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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30
Franklin to Have $4,000 Road

At it's regular meeting Wednes-
day night, tho Franklin town coun-
Gil passed a resolution to build a
road through the Main street from
its upper limit. From tho lower
limit to Iberia street is to be q
white Way" The cost of this
improvement will approximate
about $1,000 and will bs paid
without extra taxation. - Elk.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30

Dou't forget the great utility of
tho drag. 1t 10 the most impor-
taut piece of road machinery in
any county. Use it frequently
especially after rains when the
roads are in good workable" con-
dition.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30
Death Of Numa COrmier.

Mr.. Numa Cormier died ID Breaux
Bridge Friday morning Oct. 22nd,
at the age of "a years. He was
buried q. four o'clock Saturday
evening. Mr.. Cormisr was 10 bad
health for a loug time. He leaves
. widow, 6ve daughters and two
sons to mourn his death.
Several persons from st. Martin
vile attended the funeral.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30
SUCCESSION SALE.

Estate of Homer Zsnon
Probate No. 1866 Of the Docket of the
18th Judicial Court in and for The
Parish Ut st. Martin, La.
BY virtue Of all order and a commits
sion granted in the above Estate. by the
Hon. the 18th Judicial district Court in
and for the Parish of st. Martin. State
of Louisiana. dated Sept. IL. 1915.
will offer for sale and will sell mr.
cause to be sold by competent officer
at Public Auction, for cash, to the last
and hlgheat bidder, between legal sale
hours at the late residence of Homer
Zsnon in st. Martin parish. La, Oh
Saturday Oct. asrd, 1915
the following described property. to.wit.
list. That certain tract of land situa.
ted in the Parish Of st. Martin. Louisi-
ana. with all the buildings and im-
provsmsnts thereon, consisting OF a
dwelling house. cabin. corn crop, fences,
aud other appurtenances thereto belong.
lug. containing fifty acres on superb
clal area, bounded north by lands of
MYRTLE Simon. south by lands of Olivier
PoursiO. east by lauds of Adelbert Brous.
sard. and west by lands of Albert Breaux.
End. One lot Of horses etc.
3rd. One lot implements of husbandry
4th. Que lot Of household furniture,
ROSE CASTILLO.
Testsmentsry Executrix.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30
Charles Potter.

Mr.. Chas. Potter of Parks, died
Saturday morning and was buried
at St. Martinvills Sunday morn
ing. Mr. Potter was 80 years old
aud leaves q widow aud several
small children to mourn his death.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30

The road that is good for the
automobile owner is just as good
for the farmer who has none, and
each should be as much interested.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1915-10-30

There being no further business be-
fore the Council upon motion Of MIR. j.
H. Duchamp secluded by Mr.. X. j. Gui-
rard the meeting adjourned.
ALBERT BIENvENU. Mayor.
SIDNEY 4. DELAHOUssAYE,
Secretary
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TOWN COUNCIL.

Regular monthly meeting OF the May
or aud Town Council. held at the Town
Hall at st. Martinville, La, this 9TH day
Of Oct. A. ID. 1915.
Hon. Albert Bienvenu mayor presiding
aud the following members present.
Messrs. 4. j. Guirard, j. H. Duchamp.
W. J. Bienvenu, +. +. Fournet and A. T..
Gauthisr. Absent. Mono.
The Council new in a Committee OF
the whole proceeded as required bv Jaw
to make the various items Ut the prOba-
bic expenditures Of ensuing year.
On motion of MIR. ". j. Bienyenu Sc
cOnded by Mr.. X. j. Guirard. and carried
the schedule Of the prObvble expenses
for the year 1916 be and the same is
hereby established as follows, viz:
REVENUES:
Town Taxes ............2,yOo.U0
Licenses. 3,6OO.U
FINES. ................. lOUUU
Market Revenues. ..3.6OW
6y65.OO
EXPENDITURES:
Mayors Salary .................AO .UU
Chief of Police $4,000
Asst. Police. ....o4O.OO
lOWu Cart ...... ....... .04O.uO
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SHERIFFvS SALE.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
HELPLESS AS BABY
Down in Mind Unable to Work,
and What Helped Her.

