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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

The Concordia Sentinel this week con-
tains the following notes of local interest:
Mr.. B. B. Parham, Inspector of Levees
for. Concordia parish, has kindly furn-
ished the Sentinel with the following re-
port Of the work so far done and in pro-
gress on the Lake st. John levee, with
the number of teams, wheelers and wag.
Ons employed on the work, which will
prove of interest to our readers, all Of
whom are interested in the construction
of this embankment. which gives protec-
ton to such large area Of our parish
when the flood waters put in their ap-
pearance:
Lot l-Cu. Yds. in contract. $50, 267. 81
P" ITO, 1873. "a
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

Much to the regret of her hosts Of
friends, Mrs. Telle Boatner has decided
to 60 to Baltimore and live with her
mother and sister. She will leave aoout
the first, and her going will leave void
that will be very hard to fiji. Her love-
able nature has won her a place in the
hearts OF many who grieve with her over
the great sorrow that has clGuded her
young life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

DUuLlO NOTICE Is hereby gwen that :,
v1Ftne Of a writ OF Fieri Faci,s to me Il
ouooo9 b the above Honorable Court. In Ia
cDovo Gyled matter. have seizel and will,
ooJUuDAY he 7th S-~ OF 2 .3RUARv
=; 4. p. 1914
~ (oP sale at the Court House door. In
- toUn of St Joseph, In this parish and
Io(o, oad between the hours of II O'Clock n
eDd O'Clock .. m, the following de
yeood property situated In the Parish OF
,o1oo, State Of Louisiana, and seized In the
~ styled and numbered suit. to-wit:-
Fractional Section 9, Township II North
uIogonents thereon.
49ns a Sale: Cash.
JOHN HUGHES, Sheriff.
u. Soseph, La, January md, 1914.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
Sale in Bankruptcy.

In the District Court of the United
States, for the Western District of
observation-disclosures Division.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

A true copy of the original.
G. G.. CAMPBELL,
[SEALl Clerk of Clerk.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

The card of Hon. J. E. Clayton, At.
torney-at-Law, will be found elsewhere
iu this issue. He informs US that he will
not be candidate for Judge. He has
leased the law Office of the late Judge
Elan and will continue in the active
practice of his profession. Mr.. Clayton
is too well known throughout this sec-
ton as a jurist to need any commenda-
ton from the Sentinel.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

Mr.. A. H. Gillespie, one OF the owners
of Chantilla plantation, where = company
is prospecting for oil. retained this week
from visit to that place, and b delight
ed with what he saw and heard while
there. The drillers have reached depth
of 1900 feet, and Mr.. Lucas, the mana
ger, who brought in several gushers in
the Beaumont district, is certain Of strik-
ing oil on Chantilla.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Remaining in the st. Joseph Post ONCE for
week ending January II, 1914.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

ma oRsoImAL LAXATIVE oovoM ovavp
KEHNUDY'S LAxAT1VH
''s'AnnsH HONEY AND TAI
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
JUDICIAL ADvERTIsEMEN1
IN o. FIERI FAcIAs.

49, e Louisiana. Parish OF Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
Estray Sale

ltiC NOTICE Is hereby given that by
xfsse o. the authority conferred on me
furday, Feb. "a, 1914,
- sale at the Court House door in the
q 81. Joseph, La, for cash. at public
20 the highest bidder, the following
oeQ property, taken up as estray by
crimes, ON the mt. Ararat' planta-
ny Office:
LARGE. BLACK COW with young
10y TWO months and a half Oldj; COW
sue In right ear and smooth crop of
<;Sss ~; mas brand ON one hip like letter
1nP"R 4" 'P'
& ~ JOHN HUGHES. Sheriff.
~. SoeepA. La, January 1e. 1914.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
Five Dollars in Gold!

