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The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Wise Nation Will
Heed the Handwriting SO
Plain Upon the Wall!

After two years Of lighting IN the sir with
aving machines steadily becoming more ana
more efficient. what Is the lesson learned
Here II is. AZ written FOR the Fortrightly Re
view by England greatest aerial war author
ity. and flying expert himse.i-Nlaade Ora
hame- White;
Any nation which falls behind In the strug'
gle for air power may. N wears 10 come, De de-
feated IN campaign lasting NOT year or
month or even a week. bur as The result Of a
blow delivered and completed within few
hours
With aircraf, fylrE as 'hey Will az speeds
OF 200 miles An hour and even more IL will be
possible for an enemy. immediately on declare.
ton OF war or without waiting FOR one. 20 strike
in the course ~ sn hour or so and with precision
using fleets of thousands % machines against
the very nerve centers and vital arteries OF any
opponent which is in prepared; destroying gov.
eminent buildings arsenalS. factories, and rail
WAYS. paralyzlng at communications. and blot.
ting out whole cities
The powe- o. perfected seroplane. when in
unscrupulous hands. may in the future become
so fearful as 20 appear almost superhuman.
"Pesulence NAV be spread by aeroplane; the
inhabitants ~ great cities may be slain in thou
sands hy poisonous or suTocating gases
Swift and pit.lrss NAV be the action Of sea
power. Far more swift, far more pitiless, viii
be the action, ultimately, OF air power
Disaster awaits a nation which ignores these
warnings-which refuses TO read this writing
,ha, the war has written on the wall"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Poise Is no, easily defined but
instinctively appreciated by every
body. All Of ms recognize at 4
glance the well.po.sed man. the man
who goes through life with calm
self.assdsance. never awkward. never
Al a loss in an emergency.
We know that poise counts for
much in The shaping Of successful
career We know that. az Is well
said By the philosopher Stark. For
tune smiles on those who are pos
ses.ed OF poise."
n Ne 10 not possess poise We re-
craf our handicap But 100 often
no fail 70 make any serious effort
10 i'd ourselves 81 This handicap.
We act as though po!se were
-ome'hln- born with man. like the
color ~ his hair and eyes Actually
/ ir always is something that man
acquires And anybody can acquire
/ H.
To this end the first thing neces.
sary IL 70 recognize the factors
which have hitherto Kept us from
being well poised Then We shall
know what defects ve have 70 over
come
Among these factors foremost in
importance is telfconsciousness No
man can acquire poise ss long as
be keeps putting no himself The ques-
ton. what are other people think
ms OF me-"
Every time he asks himself this
question. whether no asks n con.
sciously or suhcon-cionsly will in
crease his tendency ~ be- awkward
Instead II well poised
when Doc tries 10 speak 70 others
on important matters ne viii
stumble. stammer. DO az loss 'or
words when he goes into company
he will behave mechanically. stupid
~. instead Of in an easy graceful
way
selfcousciou-ncss In other words
must be rooted out u poise Ia 10 BE-
attained
So must that distrust % self
which 81 al the bottom OF selfcon.
sciou-ness and other character de.
fects
Sow. a man may have good reason
20 bc di-irustful 81 himself 10
| may know. FOR example. that he 81
weak IN muscular coordination
which makes him physically awk
yard
And he may know that no. is men
. tally or moreily weak which forces
/ him 20 Feel al p disadvsn'ago in fhf
/ presence Of other p'ogIc
Ask auv specialist the treat
mont otnervous and mental trouble.
and ho will toll son fhai The embsr
rassmenf he 'imi1l'y and bashfnl
ness many people show is In many
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
LET THE SUNSHINE IN.