Summit Point, w. Va.-Mfs. Anna
Belle Emey, OF this place, says: 81 suf-
fered for Is years with an awful pain in
my right side, caused from wonanly
trouble, and doctored lots for it, but With
out success. | suffered so very much,
that | became down in mind, and as help
less as baby. was in the worst kind
of shape. Was unable to do any work.
began taking Cardui, the womar's
tonic, and got relief from the very first
dose. BY the time had taken IL bot
ties, my health was completely restored.
| am now 48 years years old, but feel as
good as | did when only 10.
Cardui certainly saved me from losing
my mind, and feel it my duty to speak
in its favor. wish had some power
over poor, suffering women, and could
make them know the good it would do
them"
fyou suffer from any of the ailments
peculiar TO women, it will certainly be
worth your while 10 give Cardui trial.
1t has been helping weak women for
more than 50 years, and will help you,
too.
Try Cardui. Your druggist sells it.
Write 10: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies'
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for StecIal
Instructions on your case and 64-page book. Home
Treatment for Women" in plain wraoper. NC. l2l
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02

get to him as fast as the speed laws
permit, and on the way indulge in a
few earnest prayers that you won't
be too late to give the doctor at least
a fair chance.
The danger from such burns is too
serious to take chances with. The
injury at first may not seem seriou,,
il may not be excessively painful, but
he possibilities for infection are too
great to be risked. No sensible man.
who is not prepared to die, who really
does not want to commit suicide, will
gamble with his life as the stakes,
with the chances ten to one against
him, by neglecting to secure prompt
medical attendance, especially whch
such attendance will turn those
chances in his favor by at least
hundred to one for his recovery.
Therefore, if your patriotism o,
that of your small boy, leads to dis
astrous event, go to the doctor and
go quick. It's the only safe way
State Board of Health Bulletin.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
The Sane Fourth.

As a result Of the movement started
few years ago for a rational cele-
Oration of the Fourth of July, casual.
tiles consequent on the observance Of
the day have decreased at a surpris-
ing rate. Last year they were less
than one-fourth of the number report
ed five years ago.
Moreover, cases of Fourth OF july
tetanus have become almost a thing
Of the past. Back in 1903, the deaths
from lockjaw caused by independence
day accidents numbered Ait. Last
year only three fatal cases were re-
ported to the national health author
tiles at Washington.
In the campaign for a sane Fourth
emphasis has been put on the danger
attending neglect of trivial wounds,
particularly those made by blank
cartridges, paper caps and the like.
This, in large measure, accounts for
the decreased mortality. Parents are
learning that no wound or burn is too
insignificant to be overlooked.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02

walk the floor. could not lie down or
Ait still sometimes for day and night
at a time. Twas nervous, and had very
little appetite, no ambition, melancholy,
and often felt as though | had not a
friend in the world. After | had tried
most every female remedy without sue
cess. nv mother-in-law advised me to
take Lydia E, Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. did so and gained in
strength every day. have now no trou-
BILE in any way and highly praise your
medicine. 1t advertises itself. Mrs.
rs. T. HURLEY, Eldon, Missouri.
! Remember, the remedy which did
this was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. For sale everywhere.
1t has helped thousands of women
who have been troubled with displace-
ments, Inflammation, liberation, tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache'
that bearing down feeling, indigestion
and nervous prostration, after all other
means have failed. Why don't you try
it? Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co..
Lynn, Mass.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
..,sSs.sss.ss = sr..sr.gst: ,sTs
The Pomona Debate.

