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Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
P~ONTEAIAHACHE, LOUISIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST Is 1914

The third day Of mobilization was
the big departure day. Men from
t~wenty-eight to thirty left by the
northern and eastern stations, which
are ~barrlcaded to all but the military.
Five hundred train loads left In one
day. All was done In good order, with
an absence of noisy manifestations.
Many husbands break down when bid.
ding wives and children adieu.
On the boulevards a superb autorno-
bile driven by a white-bearded man
bears an inscription that it Is for the
free use of modified soldiers going to
the eastern stations. AS each soldier
halls it and enters the old man hands
him a well-stocked hamper and tho
crowd cheers.
The famous dressmakers have closed
their doors. From the front doorways
the midinettes stream out, carrying trt'
color banners. From one establish
ment fifty young women emerge. At
the head are three pretty girls who
hold between them a huge banner. The
rest follow, singing la Marseillaise"
al they march up the Rue de Ia Pai1
towards the boulevard.
Americans Offer Services.
In the Montparnasse quarter. Holy
Trinity lodge, q meeting house and
hospital chiefly for the use Of Ameri
can artists, sculptors, etc.. is now
transformed into a military hospital
The members Of the lodge unani
mously offered their services for mill
tary work.
AS the German ambassador left
a street urchin crept through the lines
Of soldiers to the railway car. As the
envoy entered the lad called out, GIVE
my compliments to William" The
crowd enjoyed the joke more than thu
departing guest.
A smartly gowned young woman ha.
on her arms a lad OF fourteen, dressed
In a Russian naval suit with q cal
marked Russia" A guard passes. I'll.
boy leaves his mother and cries a
the top Of his voice, sLong live thu
French army" The officer stops hi'
men and kisses the boy on both cheeks
A correspondent was approached b!
an. officer in uniform and asked to wit
ness the civil marriage of one Of hi
men. Soldier Delaporte Jean Mari'
was united with Chomel Caux. KISSING
his bride and shaking hands, he has
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
GERMANS REPULsEDATLIEGE
Several thousand German Soldiers
Killed and Wounded In Fighting
at Liege-Two Towns Fired.

Brussels, via Paris.-Several thou
sand dead and wounded is the toll paid
by the German army Of the Meuse for
its attack on Liege. The Belgians
made an heroic defense. repulsing the
Germans after heavy and continuous
fighting.
The fortified position Of Liege had
to support the general shock Of the
German attack. The Belgian forts re-
sisted the advance fiercely and did not
suffer. One Belgian squadron. attacked
and drove back six German %squadrons.
Eight hundred wounded Germans
are being transferred to the city OF
Liege, where they will be cared Tor.
Prior to the attack on Liege, Cen:
Won Emmich, commanding the German
army Of the Mouse, issued q procla'
nation calling for. an open road
through Belgium for the advance OF
his forces and suggesting that pru.
dence would show It to be the duty OF
the Belgian people to accede to this
to avoid the horrors OF war.
The Germans committed aggressions
against the civil population Of the town
of Wise, eight miles northeast Of Liege,
burning the city and shooting many
residents.
Belgian accommodating parties locat.
ed three German army corps. the
Tenth army corps at Eysden, the Sew.
enth army corps, 10000 strong, at Ver.
viers, and the Sixth army corps In an.
other locality not named. The Tenth
German army corps Is operating along
the northern line and finding unex.
pected resistance, moved further
northward, invading Dutch territory at
Tillburg, and crossing the Mouse at
Eysden.
The Belgian minister OF wal, IN N
official statement, says:
1.-THE Belgians are successfully com
batting the German invasion. The Bel
gian losses are trifling compared with
those Of the Germans"
According to reports, French troops
have already entered Belgium, and are
cooperating with the Belgian forces.
The La Peuple says that IN early
landing Of British trops in Belgium 10
expected.
The government has invited the CO
operation of the French troops and
has given orders to the provincial gov
ernors not to regard the movements
of French troops asa violation Of ths
frontier.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Death Of Levee Contractor.

New Orleans-John Edward Ryan
Of the firm Of Hearing & Ryan, one
Of the prominent levee contracting
firms Of the state, died at his home in
New Orleans Tuesday, at the age Of
50 years. MI. Ryan was a native Of
Pointe Coupee parish. but came to
this city ten years ago. and had since
resided here. He had been n the
contracting business for twenty-five
years. and had built up q enviable
reputation as q builder Of levees and
as q dredger. His firm operated sev.
eral large leyee building machines
along the Mississippi river.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15

State Education Board Meeting.
Baton Rouge.-Governor Hall has
called q meeting OF the State Board
Of Education for August II. Among
other things which the board will con-
slider will be the distribution Of $25..
900 which wat appropriated BY the leg.
islature for the consolidation Of rural
schools.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
FRANCE PREPARES FOR WAR
France 10 coolly and MsthodieaIly Lin.
ing Up Her Army Corps 70
Meet the Germans.