Draw M the shades and let the sunlight IN.
sunlight i- 'bc tonic of lifc. bringing cleanli-
ness. health happiness and optimism with It.
The window shade b. its enemy.
II YOU keep down your window shades you
harm only Yourself and your family You re-
strain the best dtsinfcctant from killing the
germs that accumulate In your home. Germs
live and thrive IN darkness.
You draw your shades TO keep the carpets
and draperics fran fading Ert while YOU do
that tho cheeks OF your children fade, instead.
Better 20 have faded rugs than faded children.
Ueyond the physical effect from the sun is
tho mental You feel light. Joyous. good natured
and optimistic while The sun shines. And who
wants 10 be gloomy. grouchy. those days.
Lot The sunshine into your home, into your
body and an the world will be- blaze OF glory
10 vol Then YOU will like liyirg. and In spite
Of all Tho adversities you may meet YOU VIII
keep on viewing life from the joyous side.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Rest An Illusion
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
kCopyright. 1915. by Frank Crane)

Rest is ~ illusion. So is stability. So
is perman,Yn'y. There are no such
things.
Many man = rs worked hard nine
tenths OF his life. o citing ready to rest
the other tenth. When he arrives at the
rest period he is diSapN 'lnted. he can
not rest. He doesn't KIN now. his
last tenth is usually boredonb often rapid
decay.
A common idea of heaven is tn" IL Is
eternal rest. Jloafing forever and ever. but
to an active personality the prospect "
never-ending inactivity is not inviting.
When we look about US in nature we
find that what We term stability does not
exist. Nothing abides. The mountains
crumble. The ocean continuously alters.
The stars burn up even as the grass
withers.
What we call stability is merely the
equilibrium of constantly active forces.
The keystone in the arch remains for
centuries. not because there is no force
eXerted upon il, but because the oppos-
ing pushes are always balanced.
The atoms in brick or piece of steel
are in as lively motion as the atoms in
running stream.
The stars seem fixed but really are
whirling increasingly in their courses, our
own earth spinning on its axis and driv-
ing forward on its circuit with the
others.
The garden mould, the tree trunk. the
/ brooding bird, the nest egg. the motion
less pond, the quiet flower, all are hives
of myriad activities.
Nothing is dead. Motion is every
where. In the solids motion has simply
reiterated farther into microscopic OBJ
security.
Let the soul. then. look for relief, not
IN cessation, not in annihi,ation, not in
I Nirvana or repoSe but in the restfulness
that comes from changed activity.
Rhythm is the eternal law Life goes
in waves. Rest is simply the trough of
the fluid wave.
I shall go forward and backward. shall
rise and fall, shall labor and play. shah
wake and sleep. but never stop
| am note Of the cosmic music and
must 20 on vibrating forever.
In making plans for old age one should
arrange for some sort of absorbing work.
For without interesting activity old age
IS likely to collapse.
a workngman. angry at DR.. Eliot
president of Harvard University wrote
to him. saying that he hoped something
would happen so that DR.. Eliot would
have to work hard all the remainder of
his life. To which the doctor replied that
nothing more desirable could befall him
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
It Was Only the Nays
Annual War Game" But
Would You Have 1t Real?

Of the Atlantic coast of America, two
great battle fleets were cropping for each
other amid the obscuring mists of the
ocean.
One, of fifteen battleships and flotilla
q of Ranking war craft, conveying thirty
transports, sought to land an invading
army upon the shores of the United
States.
The other swept seward. behind line
Of scout ships nearly six hundred miles
long. to repulse the invader before he set
foot upon our sacred soil.
Already mob of un-uniformed men,
in sympathy with the foreign hosts Of
invasion, had seized Sewell Point, on
Hampton Roads, destroyed great stores
Of coal and supplies collected there for
the use of the defending feet, and had
burned the pier.
At other supply points the alien-born
clans were gathering and threatening.
The government of the United States
had its whole army, regulars and volun-
teers, on the border of far-away Mexico,
and rail communication had been cut.
The military authorities were helpless
TO stay the hand of the traitors.
Is The fate of the nation hinged upon the
ability of the thin line of the defending
neet to find and check the approaching
squadron.
1t was a perilous moment and leaden
fear weighted the heart of every man
/. and woman beneath the Stars and
Stripes.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Old Gardener Says

