"A gentleman left here few days
since at a. M, when our dirt roads
had not yet dried, and were therefore
in bad condition, and went to Alex
andria, reaching his destination at
10 a. m. He remained in that city
until p. M, and reached Opelousas
at 8 p. m. the same day. His ex-
penses we're few gallons of gasoline
aggregating one dollar, sixty cents.
By rail, his fare for the round trip
would have been five dollars and fifty
cents, a net gain of three dollars and
and ninety cents. Again, when the
roads will permit trucks to haul upon
them, the merchants Of New Orleans
will supply those of adjoining towns
with merchandise, and those in turn
will supply the country ones. And
they will do this much cheaper than
do the railways.
SO that, 1 say, build roads and
make the railroads of the state and
nation, reduce fares, reduce freight
rates, or go out of business. They
have oppressed the people long
enough.
Yours truly,
GILBERT L. DUPRE.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

total foreign-born white population
with corresponding increases in the
proportions of men VIII owere natural.
lied and of those who had taken out
their first papers.
In "a states and the District OF
Columbia the proportion naturalized
increased; in A states and the Dis
trict the proportion having first pa
pers increased; and in 80 states and
the District both these proportions
increased. For Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona the
returns show very considerable in
creases in the proportions alien.
These increases were due wholly or
mainly to the presence in 1920 Of large
numbers OF natives of Mexico, this
class OF the population having more
than doubled during the last decade
increasing from 219,SO2 in 1910 to 447,-
521 in 1920 In Nevada and Califor-
mia also the influx of Mexicans result
ed in increases in the proportion
aliens, but these increases were less
pronounced than those in the other
states named.
The figures showing the citizenship
status of foreign-born white males re-
fer to 1920 only, no returns as to citi-
zenship of women being called for at
the census of 1910. For the United
States as a whole, somewhat more
than half (52 per cent? of all the for
eign-born white women in 1920 were
reported as naturalized and two fifths
Gao per cent? as aliens, leaving only
Ia per cent as having taken out first
papers and 81 per cent for whom the
citizenship was not reported. At the
census of 1920 a woman married to
native or naMralized citizen Of the
United States was returned as citi-
zen, even though herself foreign born;
and a native-born woman married to
an alien or to a foreign-born man who
had taken out his first naturalization
papers only was returned as an alien.
But the number of aliens here con-
sidered includes only those who are of
foreign birth. An unmarried woman
in the United States is, of course,
citizen by birth; and for an unmar-
ried foreign-born woman the process
Of naturalization is the same as for
man.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
new OIL SPECIFIC
CURES Ga LEPERS
HEAD OF HAWIIAN SCHOOL PER
FECTS MEDICINE WITH
WONDERFUL RESULT

Honolulu, July 2s-Use Of the new
chaulmoogra oil specific as a cure
for Ieprosy has been so successful at
the Molokai island settlement for lep-
ers here that "a inmates Of Kalihi
hospital have been discharged as com
pletely cured.
Authorities say that probably with
in 10 years the territory will have no
further need of Molokai as a leper
settlement; that settlements for lep-
rosy will be a thing Of the past and
that leprosy itself may perhaps be
unknown.
To Arthur L. Dean, president Of the
University Of Hawaii, goes the credit
for perfecting the lepresy cure.
Chaulmogra oil long has been recognize
ed as the standard specific for lepro-
sy. It's one fault was that it had to
be administered as whole, with the
result that the cure was slow and
often inefficient.
Doctor Dean separated from the
bulk OF the oil that element that com
bats the disease. 1t is this element,
in the pure state, that has been u.s.
ed with such astounding results at
Molokai The process is by an inter
muscular injection once week and
capsules administered internally three
times daily.
DIR. w. ]. Goodhue for Is years resi-
dent at the Molokai settlement says
that under the present method Of
treatment IS per cent Of the chronic
cases Of leprosy at the settlement will
be turned out cured within the next
two years.
Many OF the patients OF Molokai,
however, never can recover as their
disease was too far advanced before
the cure was discovered.
There are 512 patients at Molokai
and of these IT'S have been under
treatment with the Dean cure for five
months. The chaulmoogra supply is
entirely inadequate and each day four
to five patients, who beg with tears
in their eyes for treatment, are com
PEELED to turn away.
Manufacture of the cure is being
carried on now in only small way.
one of the main handicaps being the
inability to obtain sufficient chauI-
moogra seeds Hundreds of plants
are being reared at government ex-
perimental stations here and soon
Hawaii will have number Of Chaul-
moogra oil-producing plantations.
Molokai used to be called 'lonely
island" because the lepers consigned
TO it rarely ever returned. Today
its called happy island" because
since the discovery that the Dean
specific meant a permanent cure for
the dread disease, the sunshine Of
hope has returned to the faces Of the
leper inmates. And the whole institI-
ton is full of eagerness and smiles.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
INTEREs TING TUREs
FALL BUYERS CONVENTION

