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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

Even a burglar has his cherries
days and nights, when luck breaks all
against him and his best efforts go
unrewarded. Robbers who entered
the postoffice at Gait the other night
certainly were luckless lot. After
going to all the trouble of breaking
out a window and ritling lot of
drawers and pigeonholes, their total
reward was a dime and a $ watch.
Postmaster Huffstutter is pretty
slick fellow and he had hid the mon
ey where he though burglars couldn't
find it--and they didn't.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
THE ELEPHANTS MOUSE


The elephant has labored and
brought forth a mouse!
There is alleged satisfaction among
the close party friends of Mr.. Hughes
as well as among the enemies of Mr.
Wilson with the speech of acceptance
delivered by the former in New York
City on the evening of July 31st
But what were the actual feelings
OF those gentlemen when, in the
quiet of their own solitude, with the
newspaper reports of the speech be-
fore them, no man save themselves
now knows.
Certain it is, if the speech pleased
Republicans, 1t carried no alarm to
Democrats.
The latter do not regard 1t as
forensic masterpiece or the effort of
statesman. They consider it rather
the plea of an attorney for the pros
ecution, who has a bad case but a
promising fee.
In both parties there was much
concern as to what the Republican
candidate, who when nominated was
an enigma to them, would advance as
the issues upon which to base his
candidacy.
Through 5000 words he stormed
his angry way and at the close there
was no enlightment as to issues, be-
yond the one that a Democratic ad-
ministration was in power, whereas
he wanted Republican administra-
ton, with himself at the head Of the
government,
With many words he denounced
the record of Mr.. Wilson and the
Democratic party, yet made no state
ment as to whether he would have
acted differently in the Presidents
place.
He wanted peace and he wanted
war.
In one historical epigram he called
for America first and America eff
ficient"
A distinct reiteration of the Demo-
cratic announcement on the subject
by one who in the light of existing
conditions cannot mean it.
With the disloyal in leash, the
self-confessed perpetrators of his
nomination. with candidacy on
which Made Abroad" is irrevoc-
ably stamped, his cry for efficiency
is not dangerous enough for a slogan
and is too pitiful even for success
full plea
The efficiency he affects to desire
will be completely realized before the
Republican candidate much further
advances in his campaign.
There was absolutely no enlighten-
ment furnished as to his course with
reference to unfortunate Mexico. A
kindly word for Huerta, though adj
hitting the possibility that he was a
criminal and menace to his country,
a threat at the miserable bandit, Viii
la, whom by implication he dignified
into cause of war between this
great country and impoverished
Mexico, a sheer at the course pur-
sued at Tampico and at Vera Cruz,
and all that he had in his locker was
exhausted.
OF course, he would have made
Belgium a pretext for sending our
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

When the troop trains went
through Emporia in June, bound for
the border, Emporia girls collected
the names of many soldiers-some
girls got as many as a hundred-and
are now busily engaged in writing
them letters. Each girl" says the
Gazette, believes implicitly that she
is the only girl writing to this or that
particular soldier, forgetting for the
moment that the train probably made
several other stops on the way to
Texas. War, as General Sherman
once observed, is hell"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

We have heard of the many differ
ent methods employed by Oklahoma
bootleggers to bring booze into the
strip" but the latest one of con-
cealing wet goods in a Victrola is a
corker. To make it better yet, the
instrument was so arranged that
every few minutes it would play the
familiar tune, Comm Thru the
Rye. "-Concordia Blade.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

1.-THE good woman of the house can
put up the fruit all right" agrees
Bert Walker of Osborne, "but, by
George, she has to call in the old man
when she wants the can opened so
she can serve the contents"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
The Liberal Democrat
Published by
ABE L. HILBERT
Published every Friday morning
at Liberal, Seward County, Kans.
Subscription Price $1.5O Per Year

Entered as second matter January e.
1911 at the post Office at Liberal. Kansas
under the Act OF March 3. 1879.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

