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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-09

The Woman's Missionary 50"
ciety of the Methodist Church,
South, was entertained at the
home of Mrs. E. A. Burrls On
Wednesday afternoon. The pro-
gram proved to be quite Interest,"
ing, dealing with Social Service
nroblems, Mrs. ]. L. Brock lead
ino the discussions. The prob
lem Of the adolescent boy and girl
was the topic for the day and
was finally developed by Mrs. L.
,IH. Magee, Mrs. Ada Darlington
} and Mrs. Robert Babington'
, A good collection was taken
which will be usedin buying nee
I lessary articles for st. Marx
I Hall at New Orleans
1 Mrs. Burris assisted by Mrs. )
I % Bethea served a very appro
I nriate autumn luncheon at tn
4 close Of the meeting. The plate
x contained cracker cabins hlle'
4 with chicken salad and mayor
= paise, cheese traws, olives, plci
= les, a glass of iced-tea with lemon
- and the whole beautifully s.
= off with golden.rods tied with ye
4 low ribbons.
= Every one present thorough
< appreciated the announcement
<lautumn by this unique COZ
q scheme.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-09
The 1919 Fair.

From all reports and lndlca-
tiOns we learn that increased IN
terest in the fair that is to be held
here in October is evident. A
circular letter has been addressed
to each business concern III Frank
linton stating what progress has
been made and requesting a con-
ference with view to complet-
ing arrangements for rec7lVlng'
distributing and entertaining the
vast throDgs of people that are
expected to be here. Last year
accommodations were inadequate
" provided and refreshments at
the fair grounds fell short. Hap
PLY, this year arrangements have
already been made to feed and
refresh the hungry and THIRSTY
visitors so there will be ample
food etc. for them Many Of the
visitors will be persons Of prom
] nence, VINO have accepted special
d; invitation to be present. These
e gentlemen will come from differ
i ent parts of the state, and, as
they are men who are in the pup
e lie eve-in other words, are can
o didates for state offices, they vii
n appreciate the hearty welcom'
It and generous hospitality tina
u await them. Besides these there
- will be other prominent men, tn
8 Governor included, who will en-
3 1ov themselves with US. In
= stalls, booths and spaces will b
Z filled, our local merchants wi
3 have displays there, our farmer
x will have exhibits, breeders c
= blooded stock will have specimen
y poultry men will strive for pr
Il miums GU their chickens, bird
= rabbits, domestic pets and ped
j greed dogs. Then, there will
= various attractions designed /
u our amusement. Among the
u will be a convention of fiddler
u a slow mule race and jig dancln
u Mr.. Joe Penton may call the II
u dlers: Mr.. Doc Grow, the mul
u and Mr.. j. E. Bateman the
u dancers, So there will be not
u ing wanting to make this fair,
u structive, social and entertainil
u RENDER, it Is only five weeks
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-09

On Monday morning the school
auditorium was crowded to the
limit even of It's standing room
with pupils and patrons for the
opening of the fifths session of
the Franklinton High School.
After The call to order by the
Pricipal, Prof. W. ]. Dunn, the
audience stood and sang Amer
ca and Louisiana, when Rev. }.
J. Walker read some selections
from Proverbs and made appro-
pirate comments upon wisdom
and the unusual opportunities
the girls and boys of the present
day have for obtaining it, after
which he made invocation and
was followed by Hon. j. Vol
Brock in a special welcome to
the teachers.
Miss McMichael, instructor II
piano and expression gave read
ing and also a piano solo wher
Hon. D. r. johnson followed oy
an address on the Advantages o
an Educated Womanhood. T
vocal solo by Miss Ellen Bablng
ton came next when the program
of the opening exercises wa
concluded by a talk by the Prln
cipal on Thoroughness IN tn
Grades.
The pupils were them march
ed in order to their respectlV
rooms where enrolment and a:
signments were made and ltwa
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-09

had F'ranklinto1 High s>cn''i
is second to none and you are n
yited to visit the class rooms az
any time and note the character
of work being done. The coop
Grafton of such a large numoer
Of patrons as assembled at the
opening Monday is in itself SUI
ticient to insure success for the
institution.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-09

