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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

A 40 lc,, road log drag, made
according !, the government di-
ruc..Jus is being finished off at one
of the best blacksmith shops and
will be the liberal donation of Mr..
D. e. Scarborough to ward one,
so that there will be no reason
why, all the roads leading into
town cannot be kept in first class
condition from now on.
This road log drag is approved
by the government as the best and
simplest method of keeping up
good roads at the least expense
and a suggestion for its maniDula,
ton made by the public spirited
donor, is both such a practical and
wise one. that it should unhesitat-
iLgIy be accepted. Mr.. Scarbor-
ough says that arrangements could
be made with Mr., Stamper to take
the drag out each day behind his
big empty automobile when he
goes out after the school children
and brought back on his return
after he leaves the children at
their homes. We trust the parish
solons will take this matter up
when they meet next month and
it can be arranged satisfactorily at
little expense and wonderful work
this first log drag in Natchitoches
parish will do.
Mr.. Scarborough's public spiri-
ted generosity goes farther still as
he has empowered The Enterprise
to say that he ordered enough
material for two machines and any
other ward IN the parish can have
it if it will only pay for the max
ing Of the drag and the directions
and specifications for the making
he will also gladly furnish.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
PARTITION SALE
G. w. Jack. ct ais
VS.,
Mrs. Lillian Hall Trichel, ct ais
No. 1925
District Court, Natchitoches Parish
Louisiana.

BY virtue of a Commission issue to
me out of the Eleventh Judicial Dist let.
Court of Louisiana in AMI for Nasehi-
toches Parish pursuant to judgen mt
rendered in the above entitled and M n
bered suit, I will, in order to efTsaL a
partition between the plaintiffs AMI 7e-
PENDANTS in the said suit, sell at pu5lic
auction at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Nat,hitcc 1es
within the legal hours of sale on Tuos-
day the 9th day of October 1914 The
following described property situated
In the city OF Natchitoches to-wit:
The late residence of w. H. j k.
deceased, divided into four lots two front,
ing on Amulet Street, and two on Sec
ond Street, as per plat made by Ga IN
ME Hyams and annexed to the petition
in said suit.
Terms of sale: -CASH
j. w. FREEMAN,
Sheriff.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

A Cotton Goods Day for spe-
cial sales of cotton fabrics which
it is believed will help turn both
tanks of the South's cotton pro-
blem and help relieve the pressure
on the producer thru the ultimate
consumer and as part of the
Buy Bale movement, will be in
augurated in New Orleans by the
merchants, supported by different
organizations.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

The worlds greatest tinancier is
the Louisiana farmers housewife.
Her daily investments exceed in
shrewdness the clever transactions
of Wall Street, and no business
concern or corporation, however
ably otficcred, has ever been able
to approach her in economy. She
is the nations ablest trader and
her transactions more nearly re-
fleet the progress and prosperity
of the country than the reports of
our clearing houses.
All legislation, financial or 9TH
erwise, ought to be so plain that
the housewife can understand it.
Our legislators, State and national
shoot so far over the head of the
average citizen that those who are
unable to employ an attorney and
accept his statements in blind
faith, must forever remain in ig-
norance of. our laws. Of course,
we have so many laws that no
human can expect to read them
and survive the ordeal, but anv
person who feels an irresistible
impulse to legislate, should try
his proposed law on his neighbor
and get 1t down where the COM
mon people can understand it be-
fore attempting to put it on the
statute books. Crowley Signal.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

There are probably one or
two people in every town who do
not read the local paper. Of
course they are always behind the
times and miss all the good things
that are going on. If you will
talk with those parties you will
find that their line of information
is so small, and is drawn so closely
about their little horizon, that
they are very undressing con-
versatlonalists In fact they know
nothing about which to talk, and
therefore they either keep silent
or talk and show their ignorance.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
The Reason Of the War.

