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Natchitoches Prospered In1916 And Is Heady

For 1917.

places w here th e grow th has been ! in telligently and to live a t home, there- * more genuine promise than th a t of 1917. !

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Japan has a wonderful gold fish pond that has been in continuous operation since 1763.

The volume of world business done by the United States in 1916 surpassed that of any year since 1492.

Although 1916 was one of rec ord breaking traffic and earnings, according to statistics the new mile­age built was the smallest with the exception of 1915, since the civil war.

1916 will be noted fas the most prosperous year in the history of electrical manufacturing, the ex­ports alone amounting to many millions of dollars.

The meeting of the Police Jury has drawn a great many visitors from every section ot the parish to .Natchitoches this week, who had business before this impor­tant body.

Malcolm R. Patterson, former governor of Tennessee, member of Congress and leader ot the Demo­cratic hosts of that State, who is now devoting all his time and in­terests to as he expresses it, ’‘per­son-wide, town-wide. State-wide, Nation-wide, and world-wide” pro­hibition, will make an address in the Normal Auditorium on Thurs day January 11th at 7:30 p. m., which the people of Natchitoches are cordially invited to attend. Admission free, and all are wel­come.

The South came uraticall.y back into its own during the past twelve months, each and every line of in­dustry, trade and professions having one harmonious note tink­ling of business prosperity and all Natchitoches sang in unision with this harmony, as is evidenced by the expressions of some of out­most prominent citizens published below.

The agricultual interests had a ! banner year, more acres were cut ! tivated, and better prices mid lor crops than >incc the war.

Livestock was graded up and tins tick eradication which is being seriously undertaken means in­creased profits.

The commercial interests, home building associations, banks and each and every local business found 1916 a red letter year and T he En­terprise is not only thankful for the general patronage accorded it, but the expressions of apprecia­tion that have come to the editor more than repay for the time and space given for the upbuilding of each a n d every community interest.

There is no doubt of the re­sources and opportunities that i'JKi ' otlur se has left Natchitoches, as unfinished | business for 1917.

The experiences of the year just ended, demand greater efficiency, watchfulness and above all the ability to appraise properly the potential prosperty that is really at our door waiting to be develop­ed into material wealth.

£>o with the determination to be up and doing, The Enterprise is ready for the cooperation of the people of the fair parish of Nat chitoehes to make 1917 go down in history as doubling the result of its predeessor, which is testified to below: .0-

sm aller. it has been ju s t as conspicuous I th ink I can speak for the Schoo! Beard in saying th a t they w ant no honors, they sinn !y showed the people th<- way anu the people did the vest.

n one w ard, th e patrons organized them selves, to see th a t all children w ent to school, and no .v they say they have no need for a compulsory law.

i he following; a re the new school buildings built during th is period, all these buildings w ere paid for o u t of special laxe.-, excep t .Mei.u-e, Wnicu was built a t th e expense of general •’und. before the order o f th ings was changed, Ashland, tioidor.na. Chestnut.,

p rosperity and happinv

by adding to Iff ness of our corn

We learned during 101 <>. and we arc- proud of the fact, th a t we can have our

rk and p rin ting done in Xatch- fo r the sam e money, and in re s f >r less money, and have

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, W ith so much already to reassu re us : by reason of wondei ful general stab ility ; in m aterial things, fu rth e r impiove- ; m ent is m anifested daily, j The y ear ju s t ended has been a ! wonderfully successful one to us and to j th e good people o f N atchitoches, who ] have the best w ishes of

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A new grain that is being plan­ted and cultivated extensively in Texas, because of its value as a for­age plant as well as grain that is eaten greedily by all live stock and poultry, is Hegari. It belongs to the family of grain producing sor gbum, is a dwarfish plant not growing more than five feet tall, not hard on land aud its roots feed deep, it is a great drought as well as blight resister. The yield is from 40 to 80 bushels to the acre and as it is very early, two crops can be grown in onejeeason.

