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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17
LOCAL NEWS.

Cow Peas at A. G. Goulas.
Mr.. F. f. Delahousssye made a
business trip to Baton Rouge this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. Bienvenu
spent the week with relatives in
Lafayette.
Miss Lila Amy of Lake Charles
is here, visiting at the home of Mr..
A. V. Fournet.
Deputy Sheriff A. j. Lastrapss
made a business trip to Baton
Rouge this week.
Miss Percy Perez of New Or
leans is here visiting Misses Alice
and Marie Bienvenu.
Several of our young people en-
joyed pic mic at the Charenton
Shell Beach Thurrday'
Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR de Lassus
of New Orleans are here spending
Ia few days with relatives.
Mr.. Edmund Delahoussaye and
Miss Jeanne Bertrand are attend.
ing the Summer Normal School al
Lafayette. 81
Mrs. N. Lariviere of Youngville
spent several days here this weei
at the home of Mrs. D. E. Du
champ.
| Mrs. Chas. Riley and children
of Beaumont, Texas, are here Wis
iting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Aug. Clement.
i Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Greig ant
little daughter. Mazel and Miss
Ruby French spent several days il
New Orleans this week.
Mrs. w. J. Kimber and chill
dren returned home this week at
ter spending some time with rela
tives at Fort st. Philips. La.
Mrs. L. C. Beslin returned t.
her home in New Orleans afte
spending several weeks here. He
: brother, Martial Bienvenu accom-
panied her to New Orleans.
! Mr.. and Mrs. George Bienven
of Cade went to New Orlean
Thursday where Mrs. Bienven
was operated upon for appendix
tbs the same evening, the opers
ton being successful.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17
Runaway.

The horse driven by Mr.. Frank
Greig last Saturday ran away and
upturned the buggy which was
badly broken, in the carriage was
Mr.. Greig and his four year little
boy, who came out of the wreck
with only the baby receiving some
light scratches on the leg.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17

We are requested by Manager
Soulier to announce the game OF
Base Ball on Sunday June 18th,
Broussard vs. Jennings at Brous-
sard.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17

Several of our citizens enjoyed a
fishing party at Bayou Capucin
Thursday, which was given in hon.
or of Father Trotoux. and they all
report having had a most delight
full time.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17
TAX SALES

STATE OF Louisiana, Parish Of st. Martin,
CORPORATION OF ST. MARTINvILLE.
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS.
By virtue Of the authority In me vss-
ted By the Conatitution and Laws Of the
STATE Of Louisiana. I will offer for sale.
q the front door Of the Court House Of
THE Parish. In st. Msrtinville. La. with.
in the legal hours for judicial sales. I'll
Q. n. 70 1 p. NJ beginning at the hour
Of II O'Clock .. m. on
Saturday July a., 1916,
and continuing on each succeeding day
until ssid sales arc completed. all i'm
movsblss and movablss on which taxes
ere now due 10 the Corporation Of st.
Msrtinvills, % per assessment for the
year 1916 together with interest from
Jan. Let 1916, at the rate Of 10 per cent.
Dor snnum until paid and all costs. as
follows. to-Ait:
Eugene Bertrand Estate. Bienvenu,
Q Washington street. 9 Jefferson street,
v Bertrand $ll.7k
Ernest Beslin q Rachel. Delah0us-
says. Bridge street. " Lewis ct. $500
Mrs.. Reno Durand q Hamilton street
Q WiitS, sBisnvenu. v Main stree. tl4.4S
Marcsl DeMahy Martin. Main str.
Q Thomas. " Washington ctr $27.46
Mrs Tsyler Daspit Dslaufsal. b.
min. Butsrs. " Columbus street $7.2s
Albert Daspit n Hamilton street. {
Livingston. 9 Vendor. " Street SAT.
Mrs J. B. Fsrran o Oil Mill. Fournet
o r r Avenue. W Main street $l6.5'
J.B. Ferran q Bisnvsnu. a Pavis. I
Bridge street, " Main street $42.99
Mrs H. J. Fournst. merchandise $2.8.
Laurent r. lilly . Gary st. st Mar
tin. . Dsiahoussays SAILS " DsIahoussay
8.l8
wads O Martin q Olivier ct. Main ct
Q Bonis. v Lewis $32.28
COLORED
Joseph Alexander q Msslin. Q Hamil
ton. Q Canal. " Eastin 12.82
Josephine Bsnoit q Dslacroix. 9 Was
hington ct. Burdin. " Bienvsnu t1.9s
Felix Dscuirs q Durand. . Same. ,
Jsiisrso o. " Vendor $l.93
Cslina Ford Randolph ct. . HEX.
Prads. " st Martin street t2.82
l Harding Madison n Bsnoit. . Main 81
Honofs. " James $3.50
Dorsslie RochOn. n Gusriuiere, . The
atre st. Hamilton OF. " Rivetts 1912
j Ars Eugene Williams n Frsntz,
Lewis Of, Fournst. " Wilt t7.I8
Maize Zsnon n Road. Q Street. 8 OIL
visr. v vincst el.93
Collectors Office. st. Msrtinville. La
Juno ~. 1916
SIDNEY &. DELARoUssAYE, Collector
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1916-06-17

