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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
Intrusions, BY Beatrice Kean Sey
mour. Thomas Settler and
Company

The latest novel by the author of
Invisible Tides" marks distinct for
ward step in her work. The story as
a whole is hectic and abnormal but
the character of Roberta is created
with skill and subtlety that are
above the level of ordinary writing.
To make so unusual a character even
approach reality would be an
achievement. But Roberta, in Mrs.
Seymour's hands not only becomes
real but the reader is made to feel
her menace to every one in the circle
OF her life.
An unpleasant book but clever
one and a really brilliant study of
the devastations worked by brain
less charmer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
allen ANDRIANS INSPECT Us
NEW PAVING METHOD

Fredericksburg, Va, Oct. % - &
visit vas paid to Fredericksburg
afternoon by the members
composing the Council Manager Form
of Government of Alexandria, VINO
motored here to inspect the method
used By the City Manager of this city
to lay asphalt streets, as well as in
spect the coal tar distillery and other
municipal improvements introduced
by L. J. Houston, Jr., the City Mana,
ger.
The party, composed of W. n,
Smoot, (acting mayor; A. II.
Bryant, r. s. Jones, 7. ]. Fannon,
the City Manager, w. NJ. Rich and
City Engineer f. C. Dunn, were the
guests of the city at luncheon at Ho-
tel Princess Anne Mayor ]. Garnett,
City Manager L. ]. Houston, Jr., II.
+. Crismond, r. l. Biscoe, A. P. Rove
and others of this city were present.
After lunch the visitors went over =
number of the streets which are be-
ing improved with = new surface Of
asphalt, gravelled by special me-
thod
The worlds first banknotes were
issued in China nearly 1900 years
before the Christian era.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
The Gazette's Book Shelf
Batoulada, by Rene Maran. Thomas
Settler and Company

An almost perfect example of the
objective style, all the more relnarka-
Bile because of the authors intense
interest in the Negro and his OPP
preston. Burning with a sense OF
the Negroes injuries, cage: 70 right
1.-THE wrong done to the people of his
own color, burdened with their woes
and the cruel injustice OF colonial
life, the author presents the case OF
the Negro With consummate skill,
effacing himself end his own emo
tions and letting the stark simplicity
of the story work its will in the read
er's mind. 1t is Art in its highest
form and subtle propaganda, moro
powerful than any diaJribc launched
in the literary War of Color tina:
apparently has sprung up over night.
The book is a remarkably fine
piece of writing but back of the story
and woven through it is something
more nightly than the written word,
the darkly brooding force Of the
Jungle, mysterious and terrible. 1t
is not hard to understand why this
novel was awarded the PriX Con
court or why its popularity ma;
justified its translation into several
languages. There is compelling
power. a vividness, a poetic f.autY
that come only from the pen of .
great Artist.
The book loses much in translation,
though a sense of fairness compels
one to say that the blame should no:
be laid upno the translator. To pre-
serve the rugged strength of the
original without offending Main
Street proprieties required careful
stepping and to Adele Settler must
go due credit for having skirted sue
cessfully some literary precipices.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
Contest. Between
Men, Not Parties
Election Days, Nearness Causes
Greater Amount of Speculation
With Less Assurances. to Any.

Washington, Oct. 2S-The congress
sional and senatorial campaign, nov
in its closing days; has become in the
main q contest OF individual against
individual, instead Of party against
party.
In some states, reports from Tho
"scouts" sent. to headquarters here
show, party lines will be broken this
year more decidedly than ever be-
fore.
The nearer election day gets, the
more difficult it becomes for those
seeking to make an impartial esti-
mate of the relative strength of TIE
two parties to venture any predic-
ton that would not be hazardous.
This is because the old yardstick Of
party averages has been found use
less this year by the observers from
headquarters, particularly in those
states classed as doubtful.
The great issues of the campaign,
expected, a few weeks ago to be the
tariff, Newberryism, etc, have not
become its great issues. The great t.
sue in nearly every close contest al
this time to be personalities - the
personalities of the individual con-
testants.
Political leaders here grow wor
ried in situations like the present, for
when they are unable to discern
clearly the partisan drift of the peO-
pie, they have nothing to figure or.
They are fearful this year that the
ominous calm of the voters, which
grows as election approaches, may
mean some startling upset on Novem-
har Z Thev are inclined to believe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

