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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
CONSENT TO CUT ACREAGE
Action Taken by Louisiana Division of
Cotton Association.

AleXandria.-The Louisiana Divi-
sion of the Southern Cotton Associa-
ton assembled in convention at the
city hall here with President Paul NJ
Potts of Natchitoches presiding. Presi-
dent Potts stated the object of the
meeting and recommended curtailing
the cotton acreage for another year
and the fixing of minimum price
which should be asked for cotton. The
following parishes were represented
upon the floor Of the convention:
Avoyelles, Caddo, Claiborne, Franklin,
Bienville, Rapides. Ouachita, Vernon.
Natchitoches, Madison, Richland, Ten
sas. West Carol. Sabine and Webster.
Paul NJ. Potts was UNANIMOUSLY re-
elected president and was authorized
to appoint a secretary. The old by
laws of the Southern Cotton Associa.
ton were adopted after which the
president appointed the following COM
mittee on resolutions: w. l.. Foster.
Caddo, chairman; Geo. S. Terger.
Madison; VIM. Polk, Rapides: w. w.
Page, Natchitoches; |. n. McCollister,
Sabine; II. p. Baker, Bienville; l.. NJ.
Calhoun, Franklin.
Resolutions were adopted providing
| that the president of the convention
call upon each delegate to give his
| individual pledge to reduce his 1915
acreage to one-haf of that of 1914 and
to pledge that he will at once begin
campaign to get similar pledge
from every cotton grower in his par
ish; and that all merchants engaged
in a credit supply business be urged
to make reduction in cotton acreage
for 1915 to not more than one-half OF
that for 1914" a prerequisite for get.
ting supplies, and that Southern bank.
ers be uged to take similar stand.
Other demands provided by the
resolutions were: That the reduction
in the cotton acreage be utilized In
the production Of other crops: that the
cotton producer who will not by the
reduction in cotton acreage and the
diversificatin of his crops show his
appreciation Of the strenuously ma.
triotic efforts in his behalf by all
classes of citizens should be 1tabooed
by his neighbors and Stunned as a
traitor to his country"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
CHILDREN WILL
AID THE FARMERS
OCTOBER 2 SET APART AS BUY-A-
BALE DAY IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge-The public schools
of the state are to be used as me
dunn for the promotion of the "buy-a-
bale movement, according TO plan
devised by State Superintendent of
Education Harris. who has instructed
the parish superintendent to put in
to effect.
The state superintendent has SET
aside October for the observance o!
Buy a-Bale" Day in the schools.
Throughout the state. the meetings
p. M, and a uniform program carried
out.
The principals have been instructed
to explain the purpose and extent o.
the 'buy-a-bale" movement, and have
one of the children illustrate by black
board figures the loss the South will
suffer through the sale Of its 14.000.-
900 crop at current market prices.
The program will then take a prac-
teal turn. If any chambers of com
merce or other organizations in the
parish are promoting the 'buy-a-bale'
movement, the principal is instructed
to write the names of the officers on
the blackboard. If no organizations
in the parish are pushing the move
ment, the superintendent must get in
touch with all the chambers of com.
merce in his parish and urge them
to take immediate action.
Each farmer attending the MEETING
will be asked to give, in a statement
showing the number of bales of cot
ton he has or will have. the number
he can hold. and the number he finds
it absolutely necessary to sell a.
once. These statements are to be
sent to the superintendent, who will
in turn send them to the ORGANIZATIONS
which are pushing the "buy-a-bale'
movement
The farmers will be asked to sign
an agreement that next year they will
not plant more than a limited number
of acres to cotton. and that they will
no sell cotton CHASING middling TO,
less than ten cents a pound.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Events in Louisiana
plans
ANOTHER BIG FlI'
ANNUAL EVENT THIS yeap
BEEN SET FOR WOVEN '''
Der All.

Shreveport-"The ninth
louisiana State Fair to be hea !.
shreveport, La. November Al y
lI'h' inclusive, is preparing a, "
record-breaking number Of sr,.,
ali departments" annopncod
tary Brueggerhof. "RaSo,u S.''s
are now being made in eyer .
the big exhibit buildings and NV
at the grounds. in response "a "-D' '
applications from every section q, ~
state and from neighboring stat, !
we'll" a'a 4
Arrangements are being MAD, =.
the Agricultural building 70 -
space for every parish in tbs s,''
These displays will be so placed -, :. |,
AFFORD the best mean for studv -
comparison. Louisiana will 10
largely represented in the wsv n !.
ish exhibits this season than +,
year and a greater variety Of nv,
ucts peculiar to its different soi,. :.
climate will be- shown.
The display of corn. consis,;,,
thousands of top notch ears or.
by the different members OF tho D.,
Corn Clubs, together with the d,.,i
and demonstrations of domsS
science by the Girls Canning
other clubs also will be housed my
the roof of the Agricultural bpia,
Here also will be shown the farm /
moEstrative work conducted Nv 4
Agricultural Department Of the Ior
lana state University, under
Richardson as director.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Merchants Help in Cannery