To the BOY or GIRL I'm Tensas
Parish between the ages of 6 and
60, who sends i'm the longest list of
English words, composed of the
letters found I'm the words "GILT
EDGE" No letter shall be used
Oftener I'm one word than it occurs
i'm these two words, "Gi1t EDGE"
Contest closes February LIST, 1914.
For further information address
"GILT EDGE FLOUR" Box z15,
St. Joseph, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

A true copy Of the original.
G. G. CAMPBELL,
lSEALl Clerk of Court.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT

l01nr o. s'GM FAcIAs.
80 u Louisiana. Parish of Tensas. Tenth
7l District Court.
M FAIRBANKS STEAM SHOVEL co.
:< vs.. No. 562
@. w. Becker.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-01-23

0nte Of Louisiana, Parish of Tensas, Tenth
District Court.
AGair Of Minors: JAMIE NJ. aed Alberta
Y. Newell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Back in Paris.
factions

The return of the French government to Paris
speaks volumes as to French confidence in the
outcome of the war. The government yielded
courageously to military necessity when it mi
grated to Bordeaux early in September. General
Joffre felt that he might be hampered in his
operations if he had to consider the safety of the
capital rather than the safety of the army. He
was prepared for withdrawal south of Paris if
he could not check the German invaders in the
Valley of the Marine. The government wisely
needed his wishes, even at the cost of the con-
fession of unpreparedness which an early fight
from Paris involved.
Now President Poincare and the houses of Par
lament are back, although the most westerly
point of the German wedge in Northeastern
France still stretches TO Noyon, only sixty or
seventy miles away. It is the firm conviction of
the French General Staff that the intervening
space will never be crossed by German troops.
The course of the campaign since the middle Of
September tends to sustain that view. The Ger
man invasion has come to dead halt. What the
French look forward to now is German with
drawal, not a German advance.
The French armies are now probably at their
fullest strength. Deficiencies in equipment have
been overcome and the prestige of French arms
and leadership has been restored. AS Lord
Kitchener justly said in a recent speech, General
Joffre has shown himself to be q great man and a
great soldier. France has recovered her poise and
is preparing to take the offensive against Ger
many That change Of attitude in itself epitomizes
the results of the last three months Of fighting in
the western war theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
PREPAREDNESS.

Because you own an ulster that will keep you warm
and dry, "
Is that an indication you must wear it in July?
And II YOU do not wear II til the winter or the fai
Is that real good reason FOR not having one at all
Because buy my fuel when it's cheapest say IN
May
Am obliged to start my furnace going night and
day?
And if do not start it in the balmy month July,
Is :hat real good for not buying my supply
Docs Mr. Woodrow Wilson in his inner conscience
think
He must s.gr obnoxious measures just because he
has the ink?
AMI if he will not sign them, does he throw away
mis- pen
Or keep it and employ it, like all prudent, thoughtful
men?
We hear about our navy and our army and our guns,
We know about the courage Of Americas best sons;
The very finest cannon is thing at which to scon,
II gunner pulls the trigger and the darn thing can't
go off.
New York. Dec. ~, 1914 q. K r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Only 81 Casualties in Naco, Ariz.

Only ifty-one persons in Naco, Ariz., have been
struck by bullets flying across the Mexican border.
Some of those hit have been United States SOL
diers. some residents of the Arizona village which
lies, by no fault of it's own, in the Hil-Maytorena
fire zone. Only ffty-one-which must be about
the total of the casualties of the two Constitution
alist factions fighting the other side of the
boundary.
What is the limit of American killed and
wounded which must be reached before Mr. Bryan
and President Wilson think it worth while to in
terfere? We are told that diplomatic repre-
sentative of the administration got Acting Presi-
dent Gutierrez out of sickbed and induced him
to sign an order directing the cessation of firing
across the border. But firing hasn't ceased yet
The Maytorena and Hill forces do not seem TO
attach much Importance to anything which pro-
visional president in Mexico City may say now
adays.
There are three batteries of United States ar
tillery at Naco and they could stop the killing and
wounding of Americans in short order. What is
the limit of the administrations patience? Amer
lean lives in Mexico have been held pretty cheap
for the last eighteen months Are the lives Of
Americans living in the United States to be sacri-
feed indefinitely to the license of the Mexican
factions?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Our Still Martial Army.

