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Every grocery store has it etttouers who order POSTUM regularly instead of offee. They are former coffee drinkers who, for health's sake, changed their table drink. If you suspect that coffee contributes to your discomfort or illness,, ask the grocer for the .amres of several PosTUM users in your nneigborhood; get in touch with them and heai their story. Or, secure a tin of INSTANT POTUM and try it on the family table for ten days instead 6 There' a Reason" for POSTU u II .r SUCCESSION SALE Estate of Louis Adolpºue Sandoz and Wife, Alice L. Gil. No. 67M8 Probate Doeket, 16th Dist Court, St. Landry, La. By virtue of an ordrr of tho 0on. the 16th District Court in and for bered cause, nd ng date Oct. 6, I will o r sale to the po _i thafl ih' ds_& of te ap. b t front 4or of e udu pu in Qpelousss e purpose of paying debts, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1916, at ii o'clock a. m., the following described property t.o-it: 1. The last residence of the de ceased, situated in, the town of Loa .a o ti* Of o uarerof the s are boudde north by Foulard St., soth by MadisQn St.. .t : itbf ULion ad west by Main St., bing the not east quarter of said spafr sld property being bounded uorth by Foulard St., south by lot of L. L. Perrault. eaet by Unidn St. and west by property of W. J. Sandoz, together with the improvements thereon* 2. A lerain lot of ground sitU ated orn Sandoz St. in the town of ODelousas, La., with the improve ments thereon, bounded north by property of Est. of J. B. Sandoz, south by Sandoz St., east by Wat n.ut St, and west by lot of Gar rigues Andrus; 3. A certain fractional square of around, situated in the town of Opelousas, La., bounded north by the right-of-way of the Opelousas & Gulf R. R. (T. & P.), and prop erty of Ivy Swartzenber& south by a street, east by said property of Ivy Swartzenberg and Lombard St.. and west by a strip of land be longing partly to Dr. J. A. Haas and partly to Est. of J. B. Sandoz; 4. The undivided one-half in terest in and to a certain tract of land situated in Mallet in the above parish and State, containing two hundred and forty acres, and de scribed as the north-west quarter and the west half of the north-east quarter of Section 16. Township 6, S. R. 2 east: 5. The undivided one-third inter est in and to three hundred and twenty acres of swamp land situa ted in the vicinity of Leonville, St. Landry parish, and being the south half of sction 23, Township 6, S. R. 5 east: 6. One lot of household furniture and effects. 7. The undivided one-third inter est in and to two certain lots of ground in the to.a of Opelousas, La.. bounded north by property of Jacques Comeau, south by property ýf Mrs. W. J. Sandoz and J. J. Hfealey. east by property of L. L. Perrault and an elley, and west by Union St. Terms-Cash. GERTRUDE SANDOZ, oct 14-6t Adianistratrix. CONSTABLE' SALE ALIDE E. LAFLEUR VERSUS OSCAR SEMIEN No. 466, 18th Justice's Court, Parish of St. Landry, State of Louisiana. By virtue of a writ of fie'i fa cias to me directed by the Hbn. S. J. Gosaelia. Juasdte of Abe _ Pee in and for the Parish of St. Laindry, I will proceed to sell at public auc tion 0 Saturday the1 PSti day of N . A. D, 4916, at i :o'clock a atir t the door oft the Magis trates office, at LawtelL La, the following described property, to The undivided one-eleventh share of said defendant in and to the fol lowflk desorfi'et Ibperty,: vlb: Twenty-eight (28) acres of w land sitated ith Malle wood, SL Lan pah L. d ided as follo*, B.t T~y B. ui soea, sou.h by J. wahrt eits, east by Guillory and west by J. T. Stewart bhfr dei On t am droperty aSok.ut said e sdua as heir in the t bf Alfr Se mien and Louisa Malbrau, his de cizedii in the sbove entitled suit. Terms and Conditions: Cash, with the benefit of 1asement. Constalb's Of , this tith day of Oct. A. D.. 1914. AMOS BIHM, Demute Sheriff and. Acting Con stable. oct 21-it SUCCESSION SALE ESTATE OF SAMUEL H. BATE MAN No. 6815, Probate Docket, 16th Ju dicial District Court. Parish of St. Landry. By virtue of an order of the Hon orable B. H. Pavy, Judge of the Six teenth Judicial District Court, and in pursuance of a commission to me directed, I, the undersigned ad ministrator, or any duly qualified auctioneer, will sell, for cash, at public auction to the last and high est bidder, at the last residence of the deceased in the Parish of St. Landry, on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25th 1916, at 11 o'clock a. m., the following de scribed property, to-wit: Item i. A certain tract or parcel of land together with all the build ings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of St. Lan dry, State of Louisiana, bounded on the north by land of Oliver Desho, tels. south by Martin Miller and Avan Fontenot, east by land of UI ger Manuel and west by lands of Deshotels and Fruge, and contain ing fifty-nine and eighty-one hun dredths (5981) acres of land, be ing the same land acutilred by said Samuel H. Bateman, dec'd from Ru dolph Savoy and Avan Fontenot fiv or six years ago, less twelve (12) acres. Item 2. Household furniture, kitchen utensils, etc., contained in the last residence of the deceased, Samuel H. Bateman, situated on the above described land, consist ing of an iron bed with springs and mattress; 1 trunk, I lamp: I lot of dishes, knives, forks, spoons, tea kettle, cooking pot and water bucket, and one Band-made table. Item 3. i grindstone. Item 4. 