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THE DONALDSONVILLE CHIEF. \ Wxde Awake Home Newspaper-- Published Every Saturday--Subscription Price, $2 a Year. VOLDM1 L)ONALDSONVILLE LA. SATURDAY PEBRUARY 4. 1922 NUMBER D s \.o U boy Up in JACKIE -OOGAN CLOTHF E. 'or quali:ty of material, duraoilit, as well as ap.iJeaac. , this b~and o.. clothing is consid ered in a clas: by itself. The prices, too, are right ADOLPHE NETTER DONALD'OON VI.LE, L..A I I 1 OPEN FOREIGN MARKETS. Gov Parker Urges Long Time Credits to European Customers. feowv John M. Parker of Louisioria, in an address before the national ag rieultural conference at Washington recently, urged that the Uni ted States arrange for granting !ong term credits to worthy European cus tomers as a solution of the present depressed conditionenwhich prevail in this country. The governor said "The original intent of the Federal .Reserve Bank. was to be a great bank of issue whose elasticit: would ore. vent panic and afford safety a. the same time, That institution is cred ited with making many millions of dollars more than was ever intended, as it pays its stockholders only a !im ited amount; and has piled up a huge 1rplus. Now what better use can S, surplis be put than in an earnest beie1it to all peoples" vParker suggested tnc re ~irve bank, send its own representa itves to the capitals e+ Eui one which sincerely desire to nurchase Ameri - can materials and ar,; unable Lc pay for them. The reserve :boam c repre " sehtatives would iooKe ir the stand. ing and character of purchase is -ond their financial responsibility. "Those found trustworth, :,ould then be sold goods not -n -'ery short time, as is customary ',ow but on six, twelve and eighteen. months Their acceptances wculd Ie ;.aken with the endorsement= of .he -ocat banks, and the co-oper'ation a! the great, banking institu'ions )f eael country: Spinners, manifacturers and dealers would be authorized :.c sel1 their products on equalmy long t'me all drafts, acceptances awV_ notes 'n nayment to be deposited in t.rs ,r--i til the claims of the Fcoei "Rs.iI Bank have been paicd , tull "This plan, carried .nt; +fi',-e would afford almost -nstanp clef'. it would mean the em'wo nent cf -.-any American ships 'o- the :' i ing: t those nations of ,:ttori tc giv th.e workers profitable -ar.pioneno :-nd. of foodstuffs to ~ree. man, o. their i from starving, it ."cld ak t heI value and activity -" ..re -nrchhan marine, would pu.: _neg.y .'~Gd spiri:, in business, and would io-in,. ,I . country the goo<: v\':. il -!I , 1 oe nations." Gov, Parke ~---ne: st.gg st the creation of a uermaiae-. .Prericar: the creation of a uerrmale- >. rerican, trade commissiors 'oro:vl, compose. of business me' v;.b )'acc,, knowledge of the -edt. 3 et."ties to which America`r :.a,_ is : being shipped. Work or. Colieg. ,:e begal :c At a meeting t .b 0oar : "' si - pervisors of the uovysia,.;, SLete U:LT. versity held in Batar .1.o. s°.V~Trai days ago, it war :Qec:cd r btg-n actual construction vor, .t "' u ar,. date. A huilding orc: ~ l o yav complete charge .' e c-r.stractc:r work was appol)leci "'itd tnf 'oiodow ing as membrs: .. Ne'v-n:'., Ne'" Orleans; Dalto!, Ri,-,::nn, i iftor Rouge; E. J. Gay ;'Paquemie 1. T Laycock, Baton Rouge Dear 'WV Dodson Colonel t a ' Proscoit andc Dean T. W. Atk,,,so.o + , " ' .tty. Bond Sales Show Bag n,-a-aseL In the first eieve', vontls )t .nc past year more than on: hbi1or :to _ a lre worth of city. :oin, md f.fit3 bonds, to be "used fm: the ,-ost part in road and stret. ;n.,'ý-trcico;l w?