Editor Palatka News:
| notice in your issue of June 25th
an article headed, "Solons Debate The
Davis Package Law" In reading the
same | judge that in part you have
not been rightly informed This de-
bate came about from the fact that
Mr.. H. A. Ring, one of our prominent
temperance men, called Senator Mid
dleton to account for voting in the
Senate against the Davis Bill. Sena-
tor Middleton insisted that he did
right, and if he, Mr.. Ring, desired,
he would enter into debate with him
and prove it, and proposed three men
to side and allow fifteen minutes
each. Mr.. Ring asked Mr.. W. NJ.
Williams and myself to help him,
while Senator Middleton selected Prof.
Eigle to take part on his side. They
proposed the subject of debate, which
Mr.. Ring accepted, which subject
was BE it resolved, that the Davis
Bill Is A Temperance Measure"
We were to take the affirmative of
course, and they the negative. This
was proposed several days before the
detCC oCJ LII Vic ucDdIG. w IGl we
Iarrived at the hall on the hour set for
the debate, those for the negative re-
fused to debate it; Prof. Eigle told
me that in looking into the question
as it was proposed he found he had
no ground for argument, as each sec
ton of the bill was temperance one.
| had previously suggested to Mr..
Ring subject, which was BE it Re-
solved that our senator and represen-
tatives should have supported the Da-
Wis bill" In order to have some fun
debating, we agreed upon this subject,
although we had already won out on
the first without debating.
When the debate was over, it was
proposed that the house settle who
won the debate by vote of the same.
But they refused tc vote as to wheth-
err their Senator did right or not.
Some one then proposed to the chair
man, lady, to ask all that thought
the Davis bill a good one to stand up
She did so, and 10 stood up; she then
asked those who thought it was not q
good bill to stand, % stood, part OF
whom were children who got up by
command of another. | saw this
done. | thought this debate was the
greatest mix up | ever saw. We pre-
pared ourselves to debate one subject
This was changed for another, and The
vote finally taken on one that we die
rot debate. know one thing my ar
gument would have been very differ
ent had | known what we would vote
on. l supposed we would have the
vote on the subject Of debate. | en-
joyed this very much, and would like
very much to have it over and at ;
different place. 1t is hardly fair t.
take a vote in the Senator's own town
relative to his action in the Legisla
ture | wish to say in conclusion tina
so far as | know there is no unpleas
ant feeling between Senator Middle
ton and myself. He had a right t.
his views. and he allows me to have
mine, without censure. We meet anC
have as warm hand shakes as we eveI
did. He showed his good disposition
by calling for me the next morning
while was in Pomona and asked me tt
ride with him in his auto to Palatka
which l did.
w. G. TILGHMAN.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
"An Unintentional Error" Corrected.
Editor Palatka News:

Editor Palatka News:
Dear Sir: | wish to draw your at
tention to an unintentional error in
your issue of last week under head
ing of "Solons Debate the Davis Pack
age Law"
The debate referred to was arrang-
ed between Senator Middleton and
myself. When the debate was de-
cided upon was agreed between us
the resolution was to be as follows::
Resolved, that the Davis bill regu-
lating the liquor traffic, passed by the
last legislature, is a temperance meas
ure and was properly enacted into
law"
Later upon the recommendation Of
Hon. W. G. Tilghman, | asked Sena-
tor Middleton to change the resolu-
ton if he would so as to give broad
err field for discussion. Asked him
if he would change it to:
"Resolved, that the Senator and
Representatives of Putnam county
should have supported the Davis bill
as passed by the last legislature"
Senator Middleton did not agree to-
the change at the time but promised
! to let me know later. But he failed
to do so till we got to the hall to de-
bate the question as decided upon.
I When his assistant on the negative
side refused to debate the question as
decided upon (for he said there was
no question but the Davis bill was a
Temperance measure.)
/ So then it was agreed to change the
question to-:
"Resolved that the Senator and
Representatives of Putnam county
should have supported the Davis bill
as passed by the last legislature"
After the debate was over a discus
sion took place as to who had right
to vote-whether only members of
the society, or the general public.
When it came to vote many re-
Trained from voting, not knowing
whether they had right to or not.
AS you said in your article, ct
wasn't settled, of course" But |
think all hands agree that the gener-
al sentiment in and around Pomona
is for prohibition, whatever their
views are as to the merits of the
Davis Bill.
have been asked by several to
have some Of our arguments printed
that | put up in favor of the Davis
bill, but will not take up your time at
present. Respectfully,
H. A. RING.
Sisco, June 9th, 1915.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
The Split-log Drag for Road Work.

