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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-21

road of standard gauge or eaure rreeter
than standard gauge; and $500 fWenty
do,iars per mile on each and every mile q
rail- road less than standard guage. situated
within the limits Of the Fifth L0uisiana Levess
District, Is hereby levied. and the tar A.
SCISSORS OF the several parishes comprising
| the same upon the assessment rolls for the
year 1915. and the several tax-collectoDs are
hereby ordered to proceed with the collec-
| ton of same at the same time and in the same
collected. = = = =
On motion of Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Be Il Resolved, That pursuant to Act No.
| liz, OF 1884, and Act No. 8 of 1858, an ad-vs-
loren tax of ten l1ol mills on the dollar be
and and Is hereby Levied upon all the tsxahle
PR MtTs pF rs s1r Fi;,r WITHIN The
| trict for the year 1918, and the tax assessors
of the several parishes Comprising the naid
District are hereby ordered 20 extend the
| same upon the assessment rolls for the year
1915. and the tax collectors are hereby
ordered TO proceed with the collection o.
same in the manner and at the sams tine =
the other State and parish taxes are COZ
lected. 80 -. - (
Be it Further Resolved That the attention.
OF the sherifis and Eek .otficio Tax CollectoEs.
an6 the Assessors of the several parishes
comprising the Fifth Louisiana Levee Dla-
trict: Is respectfully called to Act No. 6. or
sne G sN ERA Assem- y OF the state Of Loels
TO their respective duti In the collection OF
special assessments or forced confrfhuffuna
on agricultural products and, to the ststisticsl
BE 1t Further Resolved. That the tsx-col-
lectors Of the several parishes comDrfsine
the Fifth Louisiana Levee District. arr In
structed to collect the forced contributions
on al products raised within the limits 81 The
ruin louisiana Levee District. whether
raised inside or outside Of the levee.
be u Further Resolved, That parties raising
produce out side of the levee must ale their
tary OF the Board OF ali the pr0fince rsised
Dy them out side of the levee, and the said
board of Commissioners will refund all forced
con falling within the exemption Of
On motion of Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Kell, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That the tax-collectors Of the
| several parishes comprising the Fifth Louisf-
ana Levee District, are hereby instructed 70
furnish to the Secretary Of the Levee Board >
iist OF the different shipping points In the par
ishes. and a list Of the deputy tax collectors.
| BE V Resolved. That pursuant TO Act No. Is.
or 1891. ail common carriers re notified not
TO receive any produce on whichthe forced
| been paid under panalty Of the law.
! On motion of Commissioner Young, the
/ Secretary was instructed 70 forward . copy
OF these resolutions 70 the State Auditor, and
to the Assessors and Tax Collectors Of the
several parishes OF the District.
There being nor further business, on
motion the Board Adjourned until the
next regular meeting.
f. C. RHODES, President.
0. W. CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-21

Miss Rosa Magruder has returned
to Port Gibson aftefsome months
spent with her sister, Mrs. Tho. n.
Wade, in St. Joseph.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-21

Be it Resolved, by the Board Of Com.
missioners for the 9Th Louisiana Levee
District, in regular session convened,
that the President of this Board, be and
is hereby authorized and empowered, to
borrow from Helgason Bros, OF Vicks-
| burg, Miss, the sum of $3.50, 900. 0O)
Fifty Thousand Dollars, for the purpose
of constructing and maintaining the
levees in the District, and issue certifi-
cate Of Indebtedness to be paid out of the
revenues of 1916, for said amount, bear
ing interest at the rate of SD (six per
cent per annum), said loan to be made
for the period of one year.
On motion OF Commissioner Young,
seconded by Commissioner Hamley, the
following resolution was adopted:
Be it Resolved that the President ap-
point a committee of three, he being q
member OF said committee, to confer with
the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Co., for the purpose of ascertaining the
probable cost of construction, what aid
the company would lend, in the construc.
ton, of telephone line along the levees
OF the District and report at the next
regular meeting of this Board. The Presi.
dent appointed besides himself, Commits
sioners ]. T. Mcclellan and B. F. Young,
the committee to confer with the Cum.
berland Telephone & Telegraph Co., in
the above matter.
The following resolutions fixing the
rate of taxation for the Fifth Louisians
Levee District, consisting of ad-valorem,
produce, acreage and forced contributions
for the year 1915, were adopted by the
Board Of Commissioner for the Fifth
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-04-21