New Orleans, August big re-
auctions on merchandise suited to the
present needs of retailers in the south
ern rtates will be made by members
OF the spot trade division Of the New
Orleans association Of commerce dur
ing the fall buyers convention Aug
ust % to q, it was announced here
today by A. L. Shushan, chairman of
the division.
Mr.. Shushan declared that this
years convention promises to be one
of the largest and most successful
ever held in New Orleans. He said
that particular care has been taken to
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
Farm Bureaus Meet in vermiIIion
GILBERT L. DUPRE.

Farm Bureaus Meet in VermiIlion
Abbeville, La, Aug. 1T. H. Casa
nova, county agent, Vermillion parish
held meetings of the Kaplan and In
dian Bayou farm bureaus for the pur'
pose of getting the total number OF
sacks and amount of Irvine needed
by the farmers. The orders for the
day totaled $4,000. A picnic was also
attended given by the Indian Bayou
farm bureau. A talk on cooperation
was made by the agent.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

Griggs: I rpeat, the race is not al
ways to the swift!
Briggs: Righto! The hare gets N
the soup as often as the turtle!-Car.
toons Magazine.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
The Difference

When Isaac Newton saw an apple
fall from a tree he exclaimed, "Grav-
ity!' But other peopl exclaimed, Lev
ity!'-Cartoons Magazine.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

First chorus girl: Are you going
to the party with Jack?
Second chorus girl: No, with the
party with jack!-Cartoons Magazine.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

everything by the way of staggering
bargains, "hurrah discounts, "discon-
tinued lines at less" and SO forth they
know what NOT to get
They want fresh, live tire. With a
good reputation. That's everything it says
it is. With the people behind it who
back it up.
There are 90 U. S. Factory Branches.
Your local U. s. Dealer is drawing
upon them continually to keep his stocks
sized up, complete-to give you service.
Whenever he gets one, or a hundred
tires from u. S. Factory Branch, they
are newly made this seasons tires.
Sold to you at net price. Full values.
Square-dealing. A reputable maker. A
reputable dealer. The whole transaction
as BELTS the leadership of the Oldest and
largest rubber organization in the world.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03

oTOP and talk to the next man
~ you see with U. S. Tires on
his car. Ask him why.
Most likely you'll hear an inter-
esting story about his tire expert
ments before the answer was
found. Money wasted. Promises
unkept. Trouble on the road-hu-
morous to every one except the
man who went through it.
Finally u. S. Tires. And U. S.
Tires ever since.
Perhaps~tfs the experience of U. S.
Tire buyers that makes them more en-
phatic in their preference than ever this
year.
When these men have tried most
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
Taken al on...

Ns" e vneel
She; Compose me a sho,
He: I love you!
She; AcceDtedi Cartoon.
zine.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1921-08-03
THE
u. S. NOBBY TREAD

Where the going is specially heavy
with snow, mud or sand, in billy
country where maximum traction on
the road is factor, no other tire tread
yet devised is quite so effective, or so
wholly approved by motoring opin-
ion, as the U. S. Nobby Tread.
Its very simplicity-three rows Of
diagonal knobs, gripping the road
is the result Of all the years of U. S.
Rubber experience with every type
Of road the world over.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-09-22

| will In a short time receive clerical
help. A recent report on conditions
of this department by a state expert
suggested that the water department
have it's own individual clerk. john
J. Braney superintendent since be-
ing appointed to Office, has done all
the clerical work himself, but since
water statements are mailed out
quarterly more work than can be
handled efficiently has been placed
upon the superintendent.
The United Y. M. c. A. officials are
still making a strenuous drive Tor
local men to take up correspondence
courses. Edgar Nodine Is in charge
of the work in this city. To date he
has accepted the applications or
many. Men qualified to answer any
question pertaining to the numerous
courses are on hand daily at the To-
cal Y. NJ. c. A. rooms.
Officers Edward o'Leary is enjoy
ing part of his annual vacation with
relatives and friends at M~organville.
Patrolman O'Connor resumed his
duties on the police force yesterday
after ten days vacation.
Property owners who desire to
make their own improvements to
sidewalks and curbs will receive a
grade and specifications that must
be adhered to-. 1t is the intention OF
the city engineer to have every side
walk in the city of a uniform width.
1t is understood that cement will be
specified as material for Sidewalks
and blue stone for curbing.
The Pine avenue improvement is
estimated at $4,000, and the Portia
street sidewalks and curbs have been
estimated at $4,000.