The amateur gardener whose
soil 1s too poor 90 grow first
class crops can improve Il won
derfully AT small expense by
sowing rye. crimson clover or
vetch as fast as tho different
vegetables arc harvested. plough
ing in these cover crops when
spring comes. Not only will they
enrich the ground. but they viii
also make il much easier 10 work
next season Farmers call this
green manurIng.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
KEEPING HER BUSY

An old lady went one morning 10 a friend
who kept poultry. TO purchase setting Of eggs
Tho latter not having many ON hand asked:
"IIave YOU got your broody hem
Well. no" answered the prospective purchas-
or hut our old hen has broken her leg and she
might as well spend her time hatching out some
gigs as 10 sit around doing nothing ladies
| ITofup Journal.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
Well, That's Better
Than "A GOlfstick

"Wombst used 20 be great ont.
door man and allarouad sport T.
he recopciled 10 married Ufe7'
II think so called on him re-.
Gently and found him sitting ashes
with an old tennis racket Louis.
vile Herald
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
A Poem a Day
THE G,RRtLotsIEAyEs

They lisp on the tprfDg tiUs
When arst on the scene.
lnCDU sequeut prat'l~
az those who are green.
They chatter in summer
and gossip with z-st
" hat east winds have told them
And south winds and west
They whisper IN autumn
In spleudor 81 gold
And sigh through Tho branches
For what has been told.
Thry dry ~ In winter.
Exam. ting then
A wisdom surpaSsing
Tho wisdom Of men
- " cLaudhurE Wilson in New York
IN.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
H.alth ouestlons An,u,r.d

4. VI. 7. asks how 10 prepare
oatmeal water FOR baby.
Two tablespoons OF oatmeal in
two quarts 81 water boil mixture
70 ono quart " too thick. adu a
little cool water previously boiled.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

mltted by insects
Plague IL spread
almost exclusively
by ncas There
seems 20 be a far
y good cas- .
against The COCK
roach a. a carrier
az Infection OF
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Sunday School Teacher Willie.
can you tell me what pride is2
Little Wlllie-Yes. maam. It's
walking with a cane when you're not
lame
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Daily Reminder
ropA,,s ANNIyrRsApIiss.