The breach between the president OF our srea.
seafaring university, Mr.. Josephus Daniels ana
our Secretary of War, Mr.. Garrison, is widening
steadily If both are in the same Cabinet II Is
only because Mr.. Wilson enjoys the dizzy sensa-
ton of straddling chasm.
1t was quite right Of Mr.. Daniels TO bar lip
perary' from the navy. Such spirited tune
has no place in the curriculum of great insu-
tuition of learning. 1t is not only unneutrai 70
loot such martial melody; it Is simply the sort
of thing one doesn't do in the classroom.
The army is still unregenerate, and, as migh.
have been expected, Secretary Garrison renamed
totally unmoved when informed that some OF ms
young barbarians were maneuvring to the strains
of "Tipperary" at Madison Square Garden. BE
patient, however! When the Secretary OF war
becomes the Secretary of Peace and Mr. Bryan
moves into the job our army will have It's turn'
Mr.. Daniels has done lot for and to the navy
His efforts will look like the smallest OF potatoes
after Mr.. Bryan has finished pacifying the army
and converting it into first class student BODY
of "citizenry" soldiers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
The Stock Exchange Opens Little More

The reopening Of the Stock Exchange yester-
day for restricted business in stocks was another
indication of the country's getting back to nor
NAL conditions. 1t was hailed with more enthu-
siasm than was the reopening for bond trading
a short time ago. There was brisk business, much
of it from out of town, and the prices ruled well
above the closing prices of July 80.
All this, taken as barometer reading OF the
country's condition, is distinctly hopeful. The
war came out of clear sky 1t added gravely to an
already existing condition Of business depression.
Its consequences are by no means yet overcome but
the process of readjustment is we'll under way.
With every probability that the railroads will at
last receive some of the help they need, and with
merchants and manufacturers getting back into
the old swing, the country may be happy again
if the President doesn't get any more business
reform notions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
+. Canemen Few, Perhaps, but Able.

Police Commissioner Woods says the gangman
must 60 and the police will make him go with
nightsticks that won't be fragile" At the same
time he gives it as his opinion that gangmen are
about as few as they ever were. That may be,
but while they are for hire anywhere and have
the ability TO commit murder like that Of Bar
net BaH and completely battle the police, it's no
time for the police authorities to be minimizing
them.
The gangs are no minor evil, even if some of
their leaders and many Of their members have
been sent 10 jail. The record Of murders attribu-
table TO them In a year is appalling 1t Is only
the fact that many Of their victims are them
selves criminals which keeps the public indifferent
Yet II they can murder criminals with IMMUNITY
H'is only step 10 the murder Of reputable citi-
gems with equal impunity, as the Baff case mas
proved. It IL time for nightstick work and Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Make the Interborough Play Fair with
the Public!

The Public Service Commissions investigation
to ascertain why the elevated lines should not be
equipped with steel cars ought to pressed sharply.
There is no more reason why the lnterborough
should be permitted TO operate old wooden cars
there than in the subway. 1t has no more right
TO consideration than the Long Island Railroad,
which has been ordered TO get rid of its wooden
cars and could obtain no permission for delay
because Of financial stringency.
It will cost the Interborough money TO buy new
steel cars and strengthen the elevated structures
sufficiently to bear their weight It will cost pas
sengers lives if this isn't done-not often, per-
haps, but one such accident as that Of Wednesday
evening is one too many. II this company had
ever tried honestly and decently to meet the obli-
cations it owes TO the public there would be no
such bitterness of feeling against it as there is
now.
1t has not played fair. 1t has given the public
bad service wherever it was not compelled by
law or the action Of some official agency TO give It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL
A Physician Testifies to the Harm
Done by Quack Remedies.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: | was most pleasantly surprised
TO read the article in your esteemed
paper declaring war upon the patent
medicine evil"
| have been a practitioner of medi-
cine since 1896, and during that period
there has been hardly a day when /
was not grieved and vexed By reason
of this verv patent medicine evil"
Every patient, without exception, on
consulting me usually states, u have
been taking AS Sure Stomach Cure,
or BIS Sure Lung Cure and 'C.'s Posi-
tive Kidney Cure" etc, and in the
serious conditions attending the genito-
urinary diseases and lues, every patient
urinary diseases and lues, every pa
tient afflicted with these diseases tells
the physician that the druggist treated
him two, three or four months or more
and no whe has given the druggist up.
As a matter of fact, the druggist is the
culprit in such cases from every point
of view. First, he is guilty of giving
those dangerous nostrums profitable
advertising place; second, he is selling
them with high profit, not knowing
whether they are indicated or not for
the buyer; third, he has no legal right
to practise medicine. which he does
every hour in the day.
In a word. the drug store and the
druggist are responsible for large
majority of diseases which are from an
easily durable state procrastinated into
hopeless chronic state. The drug
store is the real seat of the trouble.
We may now hope that The Tribune
will be the emancipation Of the unfortu..
mates from these fraudulent takers and
advertisers, when the people will learn
TO appreciate and be grateful to Inc
Tribune. ISlDOR NADLE, NJ. D.
New York, Dec. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
WHERE COULD WE GET ARMS I
In the Event of War 1t Would Take Years for Us
to Manufacture Guns and Ammunition.

