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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-19
Special School Tax

Editor Waterman:
BY way of reaching the citi.
zenship of Caldwell parish, will
ask you to publish this commu.
nication.
Feeling a deep interest in ed
ucation and knowing that the
terms for collecting special tax
es voted in some wards and sew
eral districts of our Parish have
and are now expiring and know
ing the need of more special tax
es, in order to assure more rea-
sonable lengths of terms, and
having faith in the intelligent a.
Weakening of our citizens to a
realization of a most important
duty, and to assure equal length
of terms for all schools through
out our parish, suggest that we
vote in the interest of education
a special parish wide tax of at
least eight mills on the dollar.
The purpose of this special tax
is specific in it's nature, repre-
senting a cause that is entitled
to the deepest thought of every
individual and especially of those
high intellectual ability. What
say you? Would be pleased to
hear from all quarters.
Yours in interest Of progress.
G.. T. MARTIN.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-19
! PERSONAL and OTHE! ISE
.. D. Seabough paid Monroe

w. ~ oedpougH PAID Monroe
a business visit Saturday.
Z. b. HUMPHREYS of Grayson
was a pleasant caller at this Of
flee Tuesday morning.
Assessor S. P. Walker is now
busy assessing the tax payers of
Caldwell Parish.
Kiss Edna Carroll of Ruston
arrived Monday and will spend
several weeks in Columbia, visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mrs. J. W. Smith and little
daughter, Doris, of Kelly, are
the guests of Mrs. Smiths faith
err, Mr.. D. c. Fisher.
This week there has been
some moving around among our
merchants. W. G. Ferrand NOV
ed his stock of goods to the frame
building north of the traffic
bridge. The Peoples Mercan-
tile Co., has moved from the
Masonic building to the build
ing vacated by Mr.. Ferrand.
We have been told that Rogers
Brothers will move their stock
of goods from Biggs Point to
Columbia and be located IN the
Masonic building.
Miss Katie Walker entertain
ed the members of the Embroid-
cry Club last Saturday after
noon, at her home in Columbia.
This Club meet once every week
and all members were present at
the meeting Saturday, each car
rying their work and enjoying
the pleasures of the afternoon
afforded them at the home of
the much admired hostess. De-
licious refreshments were serv-
ed. Those present were: Miss
es Adele Redditt, Marion Thorn
hill, Eloise Herndon, Bessie
Walker. Mesdames A. D. Bird
ger, H. W. Blanks, Carrie
Grayson, S. P. Walker.
Mrs. J. M. Bennett and the
Misses Barnes entertained a few
of their friends, Friday night, at
the latters home near Blankston.
Dancing was the feature of the
evening, and a grand time had
by all present. There were a.
musements arranged by the
hostess for those who did not
indulge in dancing. A tempt
inc luncheon was served during
the evening. Those present
were. Miss Johnnie Langham,
of Columbia, Misses Phillis Cum
mings and Louisa Flournoy OF
Monroe, Misses Mirle and Maud
Barnes and Mrs. j. M. Bennett.
Messrs. J. E. Godfrey, andS. G..
FARRELL.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-02-19

storm of rice broke upon them
from all sides.
The young couple then took
their seats that were previously
arranged when they received the
many congratulations and well
wishes of their many friends.
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present fsame OF mind they vii An
swer Bryan that plutoeraey or no
Epiutoeraez, 1t Is the party tint gave
Hprosperity to the country md that Il
was the whining, h~ypocrttica1 Dem
Hocfacys that destroyed ~ The editor
|of The Commoners also warnsIth com.
try that the RspublicanIparty, tf again
entrusted With powerful at It's EARL:
est opportunity. erect a tariff barrier
higher than the one before the Demo
cratic party came in. TIT is neces-
sary, the party viii surely do that
thing because the country will COM
mission It to do 1t. That's q poor way
to scare the country, after it has been
afflicted so sorely with Democratic
free trade.-Wheeling 1ntelligencer.
IH|E rrlNH1 #-HAr#H t.lLhNH a5aHNEMf. eHLU %MM
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a WORE.

