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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-07

Social success may not be the highest form
of human achievement, but 1t is one tnat
appeals to the vast majority of people, we
all desire to be liked and admired, to be
sought after, to be welcome guests wherever
we co. and there is no other Illusion dearer
to our hearts than the belief that we nave
compelling personality, and are magnetic
Now just what it takes to make one
social success is one of the impenetrable
mysteries of life. 1t isn't money. Anybody
with heavy enough pocketbook can break
into society by feeding their fellow creatures,
and automobiling them, and theatering
them but they can't buy popularity They
can't purchase the kind of likeliness that
makes everybody cheer up at their approach.
1t isn't good looks, that make an individ-
ual popular. Extraordinarily handsome men
and women are envied and disliked by their
own SEX and feared by the other sex. NO
body likes to have those around who constl-
tute too invidious standard of comparison.
1t isn't intelligence. Very clever people are
generally stunned as if they had the plague.
Most folks are as afraid of wit as if it was
contagious, and they feared they might be
rash enough to break out with sudden
humor.
It isn't birth, for when a Colonial Dame
begins to shin up her family tree, the world
hastens to leave her alone on her perch, and
there is nothing in America more lonesomer
than pedigree.
On the other hand, we all know plenty Of
people who have no particular attraction
that can put our finger on, and say "this
is why they so admired and sought
after, and have so many dinner invitations"
They are neither witty, nor wise, nor hand
some, nor rich, nor in any way remarkable,
but they are universal favorites in society,
and we wonder why.
The answer is very simple. Social sue
cess is the reward of the patient listener. The
secret of popularity consists in heroism in
being bored. Of course, none of us escape
the affliction of boredom, but most of
suffer it under protest, and do not attempt
to conceal the agony inflicted by the tedious
The popular person is the one who can sus-
tain the misery of ennui, and make no sign,
even though his own desire to boast, and love
of talking, are gnawing at his vtals. 1t is
Spartan virtue, but it pays.
The bitterest truth in all the world is
that nobody wants to hear about us, but
they are eternally absorbed in the smallest
and most commonplace detail about them
selves. The most brilliant conveEsationalist
who ever adorned salon, does not begin to
thrill us like the astute individual who will
let us tell him the story Of our lives.
The first requisite of those who would be
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A F;ve-B;71;on Loss

A PARTICULARL+ striking passage in
a the annual report, just Issued by Sec
rotary Hoover, OF the Department of
Commerce, Is that in which he reckons the
countrys loss thro' gh inadequate transporta-
ton at some five billion dollars a year.
AS one instance he refers to the increase
OF more than three hundred per cent in the
price of coal in 1920, when there was no
strike, and of more than sixty per cent in
1922, after the strike was over and produc-
ton had been resumed. "In both cases the
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THE SELFISH PAY
By II. Addington Bruce