1 shovel. Item 5. Cash on deposit in the Eunice State Bank of Eunice, La., forty-three and 26-100 dollars. Item 6. Cash in the hands of Dr. A. B. Childs. of Eunice, La., eighty eight and 50-100 dollars. TERMS: Cash. A. B. CHILDS. oct 21-6t Administrator. To Cre. a Cold l Ome Dqy Tate LAzAnlV a5o1Mo Oelinls. it stops the Coagh gad Headache sad work o the Cold. Draesists refd money if it fails to cura.e. $. w. onov$a lsgatare on each box. Hc. SBUeCSSeN 8ALE ESTATE OF ALPHONSINE MEUIL No. 63, Probate Dooket, 16th Ju dicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry, La. By virtue of an order of the Hon orable B. H. Pavy, Judge of the SiN teent i Jildpial Distribt Court, and ift urstn d0 of a commiaion to teýstamnt eaecutor, or any daiy qualitie4 auctioneer, will sell, at public auotioto t e last and high est bidder, at the Court House door of the Parish of St. Landry, La., on SATURDAY,. NOV. ibh, 1916, at ii o'clock A. M., the following described property, to-wit: Twenty alpents' o land' with the buildiags and improvementelthereon aitt.ted on Ba.to Teche, bounded North by Josephine Balquaet, South by Benoit Fournier, Bast by Jbs$ pbinha and Elvila BaiQiet, and Vest by lBenoit Fournier. Being same property acquired by Bimedn Bi rotte from Edward' Balquet by act of sale dated ioct. 22, 18, being No. 28912 of the records of the parish of St. Landry. A certain lot of ground situated in the town of Opelousas, La., with buildings and improvements there on, measuring one hundred and .fifty feet front on South street by a depth of one hundred and fifty feet Bounded on the North and East formerly by a portion of square Nd. 19, South by South street and West by Jos. Monroe, be ing same property acquired by Si meon Birotte from Jean Ble. Bi rotte on the 9th day of August, 1894, by act before Jules L. Chachere, notary public, duly resorded in Con veyance Book F. No. 3, page 394. Terms and conditions: One-third of the purchase price to be paid upon the day of sale, and the bal ance to be payable one, two and three years from the date of sale. The purchaser to execute his notes for the delayed payments, with eight per cent per annum interest from date until paid, and ten per cent as attorney's fee on both the amounts, ip the event of suit to en force their collection. The entire amount to be secured by special mortgage and vendor's lien and privilege which is to be retained upon the property until full and entire payment of the price, with interest and attorney's fee as above stated. A. A. CROUCHET, Testamentary Executor. oct-7-6t. PAWTITION SALE DORICE SAVOTE, Wife, et als Versus FRANCOIS E. SAVOIE, et al No. 20.360. Civil Docket, 16th Ju dicial District Court, Parish of Bt. Landry, La. By virtue of a judwemnt ren dered herein by the B6th Judicial District Court, in and for the Par i.h of St. Landry. signed by Hon. Robert Harry, Judge ad hoc, there will be s01d, by the up.rsiggd auctioneer,. 4 Ublio auo auion, for c sh, to the last and hghest bid der, at the prteoi al ftrnt door of t+e Courthouse, at Qpelousas, La., on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1916, at ii o'elock a. m, for the purpose of effecting a partition, the' follOw ing described propeity, tO-wibt: (a) The West }half (I 1-2) of the West half (W 1-2) of Sedtion Nineteen (19) Tp. Six (6) South of Ranpe Two. (2) East (I), situated in this parish, the whole of said quarter section containing One .hundred and Sixty (180).tesn, and laeing same ptroperty actuired by Damon Savoie and Francois E: Savoie from Heary Ifa.h., 8 n the 2ist day of December, A. D., 891, as per aot No. 3717, reoorded ia ConversiL el Book A. No. a at page 792, records of this parish. (b) Lots Numbers One (1), Two (2), and Three (3), apd the north east quarter N1E1-4) of the southeast frA tipnal quarter (SE rl. 1i-4) Seetion Twenty-four (24) in Tp. Six (6) South of Range One (i) $ast (E), situated in this parishb, and the whole containing One hundred and four & 92-i00 (104.92) aores, and being same property acquired by Da mon Savoie and Francois E. Sa voie from Louis