TO the Hon. Members of the Fifth
Louisiana Levee Board.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
EXPOSING FIGURES

one OF the most enliEhtening
speeches made at he present session
Of Congress was that Of Represents
tive Fordney. OF Michigan. which was
delivered against the further enact
ment OF the war tax" and which
contains some figures that every voter
in the country should study. II is the
most revealing statement yet made.
and shows up Democracy completely
so far as its financial policy il con
concerned
In considering this policy Mr. Ford
rey pointed out that the Imports dur.
ing the seven months prior to the
European war under the Underwood
bill were {iOO.O0O.oOO greater than in
any corresponding months in any pre-.
vious year IN all our history. and that
the customs receipts during the period
averaged about S22 300 600 a month. or
an average Of about s. 100000 a month
less than were collected under the
Payne tariff act For the last eight
months ~ the present calendar year.
the foreign imports. Notwithstanding
the European war. exceeded the I'm.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
THE ORIGINAL BLUNDER

Again the fight on the Presidents
Mexican policy waXed warm in the
Senate yesterday. but all these as
saults will fail To move the stoical IN
difference of the White House. what's
he use. The damage was done long
hgo. The Santa ISABEL massacre was
pnly one OF the results OF the many
mistakes the President made. In this
connection facts are accommodating con
terning the massacre by villa bandits
which disprove the original statements
pr the State Department and the White
House that the Americans went into
the bandit infested region regardless
of warnings. Consul Edwards declares
be acted on instructions from Wash
ngton and applied for and obtained
From Carranza authorities assurances
pr protection for properties of the Gust
Mining Company near Santa ISABEL,
10 which the Americans were pro
teeding when slain. Consul Edwards
is supported in this statement by the
United States Collector of Customs az
III Paso. So far the state Department
has made no satisfying explanation OF
the situation. which is painfully con
tradictory
The ocly definite thing in this whole
unfortunate occurrence is that II
would not have happened had Presi-
dent Wilson al the start pursued some
Intelligent course. established some
fixed policy towards Mexico lie has
since maintained that 1t is not our
business TO interfere in the family
fuarrels OF other nations. Then why
did he do so in Mexico IN refusing 10
Fecognize Iluerta. after ne had been
recognized by Great Britain and other
Foreign governments? Recognition OF
Iuerta might have saved all .-e trag-
edies that followed our brave rush TO
Nera Cruz. the useless sacrifice OF
american lives and our humillatIug de-
parture Wasn't mat practically inter
ention? And then We wobbled again
and recognized villa. shu, on NUM-
ions and arms from tho Huerta gov
ernment and furnished villa with the
very implements with which his santa
ISABEL massacre was perpetrated.
rhen We switched from Villa and rec
benized Cauanza. 30 is these WoDbly
bets of The President that are respon-
bible for the mess that has been made
IN Mexico. There are some things
worse than going 90 war but there Is
bothing worse than making mistakes On
he name o. peace
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
OBLIGATIONS FORGOT

ln tEcs, days. much given over 10
Mysteries in some cases. and by others
10 paltry cowarGice IN the name or
peace. it Is refreshing 10 hear a sane
healthy note struck 10 have an enIiv-
ening leavrn of patriotism poured out
oy such q man as Elihu Root. such
was the character of his speech before
the New York Bar Association recent
ly. In which he sct forth. without over
statement or eXaggcratlon. the respon-
sihilities and obligations o. citizenship.
and the duty OF patriotism. His expo
sitons are a grateful change from the
yammerines oil those SNUG persons VINO
believe that the liberties we enjoy are
understandable and so secure that they
never need be defended.
Dr. is true as Mr. Root observed. that
be- This country We have enjoyed liberty
and order 30 lons that we have for
soften how they came Most OF tho
people assume that they came a. the
alI comes, and that they will Of their
Lature and by their own force con
uuue forever wIthou, effort. And here
D.. where Mr. Root strikes tho true
note. the ever palotatng truth wnon
Doe defines tho source ~ liberty ana
tho cost 70. its maintenance. BE said
.Ah. no, Liberty BIAS always been
born col. sfrug-lo Do haa not come save
through sacrIlre .srI flo blood OF mar.
fyrs anil the devotion 0f mankind. And
t Dbl no' to bo preserved except by
I'a.D.. a.frtrlla..# and stern deter.
mirafiOI always f0 Hs free
That eternal vigilance is The price
NJ liberty B.. .n much tru.sm that if
ha. lot I'a meaning butt Iaan eternal
truth. and 'ue principle Of American
liberty today stand lr need ~ a ro.
moved devotion ON mo part Of mo
American people
Nr have forgotten that ir our vast
material prosperity Wr have grown
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1916.