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

Helen Keller once wrote to oliver
Wendell Holmes that Words are
the minds Wings" Well, when We
think of how tremendous is this
truth, we realize how many clipped
wings We are sending our thoughts
out into time and eternity With
How far kind word travels! How
big its Wings surely are How far
a brave word goes-to what ends
does it fly on Wings that never tire.
Yes, all words have Wings. That
is the unfortunate thing. And it
seems the irony Of happening that
wrong Words many times travel
farthest.
But unuttered words have no
Wings
Words are expressions Of Life and
the purposes back of what Life rep.
resents. II you LIVE. you cannot
possibly fail to produce Words-and
those abundantly. So that II they
are worth while they may sail and
soar by the power of their Wings
into the farthermost parts of space.
Right now-medtate upon your
absent Words. Where are they fly.
ing? What are they accomplishing?
How IS their influence?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
THE INNOCENT sYsTANDER.

Uncle sam. as the clief innocent
bystander. is finding "A increasingly
difficult TO avoid injury from the
reckless combatants. A mere list Of
Yesterdays international complca-
tions is Impressive. First the State
.Iepartment is reported threatenin4
TO break relations with Austria-Hun-
gary unless there is a prompt compl-
ance with the demands I'm the Ancona
case. In the senate. Iloke smith in
troduced resolution demanding that
mo word or act be omitted to com.
pcl Great Britain to respect the free
licfHO9u'a-uis
dom of the seas ana stop Her uirati
al seizure OF American vessels and
blockade OF our trade with neutrals.
To which Senator Lodee attached a
counter amendment for congress
sional Investigation OF the German
submarine warfare simultaneously
renOrts come that the French cruiser
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
Best New Books
BY CATHERINE COOK

quets with dusky kings, rescues OF
beautiful English and American
tourists-all these and more are
served up in good style to the read
er who likes to read about the
modern swashbuckler in the
African land Of Romance.
CLOSED DOORS. Studies of Deaf
and Blind Children, by Margaret
Prescott Montague. Houghton Mif-
fin Company, New York. $1.00 net.
Just as one sometimes finds the
sweetest and purest flowers grow
ing in barren soil. so do the souls
of little children born blind and
deaf develop a wonderful poetic
imagination under the tender guild
ance of loving teachers.
The remarkable achievements Of
Helen Keller have demonstrated
that the dungeons of child's soul
can be opened through education.
Unhappy parents. whose children
are born under the double penalty
of blindness and deafness will find
encouragement in this book OF
child biographies.
Miss Montague has an intimate
and sympathetic knowledge Of the
dark and silent country in which
these little ones live.
Her stories are Of real life.
Though they are somber and even
tragic, her faith in the uncOnquer-
able human soul brightens even the
saddeSt pages.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
THE coLLEeE WAR PLAN,

The army reorganization plan
drafted BY the Army War College,
from which Secretary Garrison pre-
pared his modified recommendations
may be taken as representing tie pro
fessional opinion on what would con
stitute military preparedness. 1t is
unhampered by the financial and pol
itical problems involved in finding
the money which limited the War
Secretary's modification says the
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Where Mr. Garrison proposed to IN
crease the regular army from 'l0S,00H
to i'll 900 the army college suggesta
a total OF $4,000, at double the ex
nense. Mr. Garrison wishes to raise
the continental army in three annual
installments of 1873, 600 total Of 400
600 but the army college idea is 2
continental army Of 100000 and re-
serve on furlough Of as many more.
The Secretary figured on having
$4,000 men in three years. counting
the national guards 10000. but The
army college plans to have 100000
In eight years, not counting the ma
tional guard The annual cost, when
finally adjusted, would be $4,000
ONg for the Garrison plan and $}l9.-
100000 for the army college proposal.
The questionable point in each plan
is the getting of the'continental army.
Discussion tends to favor concentra'
tion on the development of the ma
tional guard rather than embarking
upon a very dubious experiment. The
most practical plan many think
would be to follow the suggestions
made some years ago by General
Wood, when chief OF staff to short
en- enlistment in the regular army
with a reserve term on furlough add
ed. thereby attracting as many as
possible to the colors and providing
for the widest training In actual ser
vice. This, supplemented by such
and rcorganizatiou OF the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
Pocket ESSAYS
ON WING OLD
BY GEORGE FITCH
n ANS life is full of uncertain
vi ties. He may not get rich.