STATE OF Louisians. Parish Of st. Martin.
CORPORATION OF ST. MARTINvILLE.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

Colonial. SATURDAY. matinee and
evening. John Barrymore, in "The
Lost Bridegroom. adv. .2tj2
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02
ueady! Aim!! Fire!!!

Ready Aim. Fire! These are the
three directions that have come to you
here in the first days in the naval serv-
ice. wonder if, when we hear this
command, we grasp the full signifi-
canoe of the ready 1t is easy to
fully take in the meaning of the COM
mand of aim 1t calls for clear vision
and steady hand, but where will you
find these qualities except among the
few who have learned i'm tense mo-
ments control over the eye and the
hand, aye the brain and whole body
as well? Any man can Fire if given
a gun. but expert firing is a science
mastered only after years of practice.
1T is too often accepted that ready
implies willingness to respond to a call
to the colors, and in that sense nearly
every able-bodied man in America may
be said to be ready to respond to his
country's call in its days of peril Pa
triotism is the dominating passion of
our day. We have learned as never
before, during the present world war
that courage on the field of battle
is the commonest, as we'll as the most
glorious, attribute of our humanity
But the lesson has been even more
emphasized that while willingness to
'Dulce ct decorum est pro patria mori'
is the highest proof of patriotism, it
oftentime is as unavailing in effect
veness as it is heroic in willingness to
sacrifice. The man who, in patriotic
outburst, hurries to volunteer on land
or sea often fails to appreciate the
fact that his service lacks the highest
value unless he is trained in the use of
arms-as well as willing to bear the
sword. The pathos of human lives
sacrificed in war because of unreadi-
ness is the saddest lesson taught by
the European war. 1t is a lesson
which has served to awaken America
to the need of training men, who may
be called upon to fight, so that they
will eb well equipped and well furnish
ed. Training produces skill and skill
| produces efficiency.
Another important lesson of war
and one needed in Americas that in
dustrial preparedness must go hand
in hand with building battle cruisers
and other naval craft, and securing
more trained officers and men. Most
of the great nations had but dimly un-
derstood that ability to quickly mobi
] iZe and convert industrial plants into
| munition factories was as important as
to mobilize men. Thanks to the pion.
eer work of the Naval ConsultingBoarc
the path to industrial preparedness
mas been blazed, and, in cooperation
with the new Army and Navy organiza.
ton this essential of readiness vii
soon he provided.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02
Address OF Secretary Daniels.

The following is the address of the
Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy, delivered to the graduating
class this morning:
Ready, Aim. Fire These three
words comprehend all of a sailors life.
all his preparation. all of his achieve
ment, all of the fulfillment of his am
bition That command will ring out in
the stress of battle. If it never sounds
in actual conflict in your hearing above
the din of the big guns. still you will
hear il a thousand times at practice in
the days of training essential for the
crucial hour that may come. Stimu-
lated warfare, following the lessons
learned at the war game, closely re-
sembles actual battle.
For readiness. we have learned in
the Navy that General rider No. / is
ever and always practice and practice
and then more practice, and the naval
record of the year just closed is proof
of the wisdom of the policy of siren
uous training which has been carried
ont. In his hearings before the House
Committee a few weeks ago Admiral
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02
A Ear Cry.