ELFISHNESS has long been inveigled
>against by moralists. Rightly they de-
~ nounce 1t as vice that makes for the
unhappiness of others. In the light OF
modern scientific knowledge they would also
be justified in condemning it because of the
misery it brings to the selfish themselves.
Never do you find a selfish person who is
really happy Seldom do you see one who
an boast of really excellent health.
Selfishness, in fact. may exert, and frequent
y does exert, gravely adverse influence on
the processes both of the body and of the
mind. SO true is this that in the case of GER
tain maladies-the so-caled functional nerv-
GUS Observation-Disclosures nowadays recog-
nize selfishness among the commone1
causes
Again and again they find 1t necessary to
say to patients, in effect:
"The ills of which you bitterly complain
would no longer trouble you If you would
only learn to think less of your own COM
fort and to do more for the good of other
people
Actually your disease is rooted in self
ishness, and there is little that can be
done for you until you acquire in larger
measure the virture Of altruism, with its
generous, expansive, self-forgetting senti-
ments. That is the best medicine we can
prescribe for YOU
Nor, after all, is it surprising that self
ishness should act as direct, provoking
cause of nervous troubles
OF necessity the selfish, because they are
selfish, are perturbed when any of the lit
tie ordinary mishaps of existence-occa-
sional sleeplessness, headache, dyspepsia,
ETC., befall them. They pay undue attention
to these, thereby both exaggerating and
helping to perpetuate them.
So that all unconsciously they drift into
condition of nervous invalidism, from
which they would have been exempt but
for their unfortunate habit of thinking too
much about themselves.
Indirectly, also, selfishness contributes ITO
the production of ill-health
Unless exceptionally thick-skinned the
selfish cannot help being conscious of the
unpopularity their selfishness gains for
them. Besides which, consciously or gubcon-
sciously, they are in some degree tormented
by realization that they are thWarting and
depressing social impulses which should find
expression in action for the common good.
Hence results an uneasiness-sometimes a
bitterness of mind-that reacts unfavorably
the whole organism.
Selfishness, in a word devitalizes 1t
may SO devitalize as greatly to increase
susceptibility to the contracting Of disease,
and to increase also the liability to sue
cumb to any disease that may be con-
tracted.
Whereas, the unselfishin, on the opposite,
by the very fact of their unselfishness may
have their natural resistivity to disease
greatly augmented. In part at least this
explains the curious immunity which physi-
clans and nurses so conspicuously possess
even when infectious diseases are epidemic.
If only in the interest of physical health
accordingly, ones prayer should be, ''Save
me from selfishness.' Of all personal
shortcomings few are so dangerous, few
so costly
Copyright, 1929
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PRESS TALK IN GEORGIA
BY Jack /. Patterson !

ny OdSk l.. Td[LeTSOn
With reference to the millennium. Samuel
Gompers recently said: "It is still a long
way Off, OF course, but the workman ia
not the downtrodden slave he once was. ~
he quoted the case Of tennis pro who waa
giving new club member some pointers.
Hold your racket loosely, SIR" he said.
oh! more loosely! You hold It as stiff
as II you were hod carrier"
But | am hod carrier" said the new
member mildly.
The nervous patient, about to have CAD
administered, anxiously injured, 'Wiu IA
make me sick, doc?"
''Not at ALL" replied the anesthetician.
How long will it be before / know
anythlng?" was his last question, as th@s
mask was adjusted. Probably the gas,
mercifully shut off the doctors retort.
Aren't you asking a whole lot OF the
anaesthetic?"
Mike was working diligently on his pos:
tato patch when he saw the postman CONS:
ing UP the road, bearing for him black-
edged envelope. (
Mike became uneasy and showed lit.
Hope it's not bad news said the post
man
"It is that" said Mike, glancing at the
address, ATS upset / am intoirely. My
brot be's dead 1 can tell by his hand-
Something in a Name
of name, 'Peelims barber shop
IN Americas" says the Claxton
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Renew your subscription now.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
SUPPLY OF GRAVEL
FOR ALL PURPOSES
ENOUGH for Needs of Several
States in Washington Par
ish Feds.

FrankIinton, La.-Gravel deposits
that are classed as the largest in
Louisiana. and perhaps equal 10 any III
size and magnitude on the continent,
are being worked in Washington par
1sh with comparatively little public at
teution. It is estimated that there is
enough gravel in these deposits to
build q network Of public highways
through half dozen or more states
and then the supply would not be ex-
hausted.
Several gravel plants are in opera
ton in the parish, particularly in the
Bogue Chitto river valley and adjacent
territory. Before the recent depres-
sion in business the shipments of
gravel from these plants ran between
200 and 800 cars per day. Now that
business is reviving and Louisiana is
to build and maintain state highway
system on the pay as you GO plan.
Washington parish undoubtedly will
furnish its share of road-buidine ma
terial
Most of the work of excavating the
gravel in the Bogue Chtto river val
lev is done with hydraulic dredges,
which pump it into bins or racks,
where it is loaded into cars. Sand is
an important by-product in this opera
ton. The dredges separate the sand
from the gravel in many of the pits,
- ,In Orleans
large consumer of both the sand and
gravel.
Washington parish already has built
several highways out of this gravel,
and will construct many miles more.
In some sections of the parish gravel
was found in large quantities along
the routes of the road, which greatly
reduced the cost of construction.
At one point on the Franklinton-
Bogalusa road, which is a part of the
state highway system, the engineers
found an immense deposit of gravel
near the valley of creek. The en-
bankment across the valley of the
creek was built out of this gravel,
and has been pronounced one of the
best pieces of highway work in Louis
lana. The gravel is mixed with red
clay, and when rolled it becomes as
impervious as cement. That particu-
lar stretch of road is so hard that 1t
presents the appearance OF bitulithic
pavement.
Most Of the new highways in st.
Tammany parish are built out OF
gravel from pits in Washington parish.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
PURE WATER WITHOUT COLOR
Has Blue Tint Only When a Large
Quantity Of 1t IL Under Ones
Observation.