Much has been said and written
about our coast defenses, generally of
al alarmist tone. Reinsurance on this
point from General Goethals is there;
fore doubly welcome. The builder Of
the Panama canal, whose opinion is
backed by a feat accomplished, says
the Notifications Of the United States
are all right, they have been built
properly and are the best to be found.
While the easy destruction of the
forts at Liege was taken as showing
the superiority Of land guns over forts
it does not follow that naval guns
would as easily demolish coast torti-
fcations. There is no naval feet that
can force a strong and properly con.
structed coast fertilization, Goethals
says. He supports this assertion by
citing the failure Of the Japanese fleet
on Port Arthur, of our own feet on
Santiago, and the lack of progress by
the allied feet operating in the OAR
danelles. Coast defense guns, such as
ours, he says, could reduce a naval
feet before it got within striking dis
lance.
It must be remembered, however,
that his opinion deals only with the re-
spective powers of naval and coast
guns. He does not enter into any
discussion Of the adequacy Of our
coast artillery in trained men or in
the military support of our tortihca.
tions needed to protect them against
land operations.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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LAKE MoHoNK DOES BETTER.

LAKE MoHoRK DOES BETTER.
Has the Lake Mohonk peace con:
ference, the traditional foe Of mill
tarism In all It's forms, gone over to
the enemy? 1t may seem SO to some
extreme paciAsts participating in its
deliberations or reading accounts Of
the proceedings, but the fact is that
the preponderant opinion ofithe gather.
ing emphasizes the necessity for pre-.
paredness against instead Of for war.
Called for the purpose OF promoting
sentiment in favor Of international ar
bitration, the delegates advocate "the
strengthening of the military and
naval forces of the United States SO
as effectively to protect u sea
coasts" This is not all incompatible
with the principle Of arbitration Of in
ternatlonal disputes. The householder
who keeps a revolver in the bureau
drawer fully desires to live at peace
with his neighbors. He has no inten-
ton Of going out Of his way to pick
a quarrel. The weapon is not for
neighbors, but for the chance mar.
auder. The proposed establishment of
a permanent court Of justice for the
nations, with armed forces to back up
its DEGREES, is receiving the cordial
support of multitudes Of thoughtful
persons. 1t is no longer regarded as
a wild dream Of enthusiastic theorists.
But until such a tribunal can be
erected there is as much necessity as
ever for adequate armies and nayies
and those who are most earnest in
working for the realization of the
former ideal are Just as sincere in
urging preparedness for war in the
meantime.
Lake Mohonk meetings in the past.
whether justly or unjustly. have gain
ed the reputation of bringing together
peace.at.any.price advocates. Their
discussions have scarcely been re-
garded by the public at large as of
serious Importance. But this year
they seem t have struck the right
keynote. The question Of ultimate
permanent world peace requires a lot
of threshing out.-Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
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An excellent supper served In the
basement of then E. Church closed
the session of school men who gath.
cred at the Normal School building on
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AFTER=DRNNER
MINIS

EMNUNN@TAN
That Rushyi1e CInd9 witemayh have
whisky by the quart and she took
5S15 a drink. Great little idea, girls,
In spite OF the ridicule Of Uncle
Sans shirt sleeve diplomacy We OBJ
serve that Uncle Sam Is caring for the
,diplomacytot about a dozen European
nations IN various other nations.
-Four miles OF the island OF Min:
.danao the Paciic2ocean is 32,0ss feet
deep, which is almost as deep as we
hope to see some of these conversa-
tional warriors sunk.
Household Hint: Husbands search.
ing for last seasons belts will do we'll
to examine the straps on the satchels
in the attic.
Why not turn loose a flock of those
man.eating fish OF Col. Roosevelt's and
let them pursue the German subs?.
The Bethlehem company has re-
ceived an order for 5000 cannon. Let's
keep our cannon at home.
You can't tell by watching a girl In
a restaurant how she eat soup at
home.
One thing is certain. whatever Italy
gets now will not be classed as a bar.
gain.
Anyhow, the Portuguese are bound to
win their war; whichever way it goes.
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Amerlean AIstorians.

The most eminent living historians
of American history include James
Ford Rhodes, Henry Adams, Frederick
J. Turner, Herbert L. iosgood, William
A Dunning, Albert Bushnell Hart,
John Bach McMaster, ], w. Burgess,
James schouler, and Charles a.
Beard.
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MONDAY 4 - 1915:
An oPpoRTUNITY

