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The Evolution of the Oil Mill Industry. Since the advent of the Boll Weevil, The Oil Mills in Louisiana have been content to work a small territory near home and run three weeks or three months in the year. To do this profitably, the initial profit in ton cottonseed had to be around $6 to $10 per ton. A business can't mark time, it has to go forward or go backward.-Most of the Oil Mills have gone backward and only the real strong ones have been able to hang on. This condition interests every cotton farmer, every seed seller, every merchant-an Oil Mill running a good part of the year is satisfied with $1 or $2 and puts this BIG difference in the price it pays for Cottonseed, thus putting the money in its legitimate channels. THE ALEXANDRIA COTTON OIL (OMPANY desires to draw your attention to the fact that it has changed the condition first stated to the last: it is satisfied with $1 or $2 and pays the difference for Cottonseed. This is THE COTTONSEED MARKET PLACE, it deserves your support,(it deserves the preference on every ton Cottonseed you handle-for the simple reason that it made it pos ,ible for you to get the VAII'E of your Cottonseed in Dollars and Cents: It has done for you and is doing a service of inestimable value; it is putting money in your pockets.. So far, prices have ranged from 822to 826, your nearest Oil Mill assured you all the time that they were only worth $18-some few even had the temerity to say 815. Cottonseed may be worth 830 ere long and then they will tell 'ou that they are losing money-that 822 or $24 is all they are worth. This is the SHOP to pin your faith to-Whenever we'll be losing money it'll be because we are not buying-and when we are, we won't hold out $6 or $10 on you just because may be we could-The Liberally square deal, all cottonseed can bring-NEW BLOOD-Bright, Breezy, Bellicose and Aggressive. Call us or wire us at our expense. Don't rest until your Cottonseed is on the'way here-the BEST in PRICE and SERVICE will be your return. _ . THE ALEXANDRIA COTTON OIL CO. Inc., The Big Independent HENRY BURKE, Manager, ALEXANDIA, :-: -:- -:- -:- LA. VF, 1i. Ii nR CARD TO THE PUBLIC. To Whom it Ought to Concern: We now give our friends an opportu nity to help us build our annex for the Union Sunday School. The list is opened in the Gazette. ThelLadies' Aid Society of St. Joseph heads the list followed by two little friends. If you like, the amount promised can be paid at aly time on or before Sep tember Iet. All cash subscriptions will be duly acknowledged by me or by the Ladies' Aid, to whom all money may be paid. b In name of Union Sunday School and Iadles' Aid Society. B. F. BONNEY, Supt. Ladies' Aid Society (on demand)..$520.00 Two Little Friends ................ 2.00 W . R. Baker ...................... 5.00 German Baker................... 5.00 A. M. Smith and wife .......... 5.00 A. M. Smith, Jr................... 2.50 B. F. Bonney................ .... 5.00 Mrs. B. F. Boney............ ... 5.00 Contributor ..................... 5.00 Dr. G. N. Clarke.................. 5.00 A Friend in Shreveport ............ 1.00 A Friend in Waterproof........... 1.00 Movi Pictare Show .............. 8.60 rs. Ch. Rose............... 1.00 Richard Moore Whitney........... 5.00 Mis Lila Hunter................. 1.00 Miss Hanse Lindsay ............... 1.25 ]dimiss Jene Bouncy ............. 1.00 Myles Bonney and wife............ 2.00 Mira Brunette Lewis........... 1.00 Jno. R. Smitha .................. 