The worlds first banknotes were
issued in China nearly 1900 years
before the Christian era.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
Love Is Nothing
!. But Vibration
Scientist Says He Has Dissolve y That
Will Beat All Divorce Courts.
Get Proper Vibrations

New York, Oct 2S-If the morning
bacon is burned End your husband
throws the sugar bowl at You It's q
matter of interrupted Vibration.
Conversely, the same is true Il
when you return at / a. m. and Your
wife meets you at the door with an
uplifted rolling PIN.
DR.. Albert Abrams, San Fran
cisco psychologist, has been la New
York to tell the public all about his
discovery that love is matter OF Vi
bration. New York probablg has
more kinds of vibration than any
other point on the globe and more vi
brations that pass for love than any
other city in the United States
John shouldn't marry Mary until
after the vibrations are tested. They
formerly tested these on park
bench or walking along lover .anc.
but Dr.. Abrams says he can 10 Inc
testing better with his new machine.
If when a man and a woma setf
connected up to his special IN cnipe
and their electrons don't destro each
other, they had best not MARY he
adds.
The divorce courts are to be par,
ed superfiuous heart throbs whe pub
lie opinion begins to countenanee q
mechanical test of the depth { love
ers' passion. When John and Mary
have come to regard promo ~iase
electrical examination as essent2i as
an annual visit to the dentis, ,ac
worlds love will be revolutio ed
the Californian scientist forsees
The girl who has picked her "S.-.-'
and is not able to tune him up t h.r
vibratory pitch, can at least toy
around to a psychological labor
and find out whether hers is an abso-
lutcly hopeless case or not.
1--WE have found there are differ
ent vibrations for different sorts OF
love" says DR.. Abrams, Mother love
vibrates differently from the love OF
woman for man, or from the love Of
a child for it's parents. All the other
emotions are also vibrating electrOns.
The reason why man is attracted
to a particular girl, or vice versa, is
because their vibrations are in har-
mony. 1t is as much a matter OF
physical law as the attraction of a
magnet for certain metals. If one
person loves and not the other, the
lover can for a time, by the force OF
his or her vibrations, set up similar
vibrations in the object Of passion
always provided there is not strong
err counter force pulling in another
direction. In the latter case propin-
guilty may produce vibrations, but the
counter force may make the objec:
of love immune to induction. In that
case, the two were never meant Tor
each other and the sooner both ina
it out, the better"
DR.. Abrams believes people in love
will soon turn to scientifically psycol-
ogv for a solution of their doubts.
IF people are going to lessen the
possibilities of divorce and martial
unhappiness, they have to replenlsh
their electrons," he continued.
"There are intervals in the lives
of married couples when each IS re-
pulsive to the other. They speak OF
separation and doubt whether they
ever were in love. That is where the
machine ought to be consulted.
It is estimated that 15,OOO,OOO
persons were Inferred in the cata-
combs of Rome.
Swords were invented by the Chi
nese 1000 years ago.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
MADE ARTIFICIAL WOOD

Madison. Wis, Oct. rs. UNITED
PreSs1.-Mixture of shaving and
sawdust, combined with a cement
hinder. perfected by Prof. George
Kemmerer. of the University of Wis
consin. and subjected to intense pres
sure. has produced composition
tougher and harder than ordinary
wood. which does not split or crack
The new material has been put to
commercial use in the manufacture OF
automobile steering wheels, raoio
dialS and toilet seats. 1t Is mprevl,,
Gus to water and far superior TO wood
for many commercial uses, accord
ing to its inventor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28
coMpAIGN CONFUSION