Decatur.-The need of more helm
continues to be felt here, and there is
a very strong demand for women and
girls to work in the canning factory.
Merchants have been closing their
stores nights to go out and help peel
tomatoes at the factory. Five cars of
canned tomatoes already have been
sold and shipped. and it is estimated
that ten more cars are in the ware.
houses awaiting shipment. The mar.
ket for canned tomatoes is strong this
year, and good prices prevail.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

scratching and injuring his garden. He
looked at his hencoop and saw it was
all shut up and he Immediately sus.
pected his neighbor's fowls. The an
noyance continued and finally one day
he said to his friend:
Say, your chickens are raising
havoc with my garden"
rs that so?" said the other Now
IL you find any Of my hens over on
your place Just kill them"
do you mean it," said the other.
Certainly / do" replied the man.
A few days later the mans wife saw
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

headless chicken thrown over on the
lawn. She picked it up and carried it
In the house and told her husband
about it when he came home to dinner.
I'VE will eat It," he quietly said.
Two more came over, and the family
had more chicken dinners. A few days
ago the man who had been doing the
butchering met his neighbor on the
front lawn and said:
Say. do you know. have been kill
ing my own hens!"
Sure" said the other, and / have
been eating them"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
TRAFFIC WILL OPEN UP S0Ol
Export Trade From New Orleans I
Receive a Great Impetus.

New Orleans.-In the opinion
local freight traffic men, II the raj
roads and steamships combine In sut
cessfully handling the export whea
under the conditions brought abou
by the war, wonders will have beel
accomplished. The movement OF gran
to the terminals at New Orleans hi
been slow during the past few weefs
and most of the product is being ben
at originating points for some res
son hest known to the shippers
Railroad men, however, expect U,
rush to begin at any day. ana
making every effort to have on mn
a supply Of cars sufficient to &C
the movement. There are ample
under present conditions, but
the call is made by hungry W
for the bulk of the surplus on IN
in tie United States, ii is not UNI :
that the terminals will become co
gested again, and the railroads ~
be forced to put on another emoaty
There is considerable ocean tonnss
flying British. French and neuu'
flags booked for the port during
next few months, but hardly su'nci''
to handle the great bulk Of Ame'HA
wheat in a sudden rush.
Sulphur Springs.-victor PrlvaI
young Frenchman. living on ni' -
a few miles west Of this CITY nd
swered the call to the colors' anU o,
turned home to fight for France
vat is a native Frenchman' Dorn
southern France, but has been n
here for several years. he eiP
to return to his farm when the v
Is over
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

and prospected for gold on the claim
at different times ever since.
He spent most of his time searching
for the yellow stuff on his other hold
ings. apparently neglectful Of the pos
sibilities right under the floor of his
cabin. A few weeks ago Sharp sank a
shaft near his cabin. got some pros
poets and then tunneled on bed rock
for ten feet or SO.
He encountered coarse gold. some
fair sized nuggets being included In
the dust obtained after sluicing .
small dump
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
New Cusher in vinton Field,

Lake Charles.-The Rescue Oil
Company brought in 15,OOObarrel
gusher in the Vinton oil field Satur-
day morning. The well is in the ex-
treme southwestern part of the field
and is the second producer brought
in on the Rescue Company lease.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

It seems that the man who made the
complaint found out back Of his own
coop that one of the hens had bur.
rowed a hole underneath and they
were getting out that way. The hole
was so covered that it did not show
from the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Mirror
and American.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
NOTICEABLE ACCENT.

Rosemary-Look at the man making motions
with his hands and wriggling his shoulders.
Thornton-Yes; | happen to know him.
Rosemary-Who is he and what is he doing?
Thornton-He is deaf and dumb man who
talks with French accent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
GOOD EATING FOR NEIGHB0R
Man Discovered, Altogether Too Late,
That He Had Been Killing His
Own Chickens.

A good story is told about two we'll
known residents Of the North end.
Both kept hens. and as each has a gar
den they have been rather fussy about
keeping their henhouses locked up and
the birds confined. Both have the same
. breed Of hens. Only q few days ago
one of them found that a hen had been
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Rapides Parish Assessment.