Water I'm its purest state is practi-
cally colorless, except that it has a
blue tint when considerable amount
of it is viewed together. The water
Of Loeb katrine in Scotland is nearly
pure chemically, although it contains
a vey small amount of carbOniferOus
matter, which gives it faint brown
tinge. Water, under some circum-
stances, looks as If 1t was full of col
or and this happens when light thrown
upon 1t is reflected back again, as in
the case of soap bubble and of a
rainbow, the latter being formed Of
drops Of rain that reflect back the
sunlight. broken up into its different
parts which resemble the colors Of a
rainbow. Stagnant or bad water
seems to have colors on it because
of the different forms Of life growing
on it's surface and forming layers
which reflect the light back and forth.
The waves of light interfere with each
other and cause colors. Perfectly pure
water has taste from the salts dis
solved in it and from the atmospheric
gases, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon
dioxide which ii contains.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
MRag}7yxz3jtt
@gg6la5R !g|!
FEOERAL-AIO HIGHWAY WORK
texas Leads in Mileage With 1,116.4
Miles, With Minnesota Ranking
Close Second

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture
Measuring the network Of federal
:id highways spread over the country
during the past ) years. the bureau
of public roads. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. places their total
length, January last. al 2S,1I16 miles.
ana their cost at approximately $500
100000. The figures represent 1907
miles of completed roads over which
traffic is flowing today and 1884 miles
Of roads under construction and on
that date estimated to be, as whole.
70 per cent complete
In mileage of completed federal aid
roads. Texas leads with total Of
l.ll6.4 miles In addition there were
under construction in Texas on Janu-
AIRY ! a total Of 1881 9 miles of federal
aid highways whose estimated cost was
nearly S22,OO0.OOO. Minnesota ranked
second, with 1865 miles, In the
amount Of completed federal-aid high
ways. the cost of the system being
slightly over S1O,OOO,OOO OF that sum
the federal government paid S3,S78. 663.
In Minnesota there were under con
structiOn the first Of the year 791 2
miles Of federal-aid highways whose
estimated cost was placed at $1O,O55-
1871. Other states with comparatively
large mileages Of completed federal-aid
highways on January | were:
Illinois. 1923 miles costing S24,6OS,-
95S, of which $1l, POI ,464 was paid by
the federal government Nebraska,
6S2.7 miles costing $3.627 1857, of which
the federal government paid $1.735, 1853 5;
Wisconsin, 50O.6 miles costing S6,702.
100; Arkansas, 1882 miles costing
So, 14S,OSO; Georgia, 1894 miles costing
$11 OF, 800; Iowa, 1924 miles costing
5000 s1: North Carolina, 419.1 miles
costing S5,641,733 Idaho, 4O1.1 miles
costing $6,572,552; and Washington
354.9 miles costing SS,OS1 ,2S5.
Completed federal-aid highway con
StructiOn In some of the eastern anf
middle western states where the char
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Unworthy Son.

A certain senator, who is close
student of American dialects, thought
he had detected from the speech of
the driver of the coach in which he
was driving through the Yellowstone
park the region from which the reins
man came.
"You come from Missouri, do you
nOt?" the senator asked.
The driver pulled in his four horses,
set his brake with his foot. and turned
impressively toward the senator.
Senator" he said. my father n
mother Onct went to Missouri on a
visit, and they visited there twenty
years During the time l was born !;
but ! want to tell you right now tibet
Pm no, derned Mssourian ."-Har-
per's Magazine.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Important to all Women
Readers Of this PAPER

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita.
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see what
Swamp Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder medicine, will do for them. By
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer 4 Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam
pie size bottle by Parcel Post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
oil drug Observation-Disclosures
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Napoleon, Himself Irrslisious, Ap.
prseiated Youn0ster True TO Falsh
He Had Been Taught.