\ n ANS life is full of uncertain
vi ties. He may not get rich.
He may not get married. He
may not become wise or famous or
strong or insurgent or baldheaded.
But there is one certainty before
him. If he lives long enough he will
become old.
Old age is a period Of life during
which a man stops watching the
speed indicator and the road ahead
and takes his hands off the steering
wheel and begins to watch the road
behind 1t is a calm little spot be-
tween a mans last enthusiasm and
his first bouquet. 1t may come hap
PLY, accompanied with fame, wealth
and grandchildren, or it may come
bitterly, with bills and rheumatism
and relatives who don't know enough
to realize that they will some day
grow old themselves But come it
will to every man if he is fortunate
enough to be waiting for it when it
arrives
Old age comes to various men at
various ages. Some men at eighty
years keep old age waiting impa-
tiently while they attend ball games
and motor over the country. Other
men who have managed to wriggle
under the world and hoist it onto
their shoulders at thirty, welcome
old age and make it feel perfectly at
home before they are old enough to
be eligible for the presidency,
AS a rule, however man begins to
wear slowly away at fifty, beginning
at the top. At sixty his hair and
teeth are leaving him fast and his
digestion is following them At sew
enty he doesn't care whether the
country goes for protection or free
trade if the returns come in after
nine o'clock at night. His teeth are
much better than they were, but he
is not so firmly attached to them
He likes books with large print and
his knees and ankles need new
springs and lubricants. At eighty
he removes himself from general cir
culation and goes back to his boy
hood-fOr boyh0od and old age have
a mutual admiration society. At
ninety, he is a guest who has lin
gered long after the feast Men live
to be older than this, but as a rule
only partially They are Ilen whom
death is taking away in installments.
Old age is uncomfortable, but it
las its emoluments. Man grows wise
with age. He learns that there will
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

HDD1fTrD O.rI,o oeeorte tbal
Tanan couldnt sond lorrc
4 armed forco 70 E,,rona IL i
NouIu' because ol lts lack OF aae-
q"".G l.e"I'' ui tIansport' but WY
slOuIu" J"p'u ring OUT ol llS nlu-
lug ing pIaoeS lIe .7eI OF transports thal
million men on our Pacific coast?--
Springfield Rop"5licGR.
40" 40" llldI ~ tae great hationS
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
Views OF The Press

A man who fell off an elephant
in the New York ZOO is bringing suit
for damages. Has the Colonel
thought of that?-C -CIcrcldnd Plain
Dealer,
Maybe the King of Roumania and
the King Of Greece are bidding
against each other for the Nobel
peace prize.-Neic York Morning
Tclegraph.
Another blow to the king business
is that the Gar or some other ruler
is always leaving for the front, and
then nothing happens.-EQRSaS City
Star
Tammany's opposition to woman
suffrage in New York forced the vo-
ters to decide the old question. THE
lady or the tiger?' r?'-NdSbUHl South
tlH LHm herman.
II Is understood that nobody is
quite so indignant over the Armen.
ian massacrcs as the gentlemen who
ordered the last Russian pogrom.-
Boston Transcript.
Then. again, talking of the power
behind the throne, how about being
The first mother-inIaw Of the land?-
PlttSJWg Chronicle Telegraph.
General Villa says he is not afraid
TO fight the entire United States
Army lie must have been reading
some Of those numerous magazine
articles regarding our unprepared-
noss.-NaShUiHe SoutbCrn Lumber.
man.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

The physician now pumps the
cuff full of air. thus gradually
squeezing the arm, while he keeps
his fingers or stethoscope on the
pulse at the wrist; at the point
where the pulse no longer reaches
the wrist he reads what the mano-
meter says-and that is your blood
pressure. As simple as feeling your
pulse, but incomparably more ac-
curate.
Arterial hardening (arterio-sclero-
sis) will show itself early in a rise
Of pressure over the normal. Kid
ney disease. certain toxic or auto
toxemic states, will increase blood
pressure markedly, for instance,
uremia. This is why the expectant
mother should have her blood pres.
sure measured occasionally il she Is
not perfectly we'll. Over-eating and
excessive quantities OF meat in the
diet will raise blood pressure. To-
bacco, alcohol, lead poisoning and
certain chronic infectious diseases
likewise elevate the pressure above
normal, and help to wear out the
arteries.
A man Is as old as his arteries
and a woman as old as she looks, and
we determine age in the medical
sense by the measurement of the
blood pressure with the sphygmo-
manometer. Part Of the annual
physical examination which every
man over thirty should have. if he
values his body as highly as he
values his automobile or his watch.
is the blood pressure test. 1t will
tell him whether he is living beyond
his physical means.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
b
JsyE House 49,