1t is far cry from John Paul
Jones's ship that received the first sa-
lutte ever given to the American flag
to the majestic Pennsylvania which
goes into service next week. We hav,
learned much. But who shall say that
before you become captains, naval
warfare shall not undergo a revolution
as great as the one that followed the
construction of the Monitor and Merri-
mac? Every day some new thing in
naval warfare arises. The old things
are passing away; new things must be
devised. With what weapons. by what
strategy, shall we meet the terror of
the submarine and the still unrevealed
possibilities of the airship? 1t is pri-
marly to the admirals and other Off
GERS high command that the country
must look for an answer
The appeal to them is fearlessly to
discard the worship of all things that
are old and to adopt courageously any
thing that is new the moment that
some new development convinces them
that the old way is no longer the right
way, or that the new way points to o'the
path of victory. But, while older Off
GERS must be mainly relied upon to
chart new routes and sail upon hither-
TO unknown seas, / beg that you will
from the first. keep an open mind, in
Vestigate new methods, and not slav-
ishiy follow any old theories or prac-
tices. Prove all things; hold fast tc
that which is good When admonish.
ed by your elders to let things remain
as they are, have in your soul the di-
vine dissatisfaction that makes you re.
solved to make improvements in your
profession. When Woodrow Wilson
was President of Princeton and was
intent upon changes for the better, was
urged to let things remain as they are,
His answer was that things cannot re.
main as they are-they must either
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

Fletcher told us that in the spring
target practice scores are higher than
ever before made in the open sea- and
Captain Sims gave the stimulating in
formation that the target practice
came up about 40 per cent
The Glass of 1916 is coming into the
Navy at the period of its largest ex-
panison, of its highest efficiency and
strongest hold upon popular favor. As
we gather here today we miss the mem
bers of the Visiting Committee. but we
realize that, much as we have desired
their presence this week in Annapolis,
our regret is lessened because we
know they are doing more for the Navy
III the halls of Congress than they
could do here. We know their absence
is due TO the fact that they are at this
minute passing the navy legislation in
our history. We send them thanks and
greetings and promise them when they
come next year the royal welcome
which they deserve for their wise pro-
vision for this institution and for in
crease in men. munitions and ships. We
recall with gratitude that the first bill
of the present Congress increased the
number of appointments to the Naval
Academy 531, thereby proving the be-
lief of Congresmen that the first step
in preparedness is the proper training
of officers for our greater and better
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02
CALLED TO OLD TRINITY
The Rector Of St. Anne's Called TO
New YOrk--Hss Been in Annapolis
Twenty One Years.

Tne Rev j. p. McComas, D. L., who
has been Rector Of St. Anne's Parish
for seventeen years 1S99) and attach
ed to the parish twenty-one Years
tls95) has received a cal TO Old
Trinity, New York. lie has been
offered by the Rector and Vestry of
Trinity parish the position of Chief of
Staff at Trinity Church with the title
of Senior Curate. Trinity Parish has
a parish church-''Old Trinity
and eight chapels, the whole presided
over by the Rev. Dr. Manning Rector.
Each chapel has a Vicar. At Trinity
Church there is chief of staff with
title of Senior Curate; who is respon-
sible directly 10 the Rector. II is one
Of the most important positions in the
American Church and comes to DR..
McComas after careful consideration.
He goes to New York tomorrow 10
be DR.. Manning's guest until Wed.
nesday next.
DR.. McComas is not new 20 Trinity
Church. When he was a student i'm
the General Theological Seminary. he
was one Of the staff of Lay helpers
under the Rev. DR. Nevett Steele, who
was chief Of staff al that time under
the Rev. DR.. Dix.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02
Your Profession.

You have chosen profession which
requires more of a man than any
other. In every other profession,
specialization is the rule A naval Of
ficer must be at once an educated gen.
tleman, diplomat, an engineer. a nav
lgator, an administrator, an ordnance
expert. He must also add thereto the
ability not only to keep himself al
ways ready, but to so train the men
under his command, that they will re-
spond instantly and intelligently to the
duty assigned them. This can only
be done by recognition of the truth
that skill is the product of knowledge
and nerve is but another name for
knowing how knowledge converts
the narrow compass If an officers
stateroom into the Field of the Cloth
of Gold
IL counsel you, while neglecting no
duty. to early marry yourself to a
special branch of the service, for an
ounce of expert knowledge in the days
that are before you will be worth
pound of general Information. The
man NhO 10 W W III the nlSHSSt place III
the Navy of the future will be looked
up to- because he has made himself a
master of his specially. In no calling
is it so essential as in the Navy to
adopt the advice of the wise man who
said to his son: You must know
everything about some one thing and
something about everything but the
first is the most important. Give your
spare moments to mastering one thing
in addition to your all-round knowl-
edge. if you desire to write your name
with the illustrious officers who have
gone out from this training ship. The
time will come when expert knowl-
edge will be the chief demand upon
you. | challenge you to be able to
show that you are ready, and no man
can be ready with the last word who
has not found the master key. 1t is to
he had only by long study and investi-
CATION and experiment.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

