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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
LATE COLD.

The weather Saturday and Sun
day was cold, there was frost Sa-
turday and Sunday, which light
freeze Sunday, which had a bad
effect on all growing plants, the
rain the day before. however, pre-
vented greater damage from the
cold.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
SHERIFFS SALE.
Mrs. EleOnOre Temphlet
James Johnson
No. 11430

18th Juiicial District Court.
State of Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin.
By virtue of an order of seizure and sale
issued out of the 18th Judicial District
Court, in and for the Paaish Of st. Mar
tin, State of Louisiana. in the above en-
titled aud numbered suit, dated this 9th
day of April A. ID. 1916.
have seized and will proceed to sale
at Public Auction to the last and high
est bidder az the front door Of the Court
House, between the legal sale hours I'll
a. m. to 4 .. NJ in the Town of st. Mar
tinville, Oh
Saturday May goth, 1916,
the following mentioned and described
property. tO-wit:
That certain farm with all the imple
ments thereon except one Cistern. stu
ated in the 4th Ward of ST. Martin Pa
IRISH, La. West of Teche measuring For
ty (4'D superficial arpents or more
bounded north by property of Omer Ba-
bin. south 10y land Of Jos. Broussard
east by land of Michel & ais, and west
by land of Bite. Clement.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms and cOnditions-cash.
Sheriff's office this llth day of Apri
A. d. 1916.
WADE O. MARTIN, Sheriff
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15

Mrs. Alcide Landry died at the
home of her husband this parish,
Sunday and was buried from the
Catholic church Monday afternoon.
She was 30 years of age.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON
Western District of Louisiana,

On the 9TH day Of April, A. ID. 1916, on reading
the foregoing petition. il is Ordered by the
Court that hearing be had upon the same On
the sth day of May. A. ID. 1916. before Honorable
Geo. s. Taylor. Referee and Special Master. at
Lake Charles. Louisiana. in said District, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon; and that notice thereof
be published in The Weekly Messenger at 1t.
Martinville, La, a newspaper printed in said
District. and that all known creditors and other
persons in interest may appear at the said time
and place and show cause. il any they have, why
the prayer of said petitioner should not be
granted.
And II Il Further by the court. that the clerk
shall send by mail TO all known creditors copies
of said petition and this order, addressed to
them at their places of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Aleck Boarman, Judge
of the said Court and the seal thereof, ut Shreve-
port, in said District, on the 9Th day Of April,
A. ID. 1916.
Attest: LEROY b. GULOTTA, Clerk.
BY Il. G. JACKSON. Deputy Clerk.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
WATCH CHILD'S COUGH

Colds. running Of nose. continued irri-
tation of the mucous membrane II neg
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take the chances-dO something for your
child Children will not take every
medicine. but they will take DIR. Kings
New Discovery and without bribing or
teasing. It's a sweet pleasant Tar Syrup
and 80 effective. just laxative enough
to eliminate the waste pOisOns. Almost
the first dose helps. Always prepared, no
mixing or fussing. Just ask your drug
gist for DIR. Kings New Discovery. 1t
will safeguard your child against seri-
Gus ailments resulting from colds.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
Subscription S 90 year IN advance
SATURDAY. April IS, 1916.


