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The Crowley Signal from Crowley, Louisiana • 4

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FOUR THE CROWLEY SIGNAL SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1924. VACATION GUIDE oa Qq' a -o i THE. OROWLEYJSIGNAL Signal Publishing Company, Crowleyf Louisiana CROWDWAITING, AT JAC MAYER'S FOR SALE'S START Entered at the Poatoffke at Crowley, La.f as Second Class Matter Phoa 191. Mrs. W.

H. Moor he wti liic ruuuvw i 0EE-1HORE li I LAKESO SEA5HOC A tl xoaV tas I Sl)UTH DAKOTA AND ACADIA PARISH.0 i f' 0 raon 8 II-L. Branson, roie banker, feti5rns frofnSoutho Dakota! with a message of hope contained in a comparison of Conditions here and there as presented by him to the RotarianttKir weekly luncheon yesterday. The bgker finds At-adia parish td this part of far Ahead of the northwest, here; farmers are in the disaster and ruirf. Bad as their condition is, however Mr.

Branson says the farmers will "come back, given time toadjust themselves and to build up tJheir chicken and cow industry. How much more readily then should fartriersof Southwest Louisiana recover! React what Mr. tfransort told the fclub, page one, this issue --7 a a ON ItEING 'DIFFERENT. a I i v. NOWlHlSoHEPe BOOK ooTToThe CowfeY OFF OP 0 if 0 0 -Many merchants that 'progressiyp sales policies worlt well as hVule, claim that "It's different my store.

Tile people here will not resjfond as they tfo elsewhere' "But this isthe wrong view, according; to Kelly of tlfe sales system bearin'his name. "As a mattef- of fact," he you lookoat the situation rfght squarein the simmers down to the point thatQthe tyade in Podunk is about th'e same as the trade in New York citv. 1 vnuu vnnKLic "People everywhere Vire the sAm They -think "the eaiiic Lfiings anu act aoout aiiKe. vv neuer your trade is made up ofcity folks'or farmers, Jt doesn't "make any difference. Good merchandise offered at attractive price3 will be a business setter KCtVCI o.a Mr.

Kelly said that he suggest ed'a plan for business-getting to a merchant recently, and his reply vas: "It's a good plan, aH i right, but if won't work iimy -Then Kelly add: That's oneof the chief obstacles that a lot of retailers place before themselves. idea that their9 tracftf is different, their town is different, and froWjthe way talk, you might think they were doing on a sma island thousands' of miles from 3 9 kino we "do (From Satiirdav Dallvl II. Yockey of Ebenezer wume, yis.Lui nuuay. Rayne motored, fo Crowley i. i this i inuj-ning viit irienas.

ployed at the -EKan Hotel in 'this! city, leaves this afternoon Den-, ColoraSo. Mr. Egan will be a visitor in that city for 'several months Miss Pupre ox Thibo- deaux. who attending summer ALAKIANOT Mrs. W.

ro5ks, whohas beenfieur spcnt the wtek.end in Opelou- ATX I in mm viiaMsim relatives and friends. home. i Georp-e, Zic-ler Vrominent Jei retu Southerners generally wilMfe relieved to find that official denial has been entered to the belief in many quarters that.every person in the-South goes through lif barely able to drag himself around, because of the rrydaria germ. 0 0 "The whole question of malarfa In the South is iriucli "exaggerated and people in have the wrong impression when they think that all Southerners have this disease." has Lr. A.

jvenneuy anu aaugncer, esta Kennedy, of Rayne a Tr i i i. i 'ss were fernoon. Crowley callers yesterday a Mrp Mr: F.ank H- fna augnter, Maxine, motorea lo J0' vestfrday fterijpn and ecr at tne nojne oi ur. ana iMrs. Mrs.

Fremaux a ind little 4 3 (Fro'rii Thursday's Dally) A arge crowd Qof custojners was waiting- in front of the Jac Mayer store this morning or the opening, ofits annual July clearanceo sale, i preparation for wliich the store was closed all day yesterday. Chester Mayer, manager of the store.Asaid dtirinflr thedav that the Vsaie so far were far He was jthe outcome of adTertismjrcambaiErn. which incTuded the Dailyaad VVeeklyr Signal. '0 0 if. TWIN CUCUMBERS.

-h JP6ip Jhursday't Dally) V.oornies Jotlviere, who lives0near the old baseball patk in'South Crow- Jy, has to The Signal three cucumbers on a stem, two being uni- their whole length. 11 says they gTew -naturally that wayf and that he has many more like them? VOICES FROW. THE PASf 0 TWENTY-tHREE YfJVRSAGO; (Newi Items from Tfie Daily Signal Of July 10, 1901.) o. A pretty wedding took place this morning at fo o'clortc eat the? home of Mrs. M.