The election is but little more
than a week away but the issues
are so nixed-up and confused and
the voters are either so apathetic
or disguised in every State where
there is a strong contest that
there is no certainty as to what
will be the result. 1t is OF course
definitely known that the Repub-
licans will lose a great deal OF
their majority of 100 in the house
but approximately how much
they will lose and whether or not
the Democrats will gain control,
the ableSt prognosticators are I'M
able to forecast with any certain
~. Independent observers be-
lieve that the Democrats are GER
tain TO cut at least four off the
Republican majority or twenty
four in the senate.
The reason for this confusion
is the fact that there is no out
standing issue dividing the two
great parties. Two years ago the
issue was clear-cut-the league OF
nations. But the Democrats
were so badly defeated on that is
Sue that it is now in the discard.
The two parties have for years
been divided on the tariff, but
the Fordney-McCumber bill was
enacted 50 near the election that
its effects, whatever they are TO
be. have not vet been fully enough
realized to make the voters take
notice,
Take the great State of Texas
where the Democrats are in an
overwhelming majority, the party
is so seriously divided over the hu
Klux Klan that it is possible an i'll
dependent Democrat supported by
the Republicans may be elected
to the senate. In Missouri 4 large
element OF the Democrats arc
fighting Jim Reed and both part
les are so split up that it is utter
" impossible to tell whether Jim
Reed will get more Republican
votes than his Republican oppon'
ent for the senate. r. X. Brew
Ster will get Democratic votes.
In Ohio the Republicans are
doing their level best to make the
endorsement Of the Harding adj
miniStration the issue paramount
and the result of the election is
certain TO be interpreted as an en-
dorSement or condemnation OF
the administration but there is a
large group OF dry, Dry Demo-
Gratis that will vote the Republi-
ran ticket and perhaps a still larg-
err number OF Republicans with
wet inclinations who will vote Tor
the Democrats.
In Indiana there is Beveridge
who has opposed the Harding
arms conference treaties, while
RalStou. his Democratic oppon-
ent for the senate is upholding
them as the best achievements OF
the Harding administration. II
Iowa. Brookhart, the Republican
. candidate for the senate IS hight
ing everything done by the Hard
ing administration, while the
s.arlpat Republicans in the State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

Roman dentists filled teeth with
gold as early as 500 B. c.
a public library was in operation
in Athens in 357 B. c.
AS luck-bringer no day, it is said,
can compare with the 18th of June
Especially if it falls on Sunday
though it has a remote rival in the
9th of October.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

It is estimated that 15,OOO,OOO
persons were Inferred in the cata-
combs Of Rome.
Swords were invented by the Chi
nese 1000 years ago
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

May has always had bad name as
a wedding month since PARKWAY Ro-
man days, and Lent has been in equal
disfavor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

The siperstitions that cluster round
the altar are as many and as myster
ious as the ways Of a maid with Il
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-10-28

that it is due to apathy, and that this
indicates that on election day. the
voters win; be found drpppingi back
into their normal party algnrpents,
much as they were, before the Re-
publican scoop Of l92GUi 81.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-10-21
STATE OF LOUISI. MA,
23rd Judicial District Court-Parish
Cf st. Mary.

23rd Judicial District Court-Parish
cf st. Mary.
Kemp C. Smith VS.. Eliza Thomas,
Et AL. No. 15.41S
Under and by virtue of an order
of seizure and sale issued out of the
Honorable the 23rd Judicial District
Court of the State of Louisiana in
and for the Parish of st. Mary, ans
to me directed, in the above entitled
and numbered suit, | have seize>
and shall expose and sell at publ
sale, according to law, for casl
without appraisement, to the last an
hi hest bidder, at the principal from
door of tie Court House in Franklil
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 21st DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D., 1922.
between the legal hours beginning at
Il o'clock A. NJ, the following des-
cribed property, towit:
"That certain portion of Lots 10
and 101a of Sorrel Plantation COM
prsing SO acres, and lying within
the following boundary lines:
Beginning at Bayou Teche or
line between lots 91a and 1912 and
running thence N. 80 degrees-21-
z. 1850 it., thence S. degrees 81
W. 1890 it., thence 80 degrees-2l
:, ". 1928 ft., thence N. SO de-
grees-56-, w. 593 it., to point of
! beginning on Sorrel Plantation, ae-
cording to plot recorded thereof.
Together with, all the buildings
and improvements situated thereon,
rights, ways, and servitudes there
unto belonging.
81. N. Pharr and Sons, Limited,
specially reserving the right of
drainage for the benefit of adjoining
lands over and across the land con-
veyed herein, through such drainage
as is now constructed or may be
necessary to construct by the OWL
ers for the benefit of the adjacent
property holders and subject to a
perpetual servitude or right of way
reserved by J. N. Pharr and Sons,
Ltd, for a public road paralleling
the Bayou Teche where said road is
now laid off and constructed said
servitude of way to have the width
of forty feet, and also to the
| Swamp in the rear as now laid
out"
CHARLES PECOT,
Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Parish of st. Mary,
! La, Sept. 9Th. 1922.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-10-21
SEALED BIDS.