-'e sold. For the same ptrio ,r 19q the sales were $367.o00,000 ,nd +.n~ the same period in 195 ..he; .ver: $463,000,000, fast year c n r;ng' the first eleven months bond sales o. .h, character amounte(d tc $69'9-,000,00 The 1921 Cales are 57 pelt e'n. ahead of any year for the past decad:.These facts show eone!cl..ve! iha+ h volume of public work ,c be cone in 1922 will exceed that c.t an: p) riod of twelve mon:th:: dou.inkg he a past tenll years. A Good Medicine For nhe .arp George W. Wait. South Garainer, Me. relates his cxperierncs -vith the grip "I had the worst coagh. -3ld and grip and had taker a lot: of r;asr of no account, Chamberlain s 'cugi' ¾ Remedy is the only thmn -ibal 'as do.e me any good whatever. I have deed one bottle of it and the the "old and grip have left me "-- (Ad -' .OX DENOUNCES REPUBLICANS. Sramers Troubles and Financial De pression Charged to Administration, rn a speech deliveed at a Jackson Day banquet ac Dayton. Ohio. a few Idays ago. James M. Cox, former gov ernor of Ohio and Democratic can rdida-te for president in 1920, de ciared that ne 'stood today where he stood when the votes were counted Ion tt :lay of theelection and said that he was ready for another fight. i This was MI. Mr, Cox's first public address since the campaign of 1.920 He said in part Aa 'nterpret proprieties, the 0de feated candidate for the presidency should hold to the unspoken word un til time has wrought the unmistaka ble evidence of payment or default by those 'r power on campaign pledges S.'.Almost a full. year. :.has, elapsed analysis Mo its developeii he ruins If war still mar the mterna tional prospective Willing industry is witnout aid of financial credits. Countries solvent if not rich mi ra. tural iesources, are in idlenesss and misers The reaction true to pro phecv is upon us and every commu nity is affected The cry of Ameri ,ca first is a mockery to human in telligence Republican dictum to the contrary notwithstanding 'arm products have diminished ;n price much. below the labor cost of production, vast inventories of shop .Id mill have followed the down yard trend, until thousands of farm i.rs cnd business concerns are ,nso eni. hopeiess!y Ant hoar nefoless ia ii nas ,)eer.' ;hen peace ca:me Europe needed re building America hao the supplies. Europe requircc c*redit. America * had m-'o::perity cpor wYich credit could have ieen given. "The distress i Russia Is charg .bcole ., !.he horrors of Sovietism; the I di,;',.steSS in .Ame-.i,.r :(., tE :'Reachier i "of .Lodgoisn: i "The fiArst ,;ss,:-n-iai 'tning t., o:I ,ros.)e:.i n is the o irmal recognitior 1ong )-: 1. : ihi :.lae te eiie tho at h .vO:'! i:ho c .al pr)ocesses , a':+. I frei: ,,tn: '::'o_ :hough:.. a'nmite ha( tho hout~s' n vilization , 0anno, i . . p.t "` :; Wihoua, :he co-oper at"ion of he . tica possessing both nb c~dinw' ge'i Eu;pvy Vn:t th.' iaci iit:. of iremenei(; s prodactivit.. W iti: .eibe ' vt, indi.str.· the ;d. ;:iaistratio nr, iashington `o: o:-" :nOS. ,ae].v? :ion i.: f.a'ed i he oting un-- an. ,. c':"rrenis to public opinion steadily .:a ,d n.m;: ihe aes .in,.. of Arne ' ,." .wared eastward. 'l ar ua.h d.a. ;c the sea , t 'he ,Lague. 4f Nations :: Ccune; iOf the i t;'eP r t'e:ty Ibetweev: hce 1oe:'ntments. o ,i: ,"he Unitei States, S-eat. Britain, Frante arcd ,;apar: rluienc n might suggest hai. judg meni be roserve+: :ani w'c krtno :v.. a:. thc ;reacy means lnd 1 t.i: exteni. ,1 I1: Lodges so. rct a;nderstandirFgs. 1 he or esident ga e interpreiation of S:he wrrtten word: Mr. Lodge instant 'y "orrect'm h'm with the statement 'nat ;he 'cal rme'i tr wasi. t- :in wr "it' er word, ' r its oenat .s sani Jf 'hc, .e÷y that recog.izes nce Drin':lpe o" :vobitration ini g".'es nrotectior 'ig's: ,.tternais aggressior Or the )thnt hand it ,ea: er as gruout of '1-1 Miors, aia *hus .na' en.courage the ?stabl:shmeit of ahe' group T'his 'r'eatv c"eates div'sion, of mora; pur pos2. The leage of -Nations non *e mmnites ýh- me:ging of purpose. ",'he League of Nations assembles ati nations leser"nmg of name, If the present poet after mature ,,eflecion. is .o oe accepted by America t snoula prov'de that whenever Amer or joins tFe League of Nations then Ih- 4 ashingtor, treaty