are built by only one big company in
this country. And so delicate is the
mechanism of one of these torpedoes
that it would be very difficult for any
other company to fit out in a hurry TO
construct them, while the special
knowledge and experience needed for
this sort of manufacture is impossible
to get by any rapid means.
The more important manufacturers
Of war machinery are all located near
our Atlantic seaboard, most OF them
on tidewater and easily accessible to
an invading force. The Winchester
and Colt companies are located at New
Haven; the Bliss Company, makers of
Powder Company in Delaware, TO men
ton a few of these makers Of war ma
chimes.
The most serious phase Of national
unpreparedness for defence seems to
be, therefore, not the length of time
and the difficulty of turning American
citizens into efficient soldiers, but the
length of time and the difficulty OF
turning American dollars into war ma
chimes.
The rawest levies we'll armed could
drive invaders from our shores, but
without arms the best veteran troops
in the would would be helpless.
In war it is impossible to substitute
anything else for the special tools or
war. II is impossible to employ make
shifts for powder and shot and the
weapons TO discharge them. Indeed, it
Is fatal to attempt to employ obsolete
equipment instead of modern weapons.
For cannon and rifles outranged are
no more than so much scrap iron.
Armies to-day are not measured by
men, but by armed men. Naval power
is not measured by the muzzles OF the
guns, but By the number of effective
shots those muzzles are prepared TO
fire.
If our national defencelessness was a
thing that could be remedied in few
months it would not be so terribly
serious a matter. But 1t cannot be
remedied short of years. And the dan
ger is to be measured only by the time
necessary TO overcome 1t. Empires are
won and lost in hours, yet we sit still
before a menace that must continue,
no matter what we do, for years
through which we have to go forward
unarmed.
II Is written in the Book OF Prov
cribs: "Seest thou a man. wise In his
own conceit? There Is more hope OF
fool than of him." Men who serve
the American people short four years
should reflect upon this when they are
leaving the nation unarmed for gen
Grafton to come, perhaps. c. A. M.
Greenwich, Conn, Dec. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
"POLYGAMY"
Miss Mary Shaw Defends Suffrage and
the Play About Mormons.

To the Editor OF The Tribune. :,
Sir: | have noticed in to-dsys col
ton of The Tribune a letter from 81
anti-suffragist, pointing out that the
play "Polygamy" I'm which, by the way
/ am playing the role of Bathsheba) IS
an snti-suffrage play, which all sufrsg'
lists should see because Of the luinl-
nous example il gives Of the osllot 81
an instrument of woman's Liberation
and that call who know the history OF
woman suffrage in this country Know
that Mormon women have had II longer
than any others" | feel moved 70 an
swer this letter because Of the wnohy
unfair statement Of the suffrage STU,
alton in the West contained in II sha
because of its reflection on the pay
"Polygamy," which is, through ana
through, a woman's play.
First, as &c why the women VoteI'
Of Utah have not stamped out the eurs =,
of polyRamy in that state, | reply' II
the Gentle men voters Of the Mormon
states are unable TO free themselves
from the Mormon power, how can .n'
Gentle women be expected TO 90 "
and the Mormon polygsmists vo'ins
their wives solidly for the Mormon
Church? III
Second, "Polygamy" is play ~
women suffragists should see, no. ~.
the reason given by your anti-suni -
correspondent, but fol. the ors 49, pc
it makes for the freedom OF @'fm0H
women enslsved. N ma, frse
The vote has not made 81, men ai ,iss
of the economic or politicsi s r;,J rot
that enchain them; the vote , y'I r,svs
as po oily help to stir 1on si Ps .sm
otle A daensr responsibility for consery-
ara a aeepsf resdom we have from the
ing wn asr.nts of any tyranny that de-
e enoSos women and threatens the sane
w Nv York. Dec. II, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
MILLIONS FOR TRlBUTEl
But Not One Cent for Defence-Somo
Definitions of Neutrality.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: One finds that many honest
minds fail to comprehend what is
meant by neutrality. The following
examples of true neutrality are on the
highest authority:
First-Indifference TO the devasts-
ton in Belgium; motto, From a scrap
of paper TO the scrap heap"
Second-Nagging at the English for
searching American ships for contra
band.
Third-Orders to suppress "Tippe-
rary."
Fourth-Proposed government pur-
chase Of interned German ships, thus
putting cash in German pockets.
Fifth-No target practice for our
ships; target practice at 'em encour-
aged.
Sixth-Indifferenc to protection OF
Panama Canal-Germany's objective If
victorious. millions for tribute, but
not one cent for defence"
Seventh-Government must not be
criticised.
II is hoped that all citizens who wish
to know their duty will read the above
and be guided thereby. ,,
WEBSTER JOHNSON.
New York, Dec. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13