C. Wasson, where Miss Hettie TolerQwas married to IWward Jones of Attola county, Miss. The brjde is a nieceof G. W. T.

JM and B. Toler and Mrs. WassonG. Tgler ancP Missis Annie Wasson, Sallie and Estelle Tolr accompanied the bridal party as far as Lafayette. Dr.

lit C. Web0 went to Raync toda lg. B. Allison attended to0business in Ed. Ppflonny form orl of thia place, was in town on business to- day.

0 Mrs. Georee Tolerand family and Mrs. J. letr today ior Durant, to, spend some time with relatives. Capt.

C. A. McGoyjof Lake Charles anJ L. E. Robtnson of Welsh were in town today on business connected with the Rice Growers and Milf-ers Association.

Guary Brooks, Ben Goldstejri and Dan Egan left today for CoopeiVs Wells, to sendo aofew weeks, after Vhich thejT will attend the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo. J. Kerfhed the Peoples Mill transacted business iif Jejinings. i F. Beatty left Tuesday for Monroe where she I wijl spend several weeks the.

guest of relatives. 0 TEN YEARS AGO (Nfwi "Items from The Daily Signal July 10, President Wilson today nominated Murphy J. Foster, of La.4 to? be collector0 of ustomso or the district of Flew Orleans. The petit jury wwas this rftorning for the term beginning July 20. 4 Mr.

and Mrs. E. L. Savoie cyiter-tainedoat an informal Thursday evening coniplimentary to the Misses Robert qX Ncw Iberia? they guests. Mrs.

W. Roche of Beaumont, who has been the jruest of Mr. and Mrs E- C. Harkins for some tinfe, left Thursday for her home; Burleigh, Arthur Doiron, Bill Ivejis, John Berlingei; and Marx Kahn attended the. baseball game Wednesday in Rayne between Rape and the Iebraska "Indians, won by Rayneo 4 to .0.

Miss Ethel Tiptoh of Crowley is visiting Mr. and 'Mrs J. II. Town in Lafayette" T. Guicry, prominent ChufchJ Point citizen, spent seveVal days in (Jrowley this week.

'Mr, and Mrs. P. L. went to New Orleans Wednesday. Mr.

and Mrs. Geo.re left; today for Baton Rouge to visit rela tives for' a few days. tt Tr: 1 If TT TT 1. W. Finley, Mrs.

E.Hock- aday. Rev. T- Hickerson and Frank Daly returned Friday from Shreveport where" they attended church a i I This made by K. Fp Maxcy States Public Health Service0 in Montgomery, is worth 'consider- school at Southwestern. in Laf ay-1 son' George, havereturned to tte, is the week-end guest of their home irt Crowley aftr.spend-Helen Dupre irt this city atjier home several days atCharenton beach.

miss waaeime 0 iicivnignt, business matters in Crowley yes- pielen Dupre, KennetKjToler, terdav afternoon xi i Among the pleasant hospitalities of the summe? season was that of Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. J. W. Fj-ench was hostess to one of the hundred clubs in the social cir cle of this city. 0 Quantities of crepe myrtle form ed a bright color-note throughout the Reception rooms, where the tables wereoarranged for the players.

The interesting- rontpst rcni)t fH in SIrR Lyons capturing the club a pretty cut-glass bud vase, Mrs. W. II. W. Komp receivine a cut-glass violet basket representing the booby.

On attractive trays Mrs. French. assisted by her daughter, MUs Muriel French? served a temptinK menu of moulded chicken salad, saltines. iced watermelon and mint julep Cljib members playing were: Mes- dames E. D.

Bernard, W. C. Lyons, L. Fleming, C. B.

eBell evue, Leo DeBellevue, J. Chas. Lyman, Gaudin, Elmo Keigley, ElbersorT. social event always enjoyed is the regular Tuesday bridge club and thg occasion of its last meeting with Mrs. Curtis Vofnche was marked as a particularly charming affair -when Uthe members gathered at the home of Mrs.

Tom Carver on Avenue and Fourth Street and spent the afternoon hours at bridge. The porch, -with its lovely baskets and vases of Shasta daisies and crepe myrtle supplying tbc floral adornment ofthe day, was art ideal place for th The usual interest was manifested in the playing of "the. pf oltrressive gajnes the club prize, a dafnty buffet set, going as a reward to Mrs. P. S.

for making high score. A similar -prize fell to Mrs. C. D. Andrus, a guest.

hostess was assisted by her tmother, Mrs. Carver, in serving a delicious collation consisting of fruit salad, sandwiches, cake and iced tea. Club members present were: Mcs- aames ju. L. Chappuis, Law.