family connection of the hriCe, and
the marriage service was performed
by the Rev. DR.. Joseph F. McComas.
rector Of St Anne's. The ceremony
was witnessed by hundreds Of friends
of the bride and groom, many of
whom were service people and every
seat in the church was occupied.
The groom is the son of the late r.
O. McNair. a d Mrs. McNair. of
Buffalo, N. Y, and IS graduate of
the Naval Academy
After the cerer~ ony at the church.
large reception was held at Eldon'
the handsome commodous residence
of the brides parents. which lends
Itself admirably for ent, rtainment.
The lawn was lighted with Japanese
lanterns strung from the many beauti-
ful trees, and the expansive porches
were filled up as cozy corners and for
tete 4 tete. The color scheme was
pink and green. and quantities Of laurel
and pink roses were used in tie deco
rations. The brides parents and the
groom mother received in the music
room where an orchestra furnished
music behind a screen of palms. The
guests pas led through the arch To the
large reception room where the bride
and groom stood under wedding
bell of white roses.
a collation. was served, Valentine
being the caterer
The out-of-town guests were: Buff
taio- Mrs. f. o. McNair. Miss julia
McNair.
Chicago and Mrs. f. q. Me.
Nair, Jr.
BOston-Lieut. ana Mrs. A.C. stott
FU.S. N.
Baltimore-Mrs. K. England, Mrs.
A. II. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Boykin, Mr.. Philips II. Harrison. Mr..
Rcssiter Scott, Mr.. Shirley Morgan.
Mr.. Edwin Warfield/
Washington. d. C.-Mrs. w. E.
Hall, Mrs. Aubrey Fitch, Mrs. c. l..
Hartigan. Lieut. and Mrs. r. M.
Brainard, Dr. and Mrs. EdW ard Pick
ford. Miss Kathleen King MacCloud.
Piedmont Cal. and Lieut. Z. ).
Wilkinson, Lieut. j. e. Iseman. Lieut..
7. ]. Osborne, Mrs. Katherine Dubose
Mrs. f. r. Brainard, all of Washing
ton. A large number of guests were
present from Annapolis and the Naval
Academy
The bride and groom left asst night
for wedding trip which will include
New York, Lake Placid, the Adiron-
dacks. Buffalo and Chicago
Lieut.. and Mrs. McNair will be
at home after July /. at the Naval
Training Station, Lake Bluffs. III.
The bride was the recipient of hun
dreds of exquisite and costly presents
in cut glass. silver Of all kinds. linen.
jewelry ornaments all Of the latest
pattern and design and handsomely
wrought. The glassware and uumer-
Gus pieces of silver were especially
beautiful and came from friends far
and near. The wedding was the larR.
est and most attractively appointed
in all details, Of any wedding held in
Annapolis for many years, and GER
tainly the bride was the most beauti-
1 full
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

Ready is the word for the
graduates of The Naval Academy on
this day. glad and happy one for you
young gentlemen, and a proud one for
the country that has selected you for
leadership in it's fleets. 1t was wise
foresight in the Congress that called to
instruction here youths from every
Congressional district. so that Annap-
oils. in its composition, would repre-
sent all America. Men of less national
vision would have confined the selec-
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