l., you desire to compliment a
woman cat her salad in such man
ner as to convey the impression that
you are enjoying it,
Art has many manifestations. The
lattice work cranberry pie is one
expression of it.
II can also be said for John D.
Rockefeller that kerosene is much
cheaper than electricity.
The tattoo mark is superior to
the chin whisker in the respect that
1t can be successfully concealed.
If the people get the impression
tnat it is musical comedy. grand
opera often plays to good business.
The lesson of nearly every elec.
ton is that people seldom vote as
thev cheer.
When woman is charged with
crime her sex generally is the best
defense that can be offered.
A man has this advantage over a
dog. \ man doesn't have to show
his pedigree to obtain recognition ,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
Health Talks
Blood Pressure
BY WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

w HAT is blood pressure, and
w how does the doctor meas
w ure it?
Blood pressure Is the force with
which the column of blood in tho
blood vessel presses against the ves-
sci wall. 1t Is just like water pres
sure in lawn hose. The higher the
pressure, the greater the strain on
the hose, and the sooner the hose
will give out.
In health the degree of blood pres
sure varies with age. For all ages
1t average 127 millimeters-which
means that the pressure of the blood
in the artery Of the arm is enough
to raise a column Of mercury 127
milimeters above the level. From
fifteen years upward a blood pressure
under 100 degrees is rather too low
for health; and from middle life on
ward, life insurance companies look
with disfavOr upon a pressure above
145 degrees However, we often
find the blood pressure 160 or more
in persons past middle age, yet they
seem to be absolutely well.
There are dozen types OF appara-
tus for measuring the blood pres
sure. The thing is done in this way.
A cuff is wrapped lightly about the
upper arm; this cuff consists of an
infatable section of rubber tube like
the inner tube of an auto-tire, COW
cred with stout layer of cloth, the
whole pinned or tied about the arm
A length of rubber tubing leads from
this cuff to an airpump, and also 10
the standard which holds the mer-
curry column in a glass tube. Instead
of the mercury column dial mano-
meter may be used.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

MAKING MONEY, by Owen John
son. With eight illustrations by
James Montgomery Flagg. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company, New
York. $1.35 net.
The hero of this story is a young
college man who goes into the
Wall Street game with $4,000 and
a conscience. How he loses one
and saves the other is told with
speed and considerable insight in
to the private life of New York
aristocracy.
The characters are true to the
type so popular in light literature
the concentrated, money-making
father; the soulless and even mean
mother; the three daughters with
positive, comparative and superla-
tive degrees Of beauty, wit, charm
and daring: all but one of them
fond of money, society and titled
adventurers.
1t is not a pretty nor edifying
picture Of family life, but the
story is entertaining and that is all
one expects of the modern novel.
WINGS OF DANGER, by Arthur
A. Nelson. Robert NJ Mcbride q
Co., New York.
It's long, long way to Matabe-
land, but when you return to Pic
cadilly Circus with a cargo of dia-
monds, gold, ivory and lovely
wife, you can bet that your hearts
right there.
South Africa and Cecil Rhodes
lend the right touch of history and
local color to dashing heros eI-
ploits. 1t is a regular touch and
go from the first page, when the
hero rides into Johannesburg town
square in search of trek oxen, to
the last page, when the Queen
knights the hero for his glorious
deeds in the Hinterland. Lion
hunts, fights with natives, ban
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
Current Poetry
The Song OF The Zeppelin