An unusual Opportunity for the bet.
tet5nent % the city presents itself in
The proposed nlilng Of that portion
81 OF Coal Run that Is now crossed
BY 4 Bridge TO a width that will give
tie city q so foot street and building
1ots Of sufficient depth on either side
on which business houses can be
erected
For d long time many people OF
F~airnont have cherfshed the hope
thst such en5tmproyement might some
day be made, and &c would seem that
this hope may be realized II the city
but takes advantage Of the oppor.
tunity that now Is presented. 1t is to
be hoped that It Wtll.
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That Old. trtedsa and true demagogue,
tie ostenstbls secretary Of state, 10
ths current Issue of his Lincoln
pamphlet The Commoner, in a signed
article, tunes his iyre to TIRE I'D songs
Be used to sing otsthe - deytl'
and the eslimy octopus in his three
ftuitsss attempts on the presidency.
NO one haitfawake, says Mr.. Bryan.
can be isneraptsot the fact that the
Republican party8i { 8stillathe party Of
~piutocraes Ii this was not SO shop
worn the people might attend to the
rseretarsss warnings. But in their
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New veraIon o. old sonn,

Grandpa was showing little Helen
the pictures in a popular magazine.
Coming to a page which advertised
mems wearing apparel. he called GER
tain garments 'breeches." Whereupon
the little thr~ee.year-old, hearing a IA
miliar sound that carried suggestions,
began to sing London brooches fall
ing down."
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Editorial Comments
on Current Subjects

There are laws often adopted for a
good purpose that defeat themselves
and obstruct their purpose. This full
crew law Is one OF. them II you want
to make a man hustle you mustn't sit
down on him. IL we want progress in
our railroads and other public utilities,
we must not tie them down to our own
shortstShted. selfish notions. We must
make use of sthem as friends and not
as enemies. We must see that great
enterprises are not oppressive, and
leave them alone to work out their
own saIvation.-ohio State Journal.
The main German plea in defense OF
the attack on the Lusitania is that the
ship carried (as her manifest ,proves)
a large quantity of ammunition. Even
British opinion is condemning the
.Cunard line management for soliciting
and carrying passengers under such
conditions conditions which they
knew made the ship liable to attack.
We are certainly not attempting to
palliate the sinking of passenger ships
under circumstances that involve the
sacrifice of hundreds Of innocent hu.
mar lives. But we thoroughly agree
with the Chicago paper that the Com
bination OF ammunition and passen-
gers" can not be justified. There is al.
ready a law which prohibits the carry.
ing Of explosives by passenger ships.
Our government owes 1t to Tits own citi-
.zens, particularly at this time. to pre-
vent any passenger liner leaving our
ports from carrying such now doubly
dangerous freight as the Lusitania had
on her manifest. The carrying OF
ammunition is military service, not
passenger service; and we repeat, It
appears. to US that should the German
government (desisting in the mean
time from submarine attacks on pas
senger ships) agree to immune pas
senger ships from submarine attack in
return for a guarantee on u side
that passenger ships clearing from
our ports shall not carry munitions OF
war, 1t would be a reasonable PROPOSE
tion.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
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To have succeeded where Billy Sum
day; the noted evangelist, failed, is the
unique distinction that Tom Moore
possesses.
He induced the saloon keepers in
a small New jersey town to close
down to enable hiE to film some
scenes Of the movie drama, "Preju.
dice"
Perhaps under Billy Sundays tute-
Iage Moore might be taught how to
close them up for keeps.
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sMAsHINa An IDOL.