Paris.-With marvellous smoothneo1
and rapidly the French and German
armies are getting into battle array.
While Germany Is now ruthlessly
throwing her troops across the Bel.
gian border and openly inviting as.
erosion from Great Britain, France 10
coolly and methodically but quickly
lining up her army corps to meet the
first shock.
There is no doubt the first great
land battle in this general war will be
fought on French soil, because Ger
many Is rushing her troops over oil
her western frontiers. while Frsnce ID
holding her soldiers on her own soil.
With Germany facing three ways
eastward to Russia, northward to Eng
land and westward to France-the re-
public is in no haste to deliver an At
tack. BY position and present activity
Of the German army It looks now %
II the first big battle were about .
fortnight off, and would Be fought
somewhere between verdun and Mont
medy, two grim ~fortresses on the
northeastern French frontier, facing
Metz.
The most important development
from the standpoint Of the triple en-
tente il England's general mobiliza-
ton. She will throw 10000 troops into
Belgium, which, with King Albert's
$50, 900 welltrained soldiers, will
make q total Of half . million men to
resist Germany's threatened incursion
into France through the extreme
northern portionsnf the frontier, which
is unguarded.
No doubt the kaiser hoped to strike
at Paris from the north, not from the
east, but the warlike measures Of Bel
GUM and England may defeat that
project.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
PARKER CALLED
INTO CONFERENCE
PROMINENT LoUlSlANIAN WILL
AID IN NATIONAL COTTON
CONFERENCES.
western Nev,p.uer linton New, Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New OrleanS.-JOhn M. Parker has
gone to Washington to do work for
the cotton interests in securing Fed
eral aid for the marketing and financ.
ing of the cotton crop.
Mr.. Watson Of the Southern Cotton
Congress wired Tuesday that he and
Senator Smith desired that Mr.. Parker
serve on the preliminary committee
on conference with the Federal Of
ficials on the cotton situation.
Il am going to this conference" said
MIR. Parker, because l believe this
matter means more to the welfare of
the cotton and agricultural interests
than anything that can happen, and |
am satisfied that the government will
go as far as it possible can in order
to enable our agricultural people to
realize full value for their product,
SO they will not be compelled to sell
on q panicky market at war prices.
my belief is that no exchange in
this country should open until bust
ness conditions fully warrant, because
a deluge of European securities will
be disastrous. and the course of the
future market, with plenty Of sellers
and but few buyers, would mean al
mist financial ruin.
"The farmers should unite with the
money powers and the transportation
lines to avoid forcing upon the market
an enormous amount Of our agri.
cultural products at one time. Every
cotton planter who car possibly dc
so, should carry his cotton in his cot.
ton house al long as possible. To
gin now means the sacrifice of cot.
ton seed, which represents approx.
mately 2 1-2 cents q pound of the value
OF the cotton, and today. with no pos
sibility of exporting cottonseed oil and
fcotton seed products, the price to the
planter would be nominal.
Zone Of the most beneficial moves
that could be made by Congress
would be to eliminate that section Of
the bank act limiting the borrowing
capacity Of the banks to the amount
Of their capital, and to regard this al
a great emergency, and to authorize
the board created by the act, with
the advice anu approval Of the sec
rotary Of the treasury and the presi
dent Of the United States, to make
such loans as may be deemed advis
able, to those banking institutions
using these funds solely for the pro
lection OF u agricultural interests
and in no case advancing in excess
Of per cent Of the value Of thu
product.
I'VE are confronted by condition.
which never have existed In thl
worlds history, and with bounteou!
crops in this country, no American
mercantile shipping, and PRACTICAL.
nearly all the great seagoing foreign
countries engaged in war, is mean,
the most complete congestion eve
known. The situation calls for tn.
highest qualities Of sound, deliberat,
mutual help OF the part Of every in
Judgment, hearty cooperation, ant
terest,"
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Wolves Destroy Live stock.