1. Brooks, Vincent Daigle; J. FauJkt.Frank Gibson, Felix Jumon-ville, Joe Petitjean, Clem J. Sam3on, Harry Hunter, P.S Pugh, Jr, Incited guests: Mesdames, Aaron Loeb and D. Andrus.

m- Miss Muriel French was charming hostess to a cojterie of friends Wednesday morning at her home on Second street, introducing-th rrw and popular game of Mali Johgg to some of her guests who had not qtttte conquered the many symbols, 1 others showing great deftness and cVeating much pleasure in their efforts to succeed jn the progressive games. oThe tabs were placed in a colorful: setting crepe myrtle blooms. inviting. Miss Lee Lew is carried off the honors of the day and secured first prize, a cut-glass bud.vase; the second prize, a perfume bottle, falling to Mrs, J. Matt Buatt.

IoIlowing the games the tables were 'overlaid with dainty luncheon cloths and a lovely menu of creamed chicken, sal tines, olives iced water-melon, mint julep and cake was served. Invited to Ijlay Mah.Jongg were Sarah Toler, Mildred Frankel, Irma Dorothy Milliken, Ruth Lemle Sarah LemleJ New Orleans Ruth Johnston. Ruth Lew- anj Catherine Lyman. Eric Smith, Mrs JT Matt Buatt. Mrs.

Marcus McCallan. Wednesday morning the 9 ladies the membership of the rsndge Olub, wno meet on tnat day, motored out to the lovely country home of Mrs. O. Hopson, to enjoy the hours in theusual pleasant diversion and parUke of the opn i many beautiful flowers, out u'pqn the flower garden with bright blossoms glowing, gave an unequalled charm of color. The prizes were awarded as follows: A deck of cards for high scor, to Mrs.

W. T. r1npnnp- flnfi a nerfum-hottJe as guest prize Miss. Celeste Riley. Gibsoh, Harry Hunter, Ethel Gard- ner.

T.akp Charlps: and Misses Riley.and Regina Loeb. Oneof the most enjoyable social events of the calendar of the week was the lovely compliment of Wednesday evening when Aline Chappuis entertained from 9to 12at a'delight-ful dance in honor of her house guest, Miss City sDumartrait of Marksville, La. The parlors of the Chappuis home 1 1 'formed arf ideal setting for the evening's diversion and the young people enjoyed dancing to Victrola music, also p'iano selections rendered by the various talented young ladies of the party. During the evening Mrs P. (Continued cn Page Six) A IIobbs.will regret to hear tht she is confined to her bed at the Rice hotel by illness.

Mips Eve GauPffarinof Baldwin was -the week-end guest of friends in Crowley. 9 From Tuesday's Dally) James Bourdierand Robert La ennings citizen, was attending to business matters in Crowley today, pon F- i IotaVwas at- tending to business matters in Cr6w- today. Mrs. S. A Wainwrig ight and 3augh- ter, Miss JSerta, left today for Alex andria where they will visit rela tives for several days.

Miss Wain- wright is an emjloye of The Signal. P. farmer from the Iota section, was attending Miss 0 Lela Johnson of Port Arthur, Texas, is guest of Miss Loret.ta. TCpnnvsfm irf tbi ifr frw i er at he Farm this city today. Bureau office in ftwo ot Kaplan stopped here way home to relatives after 1 1 1 daughter, Helen) who been vis iting relatives and friends in Crow-ley for the past week- Ck P.

Aguillard of Chataigncr was a visitor in Crowley today. (From Wednesday's Dally) J. P. Campbell of Welsh ewas in this city oday transacting business nHoro rui. Qlo T.MTtiATiJ 1 mg.

0 o-o a 0 "Malaria exists Jlargely in certain. focalized areasVhich constitute only a small part St the land area and the population the South, and in ihese.afeas the cUsease8is oncthe decline," he addedf 0 0 T)r. JVIaxcy has Conferred authorities in Tennessee on the control of the disease. 'In Alabama, according toDr. Maxcy, there aie thVee areas Milton Fontenot motored to Morse) Chester Noble Rayne was a last night ,0 in Crowley yesterday after- Mr.

and Mrs. St. Germaine andjoom I 1:1.11 1 1 1 little son, Louis, of Lake Arthur spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Mrs.

W. Danum is tnt. hnmp where malaria flourishes; the lower end of the Tenhessee on Avenue L. Mrs. Chester Faulk and baby daughter and Mrs.