The Glen Elder, Kansas, Senti-
mel furnishes the most strikingly
interesting explanation of the
present war in Europe:
AS we understand it, Seryian
socialist who was partly sane when
sober got drunk and killed an
Austrian noble and his noble es-
cort. Austria. observing the I'M
seemly incident, addressed herself
sternly to Servia, somewhat as
follows: See here, kid, no rough
+ stuff. propose to he a father to
YOU. Come into the w0odshed. :"
Hold on" says Russia, don't
YOU dare Law a finger on that k d,
Austry; he's my KID" says he,
and anyhow you'd make fine
father tor anyone don't think"
he SAYS. Think again you big
slob," says Austria, if you c;n
think twice in one day." he says,
and while you're thinkin', think
what am telling you," he says.
Il don't like the color of Your
eyes, and your nose offends me
and your feet don't track; besides"
says he, land | can lick YOU" be
says, and l will too ''Uocd
boy, Austry' sings out Wilhelm;
Il can lick him myself; | can lick
anybody; why | can lick every
body" says Wilhelm. We'll
take him on together and show
him. says he. So Germany starts
France and slips up, incidently
landing with both feet in the mid
die of Belgium. Get off me
stummuck,' walls Belgium" or
I'll bite your leg off," says he.
ouch, be patient, Belgy," says
Wilhelm. beg pardon; I'll get
off when l have to, says he. "Ex-
cuse me, or I'll soak you,' he
says. Now watch me paste Gas
ton one." mo fair" says France.
Il wasn't looking anyhow says
he. Take that" says he, slip
ping Wilhelm bot one. Il hate
a fight" says England, but | can
bust the jaw of of any guy that
slaps my dear friend CASTOR,
whom | don't like at ALL" he says,
but will defend until death" he
says. You don't hate it worser
than me-" says Japan, standing
back for an opening. Anyhow
you started it," SAYS Wilhelm to
Nicholas, You started it your
self" yells everybody to every
body else, sticking out their tor
CUES Then they all clinch, and
the little fellows dance around
watching for chance to get in a
punch and run.
Moral: If YOU want to fight at
all you have to do is to say so.
All of which NAV be set down
as comedy, and slap-stick stuff at
that. but il is about as sane as any
of the reasons that-haye been adj
yanced in all seriousness by the |
belligerents.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
Notice to Cotton Raisers.

Owing to the condition of the cotton
market, in order to raise money on
your cotton, it viii be necessary to
store in warehouse, so as to use the
warehouse receipt as collateral. We
wish to notify you that we are better
prepared than ever to care for same,
in new warehouse sheds and respect
fully solicit your business. Our charges
are in line with any in the country.
For further particulars, ring US at
phone No. s.
NATcHITocHEs COMPRESS Co. LTD.
RoBT. j. PHILLIPS,
Supt.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

An old man in Mass, who was
drafted in the civil war and never
discharged from service is entitled
to fifty years. pay from the gov
eminent, which amounts to the
neat little sum of 5000.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

The war is forcing a reorgani-
cation and shaking down process
all over the world. Every nation
will have to look to its finances
whether it is at war or not. And
not one of them is in such good
condition as the United States.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
Official Journal Parish of Natchitoches
Parish School Board.
City of NatchitOches.

Communications are solicited, and
we will not be held responsible for any
views contained therein.
No attentiot will be paid to anony
nous letters.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

5,373 marines are on the Louisi
ana pension rolls and 321 more
have been sent in for considera-
ton.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
NOTICED

This is to certify that in accordance
with the provisions of the Primary Ell
ection Laws and the resolution of the
tee that the following persons having
filed their announcements as candidates
for various offices and there being no
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
Happenings Forty
Years Ago.
This Week.
From The Peoples Tndicdtor
Sept. I2h, 1874.
Sept. I2h, 1874.