H. Young, on July 1st, 1892, as per Act No. 33,351 recorded in Conveyance Boo k B, No. 3 pages 623 and 624, records of this parish. TERMS: Cash. L. L. PERRAULT, oct. 28-6t Auctioneer. PORT ARTHUR MAN FINDS GOOD HEALTH Sufferer Is Restored and Makee Re. markable Gain in Weight on Few Dosee J. F. Stoneburner of Port Arthur, Texas, suffered from stomach ailments for a long time. He fell of in weight and took treatment without apparent benefit. He tried physician after phy sician until he almost lost hope. He at last took Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, then wrote: "I have taken all of your wonderful stomach remedy and got good rdsults from it. I have gained in weight since starting on your remedy-twentyone pounds so far. I was under the care of Ave doctors for about six months before I got your medicine. I am in tirely well now." Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives per. manent results for stomach, liver and Intestinal ailments. Est as much and whatever youn lke. No more distress after eating, pressure of gas in the stomach and around the heart. Getone bottle ol your druggist now and try it on an absolute guarantee--f not satim betory money will be retrnod Whenever Yen Need a General 'TIon Take Grove's Tbhe Old Standard Grove's TaMIe dill Tonic is equally valuable as General Tonic because it eontains ti;: well known teaic properties of QUIMI and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Dri out Malaria, Bariches the Blood a. Builds up the Whole System. 50 &.ý. ORbINPANCE NO. 18. An Ardinance Oirdering a spolai election to be held in Schl Dist No. 4 No. f the 5th .!li e.ýji'y WariOf the Parish ,f St.,Lsp l y, fbithe purpose of submftti'g to the qulife electors of the said Hopi district the ,uestion of'th le'y o% ah additional specili . t it 'Of iWle (3) mills (.003), f o the pt'O f prov.d . addiu nal dto' the t zpuble SoOls of hte ald school disttl'lt, Section i..Be .it oritled by' the School Boahd of tiFe Pih of St. Lanudy, La., sat a n u a elebtid6i be Oad iii ber ordbfld to be held in SchOOl DitsOt 'Nd. 4 of the 5th Police Jury Ward of the PariSh of St. Landry, La., dt' the 2mth day of November, !9M, "for the p~rrose I, subftthik to the quuliftied eleo tors of the said school district ea titled to :vot theitat' thl'tiuOstiOn of i levy of a sojelki tax of Three Mills ($.0Q30 on the dollar of all propoerty` in the 'id' tchool dis tLict subject t" state taxation, for a period of five meark beginnting With the ear '1917, the proceeds of the said tsi to be used itt giviig additional: aid to the dbhlUo schools of the said sdhool district. Section 2. o it furthes ord4aned, etc., That the ballots to'be .usd at the said ele4in sha ll be prepared by the secretry of the sghool board of the Parish Of St. Landry, and shall be in the following form: Proposition to levy an ddi tional three mills (.008) spe cial tax on all property sub ject to taxation in sehooll YES District No. 4 of the 5th Po lice Jury Ward of the Parish of St. Landry, La., annually for a period of five years, be ginning with the year 1917, for the purpose of giving ad-I NO tional aid to the public! schools of the said schooll district. I Taxable vaulation $ NOTICE TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the proposition submitted upon this ballot, place a cross (x) mark in the square after the word "Yes;" to vote against it, place a similar mark after the word "No". Signature of Voter. Section 3. Be it further ordained by the School Board of the Parish of St. Landry, That the secretary of the School Board be. and he is hereby ordered to cause to be pre pared for use at the said election the tally'sheets, list of qualified Continued from page 1. electors, assessed valuation of prop erty blank statements for the com pilation of the vote. in 'number and amount, and other election blanks that may be required for the pur pose of holding the election, to cause the same to be placed in the ballot box for use at the polling precinct, and to make provisiod for the transmission of the ballot box to the precinct of the district at which the election is to be held. Section 4. Be it. further ordained by the School Board of the Parish of St. Landry, that ~the polling ulace or precinct for the said elec tion shall be in the Town Hall in the Town of Washington, St. Lan dry Parish, La., and the following . three commissioners and clerk of election are appointed to serve at said eleotion, O. BD. Ortego, Sosth ene' Pitre and Arthur Deshotels, commissioners, and Jonas W. Bai ley, Sr.ý clerk, whose compensa- 1 tion for services in holding said r election shall be three dollars per day, each commissioner being a qualified elector. And said ele tion shall be conducted under the r laws of the State applicable there- I to. Section 5. Be it further ordained by the School Board of the Parish of St. Landry, 'That the Sdh6ol Board of the' Parrish of .