British attacks on Lord Kitchener
nom Tie yefy quarters that most in,
sistentfy demanded his being placed
n charge Of the war office at the
outbrsak % hosttlities may e sur,
prlaius, but should notbs 50. He is
simply sufering5the fate OF all national
IDOLS WHO fan TO accomplish the i'm
possible. +
Kitchener first attracted attention
u hard WORKING officer with a ca.
pacity for Organization which won
hin the sirdarship In Egypt. During
The Besr var ne was chief of staff
and. although ii has been the custom
Of 1ate to credit him with subjugating
oom Paul,s lighters, It was the gen.
eraiship % the late Lord Roberts that
WAS ehiedytresponsible. Asa imam of
mystsry the Kitchener myth was
widely exploited and gave rise to
enormcuslS exaggerated ideas Of his
psrsonalftgs HSScamefto be regarded
as q sort OF superman'and until recent.
~ no enjoyed thespowers almost of a
dictatorship in Britain. When he
Predicted In TIE depthsof winter that
the war WIN begin in May" John
Bull and many others waited expect
antty 9or q decisive turn. But May
has come and the war,5so far as Kit
chensr il concerned IS no farther ad.
yanced. Donht entered the British
mind, men suspicion that the feet Of
the idol might after ansbe but clay.
The raw bstweenSchurchil and Fisher
II the navy opened the ~foodgates of
controversy and Kitchener ceased to
Be above criticism. Nov a coalition
cabinet tsito replace the superman.
Il Il not charged that kitchener Is
deacsent IN his special eld-organiza.
ton. but the trouble has been that
too much was expected from him,
more than my one man could ac-
compltsh. That was not his fault,
except 90 Tar may have accepted
he popular e~xsggeration Of his pow.
sru. noutbisss much Of the criticism
nov bling directed at him by the Lon.
don press sis Inspired by political
p~nrposes. csbtnetse changes simply dis.
nensions and resentments. Some Of
thans my pc at the bottom of the
attempts 10 hurl ofSK." OF his
pedestai.-ptttsburgh Dispatch.
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The Lusitania case has brought out
the suggestion from-many sources that
human life could be saved If the gov.
ernments concerned would see to 1t
that no passenger vessel should carry
arms and ammunition or other ex-
|plosiyes. The attention OF the Post
has been directed to the fact that
this subject is already covered by ex.
listing law, and that the collector OF
the port Of NewsYork could have pre-.
vented the Lusitania from sailing
that 1t was in fact, his duty to with.
hold clearance papers, in view of the.
fact that the Lusitania was carrying
dangerous explosives and steerage.
passengers at the same time, in Vio-
lation' OF law. The low referred to is
the "act to regulate the carriage of.
passengers by sea-" enacted in 1882
and amended in 1903, 1904 and 1908.
In time of war It is a crime to permit
passenger vessels to carry explosives,
or to permit passengers to travel on
freight steamers loaded with explo.
stves. The law makes it the duty Of
collectors of customs to direct the ex-
animation of steamers "by an inspec-
tor or other officer OF the customs, who
shall make the examination and re-
port whether the provisions of this
act have been complied WITH Why
is not this law enforced ?@Washingto
Post.
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In New York a man has Just been
placed in Jail because he is unable to
pay a judgment for 1853 rendered
against him when a child trippled and
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uddunas1doadouHH
saturday afternoon to discuss matters

Saturday afternoon to discuss matters
pertaining to better schools for the
county.
During the supper addresses were
heard by some Of the. educators pres;
ent. Attorney G.. NJ. Alexander presid-
ed as POSTMASTER at the banquet. The
addresses were made by Dr.. o. I.
Woodley, president OF the Fairmont
State formal School; J.gF. Marsh
secretary OF the State Board of Re:
gents; Prof. Joseph Roster, of'the city
public schools; Prof. W. A. Hustead, of
the East Side public schools; Harry
Shaw. W. D. Ice, DR.. Jarvis, superin-
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injured itself on premises maintained
by the defendant. Not only was he UNI
able to pay the Judgment, but he could
not earn enough money to support his
family. The officers of the law who
arrested the unfortunate man provided
cash enough to keep his family from
immediate starvation. The state, of
course, will support the debtor and
perhaps charitably disposed persons
will provide food for his family until
some Solomon finds a way out Of an
absurd situation created by a law en-
acted in modern times to govern an in
.telligent communicable Washington
Herald.
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Lime Treatment
in tuberculosis

In the May rs, 1919, issue Of the
Journal Of the American Medical As
socintion appeared this stntemen eat
concerning calcium tlime) medica-
tion In the treatment lot rulmou nry
tubercnlosis tconsumptioI) NO.
"under the systematic, continued
ana persistent regime of calcium
assimilntioa, vsn Gieson has seen a
number 81 bits patients improve, un-
derEo .nn exudation or partial cone
soiidatioa In the lung, which then re-
solving would appear TO contribute
to the wallinE on and elosinE OF the
LESSONS. Hand In hand with this
eourse Of events. the sputum elears
up OF tuhercle baeflli. which hnaiIyf
disappear. and the patients are dis
charged With healed pulmonary tu-
Ethical medical journals seldom
agent yet this testimony coincides
with that from many consumptlyes
who have secured like results
through the use Of rckmnn's ,Aitera-
Since calcium Is, a lconstituent OF
THIS REMEDY for pulmonary tuberctI.
losis aud allied throat and bronchial
affections, Its healing power may in
some rnehsure be attributed 10 The
manner N which this element Is SO
to be easily assifniiat led 81 the AVER
age person and V does not irritate
Eekman's Alternative contains no
opiates, narcotics or habit Forming
druEA 50 IL 10 safe TO try. N @yofir
druEetst u. out of Il. ask hin, 10
order on send direct 10
Eekman Laborntofy, Phfladeiphtn.
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AWARDS DIPLOMAS
TO THE EL|G|BLES
Common School Diplomas
Out By County School
Superintendent.