The Steamer Bertha Drummer, makes
two trips to Alexandria weekly, then
connecting with boats from New Or
leans with freight and passengers for
this section.
Our town is dull beyond comprehen-
sion, not even fight to break the mon
otany of the times, we can readily
account for that on the ground of no
money, no whiskey, no credit, and a
good temperance society. No arrests
for the past month. Oh, how history
do repeat itself.
Refreshing rains during the week.
Crops estimated not over half. Yield
Of corn short. Cotton is beginning to
come in slowly.
A three column account Of the battle
in New Orleans on the 18th between
the citizens and the Metropolitan Police
appears in this issue. Gen. Fred Og
den, commander of the citizen forces
had his horse shot from under him; Gen.
A. S. Badger, commanding the police
was wounded and his leg had to be am
putated. The fight took place at the
head Of Canal Street. Fourteen citi-
zens were killed and as many wounded.
The casualties to the police, who were
mostly negroes, is unknown. The ne
groes broke and RIM at the first fire.
The meeting of citizens of Ward
Seven at Harmony Church to select
delegates to the Parish Convention and
organize the 18th Ward Wide-A-Wake
Club" was held on the 14th. Nathan
Singletary was elected President of
the club, with H. R. McClendon, aid
S. M. Gibbs, Vice-presidents; Theodore
Owens, Secretary. Thirty-five men,
bers were enrolled H. R. McClendon,
N. Singletary and Chas. Clark were
elected delegates to the parish conven-
ton. The club was addressed by VIM.
H. Jack and c. F. Dranguet.
Military orders, under General Order
No. l, by R. E. Burke, Colonel Com
handing and S. M. Hyams, adjutant,
by authority of Acting Governor D.
B. Penn, appeared in this issue calling
for the organization of companies in
each ward of the parish. The follow
ing Captains were appointed to enroll
and organize companies. Ward 2, S.
P. Rains; 8, Jos. A. Carroll; q, w. B.
Butler; 5, Peter Smithers; 6, j. E. Kee-
gan; z, Thos. Owens; 8, Jacob Kile; 81
and 10, E. Mason; II, N. D. Calhoun;
IL. M. j. Cunningham.
Our readers are referred to the ad-
of the Convent of the Sa-
cred Heart, then which no better insti-
tuition for instruction of our young la
dies exist in the state. This institution
was located on the site of the State
Normal School and at that time was
one of the best known schools in the
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

Two of the largest Chinese pro-
vinces are facing famine after
food devastation in July.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17
NOTICE.!

No hunting or trespassing allowed on
my land.
J-15-30-d n. L. BIRD.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

Monroe had it's first Labor Day
celebration last week.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-09-17

The Steamer Bertha Drummer, makes
two trips to Alexandria weekly, then
connecting with boats from New Or
leans with freight and passengers for
this section.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08

Shrapnel balls pass through the cheek by
comparatively small openings, often of the
slit form, while the alveolus, palate, may be
widely damaged. No special features arc pre-.
sented by chest injuries. beyond the fact that
they are generally more severe than those seen
In South Africa, and think the association of
spinal complications without evidence of the
ball having actually traversed the vertebral
column is more common.
small proportion of perforating wounds of
the abdomen which have been accompanied by
no untoward symptoms are seen in most Of tho
hospitals. In all these cases the. injury has
been caused by rifle bullets. Shell wounds of
the region OF the intestines not uncommon,
and very distressing; In some the spinal
canal is laid open. II is suggestive fact that
few similar injuries Of the anterior wall of the
abdomen come into hospital, although an oc.
casional acerated wound with hernia has been
seen.
The rarity OF division of individual nerves
and large blood vessels has been already
marked upon. Fractures of bones arc numer
Gus and severe, accompanied by large wounds
and much communion, while injuries to the
joints of gross nature, and almost with
out exception, complicated by fracture Of the
articular ends of the bones.
The difficulties attendant on the transport
and treatment of the large number of wounded
have been III themselves immense. and have
been further enormously aggravated by the com.
plications dependent on the early backward
movement Of the troops.
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Universal Peace Impossible Until Two Steps Are Accomplished