When at the summit Of his power.
after Europe had bowed to his
despotic rule, the great Napoleon was
present one evening at the Comedie
Ffancaise in Paris. During the course
q the performance his eyes wandered
nom the stage over the vast throng
q spectators gathered about him. I'M
y they rested finally upon his young
page, to whom he was very partlai
Tor he bore a name and title OF the
old noblesse-Rohan Chabot, Prince De
Leon), and who, he noticed, kept ms
asnd concealed under a fur rug that
~ folded on his knees. This strange
pos'tion and utter lack Of interest IN
Me players. made the emperor very
sekious. and, suddenly thrusting ms
ssnd into the fur, he discovered Pc
s~een the fingers Of the page-a
NAry.
q that period the rosary was far
being IN favor at the Frenca
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11

acter or roads was Of high type and the
cost correspondingly greater per mile
We're as follows:
Pennsylvania, 1901 miles costing
$1,000, 5O4: Ohio. 1902 miles costing
$12, 1859 New Jersey. 1873 miles
costing $3,442, 224; Massachusetts,
1908 miles costing S4,S91 ,O38; and
Maryland. 1878 miles costing $685.
233.
Projects under construction and the
degree of completion January In
other states were as follows:
California, 1929 miles. So per cent
complete; Georgia, 1929 miles. 85 per
cent complete; Iowa, 1887 miles, SO
per cent complete; Kansas ALB miles,
50 per cent complete; Louisiana, 354.5
miles, 81 per cent complete; Minnesota.
1912 miles, 85 per cent complete; Mis-
sissippi. 464.3 miles. Ga per cent com
plete; Missouri. 1851 miles, 70 per
cent complete; Montana. 412.8 miles,
II per cent complete; Nebraska, DIAL
miles. "a per cent complete New Mex
leo, 5519 miles, 81 per cent complete
New York, 347.9 miles, "a per cent
complete; North Carolina. 5O7 miles,
So per cent complete; North Dakota.
81O.2 miles, 80 per cent complete;
Ohio, 1882 miles, 81 per cent com
plete; Oklahoma, 1882 miles, "a per
cent complete; Pennsylvania, 248.6
miles, "a per cent complete; South
Carolina, 410.7 miles, SO per cent com.
plete; South Dakota. 688.7 miles. 70
per cent complete; Tennessee. 440.1
miles, 46 per cent complete: Texas.
1850 miles, 80 per cent complete:
and Wisconsin, 1888 miles. Is per
cent complete.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
HONORED FIDELITY OF HIS PAGE

court and the young duke blushed.
expecting a severe reprimand.
"Ah, Auguste, / have caught your
exclaimed the emperor. well, ! am
pleased. You are above the silly
scenes of the stage. One day you will
be man." And, returning the beads
to their owner, he added: Continue.
l viii not interrupt you again.
The page died cardinal archbishop
Of Beasoncon, where he left a cher
ished memory Of piety and good
works.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11

When Farmer BHSsett decided 70
send his son 10 college, and selected
one exploiting the advantages OF Its
physical trimming system, he had
plain talk with the PRESIDENT:
"John don't need no setting up ex
erci>es He sets W too tate already
SO I'd rather you'd "ut them our But
say, If '"u'l" got any good getting mp
exercises that are u sure thing "a TO
1t with John =" Waysidc Tales.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
"Funny Bone"

Funny bone, or crazy bone, the lat
ter being the more common locution In
America, is a term popularity applied
70 what ANTAGONISTS call the inner con-
dvIe Of the humerus. q blow upon
which lars the lunar nerve and pro-
duces a funny tingling sensation. An
old dissecting room Joke for the first
wear students Is. "Why Is the funny
bone 20 calledi Because 1t borders on
the humerus"-Chicago Journal
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Self Supporting.