Shreveport.-Authentic reports from
Benton, La, state that a pack Of
wolves is causing havoc among live
stock IN the Dixie crossroads section
of Rossier parish. especially ,venturing
from the swamps at night and attack
ing sheep and hogs. One farmer, ].
M. Sentell, has lost 100 head of sheep
attributed to the rayages Of the wolves.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
tens OF to fight for his country. leav
ing the bride sobbing convulsively.

tens of to fight for his country. leav.
ing the bride sobbing convulsively.
Women Fill Mems Jobs.
The women Of Paris rose to the
emergency created By drafting the
men Of the city for the army. Society
women took the place of. men clerks
in stores to sell necessities Young
girls sold tickets In the underground
stations. Others acted a. walters In
cafes. Grocery stores and meat shops
were run by women. Small boys were
put on as guards on the underground
trains. The motormen are aged. gray,
haired men, ineligible for service In
the army. Paris enjoys the novelty
Of women doing mems work, and the
women apparently do, too.
The war has leveled all classes.
French society women have taken Into
their homes the destitute wives and
children Of private soldiers ordered to
the front. Ma
James Gordon Bennett 10 Hspertsr.
The American adyenturer gets the
same treatment from tho American
embassy as the millionaire. Jaansa
Gordon Bennett, millionaire owner q
the New York Herald. i actinSs q 4
reporter for his newsplpe1l gems
daily to the American smbasyy q col.
lect ''stories."'
Ambassador and Nrss Herfick sst.
mate that all Americans n thu city
have now been provided with, the y.
quired police passports
It Was observed that Thomas Ryan,
son Of the American millionairS and
Oscar Underwood. sqasof the tepafns
from Alabama had totsts !thsir naS1u
In 8 line Of Americaps Mho eglr6d g
see the ambasssdof. 1rps HoNs,a
sister 81 President Wilsoa. stood ho1ll
In line. 4
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
New Factory Tor Hammond.

New Factory Tor HalnVnond.
Hammond.-Another new box and
veneer factory Is assured for Ham.
mond. F. l. Pantals, heaviest stock,
holder in the company which 10 to
erect the new plant. states that the
ground for the new factory aud the
warehouses has been purchased In,
GLIDING about three blocks In the Vi.
cinity Of the brickyard. Construction
Of the plant will begin about the mid.
die OF September.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Massardier Died III France.

MaSsardier Died IN France.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to advice
received here the 1T. Rev. Canon j.
M. T. Massardier of this place died
recently in La RIGA Marie, Loire,
France, where he went some time ago
to recover from the effects of an
operation at the Hotel Dieu in New
Orleans.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15

Monroe Oil Mill Sold for $4,000.
Monroe.-The Central Savings Bank
and Trust Company has sold the Plant.
ers' Oil Mill property to the Monroe
Cotton Company. The sale was made
by Travis Oliver, cashier Of the bank,
and was the result OF considerable
work on his part. The considerations
was $4,000.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Oil Refinery Reduces Force.

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Baton Rouge.-The Standard OIL re-
finery here Is operating on reduced
force because Of the European val
situation. Most Of the oil refined u
the plant Is exported to Geaman and
English ports. and since the beginning
Of hostflities on the continent not q
ship has been able to leave port. The
plant In conscience Is refining only
for domestic and South American
trade.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Frenchman Was Shot.

London.-Karl Won Lawyery. an
American who arrived in London from
Germany, asserted that he saw .
Frenchman taken from q train under
the suspicion that he was . SPY and
shot on the station platform 1t Essen
in the presence Of al the passengers.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Their situation j. Not seriou.

Their Situation Is Not Serious.
New Orleans.-The situation Of New
Orleanians in Europe appears not to
be so serious as was supposed, for they
may at least get money with greater
ease than has been reported, and quite
a number r already en- route home.
George F. Nosler, general agent Of the
American Express Company, with
headquarters in New Orleans, received
Tuesday FRONT the treasurer of the
company in New York a telegram stat.
ing that the Offices Of the company in
Europe are still open and paying
checks and circular letters Of credit.
Mr.. Nosler said that many of the Or
leanians who went to Europe had
these letters.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15

7 saFvenehs Tfoeps Join 0sloiasAf
Brussels-FTench troops are report.
ed TO have entered the province o(
Hainut,, . frontier Of Belgium, aad e
have 3eanaA the Daleian axms.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
CAR CALM AND CONFIDENT
svxlis Duma Enthusiasm Has Swept
Country Like HurrIcans-Asks
Alto Help eIavs.

s.. PetersDurs.-TTne Russian en-
psror: With Grand Duke Nicholas, re-
ceiyed menpsfs q Ine council o. "e
empire lo g dum. m @uo'ence :.
.n.,sro ..1a.
s.is 49, d.~s = alarm and .nx,etv
,h,ossn hitch Rus.i. ID. psssine. I
49, q r.,,n.nv ,ollovinr Ans.
IA 81, declared var On Russia.
am. .nor,,cnea erthua,a.m tho ma.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15

Baton Rouge Plumbers Strike.
Baton Roupge.-All union plumbers
are out on a strike. Their demands
are: SIS per day, an increase Of 81, a
half holiday on Saturday, time and a
half pay for overtime work and double
pay for work on Sunday. !
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
Russian shIp Ashore.