Alexandria.-The assessment rolls
for Rapides parish, which have just
been completed by Assessor W. F.
Texada, show a total assessment of
S13,120,46O. The valuation of proper
ty assessed to white people is $12,-
316,S50 and the negroes S309,610.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

Norwood.-A man known by the
name of Metcalfe, claiming Gloucester.
Miss, as his home, was arrested here
following an alleged attempt to pass
a forged check. The original check
was for s3O.s5. and when presented
for payment at the Bank of Norwood,
read for S300.85.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

was impossible to an
Choir. One of the whal-
ers, the Jeanette. was
also secured to the ice
to the south of the
revenue cutter. Here is
what Captain futile re-
ported of the situation
at the time:
In the afternoon OF
the 30th there were
large pieces of ice drift
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
GOLD MINE UNDER HIS FEET
Alaska Miner Finds He Had Lived
Over Golden Riches for
Nine Years.

Fairbanks. Alaska.-George Sharp.
a miner of Pedro creek. lived over a
fortune over nine years before he
knew that the fortune existed. Sharp.
when he first came TO the Fair banks
district. located a claim on the right
Kait Of Pedro creek opposite No. :.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
p..,,.n captured Flag

Verona, n. IA Coniso ,,',Ir.m
captured by his brother .. he'd
Johnson, in the Civil war, t %. !
Governor Mann Of Virsia,. a a
turned over TO the nearest k'h s
Robert E Lee.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Death Of An Auto Vle'lm'

Shreveport. A. Atkins nee.
an outdoor advertising c0nes =,
known throughout this secuOn' -
sneeded his machine over an "a.
bankment on the Hart islana
road, died at a local sanitar'u"'
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

New Iberia.-Keeping faith wl.n :. I
Federal Agricultural Department -, y
carving out its promises tne p .s,,
authorities are rapidly going . ..a,
in the building OF dipping vsa r,.e,
the supervision Of DR.. Thomas '
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

Alexandria.-The public schools
opened with an enrolment Of 1920
pupils. This Is an increase of PA
pupils over the enrolment Of las:
session.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

Covington.-The police jury Of st.
Tammany parish voted to ask for bids
for the building of a road from Gov.
ington to Franklinton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
REPLACING Animal Fats.

Oil pressed from copra, the dried
meat of cocoanut, is rapidly replacing
animal fats in the manufacture of ar.
tificial bdtters in Eurone.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
WORTH TRYING.

Now some doctor advises people to eat sand.
Seems dangerous to me. What do you Think"
Dunno. l think 1t might be safe to take a
chance. Most OF us need it badly in our systems y
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

Want Twelve Cents For Cotton.
Homer.-A mass meeting ot the
merchants, bankers and farmers of
Claiborne parish has decided 20 hold
its cotton for IL cents.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Pearls In FIoundefa

Stonington, Conn. - ma g.,
pearls have been found ~ 49,
caught in the bay here. !'"s''''
nounced them valuable
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

Baton Rouge.-Matriculat at the
State University were 657 Monday,
against 621 on the same day last year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03
Norwood Has 1oo PUPILS.

Norwood.-The Norwood public
school opened with an attendance OF
109.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

as large as Alaska itself.
Have you ever spilled a
cupful of water on a level
bit of ground? II so, you
have probably noticed how
far the liquid spread. Again,
you have no doubt poured
a bucketful of water into a
barrel and been disguised
at the modest degree It
went toward filling it. In a
popular way this illustrates
the manner in which the
waters Of a rising tide ad-
vance upon low-lying lands
and, again, how the same
influx is relatively but lit
tie noticed when the basin
is deep and broad.
Without apfor;pn ;xx
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-10-03

m = !:
~INEN- bound in the Arctic ocean somewhere
G///NNNN in the neighborhood of Point Barrow,
SVUNNS Alaska. Now the ship is OH
WV once more for that frigid region, but
this time to effect the relief of that part OF the
crew of the Inflated Karluk marooned upon
Wrangel island to the northwest of Boring strait
AS will be recalled, the Karluk set out TO explore
the Arctic region north of Beaufort sea and II pos
sible to examine more closely Crocker land when
was sighted by Peary the oath OF June l9oo'
from distant point. The discovery OF CROKER
land gave tangible support to the old contention
that the polar region not a great ice-covered
sea- but instead that a vast continent existed there
beneath its eternal cloak of snow and ice. Stefans
OF those who believed in the existence
Of an Arctic continent in that wide untraversed
realm and his aim to trace part at least OF
its boundaries.
To the casual observer the untimey ending Of
purpose and to have rendered useless the ventur-
ing Of the Karluk but the loss of that craft in itself
has, paradoxicay, added cumulative evidence of
the existence of the shores that Stefansson and
his followers did not To make this clear 1t is
necessary to explain how the searching mind OF
the scientist has already determined the probable
existence of an uncharted Arctic continent or
vast archipelago of large islands covering total
of quite 900 square miles-an more
than ten times as big as the state of New York or
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

for decorative purposes or to en-
shrine the Blessed Sacrament in
a blaze Of light during Mass or
during Benediction. This electric
blare has always lacked the dig
nifty and reverence due to the
Blessed Sacrament and possessed
none Of the devotional suggestion
which seems to emanate from the
light of wax tapers which the
Church has always regarded as
symbolizing the sacred humanity
of the Saviour Himself. Hence
forth, nothing but wax candles
must be used on the altar. Where
electric lights have already been
installed around the tabernacle,
before the statues of Saints, or on
other parts of the altar, they must
be removed or, at least, remain
unlighted during the Mass and ex-
position of the Blessed Sacrament.
Their use, however, is permitted
in the church and in the sanctuary
wherever they are required to
furnish the necessary light for the
celebrant and for the congrega-
ton; but even in these cases they
must be used with becoming mod
GRAFTON and not with unnecessary
profusion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08
POPE Plus K.