sha: be null and votd " ".t Is eportec +from New O9irear: I tha.c ,ne Business Men;s Racing As ociatio. a +ew Mlars ago 'dischargec fifty t.wo .mployes said to be politi 1 cians, in conformity with the demand made by Governo' Parker aboaut two weeks ago R!'L~ rOR RU.SSIA L.arge Pu-chases n South May d: ng inprovement t,: Market lccordlng tr recen, spec.ai from Washington 'arge quantities of rice I hav, beer pu 'chased 'n the south byv th .me-ican Relies Assoc,ation for 1 use 'n R1:ssia and further large pur t chases wi" be made in the early fu ture - tot , of "000 ;ons o. the cerea. has alread; been contracted for and 2500 tons more are needed Thb above information was contained in r 'ommunication from R. A Jack- s sor ,f the relief association to Con gressmen Lazaro adn Martin of Lou- t isiana "'hc communcation was as E follows We ha "e bough, ap to date on t account cr he Russian relief ,n the neighborhoor of "000 tons of rice We 'hay stl' t4 buy wvithin the next tw( ) .aree months some 2500 tons more T'on( f .ou, recent purecnases has bee- anar'e in "alifornia. It is, howeN ei barely possible that some c; the r:ce bought there last spring r mna. still ha--e been on hand in Con tral European ports at the time we began )ur Russian work and may r nave oeer forwarded to Russia. Sub-, starntially we may say that the whole o quantity comes from the Southern states and as prices are at presentjd we have no doubt that whatever more we may need wili be bought there also. - "We have beer in touch with a number of rice people in Louisiana and have bought a great deal of rice from them Anyone wishing to get l in touch with us has only to address 6a letter to the American Rehef As scciation, 42 Broadway. stating what. he has to offer in the way of quality, quantity, price and delivery dates, and we shail be glad to advise him Spromptly whether we can use thei rI ice he offers. Our ruice is to buy the i cheapest American rice that we can obtain of the grade that we desire, ordinarily choice f. a q. screenings, provided that it can be deliverea at the iime ana places at which we can obtain vessels to handle it con,,enient ly. We shall, therefore, be very glad to hear from any of your friends in Louisiana who nave rice to sell " This Letter is a result of the recent conference between Secretary HooN.er and Senators Ransdelj and Broussard and Represe?.tatives Lazaro and Mare tin. Purcnases of such large quantities o, rice it is expected will greatly *e lieve the congested market. and in sure better prices foi the unsold por tions of last years crops as-well as fol the crops to ble grown in 1922 Two brothers Rev F Gt Carbajol, S J., and Retv B G. Carbajol, S J., took their final vows at the same 1 time, At the Jesuits. church in Bar onne street, New Orleans, Thursday years' histov-v of the Jesuits order in Louisiana when two brothers rook ! the Fnai voks at the same 'imn RIHODA Jbs olutelty the I greatest 'tolintst ila yrnq u-tL.day I tn, 4m er'csan hfomesIf -bec ause 'Ti ':NEW EDISON !..oir'om re Pr'.,hods, in. ",jtncert, wit: othTe. "-olv.,ir Trer;.-:ome intor o'ur stor e. C(ompaae PrlJoa *,)P the New Edisonr. with othet viottniStS, .,r th talking--~rachines Fr.hoda is still his- wonade:-ti; selr. 3ur tn~ ari ot his rivais rlas soifferec~. Prihoco. is n.rw Irdts outably their s3perior Oniv the New Edisoil RFK-C.IE4'T an artIsts6 performance so perfe' tly that there is no difference betweer: i!vng oerformance and RF-CRE.EL)u performance. Do you know that -vo' -ar out the rnar-eious New EdisoF ,r gour home for $ .... (fill : our c wn first payrimert)? A4s aoo-.v ou> Budget Plan WRIGHT FURNITURE COMPANY 'ASNAI.DrONVO).LE LA ;OR RAIL. COMMISSIONER g (andcate Announces- -Favors Res. Soratd.n : Old Telephone Rates, n -"antcs .