Russian Ship Ashore.
Stockholm.-The captains Of two
Swedish steamers report that Z Rus.
sian crulser Is ashore near Hsngoe,
finland. !.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15

Paris.-It Is officially reported that
French troops have entered Muelhau-
sen. The Temps has received a spe-
cial from its correspondent with the
French saying that the French have
gained a great victory in Alsace. This
victory was gained only after a great
battle, which resulted in entire rout OF
the German army.
Muelhausen is the second largest
town Of Alsace-Lorraine and lies 81
miles to the south.southwest Of Strass-
burg, the capital. It became a free
city Of the German empire in 1878 and
in the fifteenth century entered into
an alliance with the Swiss, which last
ed until 1898, when the city became
French. It was taken from the French
in September, 1870, and was coded to
Germany, with Alsace, in 1871.
Muelhausen is garrisoned by a full
infantry brigade Of about 5000 men
and q full cavalry brigade of about q
500. It has a population of about 1907
600 and is the principal seat OF cotton
spinning in Western Germany.
News Of the first French victory OF
the war-the capture Of the village OF
Altkrich, in Alsace, near the Swiss
frontier-which probably was more i'm
portant than the cautious official an.
nouncement indicated, was received
here with extraordinary enthusiasm.
Observers in Paris were prepared to
hear. that the French had. been obliged
during the first days Of the fighting to
give way before the German advance
The rejoicing was all the greater
therefore, because the first important
engagement had been fought In Ger
man territory and the French had OBJ
tanned q. footing.
Military authorities had been con
vinced that the French army would as
sumo the offensive at the first oppor
| tunity, because, during the last eight
years the word defensive has disap
peared from the French textbooks OF
strategy. The instructions in tactic.
have been always to 60 forward.
Amsterdam.-In Berlin there ha'
been great rejoicing over q report tina
Liege has fallen. A dispatch receives
from the German capital says:
1.-THE news Of the fall Of Liege sprea'
with lightning rapidity throughout Bel
lin and created boundless enthusiasm
The emperor sent an aide de camp t
announce the capture Of the city t
crowds that assembled outside the pal
ace"
Policemen on bicycles dashed alonI
the Inter Den Linden, proclaiming tn
tidings. Imperial Chancellor Beth
msn.Hollweg drove to the castle t
congratulate the emperor on the vic
tory and was enthusiastically cheers
along the way.
The newspapers declare that falls
reports which are known to have bee
circulated an foreign countries that tn
Germans suffered q severe reverse b.
fore Liege no longer will serve to col
ceal Germany's triumphs. The Loks
ADSeiger says Of the reported, victory
TT confirms, our confidence that n
can calmly await coming events.
was the prelude to deeds which, wi
he spoken Of as long as men live o
sarth!'
Lower coast gazette., 1914-08-15
FRENCH WIN GREAT
VICTORY IN ALSACE
10000 GERMANS AND Is, 1000 FRENCH
REPORTED KILLED IN BATTLE
At ALTkiRcA.
PARIS REjolCEs At VICTORY
French Soldiers Change Their Tactics.
German Emperor Announces That
Lieae Has FalIen-6erlin
Celebrates.

Brussels.-The minister of war an
nounces that the Germans suffered 30
900 casualties and the French $4,000 In
the battle at Altkirch, which resulted
IN the capture Of the Alsatian village
by the French troops.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-10
MRS. ". ". LAKE
Tells Others How to Get Strong
and Well.