By skyey ways, Ger mountains
height,
The dim earth slumhering far
below,
l hold my course by compass right
Ger neutral lands, DER friend or
foe!
The glttering consultations burn
Unnumbered in their stellar fires;
Space silent spreads where'er turn,
And far below are mountain
spires
onward I speed meath moon or star;
Chill grows the night DER Bulgar
plain;
The skies above all peaceful are
Where Night and Silence hold
their reign
No sentry's warning challenge comes
To halt me in my onward flight;
Like martial music, beat of drums.
My engine heart throbs all the
night!
No messenger of love am +,
But like Jove's Eagle swift go:
| bear through depths Of silent sky
The thunderbolts of war and woe.
Ny compass points to Dardanelles.
Where mighty hosts opposing
stand;
My dragon teeth Of shot ond shells
| soon will strow upon their
strand
A monarch of night and air.
| scorn the earth below me flung:
The things | do, the deeds I dare
Not Homer's self e'er dreamed or
sung;
And lions topmost tower vast
To me an idle boast but seems.
The Present dims the mighty Past
For | have scaled the heights OF
dreams.
Lo, in the East the morning star
Now glows DER lofty Ida's height:
The dawn slow climbs the Orient
bar
'Tis time l fold my wings of night
For far below Sophia's dome
Stands guard above the Golden
Horn.
Its Star and Crescent signal Home"
My freight OF death land at
morn,
H. 7. sudduth. in Aclc YORK
I0rId. a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
uanner Slnnal.

II the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or go and help
put out the fire? It is much the same
way with a cough. A cough is a
danger signal as much as a fi:e bell
You should no more try to suppress il
than to stop a fire bell when it +
ringing. but should cure the disease
that causes the coughing. This can
nearly always be done by taking
Chamberlains Cough Remedy. Many
have used it with the most beneficial
results. il is especially valuable for
the persistent cough that so often fol
lows a bad cold or an attack OF the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Beechlng, An
drews Ind, writes: During the win
ter my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs Chamberlain
Cough Nemedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
Won cannot get him to take any 9th
er" Ohtainable everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

national guard, with the active co
operation OF the war department, az
would popularize II and keep It az
the highest efficiency, seems moro
practical than the fancful theory Of
a continental army that may or may
not be secured Conscripton talk at
this stage it. Of course, arrant non.
sense. If America resorts to con
scription in time of peace it viii be
after the people have approved it,
not on the whim Of the secretary Of
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

n. 7. Ripley is president of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
way company. On his 10th birthday
his salary was increased from $75,-
600 to 100000 a year. Rpley is a
$500, 900 year man and is the high
est salaried railway executive in the
United States{ Or. @Osler said that
when a man became go he should he
chloroforned as his career was over.
f. P. Ripley gives a lie to his theory.
Ripley is 10 and is regarded as one
of the ablest, efficient and most ac-
tive railway executives.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

Some men at eighty Keep old age
1cditing tehiIc they dttcnd ball games
and turns over to his own children
to worry with at night. He does not
abandon suit of clothes just as it
has accommodated itself to his frame
and has won his love. He doesn't
worry because his dress suit is get
ting too tight or because he can't
have an automobile or because he
has to part his hair with the aid of
magnifying glass Moreover a mans
youth becomes glorious and satisfy
ing in his old age, because the little
infant accomplishments Of his boy
hood have grown up with him to
adult size.
We are told that there is no room
for old men in this country; that
young men not only do the work
but give the advice, too. But the
fact is our old men are getting too
wise to work They are playing
golf with their grandchildren in
stead.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14
couob Medicine for Children.

Mrs. Hugh Cook. Scottsville, n. Y,
says about five years ago when
we were living in Garbutt, N. Y, !
doctored two of my children suffer
ing from colds with Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy and found 1t just as
represented in every way 1t prompt
lv checked their coughing and cured
their colds quicker than anything
ever used" Obtainable everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

General Botha has been instructed
to capture German East Africa. This
is the kaiser's remaining colony.
There are 5000 whites in the entire
9H4, 900 square miles of the territory.
This fighting Boer asked to lead a
South African army into the British
trenches in France but was informed
he could be of more use to imperial
interests by capturing East Africa
from the Germans.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-12-14

always be another street car and that
the one just passing isn't worth run
ming for. He learns that few things
which happen at midnight are worth
watching and that even if the wrong
party triumphs the sun will rise on
schedule time. He acquires grand
children whom he plays with by day