Franklin, La, Oct. II, 1922.
Bids will be received until 1900
A. M, Saturday, October %, 1922,
for the erection and entire compile
ton Of a five room wood school
building in the Town of Franklin for
the colored people, according to
plans and specifications which can be
had at the office of the Supt. of Pub
lie Education, Franklin, Louisiana.
The School Board reserved the
right to reject any and all bids.
Each bid shall be marked Proposal
for Building" and addressed to L.
A. Law, Secretary of School Board,
Franklin, Louisiana.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-10-21
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
23rd Judicial District Court-Parish
of st. Mary.
The American Investment Company
n: A

GOTu JUOlCidl blStIlCI oOuIl-I al 1911
of St. Mary.
The American Investment Company
VS.. Alcee J. Daigle and Amy
Y. Daigle. No. 15,442.
Under and by virtue of an order
of seizure and sale issued out of the
Honorable the 23rd judicial District
Court of the State of Louisiana in
and for the Parish of St. Mary, and
to me directed, in the above entitled
and numbered suit, l have seized
and shall expose and sell at public
sale, according to law, for cash,
without appraisement, to the last and
highest bidder, at the principal front
door Of the Court House in Franklin,
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, THE 4th DAY OF
NOVEMBER, A. D., 1922,
between the legal hours, beginning
at II o'clock a. m, the following
described property, to-wit:
"That certain tract or parcel OF
land, lying and being situated on both
sides of Bayou Sale, Parish of s..
Mary, State of Louisiana, being ir-
regular in shape, and contained
within the boundary lines as shown
upon a plat Of the lands mortgaged,
made by L. A. Loustalot, Civil En-
gineer, December End, 1919, blue
print of same being hereto attached
and made a part hereof, and to which
reference is made, for greater par
ticularity, and the said map being
paraphed "Ne Varietur" by me, the
undersigned Notary, for identified
ton herewith, and the said tract Of
land contained, being delineated on
said map within red lines and being
marked "Alcee J. Daigle."
"Said mortgagtd d tract of land be-
ing in Sections 46, so, 81, 50, and
81 of Township Is, S. R. 10, F.,
Southwestern Land District of Lou
isiana; and being bounded on the
North on the West side of Bayou
Sale by the property Of W. j.:
Young, and on the East side of
Bayou Sale by the property of Muir
ply Luke; being bounded on the
East in part by the property of Muir
ply Luke, in part by the property Of
Daigle & Blanchard, and in part by
the property of the Alma Planting
Co., Inc, and being bounded on the
South and West IN part by the prop
erty of the Estate of Jacob Clausen,
deceased.
Being the same property acquir-
ed by the mortgager from w. J.
Young, by act of sale executed Dec
ember 9th, 1919, before Isaac S
Wooster, Notary Public, and record
ed in Book 3-V of Conveyances, und-
er Entry No. 46310, of the records
Of St. Mary Parish, La, December
10th, 1919"
CHARLES PECOT,
Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Parish of St. Mary
La, Sept. 26th, 1922.
L. 0. PECOT, Attorney.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-10-21
THE FRERE DRUG co.
Farms For Lease.

Farm located on model road be-
tween Franklin and Baldwin. 1875
acres. Farm on model road near
Yokely sugar mill, l25 acres. Fer
particulars apply at this office or
phone 256.
The St. Mary banner., 1922-10-21
STOP THAT ITCHING.

Use Blue Star Remedy for Ecze-
ma, Itch, letter, or Cracked Hands,
Ringworm, Chapped Hands and Face,
Scalp Diseases, Old Sores, and
Sores on Children, also for Feet
troubles. Guaranteed by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
A MATTER OF THRILLS