Two score or more public school
pupils will be made happy today by
the receipt of letters from County
Superintendent of Schools w. NJ. Ken.
nedy. notifying them that they have
successfully passed the examination
for common school diplomas, held in
Grant, Union and Winfield districts,
February and 5. Az.
Further tests for elementary diplo.
mas will be held to all the districts
March % and &c. and on May 10 and
IA, after which there will be com.
mencemcnt exercises and tie award
ing OF the diplomas. The delay In
announcing the names of those who
passed the February examinations is
due to the long and difficult task OF
marking the examination papers. The
names Of those who passed follow:
Grant Dlstrlct-Mabel Decker, Fred
Harden, Bonnie Johnson, Lloyd Leon.
ard. Robert Address, Kenneth Currey,
Jennie Hewitt. James Leon. Waldon
Leonard. Elsie Louk. Hugh Marley,
John Henry Mort, Ruth Watkins, John
Oscar iost. Shelagh Baker.
Union DIstrict-Henry Bolton. Edith
Boylcs, Wayne Caldwell. Warren l..
Carpenter. Allene Clclland, Nellie
Hawkins. Kenneth Hoffman. George
Linn, Ruby Lynn, Paul McAllister,
John Radford, Jesse. Sattertield, Wal.
ter Shoemaker, Marjorie Stanley. Ell.
mer Vincent.
Winfield District-Jesse A. Bowman,
Fay Brown. Georgia v. Bunner, Lem.
uel Bunner, Flint Bunner, Allen Car.
ter, John Clelland. Russell Corbin,
Cleora Madge Currey, Roxie Curry.
Cecile DEFAULT, Charles J. Default,
Clarence Harris, Howard Harris, Edith
Haun. Mannon Haun. Alma r. John.
son, Edith Jones Arlie Lee Kirby,
Floyd Linn. Carl A. McCray, Nettie
Malone, Fay Moran. Lena Moran, Mary
Moran. Ruby Moran, Olive e. Morgan,
Ruth Musgrove, May Pitcher, Minnie
Rodeheavcr. Marie Shuttleworth, Troy
Stevens, Muriel Summers. Matte
Travis, Gladys Watkins.
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In illustration of the ways of tho
east side Of London the following true
story is told: A certain club for work.
Ing girls in the east end of London hut
recently elected new member, and
one day the secretary happened TO lool;
out of the window and was surprised
to- see the new member rush up. TO II
stranse lad In the street, punch him
Violently Oh the head and lhcn run
away. The secretary demonstrated
with her sharply. to which the new
member made reply: I'm very sorry.
] won't do II 10 more IL It's aein the
rules. but perlnps you won't mind tell.
Ing me. then, how am ever to get en-,
.gaged;"
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How Masks Ar. Made.

Paper masks are made by doubling
one sheet Of specially prepared pa.
per, wetting 1t and molding it by hand
over a face form. 1t is then dried by
artificial heat. Openings are cut for
eyes, nose and mouth, and the mask
Is painted and decorated by hand.
Wire MASKS are made by stamping a
piece Of wire netting about n foot
square over face mold in large ma.
chine, inclosing the rough wire edges
In a narrow strip OF lend. Then It Is
painted. The painting is done by hand
in oil colors.-Exchange.
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same basis as an American one. !"

same basis as an American one"
Germanys dominance in the pro
ductton and commerce OF dyestuffs,
the secretary said, Is 80 marked and
inherently OF such potential might
that It does not hesitate to make It.
self felt whenever and wherever an
effort is made toward emancipation
from its control.
Its influence has been felt at once
In our country when efforts to manu-.
facture Intermediate compounds or
finished dyes threatened in any way
the Interests OF the German produc.
ton and trade"
Mr.. Redfeld pointed out that the
domestic consumption Of artificial
dyestuifs amounted annually to st5.,
100000, and that the supply from
abroad might be cut off any day.
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AMERICA IS READY
TO Make own dyes
Redfield Reports Capital Is
Prepared If Protected
From Foreigners. Il

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2s.-secre.
tary Redfeld has informed the senate
that American chemical works and
manufacturers Of dyestuifs were ready
to embark capital and enterprise In
building up distinctly American
coal.tar chemical industry. using en-.
trely American crudes: and interme.
diaries" providing there is adequate
legislative prohibition against both
dumping" In our markets or unfair
restraint Of American trade. by the
arbitrary action Of foreign monopoly
permitted by foreign law and not as
yet forbidden by our own.
Some Of the. largest. manufaetur.
ers," he added, have personally in
formed the department that what Is
needed lis not q tariff change, but iaws
! placing foreign monopoly on the