Edward Webb vjsited frjends and TekitiveS in Mer- mentau yesterday. ri Leon Lafleur, civil service exam iner for this district was in Rayne today conducting examinations forthe post office department of the gov2o ernment. 0 A. B.Danielof the Hunter Canal was intown -today from Vermilion p'arish. JMr.

Daniel is a edailyereader of -The Signal, and galled at The Sigrnal Office jn "regard "to his sub- scnpiioa, VERYWI I It E. rivers and" the blacktfelt coun "thus comtrised? a'bad namehas the president, uS.all hbt a republican, leader and His rifan of "us Parti san bit-' a nation bows in grief with the us to-Vconiftnon levf of synv" aiong tne Alabama and lombigee arter a vsit to New Orfeans, where H.oSledge and C. JI Bro'ok-she attended the wedding oT her shire. of Kaplan were business call-niece, Miss Dorothy -Ackerman, to ers in Crowley today. Jeff Bradford, i p.

w.tkf 11 Malaria is oneo of the curses that has hindered the 'progress of the South, but this statement should bo qualified largely by stating that he diseaseitself not beeii as harmful to the sec--. tion as the reputation has been. Like ouc swamps, which 'some-think Cover the' whole area of tfie Southland, a "matter MissoLucy Lognand and Miss Ter- esa iracy ieit yesterday tor a i mi una. They will visit other eastern AsheVille, North. Caro of factj)nly a smU-portion is points before returning toCrowIey.

I spending a few days in Elton. They L. A. WilllaTi was a visitor inTwere accompanied home0 by gone out.about us.m Ihepast few. years have seen many of these illusions dispelled, and" better contac withcour neighbors will es- tablish.tfie South tmd Louiinna as among the-hcalthfest portions of the nation.

luaieuiiii vjitti n. tm iuvrui winn, 1 11., are visitors at the home of Mrs. Mack Carter for several days. Miss Lilliaa Moody kurtice is th eek-end guest of Miss DOrothy; 1 Len'm. w.

xuiss ivuin Vjiariv vl iuia 1 vimiwhk "Ubs "e'en in lui ui Mr. and Mrs. Felix Grgefoon anl children andMiss EvaOrgeron returned9 yesterday fromanautom8bile trip to Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas, iv business matters in. Crowle? to TUM 4 Trtl-r urn nlfnnrlmiT (From Monday's Daily) 1 I YOUNG COOLIDGE DIES. 1Q the Rotary iSectinft in that city- tui tt iiiiul; ill- was i.r s- 'acting business matters- in thi? city to lav Mrs.

Nannie Davis of Richmond, is visiting her son James LeigKton, and family. Mrs. Leighton and Miss Elva, have just th visited Mr. Leighton, who is in the oirbusines3 there. 9 Leroy Copes is visiting in New Orleans, on his return trip from Camp-McClelland af Anniston, tuinmg biuwiey Mrs.

E. L- Vinet and "daughter, Spell ofCade'wev visitors-in trow-- hospitality always dispensed, at the-. I Hopson home. ley today. I tu iri aa Calvin Coolidge, "son "of Mr.

and Mrs. Cool id gc. become, ycife, but a mother and terness is forgotten "for a time executive family. Stfrrojv brings0 as as rtui-iuiu unuersianumg, npweven.mucn we may aiuer in qt dinary relationships. Mr.

and Mrs. Felix Orgeron. andwherehe was ref usedadmittance in-famijy 'motored Egan yesterday to the summer campbecause of his and visited friends and rela-tives. eyes. He will Mr.

and Mts-Mr. and Mrs. i)utch Oertling andj Jack Plauche in Gonzales before re- Marguerite and. Mr. and Mrs.

E. J. rred of Grand Prairie: The hostess served home-grown Capel, left this morning. automo- was a caller at. the.

court house in cantalouupes and a salad course orm-bile for N5w Orleans to.vfsit friends this citytoday. ing an appetizing repast. and rglatfves or a few days. Mrs A J. "Aicklen and son, A.J.

I Club members present: Mesdames Miss Elizabeth Lyman Returned Jr-f are jn Qrowley the 1 J. D.McGee, E. T. Lovell, W. T.

Cul- to Lafayette yesterday after.noon aft- hornQ. of Mr5 Aicklen's Mrs. pepper, A. Kaplan, H. M.

Bone, W. er spending the week-end with her; M- A Burgin, off east Fourth E. Lawson, fr. R. Scougale, L.

E. parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lyman, They will visit here for -several Wager, C.D.

Andrus. Guests: Mes-in this city. Miss "Lyman is attend; months before Returning tothe 5ity. dames J. A BoggsWayne Thompson ing summer school at puthwestern.