party voice calling TO be preserved
from repudiating reversal OF its IN
economic policies.
II has been brought out in these
hearings. as it has been asserted be-
fore, that II capitalists were assured
that their investments would be pro
tected after the war by protective
duties they would invest heavily in the
industry and work an immediate reher
IN the dyestuffs situation in the United
States. thereby bringing immediate re-
lief TO the burden now imposed upon
the textile industry But the Demo
Gratis believe this To be- all blum. a con-
spiracy to discredit their holy tariff for
revenue only propaganda. Anyhow
what do business men know about
business, or manufacturers about man
ufacturins? The Democratic party
knows it all. You can't tell them any
thing.
II has developed that one OF the
great advantages which would result
from the building up OF dyestuns in
dustry in the United States would be
the part that sucn an industry would
contribute toward national equipment.
BY a slight alteration in the dye lac
tories could BE- utilized Immediately
i'm turning out explosives and similar
munitions of war. The domestic In
Gustry would also afford a nucleus or
trained workmen for the manufacture
Of explosives were the United States
suddenly thrown into war. To develop
the industry here would make the
country absolutely independent OF all
other countries in this respect. That
ought TO make some impression on the
party that is charged with prepar-
edness, but il won't.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
WILL THEY PROTECT 1T?

% will boz decidedly interesting 10
|Fatch the outcome OF the hearings
pow gOing on before the Ways ana
Means Committee of the House 81 Rep
|esentativcs regarding the necessity o..
|mposing protective duties on dyes'uns
{ that industry d. to De nourished now
|and survive European oomp-utiol
! fter che war closes Ih- present
|mergency in which the American in.
|iustry finds rFe'f lt ie declared. o.
tunIcient 90 warrant The enactment OF
be fo-callod Hll schedule which b. q
chedulc Of tariff duties proposed on
|he chemicals hy committee ren
FcsenunE The American Chemical So.
\ iet' From rho present indications
here b. lifflo hope that fhe Ds~rocrafic
|nemborsh.p will agree to reporfIne
+ny measure Imposing duties That boo
rnuy way Dariake lf protection Th.
|acred principle of fraa trade rrrror
ted in the Underwood Jaw must t.
preservfd .nv.ofafr. Ia.f Ha ur1r.
|Domocrauc economic temple nII Dr.
Doesn't matter ptaf DELEGATION. af b..I.
pes men and Manufacture. .ar f1 fr.
.ommitteo ln favor ~ protection fHr
ommitteo will heed nofh.ne buf rlr
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
FLANEUR
GOSSIP AND COMMENT ON PERSONS AND THINos ."
WORLD.