SHERIFF'S SALE.
Southern Saw Mill Company.
for use and benefit of Exchange Bank of
NatchitOches
vs.
Breaux Bridge Lumber Co., Limited
No. lO545
10Th Judicial District Court. Parish OF
st. Martin.
By virtue of a writ Of Seizure and Sale.
issued out Of the 18th Judicial District
Court OF Louisiana. In and for the Pa
IRISH of st. Martin. under date OF 9th day
of November 1909. in the above entitled
and numbered cause and being based Oh
an order of the District Court in and for
tho Parish of st. Martin. under date Of
the 9th day Of August 1909. and direc-
ted to my predecessor in office. 4. A.
Broussard and executed by him. and
which was advertised to be sold on the
2Sth day of May 1910, at the Court House
door In the town OF st. Martin. within
the legal hours Of sale and the sale OF
which land was enjOinsd by c. o. MOu-
ton, and which land has been tied up
with the said writ Of Injunction. and
the litigation connected Herewith. until
the said suit was recently decided by the
Supreme Court Of the State Of Louisiana.
In suit No. 2O,148 in that Court. and
which property hereafter described will
be offered for sale. on the 18th day OF
May 1916, within the legal hours OF sale,
the same being described in the said pro =
ceeding above referred to and described
in the decree of the Supreme Court, and
the petition of Injunction as follows:
"A certain tract Of timbered land,
containing la arpsnts in superficial
area, Bounded North by lands Of Estate
of Alexander MoutOn. or assigns. South
by lands of Marie MOntOn. wife Of DIR.
H. d. Guidry, or assigns. South by land
Of Estate Of Alexander MoutOn. or as
signs" being part Of the land seized and
advertised for sale, as property of Breauz
Bridge Lumber Company, to take place
on the % day of May 1910, and the salt
Ofwhich was enjOined.
The said lands will be sold for casl
subject to appraisement according t.
law.
WADE o. MARTIN,
Successor in office to Il. A. BrOussard ant
present Sheriff Of the Parish Of St. Mar
tin.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
Columbian Elect Officers.

AT their meeting held on Friday
the It'll, inst, The Columbian
Woodmen elected the following
of},oor.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15

A small boy says the road to
knowledge has too many branches.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-04-15
NOTICE.

United States of America. Western District Of
Louisiana. in the United States District Court
in and for said District. Lake Charles Division.
In matter of Thos. Evils Carlin,
Bankrupt.
No. 1854 in Bankruptcy.
PETITION FOR DISCHARGE.
To the Honorable Aleck Boarman. Judge of the
District Court of the United States for the Wes-
tern District of Louisiana:
Thos. Evils Carlin. Of Beyou Chene. in tae Pa
IRISH Of st. Martin. and State Of Louisiana. in
said District, respectfully represents that on the
22nd day Of September. 1915. last past. he was
duly adjudged bankrupt under the Acts of Con-
gress relating to bankruptcy; that he has duly
surrendered all his property aud rights Of pro-
perry. and has fully complied with all the 70
qurements of said acts aud Of the court touch
ing his bankruptcy.
Whereas He Prays that he may be decreed by
the court to have full discharge from all debts
as are excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 23rd day Of February, A. d. 1915.
THOS. EVIS CARLIN. Bankrupt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

'he sovereignty on it's own territory.
 The German press lately claimed that 10 Norwegian sailor had been killed 'hy German torpedoing of Norwegian ships. The Morsenbladet recalls that the Norweg gian steamer Svein Yorl on June 9, 1915. was torpedoed when bound for Norway with cargo of coal for the steamship line itself. Twelve of the crew lost their lives and Ger many has recognized it's guilt and agreed to pay full damage. The steam CT Lougli, in ballast, was torpedoed without warning and one man killed; and in all about 40 Norwegian sailors are declared to have directly lost their lives by German torpedoing.
 The Morgenbladet continues: eff the German press believes it can mislead opinion in Norway and deprive the government of the necessary support it is greatly mistaken. Nobody here loving the fatherland--will in a se- rious situation help overthrow the cab met by disclaiming Norway's right and duty to protect the lives and property of it's citizens to the best of our abil- itv. We do not want to wrong any body. we do not want to injure fot- eign life or foreign property-we only want to live by ourselves, our own na- tional life. without being humiliated ar treated with arrogance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
When Edison Had Hard Pull