Last Tuesday, August 4, was
the eleventh anniversary of the
election of His Holiness Pope Plus
x. to the Chair Of Peter, and next
Sunday is the anniversary of his
coronation as Vicar of Christ and
Supreme Pontiff Of the Catholic
Church.
During these years he has
striven to fulfil the supreme task
which he set before himself and
proclaimed to the world when he
declared that the dominant pur-
pose of his pontifcate would be
to restore all things in Christ -
To that end he has striven to make
personal sanctifcation the fouR-
dation upon which the invidual
Catholic must stand if he would
exemplify in his daily life the
spiritual power and mission of the
Church. By his insistence upon
the necessity of frequent, aye,
even daily, communion Tor the
faithful even from the dawning OF
reason, Pope Plus x. has gained
for himself the glorious title of the
Pope of the Blessed Sacrament. He
has crushed the manifestations OF
error and irreligion In our day by
his insistence upon the necessity
of upholding and defending
divine truth and maintaining the
purity of Catholic doctrine. In
this and many other ways he has
shown his paternal solicitude fol-
the faithful and striven to en-
nance the prestige of the Church
and make her mission of regen
Grafton better known to those
who are outside the fold.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08
desires to read it for himself can

desires to read it for himself can
do so.
We publish it in order that
those who may have been deceived
by the bogus oath so industriously
circulated throughout this coun-
try and Canada by anti-Catholic
bigots, may know that there is no
foundation in fact for the charges
which have been laid at the door
of the knights of Columbus be-
cause of the contents of. this al
legged oath. Henceforth, those
who put forth the so-called
"oath" of the Fourth Degree will
do so in bad faith because they
can readily find out for themselves
how false it is.
Our readers should preserve a
copy Of this obligation-for it is
not an oath-for future reference,
and see to it that it's contents be
made known to their co-religion.
lists, as well as to any non-Cath-
olics who may have a lurking sus-
picion that there must be some
foundation for the charges so per
sistently made against the Knights
Of Columbus.
It is useless to expect that the
printing Of this obligation will put
an end to the circulation Of the
bogus oath. Those who are be-
hind this campaign of SANDER and
vilification will not be deferred
by the publication of the truth,
The anti Catholic organizations
which are so industrially calumni-
ating their Catholic fellow citizens
will, no doubt, persist in their
nefarious work; but their activity
will have little effect upon the
intelligent non-Catholic who
knows how impossible it is that
these charges should be true.
How long before the Guardians
Of Liberty and other un-American
organizations will publish the OBJ
legation which they impose on
their members? 1t would be inter
esting to compare the obligation
taken by the Knights Of Columbus
with that taken by the anti-Cath-
Ollie bigots who are organized to
rob their Catholic fellow citizens
Of their just rights in this land of
the free.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

At the present writing Europe
is in the throes Of what promises
to be a war that will involve all
the great powers in a struggle for
supremacy. The cause of the war
was the refusal of Servia to ac-
cede-to the demands de-hy Aus,
tria-Hungary as a sequel to the as
sassination of the Archduke Fran
els Ferdinand and his consort
The major powers are arrayed in
two hostile camps. On the one
side is Germany, Austria and
Italy, and on the other Russia
England and France. The out.
come of such a war is terrible tC
contemplate. 1t is a strange com
mentary on our boosted civiliza
ton that in this twentieth century
Christian people should fly tC
arms on such slight provocatior
and engage in a war which threat
ems the peace and permanence Of
the nations. Is it vain to hope
that some way will be found tt
settle the question of nationa
honor involved in this conhic-
without a prolonged war?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-08-08

General Miles, whose utilization
with the sO-called Guardians of
Liberty is a matter of common
knowledge, declared in an ad-
dress delivered last Monday be-
fore the Equity Congress of
Greater New York, an organiza-
ton for the uplifting of the
Negro, that the present European
conflict is as "unjustifed as any
have read Of or witnessed" The
doting old General ought to know
better than any one else that the
conflict which he and his bigoted
organization are waging against
Catholics is much more unjustifia-
bic than any war ever waged
The General ought to know that
there is not the shadow of a foun.
dation in fact for the existence OF
such an un-American aggregation
as that to which he belongs.