-illiams of New Orieans, e has an:ounc'ed as a :andidate for y public service commissioner (former r ly railroad commissioner) to succeed the late John T Michel. in announ cing his candidacy Mr. Williams is e sue( a statemen, defining his policy d and declaring himself unreservedly in f; . or of the restoration of the ffr d mer telephone rates. Mr. Williams' statement foilows 'I feel thai; i owe it :o my consti tuency to say in exact and unmistak 5 able language how I stand on cer tain matters withi'1 the jurisdiction of I the Public Service Commission now e --ery properly uppermost in the pub ,i, mind. I don't believe anybody can accuse me of rot using plain talk s when i say that i stand unqualified ly for an immediate consideration of telephone rates looking towards an immediate reduction of them, or rather a restoratior of the telephone rate status to what it was before the recent startling neciston that raised rates at a time when all other public utilities charges in this state and other states were on the downgrade from the peaks dhey had attained iduring the world war. I am fully appreciative and aware lof the fact that the Public Service Commission was tormed to render a public service by seeing that all pub lic utilities render the public servicei they were incorporated to render: "I am not anti-anybody or anti anything. I believe that God has giver me conscience enough to know i what is. just and I pledge myself to be just to all people and to do jus-. tice in every case that may come be fore this commission. "I am also fully aware of the fact that many people and many interests have a very peculiar meaning for ai square deai. Very ofter these people consider a square deal to them to go so far as to include -a raw dea!' to the other fellow.' Foreign Farmers For St. Mary. . it is reported that a syndicate of capitaiists in this state has oeen in Europe foi some time and has succeedea in inducing about 1000 foreign farmers and their families to come to this country and occupy subdivided sugal estates in the par ish of St. Mary for the general ag` ircultural advancement of that oe2 tron. A fertile -ract of '6700 acres of high rand already has been set aside f6o occupation antd develop ment This, will be .divided into 'faims of from 41) to 100 acres. Homes wili De built, mills and equip ment furnished, and everything will be in readiness foriimmediate settle ment by the foregn faimers, accord ing to the present a~Is The4~" an i an req eritb the syndicate finaicing the remain dei Hea-y cropa will be cultivated by the -ner while theh wives and °hi'dren -v.1 operat mnal' la~.es a»(r ýrP tr .r1 ! ,, TO cOLLEc AUTO j,iCENSES Mooorcycee Squads to lour the State ro Enforce Payment, A llvyi.g squadron ;f the State iiighway Tommission will be organ ized and after March i will visit every district of the state to enforce the collection of motor vehicles li censes. The squadron will travel throughout the state on motor cycles according to an announcement made by Wilson T. Peterman, chairman of the commission. Motor vehicles licenses were due January 1, and those who have not paid by March 1, will be declared de linquent and steps will be taken by the commission to enforce the pay ment of the licenses. In a large measure, the success of the state highway building improvement de pends on the promptness with which licenses for motor vehicles are paid, and for the information of the read ers of this paper, we quote the penal ty for the delinquent payment of all motor and other vehicles "Failure to make application for registration within five days after March 1, penalty is 25 per cent of the license and must be collected by the secretary of state with the license fee." Up to and including January 19, only $60,000 had bees: paid for mo tor vehicle licenses, it was said. Dur ing 1921, approximately 100,000 motor vehicle licenses were paid for, according to figures compiled by Ar thur Taylor, commissioner of the State Highway Commission. The following information was given out by the commission: Capacity in Pounds i000 Lbs. H. P. 750 to 4000..... .......