An army was never organized more
quickly and satisfactorily than that
under the administrations recent call
and no soldiers were ever better
treated. Just for comparison, heark-
en- back to the days of '9S.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

1t was General Grant who said that
there never was a war that couldn't
have been better settled some other
way, and that other way is the one
that Woodrow Wilson is pursuing.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18
OVER THE STATE

Mr.. Paris Of Arkansas City lost the
nomination for state representative
by SO votes, which the Wichita Bea-
con charges to the antipathy of the
German vote.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

In every controversy, domestic or
international, that President Wilson
has been engaged in, Candidate
Hughes sympathies seem always to
have been with the other fellow.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

Ben Hudson of the Fredonia Her.
aid writes back from the border that
a new searchlight has arrived with
which a single man can be seen three
miles away. Married men never get
that far away.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

The Wellington News believes
preachers should be labeled or uni
formed, or marked in some way. The
other day a preacher incog, which is
the prevailing habit of Protestant
preachers nowadays, approached a
Wellington man and asked how the
fish were biting on certain nearby
stream. The witness knew they
weren't biting worth a cent, and pro-
ceeded to tell the inquirer so in high
ly colored terms, mostly blue. Later
he learned the identity of the in
vestigator, and was filled with deer
chagrin. Now, instead of going fish.
ing next Sunday, the Wellington mar
is going to church to make amends.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

A woman smoking a cigar was one
of the sights at Lamar the other day,
where the unusual performance
threatened to stop traffic along the
west side of the public square. 1t is
not unusual in some localities even
in this day to see an old woman puff
ing away at little clay pipe, but a
cigar smoking woman would be a
novelty anywhere.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

II saw hoop snake drink a gall
Ion of sweet milk out of a crock in
my cave last week." said our friend,
Xix Ellis, yesterday, when asked if
there was anything new out toward
Lost Corner. This snake then
crowded out of the cave, stuck his
tail in his mouth and rolled down
the hill. He lost control of himself
and could not put on the brake, so he
skidded against small sapling and
had blowout. When 1 got down
the hill, there on the ground lay the
punctured remains of his snakeship
and pound of butter. Linn Coun-
ty Republic.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

We think the esteemed Atchison
Globe is going too far, entirely too
far, when it makes the statement that
the extreme dry weather in the Cen
trail Branch country has so warped
the wooden leg of the editor of the
Kansan that he is now bow-legged.
Protests of Conner Davies.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

A gathering of laboring men in
London last Sunday publicly advo-
Gated that the kaiser be hanged.
Which reminds Albert Stroud that a
convention of rats was held once up
on time, and it was decided that the
cat should be belled.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

exican border, only distress
amongst those who for political pur-
poses have vainly endeavored to be-
get distress.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-08-18

There is no distress along the
The Jeffersonian., 1916-11-09

BeWareOf WoIveSinSheep'S
y The Progressive ticket put in Geo1
small bunch of men who controlled the Republi
for the past thirty year and distributed governn
amongst themselves.
They put IL A. Rucker n az OF Intern
for Georgia. and Judson Lyons negro Registrar
bitterly O n
They also made Judson a Committeeman,
H. H. Johnson who the leader of the
" their State Chairman Because
established white control Of the Republican
this Progressive ticket milead
They charge that Henry Lincoln IS running
campaign in this State las Spring
that he be made O. the Republican
, made that demand the basis OF remain in
ican
Ihave dozen witnesses O character rand standing
andFa votet the
En- headed by
q NJ Barnes, Of Thomson Ga, Hon. S. G. Allen Mayor
To show the dupiGb o ocded
IL {
O
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear,
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is only by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chin Tube. When this tube is intiamed
you have a rumbling sound OF imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the in
flamation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever; nine cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrli, which is
nothing but infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for particulars.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
FL. CHENEY 4 Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold By Druggists, 76cts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
ATTRACTION FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY
NIGHT At the MOVIES.