l7sS-First court held Ia ohid At
Marietta
lSoe--pr willard Parker. who go
tablishrd the hrst college clinic IN
the United states. born at Wilisboru,
IS. iss, ''' ~ :" ''' " ny 49,
lSls--A great hurricane devastated
81 troiN, one OF the principal tala IDS
United states IL now seeking to pur-
chase.
lsS7-wAtts hrst steam engine was
lost ~ are that destroyed the Glas-
gov Polytechnic institution
ls6:~-Gen Kirby smith advanced
on Cincinnati and martial law was
proclaimed IN that city
tS7o-Nspoleon III and the gar'
rtSon AT sedan surrendered TO the
King OF Prussia
monument OF Victory. 90
1854 Prohibition party 81 Kansas
93rganiSed In state convention at
ISa9 Revision OF Belgian Const,tu-
ton completed after four years dis
cuSsion.
1894 Awful confederation at Hinck-
10y and other towns IN Minnesota,
over 800 people persisted
iNsS--Sir Herbert Kitchener, com
handing the british and Egyptian
tory over the pervishes at Omdur-
man. near Khartoum.
ia06--The Emperor Of china issued
an "dlct promising CONSTITUTIONAL
lsOs~The French defeated $4,000
Moorish trtbssmen on the Algerian
frontier
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ~ TiIE
WAN.
Grodro fel before Germans. last
~ great Russian fortress"s ON from
tier
-Four Turkish transports sunk ry
British submarines IN partsnrl-"s
Cardinal gibbons delivered the
Popes message 20 President Wilson
concerning peace In Eurpp.
Paris reported severe artillery
hghting ON the Aisnr river. az Nteu-
port IN Belgium and many points In
France.
ToDtN's RIRTHDkYs.
General Victor Dou~mauls chief -
star Of the Greek army born on the
island - corfu IS yraTs ago today
california. Progressive candidate for
vice. rresilsnt and Republican cHudi-
date for sesna'or. born a. Saeramen-
90. cal 50 years ago today
H,Ne smith. Tinted states senator
from Georgia, born at Newton. y g..
s. years agn today
hiram = MAXIM. celebrated invcn-
Tor 81 electrical devices and ordnance
/ horn IN Brooklyn. y. Y. - years aEo
today
~ Frsierfck starr celebrated an
throTpla- 50 OF the iu.,s~s.tN n'
pf.-E1. born at Auburn, s.. -
years aEo today
Arrhduvh~ss Elizabeth dsr<r'ar Il
| ne late crown Primo R..u.pr 0i
/ Austria and Princess StepnauIf. born
d 80 years ago fu.aA
henrietta Croswan ONO % 'tl
I wetl-kuaW-n a,tr~sseH % tho 'u..r.
/ an stage born 90 VHesI.tE Va Va.
I g. ,eaf> ago today
/ Cen Jsmcs " Wuso1 ono ~ o.,
. few surviving general .1. ..rs r 'rs
J I1.ou army born a. tHa-sfYr,h
/ m - years age. today
tiaufy - F1pu0 rtgra tentative IN
congress - The Tenth virginia die
/ trlet. born IN App. uattus county
Va 81 years ago TODAY
Rev Newell Dwight IHllis noted
clergyman and author born ft Mag
mol a iowa - years axp today
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

Tommy said his father. ~ you
had a little more spunk you would
stand better In your class DO you
know what punk is7"
Yes sir replied the little fellow
Sp.nk S. The past Of spank"
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

\ UCmuc'a'ic primary IA 10 be
held today In tho Seventh Virginia
district 20 roommate candidate for
r1hgro-- 20 succeed jams Has. WIN
has aesR gwen Is federal .udgship.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
UNPROFITABLE.

sfHwecks old calf was nibblng nj tho grass
In the ward and was viewed In silence for some
minutes BY the city girl.
Tell me-" she said turning lmpulsyely TO her
hostess, docs " really paw you 10 keep as small
a COW az hat7'--Harper's Magazine.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
on, Of the Mouth. Of Babes.

What's famine. Henry" asked
Tho teacher o. small pupil
-!ts COB what amt got no
corn on .- replied the bright
Nnunester
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
from Another Point OF Vie,D
By c. T. s.