sense OF their national distinctiveness.
Lithuanian national movement arose.
stimulated By Russian persecution. and
iostered by Immigrants in Prussia and
America Sine. the proclamation OF
the Peoples liberties and partial con
cessions OF language rights In 1905
this movement has rapidly grown.
schools have been opened and "A new
Lithuanian literature Is coming into be
ing- Hut their hopes OF national re
Nital we're dashed. though not cNttn-
Eulshsd. by the present war. All the
loving care that went TO the building
OF schools now is diverted 10 the feed
inE % ichildrcn who cry for bread. The
through the medium Of their ancient
language. "a modern world Of their own
De- overwhelmed by the sharp pangs OF
the present struggle for existence.
Sir simon Macdonald Lockhart Of
Lee. who is 90 Doe vice lieutenant OF
i.anurkshirc in the place OF Lord New
lands. has succeeded the Earl OF Home
- lord lieutenant ~ the country. sir
families boo Scotland many members OF
whlch nave been hiEh!! distinguished
state oAlc's. Sir George. lord president
of trc count OF Session. was assassiuat-
81 boo High street. Edinburgh. on Easter
hal. llb3, aftcs Dee had given Judgment
against murderer His son grand
SON and great grandson were stauch ad-
r'Isut- OF the Stuarts. and suffered
-cNrH"ly in consequence. Sir simon
owns the large estates OF Lee and earn
Wnrth. Dr. l.anarkshire. Lee o. "a beautlful
place in Upper tlydesdalc and the hand
some. castellated house contains some
lu crCrtinr portraits. also the famous
Ice Penny. upon which SCOTS tale Of
brought from the Crusade by Sir sim
90 l.ocAlhft in the time 90 Robert the
nru,' I'D. family is an old one in
deed. for steven lOrlrd is recorded Co
have witnessed charter executed bN
RICHARD dr MIrctlle iu 1855 And Moi
l I. i a ". fls, .sn4s 5iy,. Ay5
Pc" wa. SIR simon. said to have flour
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
A BLOW AT oUAcK CLAIMS.

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The government won a great vic.
tory when the Supreme Court upheld
the validity OF the sherley amend.
ment OF the national pure food law
which declared an interstate shipmenf
20 be misbranded, III its package or
laDed snail bear or contain any state
mehl, design or device regarding tho
curative or therapeutic effect OF such
article or any ingredients or sub.
stances contained therein which Is
false or fraudulent" The original s,t
might have been literally construe8
20 cover such misbranding. but tho
supreme Court used strict constrv,
ton. restricting the definition OF mi.
branding to making false statement
az To- the character Of Ingredients o.
substances The Sherlcy amendment
Nas adopted during Tans admins
.aNon
Iho essential attack on the amend
mont was That Do constituted an un.
constitutional invasion Of tho police
I'N'I. ni fnr state hv the Federal
EOF' 'Nm'ni Huf Che Supreme Cour.
h''N mat ihc p.enary power Of Con
lI'-- In r'Eu'Hfr interstate commerce
included fIr rI-hf fo use means thai
maf have fhr quality of police req
'a'.one S. fho opinion argues. no
''or of the rehf to regulate inter.
..a.' commerce pre-upposes the powc-
lo adopt not only means ncccsaar,
'i' 'unI rnfruf fo exercise" The foo
ara druE act souEht 10 remedy cond.
lions That wore iufolcrahio and wttr
which The various states failed OBJ
'lr" Whom 10 was found that false
claims OFF cures were NOT forbidden
h OH" ofiunaI act. the amendmcn.
"'s rendered urEert Tor. owing to
popular apprehension. the statement
-.ai any article compiled with tho
United states pure food and drug acf
ga. construed fo mean that The fot.
rfNmrni itself guaranteed" the art
.." aud lIso Che claims made Tor Do
Too effect This was Swing color az
oIl'al approval to tIp most raRrautv
i1Is" claims of quatks
The law may r0f bar any o. fh.
preparation. from Interstate com.
mrr'". hu. thrS Will have to quit u,.
nE false GLASS. The label "for relief.
VIII take i.r place of preventive.
and U"fD People may continue fo
hu, hut Do VIII bc with their cycs
open.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19
,copyrisht. 1910. By \. D. JacoDsonJ