Evidence is not forthcoming that the Teuton
has exceeding delicacy of feeling for plastic
art or creative imagination in that realm. From
prehistoric time 1t has been the southern hand
that has been deft, the southern sense that has
revealed in color. To the blend OF north with
south we owe Parthenon and arch of Con.
stantine, column of Traian and the Gothic
glories OF France, drawing of Angelo and Leon
ardo, color OF Titan and Corot.
There remain those supposedly important
factors Of civilization, idealsm and morality
What Of them? Germany procams to the
world that her paramount discovery lies in the
realm of moral philosophy, and that her true
greatness is to be seen in the fearless
ness with which she applies it to life. She has
discovered 1t seems truth of reason. that
might really does make right. and itself is the
only right. 1t had been suspected that Mach
iavel taught something like this, but he was
an Italian, and lived before the publication OF
the Origin of Species through Natural Selec.
ton" Darwin wrote 1.-THE Origin of Species
but he an Englishman and chung to an old
fashioned morality NietZsche rne German was
the first to see that II there really is strug-
gle for existence in which the strong alone sur
vive and the weak miserably perish, weakness
must be essential evil, might essential right
eousness, compassion the only sin. Not the
Christ, but the Superman must come, and the
German is the superman. Tretschke was Met.
zsches disciple and the mantle has fallen upon
Bernhard. Promulgate this philosophy, they
have said, embody it in diplomacy, teach 1t to
the army, preach ii to the people. and then you
shall see Deutschland uber Allies"
What can the rest of mankind say?
Only this. The tiger and the savage proceed
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the wound often brings down the side Of the
trench and the injured limb may be covered
with soil. Again. the fragment of she'll itself
is commonly fouled with soil
Abundant opportunity thus exists for pri-
mary infection of the wound of a very gross
nature by the organisms OF the soil. One has
only to look over the neighboring fields to ap-
preciate the amount Of manure with which the
soil is treated, since the agrioulturists are now
placing the manure on the fields behind the
fighting line prior to blowing 1t in. One may
well look back with envy to the clean soil of
the South African weld, much as the dust was
then regarded as bugbear
large majority OF the wounds of the head
are the result OF injuries caused by shrapnel
balls. The German shrapnel is little smaller
in calibre than own, and cast OF lead ap-
parently hardened by some alloy; the tangen-
tial wounds often wide grooves In the scalp
with considerable communion OF the bones.
When striking directly the ball rarely passes
deeply, often lying on the surface of the brain,
or il II perforates the latter not passing deeply
into the BRAIN Some Of the tangential wounds
are accompanied by very extensive brain LAGER
alton.
The fact that most of the wounds are in.
fected before the patients reach the hospital
renders them unfavorable cases to deal with
at once. but the local conditions, as a rule
rapidly improve, and the local operations can
be undertaken. Wounds of the face and Jaws
are very common, also extensive injuries OF the
palate.
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elements. and one blend differs from another
in capacities and abilities. The German be.
licves, and individual writer's not German
have argued, that the Teuton has unique poiti
cal abilities. 1t has been maintained that it
was the blood of the Saxon in the Engishman.
the blood Of the Frank in the Frenchman that
made England and France as effective national
states
This may be true; it would be difficult TO
prove. But If true IL does not follow that
Latin and Celtic strains are without value for
political civilization. On the contrary, as q
fact Of history, 1t has been only the peoples in
whom large proportions of Mediterranean and
Alpine blood have comingled with Danubian
and Baltic that have achieved the supreme
political creation OF man, namely popular
sovereignty expressing itself through consti-
tutional government. France, England and
America, composite Of southern and northern
European blood. are the nations whose sover-
eisn peoples both create and enjoy constitu.
tiona liberty.
This fact is impressive; it becomes most i'm
preSslVe when we remember that the earliest
European civilization, on Aegean and Adriatic
shores was the work of peoples in like man.
ner ethnically composite. From the oldest
graves OF Greece and Italy the archeologist
takes the long skulls Of Mediterranean folk;
from later graves the round skulls of a noun
tain stock surviving now in Armenans OF the
East and Celts Of the West. Upon these
primitive elements supernposed the
northern invaders, the fair haired Achaeans"
or Danubans, and probably small contingent
or the more distant Baltic Teutonic folk.
The blend produced the literature and art the
philosophy and democracy of Greece; the law
and administration Of Rome.
Weighty as these facts are, they do not, apart
from other considerations, prove that the older
civilization OF Europe is all in all better or
higher than the new civilization made of late
or to be made in Germany Modern mankind
does not think OF progress as over, and there
is fallacy in measuring the future by the past
The future is the past multiplied by the un-
foreseen. youthful civilization may have in
store surprises other than war Zeppelins and
fortress-smashing guns.
But German civilization does not ask that
suspended Judgment await the unforeseen 1t
asserts demonstrated superiority here and
now. This claim calls for examination
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with simple directness to the end in view.
Civilized man has assumed that the quality
of means no less than the desrability of ends
should receive consideration, and this atten-
ton to means we'll to ends he has called
morality. Ie has made these assumptions and
adjusted his conduct to them because, long
ago, he stumbled upon two important discover
les. One was that mutual aid is more impor.
tant factor In the struggle for existence than
claw or fist. The other that mutual aid is
possible only among men that can trust one
another, who tell the truth and keep their word,
abiding by their covenant though they have
sworn to their hurt. And all this seems
at least plausible. Outside OF Germany it Is
held to be not only rather decent folkway.
but also good Darwinism.
And now we turn to our second question. Do
the characteristics of these contrasted cviza.
tons, the historic Latin. Celt-Saxon blend,
the other young and lusty Teutonic, and the
terrific conflict in which they are engaged
afford us intimations of the future? Must
war, increasingly terrible, recur forever, gen.
Grafton after generation, or may we reasonably
hope and work for lasting peace?
One thing stands forth clearly from the fore
going analysis. Peoples and civilizations grow.
They supreme manifestations of "the will
to live" They must have their place to live
and room to grow. Hemmed in and denied
they burst their BARRIERS exploding in the
wrath Of war. Now two ways and only two
ways have been found in human experience
far to provide for expansion by virile> peo-
pie developing its own characteristic ciyiliza
ton.
One is the acquisition of territory by con-
quest purchase, the other is the removal Of
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Why Blind People, When Cured See Until They Learn How