That White House of ours is indeed
some flag shanty.
President Wilson will be taken into a
quiet corner today. where it will be
broken to him gently that he has been
renominated.
1t was considered best to keep the fact
from him until he had settled the threat
ened railroad strike.
We have it on the authority OF our old
! friend, "One Who Knows" alias The
Highest Authority" alias "One Who
Stands Close to the Administration. that
the president will accept.
Two pickpockets taken before Judge
Connolly were given four hours to get out
of the city. They could just about com
ply with the judges order by taking the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern.
Having Met the Supreme Test. ard Also
Having Had "Em". We Respectfully
Pass
C. T. s.--Tt you can find anything funny in
the intimate association Of distressed lady
with oldfashioned boils for five weeks.
please writ II for From Another Point ~
View" az would like to get laugh out OF
the gloom and see If the ordeal has left any
sense Of humor. +. H NJ
As the Corner Grocer remarked when.
during the heated spell, we pleaded for a
chunk Of ice, it cant be did
Bet when the federal officers dropped
in and seized that gallon of moonshine
whisky from that Washtenaw county
farmer, they took his breath away.
They insist upon including the Phila-
delphia team in the American league
standing, when il hasn't any.
Have you taken
Note Of any Of this futurist
Tha, is flying about
II you have
You
VIII BE- quick 70 discern
That futurist
Poetry
Goes.
This futurist
| Poem
Is some
Class.
The &. o. D.. very evidently, isn't TAX
ing anything for granted this year. send
ing T. K. into old rock-ribbed Maine right
off the bat
The melancholy days have come:
The saddest 20 the soul.
when the dealers yet together
And boost up tho price oi coal.
Very evidently that fellow who used
an AK on the head Of another man. on
d. & G. boat, never thought about the
anchor.
There was always a penchant OF the
part of the Greece TO hurdle out Of the
frying pan into the FIRE.
En- Route, Sept. 2. 1916.
| Hon. Woodrow Wilson,
White House,
Washington. D C.
Your eSeelieney: You have sverted a ns.
-t'onsI calamity. thank you.
WEARY WILLIE
Concurrcd in by the publishers in This
particular neck Of the woods of several rail.
| road guides
The divorce news discIoses, also. that
Emily, may il please the court, would like
TO sidetrack George Train.
We take it she wishes she had missed
him in the first place.
But after that New Jersey man gets
his model city built, whom will he get "a
| live in it?
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
The Keep Well Column

Some 81 the most serious dis.
eases OF man are caused or trans
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

To catch burglars al Englishman has patens
ed mechanism 20 drop n person who steps In
front Of safe At certain hours into pit. doors
closing over him
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02
1t was all in play.

1t was all in play.
/ 1t was the annual war game" of Uncle
Sans navy.
And YET, it might not have been a
game, but horrible reality.
How close it came to not being a game
only few men know, though the coun-
try vaguely senses.
We might have been at war with Ger
many: the approaching fleet might have
been German one.
We might have been at war with Mex
ico-probably would have been at war
with both countries if with either.
Instead of viewing these maneuvers
With pleasant curiosity, the people of the
United States might have watched them
Through a blood-red haze of fearful APP
|prehension.
We are thankful it was but game ="
We are thankful to kind Providence
Which decreed that il be but game.
We are thankful to the man, guided
by Providence, whose sheer strength of
character made it but game-the man
who WAS TOO PROUD TO FIGHT.
The Detroit times., 1916-09-02

This is~campaign year.
A presidential election is to be held in
November.
The president for whom we give
thanks, the man "too proud TO fight" is
Democrat.
Theodore Roosevelt is a Republican
sometimes Progressive. but just now a
Republican. aiding the Republican who
seeks President Wilson's place.
Theodore Roosevelt made a speech
Thursday night in Maine, in which he
kcriticised Wilson for "a lack of courage
to lead the nation in the path of high
duty" and for having "loosened the
moral fiber of our people and weakened
our national spirit"
II is easy to follow Col. Roosevelt
when all you have to do Is 10 remember
that he Is "two-gun' man.
4 The spirit" for which he speaks is a
t1pirit which would make out of the
navy's war game" reality.
81 The same kind of spirit has Europe
Needing, crumbling and weeping today.
N Il Is the spirit of MlLlTARISM.
Praise God for Wilson.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-03-16
Teachers Institute.

Bogalusa Division, Saturday,
March %, 1916.
/. Remarks hat are you
doing with your money?' by
Prof. j. f. Peters.
2. Language Lesson-Sixth
grade-Word Study, Guess,
Expect, Think, by Mr.. W. W.
Montague.
3. Lesson-Picture Study in
the Primary grades, by Miss l..
Shaw.
How to get the Spelling Lesson,
Miss J. Flowers,
5. Have done all that can be
done to make my room an at
tractive place to work?-Mlss
Ray De Louey.
6. Story telling il tho GraQss
| MISS Amanda Pierce s' sss
| 7. Community isies MID
| A. 0. Jackson.
| preparedness-Parish SUBJ
ID. H. Struggled.
! J.F. Peters, Conductor.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-03-16