That the farm loan bank soon to be established in New Orleans will be a success from the beginning is indicated in a special report sub­mitted by R. N. Sims, State bank examiner, in connection with the brief presented by the committee on management to the Federal Farm Loan Board. The statement shows that nearly 115,000,000 will be required to meet the needs of Louisiana farmers who have been operating on mortgages.

The consolidated statement of 184 State banking institutions of the State of Louisiana located in the agricultural sections, shows that mortgages on farms amount- ting to $7,389,917.65 are held by time banks and distributed among 8.069, borrowers. The report shows also that a total of $,196, 384.33 is outstanding on loans to farmers without mortgage, dis­tributed among 8,562 borrowers. Loans on live stock made by bank ing institutions in the agricultural sections amount to $404,529.93, wùich is distributed among 775 bor­rowers. The recapitulated agre- gates $8,990,731.91,

The consolidated statement of the 208 banks in the State, both in the larger cities and the agricul­ture sections, shows the grand to­tals as follows:

Mortgages on farm total $11,249, 881.94, distributed among borrow­ers to the number or 8,479.

Loans to farmers without mor tgajte $2,752,424.02, distributed amoug borrowers to the number o f 8,640.

Loans on live stock total $504, 059,93, distributed among borrow­ers to the number of 836.

The grand total is $14,506,664. 91 in loans, while the number of Borrowers is 17,864.

Natchitoches, La., Jan. I, 1917

Natchitoches Enterprise,It appears to me that there are many

things for which we should be grateful in the past year, and to my thinking the following are worthy of thought :-

The unusual team work we find going on among the people of the parish in every line of public enterprise and bet­terment.

The completion of the new Cane River Lake, giving us 39 miles of a beautiful, navigable waterway. This has been taken over by the Police Jury and made a pnblic highway for the transportation of freight and passen­gers. It has also been made a fish and game preserve by the Police Jury, as th .j ..»u * light to do, under the law re­cently passed and applicable to the Par­ish of Natchitoches alone. The spawn­ing season being established, the fishing can only begin June 1917. The Lake is well stocked with fish.

The fine record of our splendid State State Normal School, which is grow­ing in interest as the years go on.

The progress made in the general public, educational work, evidenced by better houses, better schools, and bet­ter attendance. The colored people of the parish are to be congratulated on the fact that they are soon to have an agricultural school, to be located on the west bank of Cane River Lake, ten acres of land for its use having been donated by Matthew, Carroll, Louis E., and Matthew H. Jones and Robert Martin, enterprising citizens of the Parish.

The continued progress of the city, shown in the appearance of its stores, and in the benefits flowing from the successful seasons of the Natchitoches Cotton Oil Company, the Planter’s Cot­ton Oil Company, the Mill and Eleva­tor Co., and the Hughes and Aaron Brick Co., the four manufacturing en­terprises of the town.

The recent acquisition of the family a n d b u g s e ss interests of Mr. Vv. F. JohmÄptwho has taken over the O’O t t H p i a r is enlUpng at

tar Lake. Su ieyn, Pine Gruv :!e, E nterprise, rum, H arris, MHro. e and Del

Additions have been built a t <Bell wood,.- lYi.vencal, Vowel- K- atcFi “ art i R< I- line, Tkach-- taget» have been Infill a t: jorum chie, A jax , A lpha and Ashland, vve have e ig n t teachers homes in the P ar ish now and they are proving very sa t isfactory, we have recovered over one thousand acres of six teen th section land.

I think the g re a te s t need a t the p re ­sent, Is a Parish wide m aintainance tax , which would elim inate the th ir ty sixspecial taxes we now have.

The w ate r supply of the various schools -liou’.d be im proved bef

ion.L. E. HUDSON,

Parish Superin tenden t of School.