1.00 E84.3.i S.TE LETTERS. emaf-aag aI tUhe it. Joeph Post Omce for week esdlas Sept. M, 1915. Bull, C. Jackson, Lottie Brown, Coreae Otgentai, Maurice eRily, Jacob M , George T L, vie Si4· _ 81. Tate, Susie I 1 liler Wile, Frances RFmuums, Johnie Elliot J ss ,'James Miller Irsas se t M .or t above letter wim -, ,. ? ,. U . ~~r~luF·-k7: - The Song O' the Ford By Richard N. BIllott, *onnersvIlle, Indiana I hare Ilookd at the canolpied roaches that ride Like a( ship of the gods on the sea, And the steaths of their cutting are heavy and wide, Like a bun.galow: out on. a spree; I have heard of their glory in story and screed, But the more of their glory I scan The better I know that the car that I need Is the car that will work for a man. I (ait. not of the gods; I reside on the earth; I (at baf d of the neighborhood, too, A4,, I tr'aot a machine that will render its worth In the things that I want it to do; And the ship of the gods may be good for the yink W'ith a million or so in his hoard, But I know what I know, and I think what I think, And I think I trill get me a Ford. I will qet it, and settle, and put it to use, And the ships of the gods may cavort; They mqay r"un them, on a gallon of juice But, the Ford gets there first-on a quart. They may smeile at the little machine that I run, They may laugh, if they like to, and can, But the car that I want for myself is the one That is worth what it costs to a man. Joke a Ford and you joke at the sands of the seas And the rlares when the forests are full; If'hre a hull rushes ito a nest full of bees Is the joke on the bees or the bull? They are cornmmon-ft'or everyone has 'erm but me, And lI fieel pretty loncsome and bored, And lI wraut what that ,ill be orhat I want it to be, So I'm going to buy me a Ford. e. L. elark, Newellton, La. Agent for Tensa~ Parish SlWWWWWWWWWWWWWWlllll ll WHO HAVE BEEN SORT gS Y U OF SKEPTICAL ABOUT INVESTING IN OIL STOK The Gusher Bend Oil Co. of Shreve port, La., capitalized at $50,000, with - 4s shares at Par Value of $5.00 each, ftal. _. ly paid and non-assesable, offers you - an opportunity for investment with all chance wiped out; you know exactly * what you are getting; no "lib" nor "ands" in this proposition. --..here's our statuts in a nutshell! In the Red River field of Louisiana (see map) we are now drilling our first well; our location is in the midst of this field's mightiest producers where not a dry hole has been drilled. Every try for oil has yielded in abundance and possessing such choice locations and the services of R. E. (Bob) Allison, noted field engineer, we are reason ably sure of, in fact confidently expect nothing but, SUCCESS. For our leases we are paying a low royalty; the entire management of this company is run on a conservative and " economical basis. 1 The men who manage this company directed the highly successful "Oliver Oil Co." which drilled three wells and P brought in three gushers. We offer a proposition for Invest ment that can be none other than high ly profitable; we offer you an opportu nity to invest in oil stock and reckon confidently on early and big dividends --..its YOUR opportunity to become financially independent. ..-we're going to get oil, would al-. most guarantee it; that will mean profits for us and profits for you if you mail your coupon now, while stock sells at par--Five Dollars per share. o ---delays are dangerous, especially in buying Gusher Bend Co. Oil Stock ...why not now. Should you desire ref.- w. erences, write the Red River Valley , Bank & Trust Co. of Shreveport or the State Savings & Trust Co., Texarkana. M COUPON---MAIL IT NOW ! GUSHER BEND OIL COMPANY, INC., 54 American Bank Bldg., Shreveport, La. Gentlemea:--I lclose my check for $.......... being . payment of .......... shares of your capital stock at - par value of $5.00 per share. A. .r.es.... ....... ....... GO.. SHER BEND OIL CO., 54 AMERICAN BANK BLDG. - SHREVEPORT, - .- 9- LA. One. Experience i Convinced Me iof its Value "One of our sales men demonstrated the value of the Long Dih tance Telephone to us. He was at Huntsville, Ala., and up'on his own responsibility put in Long Distance calls for, fifteen .merchants 'within5 radius of several hundred miles. "In less than one hour he had sold 2100 barrels of flour at a total cost to us of less than six dollars. "Since then we have applied the Long Distance Bell Telephone to every feature of our business with most profitable. results. The service isfine, the rates are reasonable and there is more satisfaction in one Long Distance.Telephone ,talk.than.in.half a dozen letters". 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