On Monday morning, March
9Th, at the hour Of two o'clock,
the spirit of Mrs. Louvina String
field took its flight to realms
above. Sister Stripgfeld's maid
an name was Lewis. She was
born Oct. q, 1886. Was married
to VIM. Struggled 6Oyears ago.
She united with the Mt Pisgah
Baptist church a short time after
the church was organized and
was baptized by Elder Benjamin
Crawford. Sister Struggled was
a faithful member Of her church
until her death, and as Gods
promise to this kind is a crown
life. We do not weep as those
that have no hope, bnt can say
blessed are the dead which die
i in the Lord; they rest from thei1
|labors and their works. This
sister and mother in Israel Leaves
1.-TWO sons, Joseph Struggled and
l
Jesse W. Springfield, and on
: daughter, Mrs. Caesar Morris, t
mourn the loss of christian
, mother as we'll as a number Q
grand children and a host o
D friends. for to know aunt Lou
visa as we all called her was t
love her. May the Holy Spir
more than feel her absence in tn
hearts and lives of her childre
81 and grandchildren. May the
= look to him for comfort an
E. F. Corkesn.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-03-16
School Finances.

Condensed report of receipts
and disbursements of school
funds for the first six months OF
the current school year:
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand July 1, 1883, 107. 80
Poll tax...........8 347.69
8 mills, police jury. 1,o23.66
Fines and F........ 3S8.03
Special school tax. 1,547.13
Current schoolfund 1,773.S4
Other sources. ..... 1920
Consolidation. .... 100000
Agriculture ....... 1900
Loans from bank. .l9, 1854 I,26L4e
Total receipts and balance. s36, sss.s1
DISBURSEMENTS
Teachers salaries. 1920, 359.7
School buildings. ............ 6,s27.e1
Supt., salary. ..............- 5Oo.o
Board members. ......... 140.8
Furnishing houses, assessors
commission, refund tax, in
surance premiums, special
elections, transfer wagons,
etc. 800. 4,sso.5
Balance Jan. /, 1916. ;. .... $4,000
, Total disbursements and
! balance ............ .$s6, 1855
D. H. Str agaela supt.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-03-16

R. D. Magee spent several
days in Anite last week.
Mr.. Jesse Hunt, of Bogalusa,
N lde US a pleasant call Monday.
Messrs. VIM. Carp and c. G.
Simmons motored to Bogalusa
Tuesday.
Rev. A. F. Davis, of Tglertown
preached here Sunday night at
the Baptist church.
Rev. J. J. Walker, who has
been seriously i'll, is much i'm
proved at this writing.
Don't forget our Spring Open.
ing, Saturday, March 25th.
Mrs. L. H. Magee>
Messrs. P. B. Carter and J,
Vol Brock attended court at
Covington the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. D. Richard
son and little Geraldine, of b.
galusa, we're guests last week in
the Carter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe N. Magee
spent Monday in Warnerton at
the bedside of their aged uncle,
Edward Pierce, who is seriously
i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Burris
and Mrs. Hammond Richardson
spent Sunday at Hackley with
Mrs. Bickham, who remains in a
dying condition.
The Waverley Club will meet
Oh Saturday, March 25th, the
regular time of meeting, instead
of Saturday, March 18th, as
notice of last week.
| Mrs. Ada Darlington, Pres
DIED-On Wednesday at hel
home at Hackley, Mrs. Ella Lucy
Burris Bickham, wife of W. E
| Bickham, aged 49 years and 7
months, died after and illness O.
several months. Funeral ser
vices will be held at Franklintor
today Thursday at the Metho
dist church at 10 o'clock, Rev
F. N. Sweeney officiating, ant
burial in Ellis Cemetery. TIL
deceased leaves a devoted hus
hand, and seven children beside
a host of relatives and friends t.
mourn her loss, to whom we eX
tend our deepest sympathy.