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N atchitoches E nterprise City

In compliance w ith your request to w rite my views of the conditions in this parish, I subm it the following:-

The years 1915 and 1916 have forcibly recalled to my mind w hat Mr. R . B. W iiliams had often s ta te d to me, th a t “ He had noticed so o ften , th a t ju s t when he had concluded .tha t everyth ing was gone up the spout, th ings changed for the b e tte r and go t prosperous, th a t the conclusion had been forced upon him. th a t Louisiana, and N atchitoches Parish , specially, w as the m ost re ­sourceful spot in the w orld” . I am con­fident th a t th is will be one of the rich ­est sections in the country, if the pro­per fo resigh t and m anagem ent is used, and thereby avoiding the one crop theory , cotton, ju s t because the price is the best since the w ar.

The recent sad and unfortunate mur­der that occurred in Webster Parish, should recall to us that this parish has been free from such a crime, and a lynching has never occurred here, and whatever the cause law abiding people, or capabe and impartial officers whose desire is to enforce the law impartially, we all should feel truly thankful and pull the harder to have everyone to re- pect the law, and fear to violate it, and theryby obtain what is guaranteed us by the constitutions-State and Federal- equal opportunity to pursue happiness, peace and prosperity.

And. my wish and prophecy is that our parish will advance materially and stand for the better enforcement of law and order, during 1917 and the years to come. Respectfully,Jan. 1, 1917. W. T. Cunningham .

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When the history of the State Nor­mal School is written, 1916 will be credited as an eventful year. Not only has the health of the student body been excellent, and the attendance broken

A. E. Ba t ii, Cashier M erchant.-- and F a rm ers Bank.

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ful y ear, but th a t ch aracteriza tion of it does not el.- i’ull justice to w hat I Dio has meant, to th country a t large and N atchii > hes in particu lar. The pros­perity prevailing th ru o u t our parish is reflected in the splendid condition of her financial institu tions and th a t of 1 he Exchange Bank is g ra tify in g in

E ditor E n te rprise:The year 19Î6 having

prosperous year to all. in common with o thers

been nuch a N atchitoches I have been

benefite 1 too, in fact, it has been such a successful one for me th a t it has en ­abled me to enlarge my business until - it stands second to none of its kind in j N orth Louisiana.

Best w ishes to the E n te rp rise and its -reader-.- for 1917.

A A. LAY.Candy Kite! en ;

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bu t 1917 looks even b e tte r . W e v 'll t ry harder than ever tc have the very

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means to the m anagem ent, fo r this prosperity is the bona fida proof of the confidence reposed in it by the public.

There a num ber o f g ra tify in gfea tu res to note im provem ent? in ma-

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; d me, in c reas 'd vaiues and profits bu t the h earty good will and co-operationof the good people o f this community has been the most g ra tify in g and val­uable fea tu re of all.

A. W. WATSON.P resident Exchange Bank

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the ex trem e to its stockholders, friends choicegt of m erchandise, the unusual and patrons, to say nothing of w hat it kind> and a t lower prices.

And in the unprecedented prosperity th a t seem s in store fo r the South and of which we hope to g e t our share, th is store will not fo rg e t du ties to its patrons and the com m unity th a t m akes if / ;:vess possible.

Marshall S emmelmak Co.

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The P rogressive m utual Building and Loan Association, while only in its in­fancy, has enjoyed such a volume of business in 1916, th a t enabled it to de- c lar a dividend a t the close of its first ha lf year and wishes to thank the mem­bers and patrons for th e ir support, and are looking fow ard to big things for N atchitoches during 1917,

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I t is the wish of the N atchitoches Com m ençai Association, to thank its m em bers for the support, during th t p as t year, th ru which support the association, was enabled to bring about th e m ost m ost sucessful year in its history.

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N atchitoches E nterprise D ear Madam:

The year 1916 has been fo r us an un- usaliy sucessful o n e . D u r i n g m y tw enty-five years stay in N atchitoches there have been “ good tim es” and “ bad tim es” , bu t considering th e conditions which have prevailed th roughout this en tire year, such as the destruction done by the boll weevils, the European war, and the difficulty in securing m erchandise, none has been as success­ful as the year which is ju s t draw ing to a close. W ith the im provem ents ’h a t a re well on the way, such as b e t­te rm en ts of farm s, roads, e tc ., the building of the Jefferson Highway, and the desire fo r U niversal Peace, we hope the year 1917, as well as those th a t fol­low will be years of prosperity , not only to our little business world bu t to the s ta te and county a t large.