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
An Independence Day Resolution.

am a citizen of America and an
heir to all her greatness and renown.
The health and happiness of my own
body depend upon each muscle and
nerve and drop of blood doing its work
in its place. So the health and hap.
piness of my country depend upon
each citizen doing his work in his
place. | will not fill any post or pur-
sue any business where | can live IN.
on my fellow citizens without doin2
them useful service in return. for
plainly see that this must bring SUI,
fering and want to some of them.
will do nothing to desecrate the soil Of
America or polute her air or degrade
her children, my brothers and sisters
| will try to make her cities beauti,
full and her citizens healthy and hap.
by, so that she may be desired home
for myself now and for her children il
days to come.-Anonymous.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02

) THE SPIRIT OF INDEPEND-
ENCE DAY.

+ The spirit of the nation is at :
: the highest. Its triumph over 1
i the Unborn, inbred perils of the !
j. constitution has chased away all i
: fears, justified all hopes, and :.
y with universal joy we greet this j
= day. We have not proved I'M 4
" worthy OF great ancestry. We j
= had the virtue to uphold what i
j. they so wisely, so firmly estab- i
+ lished. With these proud poss- :!
+ essions of the past, with powers i
j. matured, with principles settled i
! with habits formed, the nation 4
= passes, as it were, from prepar- j
: atory growth to responsible de- i
4 velopment Of character and the j
j. steady performance of duty. i
= What labors await it, what trials =.
d shall attend it, what triumphs i
j. for human nature, what glory !
y for itself are prepared for this i
= people in the coming century we :.
y may not assume to foretell. Zone !
d generation passeth away and an i
= other generation cometh, but the :!
+ earth abideth forever" and we !
J. reverently hope that these our i
+ constituted liberties shall be 4
= maintained to the unending line !
+ OF our posterity and so long as 1
= the earth itself shall endure. !
= In the great procession of ma i
T. tions, in the great march of hui i
4 manity, we hold our place. i
+ Peace is our duty; peace is our i
: policy. In its arts, it's labors !
J. and its victories, then, we find :
! scope for all our energies, re- I
! wards for all our ambitions, re- !
i nown enough for all our love of :
= fame.-William M. Evarts. .
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02

Patriotism and Powder.

Safety is first aid to the uniniured!
Fore warned is mot always) fore
armed, because advance advice with
out common sense is like a gun with
out ammunition, good to have but Of
little real use.
The near approach of another
Fourth of July in bringing out the
usual warnings in newspaper articles
and editorials. They are copies of
what was printed last year and the
yeare before and the year before that,
and they will have probably just about
as much effect as all the publications
on this subject that have preceded
them. The records from year to year
show, tn country over, about the
same number of distressing accidents
from the careless use of fireworks and
toy pistols in the hands of boys from
sixty to sixty years old.
And in as much as it is reasonably
safe to predict the usual crop of mis-
haps this year it is well to be pre-
pared for the inevitable.
The innocent bystander" is a fire.
quent partner with the boy in these
mishaps and we have a kind of sym
.pathy for him, even though his trou-
bic comes from being too near to bad
company. With the boy himself it is
different, for he knows, and is he does
not his father and mother ought to.
that he is tempting fate for his own
Disagreement and mutilation, in the
use of even the simplest forms of
fireworks.
And so it comes that first aid to
the injured is an important PROPOSE
ton in this connection. The burns
and deeper wounds caused by explod-
ing powder are likely to produce te-
tanus, resulting in its final develop
ment in lockjaw. The horrors of
death from this cause are similar to
those produced by rabies, wherein the
patient conscious to the end, suffers
eXcruciating agonies.
Tetanus develops usually in six to
eight days after injury and following
this disease speeds to a quick con-
Iclusion. Therefore, the time for eff
feetive treatment is before tetanus
develops. A large part of the dan
ger in the situation comes from the
uelay IN geCIlhg tfeatment-preVen-
tive treatment.
The only reasonably certain pre-
ventive, so far as has been discover
ed is the anti-tetanic serum. the
prompt use of which has so largely
reduced the development of tetanus
that its failure is the exception. Its
administration requires the service OF
the physician, but every doctor il
these days is prepared to give this
treatment.
Therefore, if Johnny or Willie has
4 disastrous encounter with a giant
frecracker exploding prematurely, OF
happens to be too near or at the
wrong end of pistol that explodes
blank cartridges, the only thing left
Ito do is to send for the doctor, OF
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'W0MAN'S ADVOCACY
Of PLACE
by W. ]. Bryan.