B. C. Forbes, in Deslies.
 The first central power station was opened in Pearl street, in lower New York, in September, 1882. MT. Edison had completed the invention of his in- candescent lamp but encountered enor- nous difficulties in having supplies of the necessary materials manufactured, in inaugurating proper methods of dis tribution, in reducing the amount of copper required for the conductors, etc. MT. Edison had sold out for large sums his telephone and telegraph inventions and interests both in Europe and at home and this money he had freely poured into his various manufacturing companies for making lamps, electrical generators and motors, electric tubes and fixtures and miscellaneous appli- ances Although Edison spent his last penny, he could scarcely cope with the situation.
 At one time everything looked so blue and so hopeless" MT. Insult told me the other day, that Edison said to me one night in all seriousness: If we cannot pull through, l can go back to earning my living as telegraph op- orator and I suppose you could get along as shorthand writer.
 l For six months things were so in- volved and money so scarce that I was compelled to get friend, who had been a little more thoughtful of the rainy day than the rest of us to lend me | money to pay for my meals and my room.
 "Mr. Edison and I, as his financial
 man, were harassed at every turn by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
REIMBURSEMENT OF
 GERMAN INDUSTRY
 BECOMING NORMAL
Factories Are Fast Being Put Back on Normal Basis, Claims Report
 From Berlin

New York, November 1.-Interesting notes on several phases of German in- duatry are contained in reports from the American Association of Commerce and Trade, which haVe just reached here from Berlin.
 The German machine industry, it is declared. is now in the process of a general readiustment. back to the pro- duction of implements of peace times as well as war The fact that for two factories have been concentrating on implements of war, in order to save themselves from stagnation has caused the supply of machines for all other purposes to decrease. And" the re- port continues, since competition of normal times has practically ceased the demand for machines for peace production has steadily increased.
 "This is the case, for instance, with agricultural implements, manufactur- CTS not being able at the present time to satisfy the demand, and works, fur nishing equipments and supplies to mining, steel and iron concerns, are oc- cupied to full capacity and hardly equal to the task of filling orders.
 The result. therefore, is Q period of replenishment and renovation of such ONefWOfkGu 6QulpIIlSnb lHdL Has iiO" set in and which is limited only by the long deliveries required.
 'It will be a tremendous undertak- ing, after the war to replace the worn- out machine equipment of German fac tories, work that will require several years to accomplish
 Statistics of the German steel pro- duction month by month are given, showing substantial increases over 1915.
 The coal and coke situation, the pot ash market and the linen industry are all favorably reviewed. The hop cror fo~ 1916 is shown to be way below that for the previous year, there hav- ing been considerable decrease in the cultivated area.
 The number of transient visitors In Berlin during the month of August was shown by the hotel registers to have reached total of 110,452, which was a considerable increase over pre- vious months. It is interesting to note that of this total number only 5600 were foreigners. including 16S Ameri- cans. From hostile countries were re- corded one each from France and Italy two from England and 200 from Russia.
 ported by the American association as having had very satisfactory results showing a considerably increased de mand for high quality goods of all sorts. Experienced exhibitors" says tLe report, explain this by the fact that large part of the people are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Dischareing Employes
Burton J. Hendrick In Harper's Maga

Burton J. Hendrick In Harper's Masa-
 zine.
 Hiring and firing" all large em- ployers of labor now recognize, forms the greatest leakage in modern busi- ness. In many establishments the men who do the employing have come to be known as "the fortune tellers." Ii Is the one place in which everything Is haphazard. MT. Magnus w. Alex ander one of the engineers of the Gen. eral Electric company. has demon strated this great waste mathematical ly. Taking the employment statistics of 12 metal factories. located in six states. he has found that these places employed 37.274 persons at the be- ginning of the year. and 43.971 at the end Their normal increase in em-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
NORWAY'S LOSS OF SHIPS SINCE WAR
 BEGAN IS GREAT
Hundreds of Vessels Flying Her Flag Have Gone Down Either by Tor
 ped0 or Mine
christiania. Norway, December