Charles Unter.-0-

D ear E ditor:The y ear ju s t ending has m eant to us

realization ®f one c f our fondest hopes- AN O P E R * HOUSE W ORTHY OF TH E TOWNS’. Since becoming motion picture exhibitors, our aim has always been to givyito our patrons the very best ptfsaflbm We tJnnk»We have ac­complished cKir aim,

As our^ftronage increased, we gave back to our patrons, improved equip­ment and better service. We installed two projecting machines, so as to el­iminate the disagreeable wait between reels. We increased the number of reels per night from three to five, six or seven. We thought the public was tired of short subjects, so we made our program almost entirely feature ones and from the very best companies the market affords. Last and most im-

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ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION SUPPORT NATION-WIDE

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all previous records; but the standard j portant we w ere directly instrumental

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ms Lumber Co,, which he and rebuilding, and whose

actions indicate that his coming among us will mean much to the community t

The wonderful progress made in our good roads construction all over the parish. The good-business Police Jury which we now have, have provided an up-to-date outfit. for the construction of roads, the use of which will save us thousands of dollars and give us many miles of good roads.

The town with its cleaner streets, with its seventy per cent of paved streets, with its sixty-five per cent of concrete side-walks, with the cows vo­ted out and the fences taken down, with its houses and yards being beau­tified, shows we are looking forward not backwards, looking out, not in, looking up, not down, and that ever and above all we are moving forward as a united people.

D. C. SCARBOROUGH.

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Jan. 2nd 1917Since 1913, the enrollment in the

Public Schools in this Parish, has in­creased fifteen percent, the number of teachers six percent and transfers about one hundred percent, fitty of our teachers are Normal graduates, forty eight are either College graduates, or hold first grade certificates, and we have twenty six transfers.

The gross revenues -of the Parish shows a decrease of about six percent.

of work has been made more rigid and a beginning has been made by way of more advanced courses. Already many students have undertaken graduate work, and the prospects are that the enrolment it this department will stead ily increase. With the establishment of the Board of State affairs, it is cer­tain that a more adequate financial sup port will be given the institution during the years to come, and that gradually the buildings will be erected the faculty enlarged, and tho equipment increased, whereby the service of the institution to the State will be greatly broadened. W hen the State Normal is receiving the appropriation which efficient service requires, the annual enrollment will be 4000 instead of 2000, as at present. My hope is that 1917 will see a substantial portion of the aspirations of the institu­tion realized.

V. L. K0Y.

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very heart of a wonderful agricultural country. For twanty miles ou all sides, diversified farms^selling to-day at fifty dollars, and more, an acre, traversed by model roads leading to the very doors of the merchants, form the back­bone of this community. No artificial prosperity, with its usual collapse on the ceasing of the cause, affects us much. As a result “good living” is always in sight for the worker.

Natchitoches can always boast aver­age crops. With the present price of farm products at a premium, cash has

in building an up to date Opera House All visitors say wè have one of the

most complete and swellest Upera Houses in the state and one of which we all should be proud. W e know we are and sincerely hope you are.

LEV£ &,£UDD^TH• Managers—Amuzu.

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Natchitoches Enterprise ' <Natchitoches, La.Dear Madam :-

Our business for 1916 was far more than we ever expected, having increas­ed our stock of hardware, china ware and paint 100 per cent, and the high price of cotton, we are positive, is the cause of our year’s big business.

With the amount of orders we placed this week and the increasing of stock in all departments we are certain that our 1917 business will double the sales ol this year.

W ith the very best of wishes for a prosperous 191 7we beg to remain.

Yours very truly;Peoples Hardware Co.