for such person and his friends, unless they
are warned.
For the fact is demonstrated by recent
Investigations that merely giving sight" to a
person is Of little avail. He still has to go
through a kind Of apprenticeship after his eyes
have been made whole, to learn to interpret
The images which the lens of his eye, like the
lens of Photographic camera, throws the
retina Of his eye. We who have been accus'
toned from childhood to interpret these images
do so unconsciously and without realizing It,
But the matter appears very different to an
adult who suddenly finds himself herself
for the first time in the possession Of new
faculty. One such patient remarked when
placed face to face with various objects on
table: They look very strange to ME but
can tell you what they are If you will let mo
touch them"
In another case the surgeon reporting on the
results OF a successful operation on boy of
seven to whom sight was for the first time
given, remarks:
"The patient Is quite unable to recognize by
sight alone any object which he has not pre-
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vously identified by touch in some other
way. He has to gradually learn to connect the
visual appearance Of various objects with the
acquaintance which he has Of them through
MS other senses-touch, smell, taste, ETC."
A very peculiar case is reported by German
oculist. A young boy who had reached the
age of fifteen in blindness was given his sight
by operation. For several weeks after his eyes
had been rendered seemingly normal he acted
exactly like blind person, running into fur
nitnre just as If he did not see it. Then, grad.
ually, he began to be able to see things which
were directly in line with his eye but his field
of vision was very small, something like that
If a man looking through pipe. 1t was only
after months that he acquired the full and
normal field Of view.
From such cases as these-examples are not
very plentiful because durable blindness in the
newborn is usually cured in the nfant-it is
obvious that the baby learning to see" is not
merely awaiting the requisite development Of
his infant mind but is literally learning to use
his eyes,