THE Rosary" a Selig Red Seal
play in seven reels, will include the
attraction at the movies next We'd
nesday night. "The Rosary" is
written by Edward E. Rose from
his wonderful stage drama. and is
regarded everywhere as good as any
sermon and it teaches us all a good
moral lesson, being commended by
those of every faith. The acting is
beyond comparison and the stage
setting complete with wonderful
equipment and gorgeous lighting ef-
fects. Following is short synopsis
of the story as presented:
Bruce Wilton has amassed a for
tune which he lavishes on his wife
Vera.
Their household is a happy one,
into it creeps a note, a menace. No
one hears it at first, save Father
Kelly, a priest, the former tutor Of
Bruce. Quietly he goes to work With
his sharpened mental sense to find
the person who is causing the ad-
| verse influence in the household.
Almost on the verge of discover
ing the cause, calamity descends on
Bruce Wilton. His fortune is swept
away and in such manner that he
believes that his wife is the cause of
his ruin.
Husband ,and wife are separated,
and the home is destroyed, and yet
the cause of all this disaster is un-
known.
| But Father Kelly, with faith
that moves mountains, goes on
|quietly, serenely, confidently, with
but one purpose in view, the, hap
piness of those be loves.
He solves the mystery and lets
the white light of truth into the
minds of those that have been
darkened by evil.
More than this, he finds the one
who has CAUSED all the misery and
restores the home.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

The remains of Mr.. w. f. Mckain
were laid to rest at the Tallulah Gene
tary Thursday evening beside his wife
who died about two years ago.
Mr.. McKain had been living in Texas
during the last few years. He was born
in Milon, Florida, in lS4S, and came to
Louisiana where he engaged in the mer'
camille business.
He is survived by four daughters Mrs
Edward T. Purnell, of Tallulah; Mrs
Joseph Reeves, of Vidalia; Mrs. Leake
Monroe, of Big Lake, Texas and Mrs,
Howard Brown, OF Fort Worth, Texas.
His remains were followed to the last
resting place by number of friends who
knew him as a resident OF this parish
The services was performed by Rev. V,
d. Skipper.
The Journal joins in expressions o
sympathy to his bereaved relatives in Thu
and adjoining parishes.-The Madison
Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

/ The attention of the Gazette has
been called to the number of small
boys in St. Joseph who are armed
with air-rifies and nigger-shooters,
with the consequent ills that so often
accompany these dangerous play
things. Already several globes on
the street lamps have been broken
and other damage done and unless
the nuisance is abated, sooner or
later some child is going to lose an
eye, to say nothing of minor mis-
chief these little weapons of mimic
warfare are 80 often responsible for.
1t is against municipal ordinance to
carry either nigger-shooter or an
air rifle in the town limits and un-
less the practice is discontinued the
ordinance will be enforced, with re-
sultant consequences to violators.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
FROM BAD TO WORSE.

Imagine yourself, near death from cold
and exhaustion, struggling in the waters
of San Francisco bay. Fog shuts out
sight and sound, and your cries go I'M
needed. At the instant your consciousness
is slipping away, you are resued by the
crew of a schooner and revived. They
laugh at your predicament. You discov-
err that they are the most wicked men
imaginable, and that You face serious
trouble. What will you do? What can
you do? Read "The Sea Wolf" Jack
London's great story, and see If you would
do what Humphrey Van Weyden did.
The serial is now running in the Gazette.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
PROcEEDMes Or PARISH EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.