Christiania, Norway, December I. Correspondence of the Associated ss.)-Norway with the third largest mercantile marine in the world has suffered severe losses. Up to date they have totaled; One hundred and fifty steamers of 235.900 tons, insured by the War Insurance association" for s25,000,000; sailing ships aggregating 50,000 tons, and insured for s1,SSS, 900, and many sailing craft loaded with lumber and pit props for England which were not insured. One hundred and fifty sailors have lost their lives, 50 of them by German torpedoes from submarines, and the others when ships have been destroyed by mines Besides these many boats have been taken by belligerents and confiscated after prize court proceedings.
 Germany after few months rest suddenly started a submarine warfare against Norwegian ships last Septem- Der much sharper and more merciless than ever before-exposing the lives Of many sailors to the dangers of the arctic storms At the same time, it is declared. a hostile campaign against Norway was launched in the German press. all of which the Norwegian peo- pie have been. unable to understand The more Norway has tried to pre- serve it's neutrality the more dissat- isfied, according to the Norwegian viewpoint, has the German chauvinistic press been and papers such as the Koelnische Zeitung and Frankfurter Zeitung very often have threatened mercantile reprisals after the war.
 Nothing seems to have created a greater bitterness in Germany against Norway than the governments ordi- ances prohibiting the export of certain foodstuffs, which Norway needs for itself-especially the ordinance of last August prohibiting export of certain kinds of fish. Although fishing is one of Norway's main trades yielding U great surplus of export, since the war so much fish has been exported that there has not been enough left for Norway itself and the country has been deprived of one of its main food stuffs. The export to Germany has been increasing to such an extent that the people demanded that the government should take steps to provide fish enough for the home market.
 After the torpedoing by German sub marines of Norwegian ships in the Arctic ocean and along the coast this fall the ordinance of October IS was passed, which, like the Swedish, for bids belligerent submarines the use of Norwegian waters.
 The Germans themselves declare they do not need and never used Nor wegian waters in their warfare Ev- erybody here then asks how the Nor wegian ordinance can be taken as alone directed against Germany and how it can be taken as an attempt to tamper with the German machinery. The press-except the socialist papers --unamimously stands by the govern ment in this case and will support it's upholding the right of Norway to keen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Insnll,s Rules of Success

B. C. Forbes, in Leslie's.
 What is your greatest pleasure?' asked MT Samuel Insull.
 The pleasure of achievement he answered; '.of doing things, of build ing up, of creating something com structive."
 What are the principal requisites for a successful carer?" I next asked
 Good health, imagination, persts- tencv and good memory-and, Of course. Ieaping everlastingly at it.
 How can man acquire good mem ory?" 1 pursued
 ''The way to cultivate a memory Is to exercise 1t. The man who takes great interest in his business has little or no trouble to remember the main facts connected with it. You usually re- member the people you like; in the same way, if you like your business, you can easly remember the facts govern ing it without even making any spe- cial effort. Don't carry notebook Tn your hand all the time
 Why do so many young men and even older men fail to succeed?" was my next question.
 Without hesitation MT. Insult re- piled: Because they are not willing to make the necessary sacrifices. As Edison used to say, A man should
  sure he gets to work early enough in the morning.
 As a matter of fact, MT. Insull him. self has always been an early riser he is still about the first man to reach the office in the morning, except his secretary.
 You often," Mr. Insull continued, "hear fellows in different companies and institutions remark, Oh. so and so is solid with the Old Man. If you take the trouble to investigate, you will in- variably find that the employe who is solid with the Old Man is a real worker. one who is always on the job, one who is ready to do things at any hour and to go anywhere, whereas the complainer is likely to be more con- cerned about how he can find enter tainment for himself in the evening than how he can increase his useful ness during the day.
 Then. nonsucces is often due to in ability to see things, to note intelli- gently what other people are doing, to learn what is what and to grasp new opportunities. They don't seem to keep their eyes on the ball"
 MT. Insull is entitled to talk on such matters. He had to leave school shortly after he was 14--he was born on No vember II, 1S59-and began life as an office boy at s1.25 a week, a sum which he had to supplement by find taught himself shorthand when still a boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

A bank in Syracuse, N. Y, has insti- .uted a series of exhibits and demorfsrra- tlons of the manufacturing products of that city. In the commodious lobby of the bank have been displayed chemical prod ucts, with photographs and charts; china and pottery, nearly every process of man. ufacture being shown; typewrlters, men 8 clothing, incubators, and various food products. As finale, 1t is planned to exhibit even automobiles and motor trucks in this banks office.
 Japan is rapidly increasing the produc- ton of its zinc mines and the develop ment of the zinc refining industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Where Is It?