Lithuanis. comprising the govern
mgnts Of kovnp, SuNalki. Groduo and
wilma Of the Russian Empire. is now
boz the hands OF the Germans. His
tory is making so rapidly that We haN e
hardly time tu dwell on the details OF
tho process. No one can tell into what
forms the political Organization OF Eu-
rope viii try-tdllize ultimately For
most OF as the trouble ut lItauduit IS
merely faint moan iu the manifold
Eri'f ~ The nations But for the 1000
600 OF lfs inhabitants % DEL the surruw
above all ~urruws Rossieui Toniewez.
Ntkumir. braui. Lila--tutre are TO most
r,al'rs simply toms ie-rplittlnE names
OF battlefield. iur LltnuauiNus they
have a bitter significance They mean
the scream or she'll cottages ahaiu..
l't47 liue4'h hh lhr ilNantI. 9,Htli o.
ton. death. ruin. boo short "a world with
the light gone out.
There boz O. tendency tp confuse Lith-
uanid with Poland. which o. partly cN-
rusHbl'. because ltthuaulu and Poland
were closely united Tor centuries. Their.
bel also t tendency tu confuse the Lith-
uauiaus with che Let's. but there b. up
akin. their language are similar. they
are neighbour. huf Tor hundreds OF years
the ways Of their Development have lain
apart The Lstfs are au interesting
people. but tho Lithuanisn- are still
more pea. There IL ~ dcirhtful halo of
antiquity about these sturdy peasants.
THEIR language ls the joy ~ the philolo-
gust. DC carries one hack 90 the days
when the lnio- European LANGUAGES were
-tu-ktrt Nuwhsr- off words rtHrtlc hv
|HHII #frIkIUE resemblance Co. Latin and
'rc"E. ar. for instance. The auroDh-.
whose few f'fuuuinE numbers stil rove
DOB HIrlovirz Forest i- called iu Llth-
UHuIau fIIraa. practical. IN fNt same
word as the Latin name lnr re- bull a
DUAL number le used BOO Lithuanian Iu
addition tu tls singular and plural and
Do i- curious to read that two use the
other lt sounds 84 though tlme had
.fn.I sfilI in IitnHtnlt. unf mat fn'E
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19

ports under the Payne tariff bill in
1913. by 5000 900. while the customs
receipts were S77, 900. 900 less.
This explains why the Democra- ;
have been compelled 10 saddle on the
backs Of the people for another year.
for the first time IN the history OF the
government in times OF yeace a war
tax. which is a direct burden on those
who have TO pay II. These figures. as
furnished by Representative Fordney.
show the utter failure OF Democracy
m It's fiscal policy and just why we
are confronted today with a depleted
treasury.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-19

The acute stage of the contro-
SeTsy between former President
Iatt and Secretary OF War CARR
son over the details of our admin
istration in the Philippines has
passed. so far as this country is
concerned. About this time the
matter has reached the islands
through the newspapers and is
probably being discussed there.
gleefully by both sides in the COM
pick politics of Manila and TO the
detriment of any administration
plans lending further color to the
insular belief that we have no con
sistent policy upon which reliance
can be placed. To keep the CON
troyersy alive we now have the
McCumber amendment in the SEN
ate TO the bill granting freedom
TO the Filipinos
II is high time TO stop theoriz-
ing and partisan political wrang-
ling over the Philippines. While
We are wasting valuable time in
congress and in the islands. cod
ding the Filipinos one moment.
curbing and cussing them the next,
our real opportunities out there
are lying fallow. The utter ignor-
ance OF the average congressman
as TO vital Philippine facts is
amazing. Republicans. Democrats
alike. with eye and ear trained to
domestic political possibilities.
stop off at Manila, Cebu. Iloilo and
Zamboanga, Inspect conditions"
absorb mountains OF misinforma-
uon-usually aided by disgrunt-
led, discharged officials-and re-
turn 10 Congress and their con-
sutuencies to belch forth lava
which loses nothing that partisan
heat can bestow. a plague upon
both their houses, These Eek
pert" outpourings are not merely
valuless but positively dangerous.
As consequence. Philippine
bonds. which should be booming
are as drugs in the market Vast
ly alluring world monopolies are
crying in vain for capital. Capt.
tai will not flow into the Philip
pines. trade cannot thrive. until
the government OF the Islands is
put upon a businesslike. instead
of upon an unstable. partisan foot
ing. With all respect TO Mr.. Taft,
our government of the Philippines
has been at no time free from the
partisan faint. however otherwise
II may have been intended: and
also despite the very laudable as
sociation OF able men who were
avowed. II not very pronounced.
There is one possible cure for
our present Philippine muddle. Let
US admit 10 ourselves and frankly
tell the Filipinos that. while SEN
sible of the binding character OF
the promises already given 10 con
cede complete Filipion independ-
ence when the Filipinos are able
TO sustain and defend themselves
as an independent nation, We can
not name in advance that possible
day of severence OF political rela-
lions. Let US further indicate 20
them that when the day arrives
that they have demonstrated
among themselves that they have
the capacity for self-government,
beyond peradventure. they may
then II they so elect, pass from