Mrs. w. W. Lake OF Aberdeen,
Miss, says: 1.-THE grippe had left me
In a weak. rundown condition from
which / suffered for some time. /
tried different remedies but nothing
seemed 10 DO me any good until /
took Vinol from which I received
great benefit My cough is almost
entirely gone and ! am strong and
we'll again, and / am glad TO recon-
mend Vinol to others who suffer as l
lid"
Mrs. lakes recovery was due to
the combined action of the medicinal
elements extracted from Gods livers
combined with the blood making
and strength creating properties OF
tonic iron, which are contained in
Vinol, and her cough disappeared as
a natural result.
We guarantee that Vinol will do all
we claim and will pay back your
money II Vinol does not satisfy you.
p. 8. Stop scratching. our Saxo
sslye stops itching. We guarantee It.
ST. Bernard Mining Co.. Incorporated.
Drug Department Special Agents
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-10
CASTOR
For Infants and Children
IN Use For Over 10 Years
Always bears ~ -~
the NZNN@.
Signature Of ~@M |<SfS~~
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious Fruit laxative Can't Harm
Tender Little Stomach. Liver
and Bowels

Every mother realizes, after
giving her children California
Syrup of Figs,'' that this is their
ideal laxative. because they love
it's pleasant taste and it thorough
tly cleanses the tepder little
stomach, liver aud bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, fever
ish or breath is bad, stomach
sour, look at the tongue, mother!
If coated, give reaspoonful OF
this harmless fruit laxative, y
and IN few hours all the foul,
constlpated waste, sour bile aud
undigested food passes out of
the bowels, aud you have "a well,
playful. child again. When its
little system is full of cold,
throat sore, has stomach ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, collie
remember, a good "lnslde clean
ing" should always be the first
treatment given.
Million Of mothers keep Cal
iCornia Syrup of Figs" haDdy;I
they know teaspoonful today |
saves sick child tomorrow.
ASK your druggist for % cent |
bottle Of California Syrup of
Figs" which has direction for
babies, children of al ages and
grown-ups printed on the bottle.
Beware of counterfeits sold here,
SO don't DE fooled. Get the gen
uine, made by "CAlifornia Fig |
Syrup Company
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-10
children or Cotton

"Cotton is curse to Texas
children" remarked the super
iutendent of one of the Texas
schools to Lewis w. Hine, spec
lal investigator for the National
Child Labor Committee. And
why it is a curse? This question
is the the me of an article by Mr.
Hine on "Children of Cotton, D
IN the "Survey" of February 7th.
''Come out with me at sun
up" says Mr.. Hine, "and " atch
the children troopiUg Into the
field, some of them Riddles four
or five years old, to begin the
pick pick-pick, drop into the bag,
step forward; pick-pick, drop in
to the bag. step forward, six
days in the week, five months in
the year, under relentless sun.
The mere sight of their monot-
onous repetition will tire you
out long before they stop. Their
working day follows1the sun, and
not until sun down will they
leave the fields. Ruby, aged Z,
stopped working long enough to
say, ae l stood by her, II works
from sun-up to rundown, an
picks thirtY-five pounds a day.
Imagine the number OF feathery
bohs that must 60 into the bag
hanging about her neck to tip
the scale at tbirty-Gve pounds.
-'The result of q few years of
this incessant grind, long hours,
physical strain, lack of proper
food and care, and lack Of men,
tad stimulus? What can it be
but physical degeneration and
moral atrophy? We have Ions
assailed land JUSTIFY the cot;or
iadustry as the Herod of the
mills. The sunshine in the cot
sOn fields has blinded our eye
to the fact that the cotton pick
er suffers quite as much as th'
mill haad from the monOtony
overwork, aud horelesspess o
his life, Its high time for us Il
face the truth and add to our In
dictment Of King Cotton a nes
charge--the Hsroa OF the fields
"One of the most pitiful thing
about the situation is the indiff
erent acceptance of conditions b,
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-10
Claude Morton
UNDER TAKER
Center St. jacksonville, KY
jacksonville, Ky

people generally. | heard very
little anxious comment except
from school teachers. Ruby's
father, who said, They git five
months schoolin' and 1t amt
huff, stood out among all the
parentsI interviewed as rare
exception. 1t is quite possible
that the Texas farmers are not so
Indifferent to the exploitation of
their children as appears, for
they are literally up against
it, They are transient renters,
weighed down by debt, illiterate
and dependent upon the crops.
"But l place first and foremost
in any program of change the re-
strictisn of child labor. Child
rem must be left free to 60 to
school. At a recent conference
of the Texas State Board of
Charities and Corrections, all
we're agreed that compulsory ed
ucation is the greatest need Of
Texas today. Patriotism demands
that we save the children. We
must begin at once-lay the
foundation for the farmer of to-
morrow by a. longer period Of
childhood today, with better
preparation for work and better
training fSr life.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-10
ANNOUNCEMENT

Weare authorized to announce
Judge J. w. Henson as a candi'
date for Congress from the Sec
ond district, subject to the ac-
ton of the democratic party.