From the Christian Herald.
 'Tsn't it strange how quickly these war maps get out of dateT'
 Really, Mrs. Brunk. had not thought about 1t. Do theyT'
 "Yes, indeed. I bought new one only last week, and today I looked for an hour for Armageddon. but I couldna find it anywhere"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

ployes, therefore, was 6697. Had mat ters worked efficiently these factories should have employed only 6697 men -or slightly more, making due allow ance for death. sickness and other nat ural causes of dismissal In reality, these factories had hired 45,571 now people. We must ponder these figures carefully to get their full significance
 In order to obtain 5000 new employees these establishments, all representative and efficient" American concerns, had to employ 45,o00 Out of seven men taken on, only one stayed. After mak- ing liberal deductions, Mir. Alexander calculates they were unable to retain. Each person represented an expense ranging from $50 to $200. The com panies had to keep 8 clerical force to hire these people and place their names on the pay roll. They had to pay fore- men and assistants to instruct them. They had to stand the expense of dam aged and broken tools due to inexpe- rience. The reduced rate of production represented another positive loss and then there was the spoiled work which "new hands" turn out in such abund- ance. MT. Alexander takes the lowest estimate, $50 per man, as represent ing this loss At this rate, hiring and firing caused a waste in these fac- tories of nearly s1.000.0o0 year. At the highest estimate, s200, the prac- tice resulted in waste of $4,00o,oeo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
Automobile Snowplows

From the Popular Science Monthly.
 A New York inventor has devised a snow-plowing attachment which can be fitted to any automobile. from the largest to the smallest. There are front and rear blows They can be adjusted up and down, and contracted or expanded at will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17
"BALDY" DAVIS SHOT
 AND KILLED BY SON
Young Claims Self Defense and States Deceased Was
 Abusing Mother-Ax Found Near Body

Young Davis stated to the officers that his father was abusing his mother, and when he interfered, his father attempted to strike him with an ax, and he shot him in self-defense.
 Mir Davis was lying. on the floor in his bedroom with his night clothes on with an aX by his side.
 Davis was placed under arrest on 8 charge of murder by Sergeant Moreland. Coroner Charles L. Spain was notified of the killing and he will hold an investiga- tior today. The remains were turned over to the Johns Undertaking company, who will announce funeral arrangements later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

A. II. Davis. aged 50 years, 1Ooe Tenth avenue, north. smithfeld, known among his friends as "Baldy" Davis. we'll known grading contractor, and a former saloon operator, was shot through the heart with .44-calibre revolver by his son, Charlie Davis, and instantly killed at 1:SO o'clock this morning at the above address.
 Charlie Davis called police headquar- ters a few minutes after he had killed his father. Sergeant of Police II. H. Moreland, Officers Crump. Ryan and Pat terson were sent to the scene. to investi- gate.
 ........s".......s....... new earning much more than before the war"
 The glass and ceramic industries re- ported good turnovers. as did the en- tire metal goods industry. the latter having learned to adapt itself to al tered condi tions, and many substitutes were in evidence for copper and brass. Large orders were recorded by the paper goods manufacturers, and novel; ties for the Easter holidays were sold In record time. Discussing the food- stuff branch inaugurated at the fair, the report says that hundreds of eX- hibtors in this line were highly pleased with the results obtained and the food stuff exhibit promises to be a perma- nent feature of the Leipsic fair.
 The text of an appeal to the people to subscribe to the fifth German war loan is quoted in the associations re- port as follows:
 Notwithstanding recent political events, the Reichsbank once more is calling the roll for a war loan The financial leaders of the empire confi- dently hope that the performance of duty in this respect will not need an appeal to patriotism. but that the will to take part in the achievement of an honorable peace Is. at all times, alive.
 "The very increased number of our enemies forms an incentive to our eff forts spurring on to unsurpassed achievements.
 "Our finances do not shake under the vast amounts which so far have been subscribed for, which will expe- rience a further strengthening by the additional billions to be placed at the disposal of the empire"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-17

Slams rosewood forests have been heavily overexploited. The government IS now protecting them.