$10.00 $0.68 4001 to 5000.. ......... 12.50 0.68 500 to 00 ..... .. ....... 15.00 0.68 6001 to 8000.................... 20.00 0.68 000! to .0,000 ............... 25.00 0.68 "The Louisiana Highway Commis sion, under the powers vested in them ind directed by Act 120, of the spe :iai sessior of the eogislature of 1921, are preparing to examine all chauf Feurs anti drivers of motor vehicles for the information of those inter Isted." After aue :xamination, and after :he commission or its authorized agents are satisfied that applicants ire quaiifiea to receive -same, to each ,eDrsa n so nalified will he asniin.-d a distinguishing "number and a license which will show their name, place of residence and address a description of the license, and a photograph for the purpose of identification, No persor shall employ or hire any person who is not provided with proper credentials as shown above. The above provis'ons also apply to operators of motorcycles. The law specifically provides that no license- shall be issued to any one under ei en ..oars off age. on Building, New Orleans, La, ' Section ?5 :f 4ct No 120 pro vides 'that for each motor vehicie of the first class ar annual license tax of 68 cents e.ei actua, horse power shah ae collected by the secretary of ,state or through any such agency as he shall designate, provided, that the minimum inniuai License fee~ -or vehicles of the .rst class shal' De fif teen loilars. "'For each vehicle of :he second class, an annual license fee based up on the rated net carrying capacity plus, the actual horse-power rating, which shall be determined by the I commission. shall be collected by the I aecretary of state o: such agency as ne may iesignatt. in the amount fix-. ed in the following schedule per thou Ssanl pounds carryming capacity plus the "ate per horsepower. to-wit: :Provided that it cities of more than ten thousand inhabitants the rate per thousano pounds capacity shail be ten doilars for each vehicle operated exciusiveiy in such cities. 'Such cities, however, shall have the authority to designate the streets up on which the operation of vehicles under this class shall ibe permitted, according ,o thei- carrying capacity. ,)r to prohibit sraffic exceeding a gigel. -; eigh* 'r :any or ali of its streets. Pirovided urther, that the minimum anr.uai ra cense fe(. on mio or: -,".hicies of .he .econd Blass shall be: wenty-fi.e dioliar. Provided, furthe., that in the case of immedi-0 atel'. adjacen:. city of more tha: ten thousand inhaoitant: connec:ted by bridg, o.i' ferr:?- witr : municipaity, the respective gover'ning authorities of such municipaiiti's mia ag.re- up or: and oermit 'he common: ise -of their :streets b," 'ehicles iicen.se in acco'rdan,:e wit.h ,his provision. ':Every motor vehicic so, ope:'sated shall .iisplay :: red light n the re verse direction. Every automobile ahal have a tea-' ligh s piacced as to show :o red ligh': frog. btehind and a white light, so placed as to iliumin ate i:h: ear onumber plate and not, obsclur: the ame. Evaery:r tuck shall ais e e uinpeipc.. with a mirror' so placed as .o present to the drive: at' ali time :': view of vehicles approach ing from the rea'. It shatl be unlaw fu. .Or any truck that has not been properly .quippe' as h'ereinabove prescribed, to operate o.: any high way or road in. this state after the thirty-first :f iJanua:y. !922. Ex cept by :special permit from the ,:om mission, ne passenger motoir transfer of moroi that 'evenr. passengers carry ing c:apacity shali exceed a speed lim ii: of *wenty-fiv miles pei hour- I There ca' ior. no exemptions :o tine acove other than tha: provided by in Act N~o. 20. sectiorn 26--"Provid(ed that ".ehicles qt the; classification, above enumerated used solely for Ifarming purposes: and only incident ally asirg the pablic highwavSy shall pay no license tax." 