$t, Latndry, Ls., shall meet at the office of the Parish Board in th'`City of OpelOu ass, at 10:00 o'clo0k &A ML 'oil Fri day, the Let day of December, 1916, for the purpose, in open session, of examininia and ceanting the ballots, canvassing the returns andr deoldr iPn the, respul of said eleotioa Sea.on 60. aB iti further ordained bi the 8chboal ·Bi.t of the Parish SSt. Landry. That the: President ef the Sc.hol Board be,. anid he is he.a.y instcd to tlvw the pub io notice af said eladtion. by pito ansation. according to .lar. Sectfbn 7. Be it further ordaned by the Sbolo "B of tre' Parisn Of St. Lfddr~,f';d the spcial eleo tion hbreini ndi .feby povied for shall be held and conducted and the' retnuris thereof shall be made under the p'toyislons of Act. 256 of 1910 and ametndmentsa thereof, and such other I~iwi ai may be appli cable.' E. P. DALY, President. W. B. PREScOTT, Secretary. PROCLAMATION. Pursuant to an ordinance passed by School Board of the Parish of St. Landry, La., at a regular meeting held on October 2nd, 1916, I, O. P. Daly, President of said School Board of the Parish of St. Landry, hereby give notice that, in compliance with said ordinance, a special election will be held in school District No. 4 of the 5th Po lice Jury Ward of the Parish of St. Landry, La., on the 28th day of November, i916, for the purpose of submitting to the property tax payers qualified under the Consti tution and laws of the State of Lou isiona to vote at said ,election, the following proposition, to-wit: To levy an additional special tax of three rmlls. on the dollar on all property in School District No. 4 of the Stn Police Jury Ward of the Parish of St. Landry, La., subject to ýltate taxation, annually, for a period of five years, beginning with the year 1917, for the purpose of giving additional aid to the pub lic schools of said district. For the purpose of said special election the p.IdjIng, place will he in the .Town HIl in the Town of Washingion, Ea., and the follow Sng comm ssicners and cleric have been aL.oifted to serve at this election: 0. D. Orteiro, Sosth4ne Pitre and Arthur Deshotfls, Corm missinners and Jonas W. Bailey, Sr.. clerk. At sai-d sneeia ,~Chool elestinn f h rlt will open at seven o'clock A. M. end close at five o'clock P. M, and the ilecipn will conducted.eh o )'clock o. nson Fridayd, - leta 91d te Oaid chool Ba .q neet at o fte ofioe 0 the OI" ine taCi. of o 4i u, W 'a open sessioP nrnrceed' to open ballot bon exmnetr and tW.t i ,: oiturnan declare the mio udedlpl iOectiOn. Tohth abdy of J bones, : D Pci re II bRoaond sAle No. - 6th JudIF. ist. Co.rt,.. Lanr dry actrish, rLa. by the ioltdr b ., the nabo e fecting a taitition, and in ante of a comuluion signe 3. fT.Littel Deut Clerk of tCe ;e",, bearing date October 25. i9G9 theta wilt be sold by the undersiw,-bd. gt Dublie auction, to the lastandhih. est bidden on the premises it Grand Prairie. Parish of St, Lam. at i o'cl as, , the followsi.g d . scribed roper hy, to-wit:. ist. A certaln. tract or fPaire'O land; situater at Grand Pra.:f.. the oarish ef St. Lanidry, otn ing one hundred and twenty ( : arpents, more or less, with aftl tile buildigs and improvements therem~ , bounded north by Oteihe Pontenot, south by Louis Jones, east by D) minique Vidrine and west by' Leis Jones Jr., being the same proepy.-, acouired by Rosamond Soilean, S., on the 20th of Feb., 1893, as p nears by act passed before Maria Roberi, Notary Public. and duly r ' recorded in Con. Bk. "C" No. 3r pae' 763 of the Clerk's Office of the parish of St. Landry. 2nd. Also seven head of cows and calves, one horse, two mules,. oPe four year old filly, one old wa one olde buggy, otne old shotE one saddle, household furnt i,. kitchen utensils and lot of agricul tural implements and one brandig. i iron. On the following terms and eon ditions, to-wit: Movables cash on day of sale and the real estate to be sold on the following terms .sa conditions, to-wit: One-third,: or more, cash, and the balance, if any. = on a credit of one and two yearit option of purchtaser, the credit tp tion of said sale to be evdece notes of . the purchasers, to t, U' oun order and by them e in blank, witah eight per cent annum interest from date of dication until paid, secured by cial mortgage and vendor's and privilege ort the property with' the pact "db non allndl and all usual security olaaste, in cluding ten per cent atterney's fee: in the event of suit or if ntes are placed irr the hands of an attorney or collector for collection,. D. M. FONTti : Sheriff Parish of St. Landry. oct-28-6t. TeOsse Ont u..a . siIstesb @. ar. Atws . 1sule au ba . s