The advocates of war, anL of thai
preparation" which insures war, are
prone to describe peace prop ga lists
as feminine" and "womanis n: the
speak contemptuously of woman,
crusade against militarism."
My purpose in calling attention to
the lack of respect with which TIE
lingoes treat woman's effor,s in be-
half Of peace is to emphasize the in
fiuence that the present war is tayiay
Y shaplnp opinion as to. woman's
IRht TO voice in these matters.
Dnose who boast of the possession of
martial spirit consider war mans
game" because it is man who kills or
IS Killed in war. But who is man
that ne Shot Id be so ready to slaugh-
ter and to offer himself for slaughter?
Is he some Independent creature who
comes into the world OF himself. lives
IN the world BY himself and departs
from theh world WITHOUT CON-
CERN TO OTHERS? On the con.
trary, his life begins in the travail of
Woman-ln anxiety and pain such
rs the warrior does not know. At his
plrth the most helpless of all animate
things, man needs and receives a wo-
mans care for many years. If YOU
would know which parents care con-
tributes most to his welfare, compare
the fate of the motherless boy with
the fate of the fatherless bov. Is the
boy at liberty to forget his duty to
his mother and throw himself into
battle without thought of her future
need and comfort? And is she, after
having contributed him to the world
and prepared him for his work, to sit
silent while men make a mockery of
her suffering and her tears?
But the mother is also a wife and,
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
THE WASTE BASKET

Thousands of dollars
catalogues folders etc.
throughout the
printing especially printing.
desires that it have what
inoud accomplish it's intended
goods and orders goods Printing
both to buyer and printer shoddy
printer? printing pull
orders has been of the waste basket
catalogue folder. printing
NEWS it, We facility turning
printing
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BOOSTERS, Immense Tail Feathers.

Undertaking to breed rcosters with
but one aim in view, that of length
ening the tail feathers, the natives Of
the island of Shikoku, Japan, have
produced, after hundred years of pa
tient efforts, some marvellous results,
1t is OF record that tail feathers IS
feet in length are to be seen on the
island.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
Who Baked Them?

A little girl was sent to a neigh.
boris with plate OF fresh cookies
that her mother had just baked. In a
little while she came running back to
her n-3ther and said: "Oh, mother,
Mrs. Weeks thought the cookies were
Just fine srd she wants the address
for them
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
When Was He In the Lesislature2

THE legislature, pa" The aver,
age legislature, my SON." replied ].
Fuller Gloom, is a debating society
wherein nobody knows what he is
talking about, and does not care any
thing about what anybody else is
talking about"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-07-02
An Innovation.

But why did you make the hero Of
your drama bald-headed?' queried the
fair female with the ingrowing cur
iosity.
so his hair couldn't turn white in
a single night" explained the budding
dramatist