81. JOSEPH, La, January 18th, 1916.
Pursuant to adjournment OF the meet
ing of the llth inst, the Democratic
Executive Committee for the Parish OF
Tensas, was called to order by Jos. Cur
~, Chairman.
There were present:
r. w. Newell proxy, F. l.. Gnthrle'
(proxy), Louis Buckner, (proxy, X. \.
Newell, (proxy), Louis Buckner, Jr., X.
B. Lynch (proxy),D D. H. OKelley proxy
Allen Shelton, proxy, f. d. Coleman,
(proxy), d. F. Miller, (proxy), X. b.
Mcmillan, (proxy), w. NJ. Davidson, Jos.
Curry and John Hughes.
The returns Of the Primary Election
held throughout the parish on the 10Th
inst, as tabulated by the Chairman oil
this Committee, were received and ac-
cepted, said tabulation showing the fol-
lowing vote cast at said Primary:
For Clerk Of Court Tensas Parish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

The little squib of last week in which
We regarded the possibility Of woman
suffrage a. a calamity worse than boil
weevil, politics and high water seems to
have gotten on the nerves Of some OF our
good ladies'. and they have not hesitated to
saw what they thought Of us. Taking
water gracefully perhaps. hut none-the-
less speedily. wr promised an apology.
Here il is:
The home is the greatest contribution
of woman to the world. and the hearth
stone is her throne. Our social structure
il built around her. and social righteous
ness is in her charge. Her beautiful life
lights the skies OF hope and her refinement
is the charm Of twentieth century civiliza-
ton. Her graces and her power are the
cumulative products Of generations OF
oueenly conquest. and her crown of ex-
allied womanhood is jeweled with the
wisdom Of sanity mothers. She has
been a great factor in the glory Of our
country, and her noble achievements
should not be married or her hallowed in
fiuence blighted by the coarser duties OF
citizenship. American chivalry should
never permit her to bear the burdens OF
defending and and maintaining Govern
ment. but should preserve her unsullied
from the allied influences of politics, and
protect her from the weighty responsible
ties of the sordid affairs Of life that will
crush her ideals and lower her standards.
The motherhood of the home is our in
spiration, she is the guardian OF our do
nestle welfare and guide to higher
life, but directing the affairs of govern
ment is not within woman's sphere, and
political gossip would cause her to neglect
the home, forget to mend our clothes and
burn the biscuits.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
? JOHNSTON IS BELIEVER N
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

the proof of the pudding is the |
ating of it." This saying is ap-
licable in practically every walk OF
iife, for worth is known only after !
test. 1t perhaps pleases many OF
ur good people to some times criti-
else the Gazette and say they never
cad it because there is never any
thing in it, but let it occasionally
tread on somebody's corns and then
there is generally something do
ing" Our little fling at woman's
suffrage last week has been noticed
by good many more people than we
thought would be affected. Not only
ut home do we catch it form our
lady friends but from distant points
come protests. At San Antonio,
Texas, woman suffrage and small
pox are reported to be epidemic.
Of the two evils we would not hest
tate to choose the latter. Bishop
James Johnston, of that State, q
brother to Mr.. Chas. Johnston, of
St. Joseph, has taken up the cudgel
for woman's rights and here is wha'
he said last Sunday as report by n
san Antonio paper:
AThat the women of Texas should
be given the right to assist in the
government of their State, was the
declaration made by Ri. Rev. S. J
Johnston, bishop of the Episcopal
ian diocese of West Texas, in "
sermon preached Sunday morninl
at St. Marks Episcopal Church
Bishop Johnston is a recent CONVEX
to woman's suffrage; in fact, he
converted himself while preparing
the sermon on Deborah" delivered
Sunday morning.
Deborah might well be selected
as the patron saint of the woman's
rights movement and the suffragists
might well call themselves 'Daugh-
tiers of Deborah, " lie said.
1t seems to me there is useful
lesson in this story of a woman who
lived 1000 years ago. Up to the
present time, men have had the sole
control of the worlds affairs, and, as
viewed from to-day, they certainly
have made miserable mess of it.
Nearly 1000 years ago, Almighty
God in His great goodness sent His
son into this world to redeem it, buy
it back out of the bondage it was in
to Satan. The example was set and
He has given men nearly 1000 years
to accomplish this task, but, instead
of doing it. they have been so alb.
sorbed in their own petty affairs
that they have ignored the marching
order of the great captain: Go W
into all the world and preach tht
gospel to every creature. F"
He told how his own change o.
mind toward woman's suffrage hac
been brought about gradually anC
Ihow he had become convinced OF the
righteousness of the cause.
Times change and we chang
Nth them, and | am now ready
when the question becomes again {
political issue i'm Texas, to vote fOl
he State enfranchisement of wo
men, l am willing to give the wo
men chance to show whether they
can improve on the men, for Car
say without any intended blasphe
my, they, the men, have made {
help OF a mess of nearly the whole
earth, trying to run the world with
out God, and with a quiet. almos
supercilious ignoring of His son il
His coming here to redeem it from
sin by dying for it. Let the wo
men thus help bring the world t
Christ and peace will once mor'
smile upon the earth, for He alon
is the Prince of Peace"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
FOURTH WARD
FIFTH WARD.