81 WalterW. Webb, Wisconsin
- Nelson \. Gates. at large.
80 Henry l. Phelps, New York.
30 benjamin Il. Holcolmbe. New York
81 Archer w Webb. Illinois.
" Charles G. Berwind. Pennsylvania.
93 John L. Reinberg New Mexico.
81 William L. Ready. New York.
20 Charles ] Wheeler, Alabama.
96 Theodore II. Patterson New Jersey.
% John A. Sternberg. Maryland
9S George L. brewster, JF., Colorado.
30 Samuel y Ginder. Pennsylvania.
100 Merrill A. Kercher, Indiana.
lO1 Henry Il. Broadfoot. Indiana.
lO2 Van ii. Ragsdale, Georgia.
103 John Wilkes. North Carolina
1Oi Robert j. Walker, Pennsylvania
1O5 Robert Il Twining. Wisconsin.
106 Homer L. Grosskopf Minnesota
1O7 William =. Bacon, Ohio.
los Henry y. Fallon, Pennsylvania.
100 Wilbur w. Feineman Missouri
40 Maxwell Cole. New York
III Bruce L. Flood. California.
112 Henry J. White. Maryland.
113 Oscar w. Erickson, Oklahoma
III NJ. NJ. AIger, Massachusetts.
115 Gilbert W. Summers, Indiana
11G Henry c. Merwin, Nebraska.
lit Sidney w. Kirkland, Florida.
lis James NJ Steele. Colorado
119 Arthur ID. Burbans. Michigan.
120 Casper X. blackburn. Nebraska.
III Amos Il. Root, Rhode Island.
122 Thomas u. Warner, Wisconsin.
123 Paul w Rutledge illinois,
124 4. Dewitt Carr. West Virginia.
125 Albert NJ. Rhudy. Georgia.
126 Charles T.. Cecil. Kentucky.
127 Calvin 7. Durgin. New Jersey
Us Hdmbert W Ziroli. Massachusetts,.
100 James \. Scott, Alababma.
$50 julius W. Simms. Mississippi.
131 William Il. Miller. New York.
132 George + Chapline. Nebraska.
133 Douglas c. Woodward, Georgia
13I William J. Forrestel, New York.
1S5 Armistead e. Rogers, Tennessee.
l36 James f. Roberts, Jr., Kentucky
1T William r. Price, Maryland
13S Norman o. Wynkoop, Pennsylvania.
l39 Dennis l.. Ryan. Arizona.
40 Leslie V. Jeffreys. New York.
III William W. Schott, Kansas.
142 Fred W. Kirkland, Kansas.
1I3 Stuart \. Hamilton, Connecticut
III WalterB Cowles, Hawaii
145 Joseph IL. Lawson. Missouri.
1l6 Roy c. Swink, Pennsylvania.
III StanwiX ]. Maylield, Jr., $. c.
liS Richard Il Webb, Louisiana.
1i9 Edwin f, Cochrane, North Dakota
$50 Charles L. Gillian. Texas.
l5l Gilbert Hoover. Ohio.
152 Thomas " Cooper. Pennsylvania.
153 Walters Darlington. South Carolina.
15i Newbold 4. Lawrence. Jr., Michigan.
155 Ray X. Jones. oklahoma.
156 Martin l.. Stinestreet, Tennessee.
157 Herman } Redheld. New Jersey.
los Richard ii. Jones. West Virginia.
159 Lowell Cooper, Georgia.
100 Linton Herudon. Oklahoma
161 Andrew G. McFall South Carolina.
162 Edward G. Fuller. Michigan
163 Leon +. Brown, Connecticut.
16i Herbert :. Jones, New York.
l65 Herbert j. Grassie. Massachusetts.
166 Robert Kennedy, New Hampshire.
167 Arnold W. Jacobsen, Iowa.
16S Isiah Parker. Tennessee.
169 Carl III. Hilton. New Mexico
40 Chapline +. Evans. Virginia.
III Earl II Jenkins, Virginia.
172 James X. Davis Pennsylvania
1T3 George u. Price. West Virginia.
ia Cassin Young, Wisconsin.
175 Carlyle Craig, North Carolina.
I76 Kneiier McGinnis. Illinois.
III James L. Compton, Connecticut.
It's Alfred l.. Sawyer, Illinois
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-06-02

ANNAPOLIS, Md. FRIDAY. JUNE 2. 1916

tion of youths from the seaboard. who
had been brought up, so to speak, in
the atmosphere of the ocean. Expert
ence has justified the wisdom of going
to the interior, as well as the coast.
for material out of which TO train naval
officers. for only one of our present
admirals knew the smell of salt water
until after he had matriculated in this
Academy. You had, when you came
lessons of patriotism taught in Amer
lean homes. Upon this groundwork,
day by day. you have been licked into
shape. in the classroom, i'm the work
shop. in the gymnasium. in the rowing
contests until when the roll is called
you will respond Ready for your first
assignment to duty.
You understand by being ready now
that YOU come to graduation as a result
of the rigorous selecting out process
which has reduced your number from
262, when you entered, to III in the
graduating class Here we vigorously
put in operation the survival of the
flttest. Those who dropped out failed
because OF physical or other disabil-
tiles. Ii was demonstrated in these
DAYS of sitting that they were unable
to meet the high standards which must
be imposed and maintained. The
country has trained you to be ready.
but | am sure that none of you feel
as did youth of former period, who,
upon graduation here, wrote his father.
i thank God that at last | am fully
educated and can now lay books aside
You understand that you are now. after
the winnowing process of four arduous
years, ready to enter upon the larger
instruction on board ship, and that you
are but beginning the business of get
ting ready which goes ON in an officers
life from the day he enters the Naval
Academy until he raises his flag witk
its four stars.