good service. 1t has raked in fat profits from
wear to year. while it jammed ''standees" into
old cars i'll heated in winter and i'll ventilated all
the year round There is no WONDER tha' "hen
passengers are killed as a result OF PENN
squeezing policy the public at last demands re-
form. regardless of the cost to the stockhoidefs'
The Public Service Commission has shown some
appreciation of the situation. 1t will be Dilnd'
indeed. to the publics interests and its own II II
does not enforce all necessary betterments IN the
wav of safety devices just as promptly as the
law allows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
Tn MOTHER ENGLAND.

Tbv noble seorn, thy sad, Casssnor'
sigh, "a
the heart, ,,
And flung the wide gates oil 'S'
souls apart, 49,.
To let our eagles, screaming, 70 ''''
rrnon the day that thou shalt to the"
cry: Lar.
"Comei help thy Mother, ere DEF
barrie art ~
Floods with blood our temples
each mart, -,u.
And all our babes and virgins
cify!"
No traitor to Humanity can mske
Us traitors TO Humanity ana .s' cur
o Mother England cradle Oh
racel -.
God will not permit us 70 forssm ar
The great souls warning i0'
liberty, L., "a 90
And then to hope, one day.
His face. ,,rN
New York, Dec. o lsiA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
STOP THE OVERCROWDNG"
The Testimony Of a Reader as to
Subway Standees.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: heartily agree with you
Trains during the middle Of the day
should run often.
Yesterday, going to New York in
the subway from Brooklyn about II: 80
a m, | had 20 stand up. Coming
home down Broadway between 3 and
o'clock had TO stand up to Borough
Hall, Brooklyn. Pretty hard for q
man OF eighty years and i'll! Impor-
tant business took me over. Now, II
the rush hour lasted from 7 to I
instead Of from to 10 a. m.-and
from 20 p. m, many would ac-
custom themselves to travel when they
can get seats.
The company has no excuse il can
offer, except 10 hire a few more men
8. II. WILLIAMS.
Brooklyn, Dec. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-13
LA BELdIOUE AND PETER PAN.
I'm IdyI OF the St,psnt'nO

The red-gold leaves are falling
From of the trembling trees,
And kindly earth Is calling.
Her cheer to refugees
Such wistful waits as these.
Belgian boy is drumming,
His Bonnie needs not the stunning
Nanette is fast becoming
A friend of Peter Pan.
"Tiens done. CONNIE Il est drole,'
The child remarks to Nan.
"Comme il est sans controle
(Oh rata rataplan)
CONNIE II est vrai ami,
Get enfant dc feerie
(Aplan aplan splan)
Ce Pierre sur la terre--
La terre de Peter Pan"
He beats his drum, nor signs for
Burnt home or ruin fell
All, all the boy has eyes for
Is yonder statues spell
That children love so well.
It does somehow get at you,
That penetrating fatue,
The lure of it gets at you,
Heroic little man.
"Tiens done ce petit Roi la"
(Once more he cries TO Nam,
"L'enfant Roi Albert VOLTA
plan rata rataplsn),
Les lspins ct les fees
Sont tout ce quill "a d'Anglais
(Aplan aplan aplan).
J'adore &c cher dc Pierre
Ce cher de Peter Pan"
Walter Sichel in the Westminster GaEstts-