I Loree Briggs of Lake Charles was S. W. Elberson, John Bethany, Frank Although a boy the young0 Calvin seemedto have inherited some-of the- traitsfot MS father. It fs said that sjiortly after the death of Harding and the elevation of fcisfather to the fiigheBsf Dffice in the land, he was engaged Fy of lfe Coolfage neigh-. feors to help -around the farm.

The arjftier for 'whom, he was working an old. friend the family paused if moment one day -smiling, remarked to. the Jad that itwas an unusual.thing for a farmer Bto liaVe the son of a president0 thus Young Calvjn is said to have spokgi up in a mattef of; fact jvay, "Yes sir, where do you want this hay c-put." o- so, as those beforehim, tlfe president will look back on these things, -not asa president of a great tountrv, but fas a father as ampotent as aey before the working out of Providence-, "while Americans extend tothe bpreaved therlenderest sympathy expressionof a nationaj grief Gthat the elements of 'apesonal loss. 9 9 JpwpII nnillentin and N. A.

Rob Dlijs Ol vjutyuan were uusuiesa an ers in Crowley yesterday afternoon. Bert Stancel of Gueydan was a Farm. Bureau office caller today in this city. Ol R. Waite of Iowa nwas a 'Crowley visitor today, this afternoon.

p0w VqQ rfTn-n Mrs" Merrill sorf. Junior, and sister. Miss "Lee Turner cf Ba- ton Rouge are. visiting in Lake Henry Fontenot of "Opelousas pass- trirnno-h this rf.v thi nfnrninP- r. rrt hia tr.

in Vinton nnrt 1 tra way Charles. Horace Roos, who has been visit- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jac Mayer in Crowley, leaves this afternoon on S. P.

No. .101 for California. L. of Lake Charles (was attending" to business matters at tne arm lJureau office rn Crow- Icy toxJaV- from visit-with relatives in-'Hunts-western. nl Ai.u" :4 oaDy ieit toaay ior wasningwn, where thev will visit Mrs.

Julia Gib son" for several weeks. Miss Helene Martin, Miss Emer-f anine oiosop, nowaru xjurr, uuii Gibson and Curtis McDaniels motor ed to Washington, yesterday. G.us E- Fontenot has. returned from Minefal Wells, Texas, 0whee hehas been spending several weeks. Iouis White Percy JUamDert ana Preston Pearce motored to yettTe last night and visited fr Mrs.

Wendell Hyde Jeft rt rrV at rv-i 1 i TeYnc' U'VlPT ij it-friends. last night for Hamlin, Texas where? she win spend several weeKS visiting ner mother and. sister before returning to Crowley. Miss Phoebe Bone returned yes terday from a week's visit in eAbte- ling for their home in Brusly. They were accompanieu uy i.

oicvc Johnston of this city. Miss. Daussat friends in Lake Charles-Sunday. SAFER Marguerit uupre returned to here she is at end guest, pi Miss Dupre ron Avenue in this city. 01 A 4 .1 -Ml Charles was attenaing to iaucia in Crowley today.

rroie55r J- r' rricUi AJdlu" Rouare was a visitor in Crowley to- Hav. Mr Flourev is a member of the teaching staff of tne Louisiana State University. Mrs.Lazar John and 'claughter left yesterday afternoon visit in Mineral Wells, Texas Mrs. Kenneth "Quave of Meridan, wnu uxz uccji visiu-iiig ner fj rents, Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Bouligny, re turned to her nome Sunday. "The'inany friend? of M153 Georgia Lafayette yegterday tending JtteJ Miss Pupre waf hefweek- i MissesGladys and Esther -TolerJ ville. She was accompatiiefl to Crow-are Qvisiting relatives in ley. by Jiss Blanche Stauf er. who 0 spent the afternoon in Crowley.

C. Finley, treasurer of the re- I Ed. Owens of Alexandria spent cent Fourth of July celebration here, Sunday inCrowley visiting friends, bl submitted a statement showing MissLula Thibodeaux and Miss receipts of $f84 ahd a balance of Madeline Crossv, wfaof have been $38.50. visitiner in Crowley. left this morn- The council did wisely, The Signal Relieves, when at a meet-0 ins last night is that cars, shall park parallel to the curb on Parkersoi? side street for a distance of block east and west.

The present parking regulation; pointed joiit repeatedlybjf this ne-spaper and by.other critics, has maintained a constant source of danger, largejy.removed now the new regulation. Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Gaudin of New Orleans 0are guegts at the home of Mr.

and Mrs L. P. Gau-.

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