An attorney of Los Angeles adver-
tised for chauffeur. Some twenty
odd responded and were being Ques-
toned as to qualifications, efficiency
and whether married or single. Final
ly, turning to negro chap, he said:
"How about you, George; are you
married.
Quickly the negro responded:
"Naw-sir, boss, LAVISH. All makes
nah own livin'."--Judge.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Inviting Trouble.

would l consider him prudent
man? I can't say that l would. Elk
actly the opposite, in fact"
"What reason have you for holding
such an opinion of him?"
Il happen to know that he lets his
wife and the lady who expects to sue
coed her have charge accounts at the
same store"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Referees Are Reappointed.

Shreveport, La. - United States
Judge G. w. Jack has reappointed Jud-
son M. Grimmet of Shreveport as ref
cree in bankruptcy for the Shreveport,
Monroe and Alexandria district and
has reappointed Judge s. Taylor ref
cree for the Lake Charles and Ope-
lousas districts.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
har First Love Affair.

One moonlight night after attending
a literary society meeting at a rural
school house, a friend Of mine escorted
me TO my home, writes correspond
emit. AZ we stepped upon the front
porch. Rover, our dog. decided the
stranger did not belong there. He
chased him until he jumped over the
hedge. I laughed, Of course. Others re-
turning from the meeting saw the
entire scene. A full account Of the
incident was given in the paper at the
next meeting. This endeo my nrst
love affair.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Trick Eradication Work.

Alexandria, Lathe tick eradica-
ton committee of the Rapides parish
police jury, composed OF u. H. Bur-
rowes, J. NJ Wall and F. c. Powell, met
this week to perfect plans to resume
cattle dipping. Julian Heard has as
sumed charge of the work of tick Grad
cation, succeeding DR.. E. E. Lent, who
has been in Alexandria for several
days.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
EarIv CretanS.

Excavations in Crete have estab-
lished the existence Of a people
whose form of civilization was the
earliest In Europe. A huge palace
has been unearthed at Knossos with
drainage system described as "abso-
lutely English"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Dry Agents Get Aid.

Shreveport, Lathe courts and au-
thorities of Caddo Parish have been
highly commended by Lake Holland,
prohibition law enforcement officer,
attached to New Orleans headquarters,
who has been working in this district
lately. Mr.. Holland said that the
"dry" laws have been enforced in
Shreveport and Caddo better than any
where else in the country.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Farm AGENT Appointed.

st. Martinville. LATHE st. Martin
parish police jury has appointed Mar
eel VOORHEES, of St. Martinville as farm
demonstration agent for st. Martin
parish His appointment was recon-
mended by Louisiana State University
officials
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
DRIVE COLDS AND DISEASE OUT
OF YOUR SYSTEM.

When the bowels or liver are clogged.
poisonous waste goes through the en-
tire system. Help Nature get rid Of
this waste Take a BONDS LIVER
PILL at the very first sign of Colds,
Fever, Headaches. etc. They are far
better than calomel and they cure.-
Advertisement.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Dramatic Club Elects.

Monroe, La.-Mrs. Minnie Ruffin
was again elected president of the Mon
roe Dramatic Club. Other officers Sc
lected were: Leon Hammond, vice
president; Miss Louise Jouvenat, Sec
rotary, and Elmer Richards. treasurer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Nell Known Student Dies.

Shreveport, Lathe funeral OF La.
mar Lowery, son of Rev. and Mrs. P.
o. Lowery of Indian Creek, popular
student of the junior class of the
Shreveport Centenary College, who
died at his uncie's home in Mansfield,
was held there Friday.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Bone Is Complete Feed,

Green bone Is a complete feed. 1t
contains the nitrogen for the albumen,
the phosphate OF line for the bones Of
the chicks, and carbOnaceous matter
for the yolks.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
No Retirement.

"Do you intend to retire from poll
tics?"
II never knew anybody who did"
replied Senator Sorghum. "a politi-
elan may have to toss his hand Into
the discard and stay quiet for awhile !;
but he never actually quits the
game
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-03-11
Bullet Wound Fatal.

Monroe. LA self-inflicted bullet
wound proved fatal to f. G.. Arm
strong, AZ years, a travelling salesman,
who died at his home at Monroe. He
Is survived by his widow and six.
months-old child.