AN AlRPLANE will start tomorrow on
"A flight of $500 miles from New York to
Brazil 1t is casual announcement and
II is being received by the whole country In
n perfectly casual sort of way. There
seems mot to be even the suggestion OF
thrill in it.
Yet It was only twelve years ago that the
whole Nation learned almost with In
credulity, that n chap named Charles II.
Hamilton had accomplished the wonder OF
flying all the way from New York to Phila-
dephia under the auspices of the PUBLIC
LEDGER. Countless thousands watched and
waited for him all along his intended path !;
a special train with long streamers of white
cloth sned under him so that he could sec the
way and NOT get lost. and. when he landed.
the world thrilled at the accomplishment Of
the marvel of flying ninety miles across
busy countryside.
There isn't thrill now rs four men start
out to travel $500 miles by the same means
and with no guiding train Small chance a
train would have these days keeping ahead
of a modern airplane!
If twelve short years have brought about
this casual view of such an exploit, where
are the men and women and children of the
future to look for their thrills?
Only year ago concert received by
rNulO was enough 10 tnrltl us. lOuaS every
body has his radio set and most of them are
already gathering the dust of disuse.
Thrills don't seem to last any more.
Wonders of science have piled upon wonders
so thick and fast that the receipt of an ac-
tual message from Mars or Venus would
probably provoke little more than n mere
lifting of the eyebrows and yawning, rs
that so!' And tomorrow 1t would enter
the drah and monotonous list Of things tlat
everybody knows about.
The veteran of the Civil War rotoli his
tales year after year for two generations
afterward: the Yank from the recent
trenches is already bored TO death whenever
any one mentions the orgy of blood that
saturated Europe until only four short years
ago.
He went and did it and It's done; let's
talk about something else.
That seems to be the spirit Of the age
nov. Are we too busy to be really thrilled?
Has the love of adventure palled upon us?
And IS 1t altogether a good thing 10 become
so sophisticated that enthuslasms fail 10 stir
US:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
REGULATING FIGARO

MOST Of the rules which DR.. Furbush has
A'A promulgated for the government OF
barber shops in Philadelphia are observed
BY any establishment of this character en-
tertainins Q practical regard for It's own
prosperity. Sanitary instructions, which
the average citizen may deem commonplace,
are. however. worth reiteratng as warnings
aga inst carelessness and indifference, ocCa-
sionally unconscious, to the elementary
principles Of hygiene
The Heath Director emphs tically insists
on the abolition of the common sponge,
powder puff and chamois cloth. It looks as
though these once standard properties Of the
barber shop would be forced 70 travel the
road of the community drinking cup and
eociallzed hand towel. There viii be no
mourners for their demise.
DIR. Furbush's ultimatuIn contains no ref =
erence TO the loquacity Of operators upon
the human face and crown. Admonit.ons on
this subject are conceivably superfuous The
ba rber who is faithful TO the Health Direc-
tors long array Of specific injunctions will
gain scant opportunity for display of con-
versatioHal powers.
A Figaro enlisted In the modern santa ry
squad would Je much too busy TO retail the
gossip. intrigue and politics, even OF yeIuc-
tive Seville.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
NEW VISION IN POLAND

: A CCEPTANCE Of the principle of racial
"A and religious minorities was a condition
precedent TO the erection OF the group Of new
states called into existence by the Treaty
OF Versailles. Promises 10 refrain from the
type of oppression for which the Austro-
Hungarian Empire was particularly noted
were freely given.
In several of the new nations, however,
performance has lamentably trailed behind
pledges. Perhaps the best exhibit is pro-
vided in Czecho Slovakia, in which the once
Iuistrusted hyphen itself is an ostcnsibIe
index OF equality Of opportunity. Under
Massaryk and Benes, the Slovak population
has been accorded many of the rights lib
srslly guaranteed on paper. although In
the eastern part of this republic, notably in
Pressburg, considerable discomfort with the
present regime is to be found.
Up to the present by far the worst record
has been achieved in tumultuous Poland.
where the racial majorities after centuries
Of semi -seivitude have extravagantly over
played their regained authority,
1t is encouraging. therefore, to note that
~ Poles, after their latest ministerial con-
valtion, are At last rising to sense of their
eerious responsibilities. Premier Nowak has
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-15
JERSEYS MYSTERY

T EFT US admit that State Senator William
- VI. Runyon. of New Jersey. contrary to
the startling allegation Of Mrs Raymond l..
Donges. OF the Democratic State Committee.
was not. as the Indictment runs, STATED
when he arose recently 10 deliver a dry ad-
dress in Camden. Hard things said in po
litical campaigns seldom mean any thing and
seldom sink very deeply into the public
mind.
The suit which senator Runyon threat
ems would therefore be supcrtiuOus. More
over, it would not be eulighten!mg. It
would contribute nothing Of the sort Of
knowledge which the general public in .Icr-
sey and elsewhere wishes very earnestly to
obtain. The suit might be won or lost and
should not yet know why many po-
liticians who are dry in theory are wet in
practice or why many parts Of New Jersey
continue to be as wet as the adjacent ocean,
even though the political party represented
BY their administrations is supposedly dry.
When 1t is possible to learn why some
official "drys' are wet and not before
something Ike Nolsteadism may be possible
in real life