Alf. Ortme/er Manager

-Cl­in succeeding the firm of H. & A.

Kaffie, who have always enjoyed the patronage, of the many inhabitants of Natchitoches Parish for the past forty years, we now want to thank our pa­trons for the liberal share of business given us during the past year, and in totaling the years gone before, we have shared the greatest volume of

merchants of the parish we take plea­sure in telling other people of our state what Natchitoches holds in store for them.

The Hughes Dry Goods Co.-0-

Mrs. C. L. Breazeale.Editor Natchitoches Enterprise,

Natchitoches, La.My dear Mrs. Breazeale:*

Complying with your request to write a few words relative to “w hattheyear 191fr meant to this young bank” , wish to advise as follows:- . • !

It has shown us the wonderful re -1 Campti School shows the greatest J cuperative powers of this parish and

been plentiful, and business extraor- ubsines8 in the hisrtory of the Kaffie dinanly good. As one of the leading j establishmeIlt.

growth, increasing nearly 150 percent; Provencal is second with about 100 per­cent Robeline about 55 percent, the growth in efficiency in the school has

S. & H. KAFFIE. -0*

The year Nineteen Hundred and Sixteen was the banner year of the Post Office at this place. The receipts from the sale of stamps far exceeded any year in its history. Parcel Post Matter for delivery and dispatch was was far beyond our expectation. Money Order und Registry Business inc: eased in leays and bounds. Ail in all the postoffice a t Natchitoches enjoyed the very best year since its establishment.

CHAS. DeBLIEUX," r r .. , - Postmaster

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The year 1916'so well spent by each of you in your own sphere of activity

It has brought home to us the fact ! promises to be repeated, as the dawn

Washington. D. (J.. Dec. 22—Rep­resentative James B. Aswell, of Louisiana, surprised his congress­ional associates this week with an announcement that he intends to support national prohibition. He will vote for the pending measure in congress to make the District of Columbia “dry’’ and later on, when an opportunity is offered, lie will vote in favor of the Webb resolu­tion, which calls for a constitu­tional amendment for nation-wide prohibition.

Two years a2o Mr. Aswell work­ed and voted in the House against the Hobson resolution, which pro­vide for a constitutional amend­ment. He justified his chance of position today by asserting th a t1 the Hobson measure was insincere and was notan anti saloon measure. The objectionable features of the Hobson resolution, he said, are

.liljfeenl fr'ÖM ÏRh~WeSb resolution.Mr. Aswell pointed out that the,

lYo6sön;recommendation gave ex- !elusive police control to the fed- eral government, whereas the Webb resolution provides that the states and the federal government shall have equal and co-ordinate control, either independently or concurrentlv.

Mr. Aswell issued the following brief statement!

‘‘The objectionable provisions of the the Hobson prohibition re -: solution, against which I protested two years ago, have been eliminat­ed by the pending Webb resolu­tion, which provides that the con- s gress and the state shall have Dower independently of concur­rently to enforce this article of the constitution by all needful legisla­tion. I shall supoort the passage of the Webb resolution and also the pending bill to make the Dis­trict of Columbia dry.”

The senate has agreed to a final vote on January 9, on the Shep­pard bill to make the District of Columbia dry. I t is hardly pro­bable that the Webb constitutional amendment proposal will reach a vote this session. (

“ DAREDEVIL KATE

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The Season GreetingsWe desire to express our Thanks and high appreciations to our many friends for the many favors the past year.

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etty; one year of good prices for its products establishing "a state of pros- j perity not known for years.

been wonderful, in » number of other j that our farmers have learned to farmjof a New Year never approached with

“ Liberty Enlightening the World” the wonderful statue in New York harbor that was the gift of France to America and has been on duty as it were only in the day time, for the past 30 years is to be lighted by night now a ureat many thousands of dollars having been raised for the purpose so that the great lady will hence- j forth send a flaming message far into the D igh t. And as The Youth’s; Companion says; there never - was a time when the world'needeu that message more.

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