'The Stat4: Highway Commission is asking the earnest co-operatior of the mnunicjpai and parochial author ities in seeing to the enforceme'.t; of these highways saws. xB a ote of 94 yeas LC VG nays Ithe Missisripp` Iouse cf represen tatives a few days ago uased a aill fixing the pay of legislators in ruture , Mississippi legislatures at $75C o ses sion for the regular bienn'ai sessions and $ 650 a day +,. ,he extra ses sions 466 quickly relieves a coid. NEXT WEEK'S BIG SPECIALS FEBRUARY 6 TO I1l J. & P. Coats' Sewing Thread. speci 55 price, one doze spoo1s ..... 55C Floramy and Azurea Eace Powe 8 special price, per box...... ................ 33-inch Silk Pongee, special. price, per yard, only............ ................................ 1 81-inch Pepperell Unbieachec 49c Sheeting, special, per yard ............... .. ........... Fine Dress Ginghams, worth 2t. , 1 yaid, special price, only................ Children's Black and White iisr. o. 15 special price, per pair........................ ........ 5 Ladies' Black Kid Oxfords, speclad price, per pair, only .............. .........2.48 Men's Fine Madras Dress S~izs .1 special price, each .............. . IM.19 Ladies' Kid Gloves, all colors 1.48 $2.50 value, special price. pcr pai' ............. Don't forget to look at the pretty Ladies' Spring Hats we have just received. The prices are right, too, Comer o- Donaldsonville, La. SELECTION S UNPAID. Republican. Still 4 $708,161.32 r for Campai f 1920. According to a ent given out recently by Fred" .Upham, treas- a urer of the Rep| national com- h mittee, that bo oewes $708,- e 161.32 for thet ,of 1920, tl which resulted] elctlbn ..f i President Wa . ding," "The outstan i rodtdnesin p cludesr 51 edfrom the ti f27,500 bore .-thei t National and Old Oiony Trust. g At the close of .he camgaign in f November, 1920,.the committee was t4 $1,683,000 in debt, including $1,- a 405,000 in loans; $192,000 in un- tl paid bills and $86,000 owed to va rious state committees. In fifteen n months $1,400,000 has been collect- e ed of which $741,500 was applied to , ithe !oans the state committees paid o off. unpaid bills settled, $88,000 in terest paid and $232,500 spent for , the operation of the national com- a mittee, leaving about $60,000 on Ihand ... nano THE BURNING QUESTION. 'IF' if you sike: the very best, eourteou treatment: if you like Tr nave your wants at tended to immediately by a man, why is ar expert at his business; if you like to be sure that a barre or a ton of coal, real coal, will b, roliing within a few minutes afte :.ou place your order: if you onjoy the sensatioin or deal ing with a man that has access t, the ber moal mines in the east: aýi< I west; f you want to oe sure that :,iie coal you get is going to give serv-'icel along with the very best; I:f you want to deal with : set. ) foiks who, really appreciate your bus hynes • THEN SOrde) your coal from ELRA Y KOCKE, "The Old Reliable," and give me a chance to show you that a m the sort of a fellow you like Nex: Week's Bill at the Grand Sunday~--Wallace Reid and Lois Wilson in "The Hell Diggers" and Snub comedy. Monday---Lieut Omer Lockiear and'j Louise Lovely in "The Skywayman ' and Patte News. Tuesda&---Greatest all-star casn of the year in "The Affairs of Anatol Doors open at 2 o'clock Wednesday--Wanda Hawley. ': {"The House Jazz Built. Thursday--Mac McAvoy and Ksatl lyn in "Everything for Sale," Friday---Gladys Leslie and Matt Moore in "Straight is the Way' .ndl Loanesome Luke comedy Saturday--.-Concluding 'pisa ci. "Hurricane Hutch," first episode of Ruth Roland in "The White Eagle Pathe News and SennetT comedy 't :s reported from Chicago . tnat as a result of a decision rendered by the United States Railroad board n abrogating tertain 'wartime working agreements and making important changes in others the railroads >f the country wyill save $50,0001000 I n normal traffic .tnmes This will ce sult from the lopping off the pay of 300,000 railroad :lerks, freight hand ers, express and statior emploves. FIo0 the Liver and Bowels When your liveS and bowels be come torpid get a nettle of Chamoer,, lain's Tablets. They will tone up your liver and cause a gentle move. ment of the bowels. They also im mnove the digestion.-(Adv.) CANE CUTTING MACHINE. Napoleonville Man's Invention Test ed and' Endorsed by Planters. J. C. -Corbin, well-known architect and contractor and builder of Napo leonville, has patented a machine for cutting and tri~mig sugar cane for the mill, whiih iesaid to' be practicd e in: every respect. Cane cutstin machineswere invented by dife persons in-the past, but it seems tpat tihe neclwxism of each sro pser SsF said tocom good and to eliminate all of the bad features of the other machines, and to offer in compact and easily oper ated form a machine which will do the work. Mr. Corbin appeared -before the meeting nof the Am iontsn (?na n,-m. i meeting of the. American Cane Grow - ers' Association held in New Orleans o recently and explained the working c' of his invention. The following ac - cout of Mr. Corbin's appearance be r fore the said meeting is taken from ' a recent issue of the New Orleans n Times-Picayune. "The operation of a sugar cane harvester for cutting and trimming cane for the mill and windrowing in case of emergency was described by John C. Corbin of Napoleonville, La. before a meeting of members of the I American Cane Growers' ,Associa tion here. Mr. Corbin recently se cured a patent on the machine. . "The need of such a machine for I the sugar cane industry has long o been recognized as cane is one of the few farm products that is not har i vested through the use of some la bor-saving device. The same methods e are nuse in cutting cane that existed I almost from the beginning of the in dustry in Louisiana two hundred years ago. o "Recognizing the necessity for d more modern methods in cane cule ture and harvest the planters were jgenerally interested in the new ma chine Mr, Corbin has patented and e are giving him every encouragement Sin the perfection of the apparatus S'Twelve years Ago Mr Corbin be gan experiments which have led to the maohine he says he is confident will solve cane 7utting and windrow. ing problems of Louisiana. He took out his first patent in 1915, on the cane cutting apparatus followed in 1918 with a patent on the windrow ing machine.. The latter machine was reconstructed in 1919 and since then additional patents have been taken out to protect ,'arious improve, ments. 'Mr. vorbin ciaims. il the wina rowing machine that it will cut and lay from twenty-five to thirty acres cf cane in ten hours ana will savs from two to three inches on every stalk over the present method of nand cutting. Two men are required to operate this machine and the cost 0 cutting is placec a about twe cents per ton, "The stripper and toppe' which pre pares the cane for the mills is at tached to the windrower as a trailer Instead of the cane falling into win drows it goes through the machine which removes the top and strips the stalk cleanr. Mi. Corbin believes the cutting and stripping process can be done at the cost of 15 cents per ton and that the machine will have a capacity of 200 tons per day, "Experiments so far ha"e been made with a small tractor, but a caterpillar machine will be used lox the new apparatus because of the adaptability of the broad tractor sur face .to soft ground. "Mr. Corbin's activities have been, watched and have had the endorse ment of a number of sugar planters near Napoleonville where all experi. ments have been made Manufacture of the machine, probably in New Or leans will begin soon VALENTINES! All kinds at all prices at the Soniat Music Store in the Community Theatre building