RALPH ALY...................
d. H. O'KELLY ......
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11
SIXTH WARD.
SEVENTH WARD.

e. u. COLEMAN IL
q. A. GOODRICH. neutrality-suspicious.. IL
II IVES therefore:
/. Resolved, that the following named
persons, having received the greatest
number of votes cast at said Primary
Election, are hereby declared the nomi-
pees Of the Democratic party for the Of
hcrs Get opposite their respective nance:
Clerk Of Court-Joe. Curry.
Representative. F. Ashford.
s.. w. Martien.
Police Juror, LIST wsrd-E. c. Grace.
End w. HI. Ally.
I" :" 3rd 4" IF. HI. Curry.
There being no contest for members of
the Parish Executive Committee, the
above named persons are hereby declared
b compose the new Democratic Execu-
i've Committee for the parish OF Tensas.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned, sine die.
JOS. CURRY, CHAIRMAN.
JOHN HUGHES, Secretary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

In the honor roll Of the St. Joseph
High School. published on the 18th
inst, the name of Master Frank
Hornsby, which should have been
included in the list deserving honor
able mention. was omitted, which
u regretted by both the faculty and
the Gazette. Master Frank is a
bright and studious little man and
deserves credit for the high grades
II hao made this session.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

During the week three negro men were
drowned in the parish, at different points,
hut We have been unable to learn their
James. One lost his life at f'erriday
Ehen he drove a mule on which he was
riling inio the ''blue hole'. One at
lldsville, who fell out Of boat while
ntOxicated, and the other at EArgent,
yho was also drunk. He fell from q
motor boat into the river.-The Conoor.
dis Sentinel.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-02-11

Having heard the Democratic
nominee for Attorney General de-
nounce ME in French and English
from several stumps. / appeal to
the convention to nominate a fit
and able man to oppose him." thus
spoke JOHN NJ. PARKER, the par
agon of all virtues, the opponent of
Boss rule and Boss dictatorship at
the convention which nominated
him as the Bull Moose, Progressive,
Republican, Independent, Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor OF
Louisiana. He did not urge the
convention to nominate candidate
for Attorney General to oppose
Judge Coco, because the Democratic
nominee was untitled for the posi-
ton or because be thought that his,
(Parker's) Hyphonated Party could
bring forward better man, but
simply because Judge Coco bad had
he nerve to criticise him, Mr..
Parker. We donot think, in all their
career, the Ward Bosses of New Or
leans, have ever shown such pure
Bossism as this, and Mr.. Parker says
heis opposed to bosses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-31
INDORSE PLAN TO
 GET OUT LAND BOOK

Montgomery, January 30.-(Special.) ) Emmett A. Jones, chief of the immigra ton and markets bureau, has received hundreds of letters during the past two weeks commenting the plan to publish land book exploiting the great resources of the state. Governor Henderson, Treasurer Lancaster Com missioner of Agriculture Wade and MT. Jones have agreed to act as a board or trustees and to advertise it to the farmers, investors and business men of the north and middle west
 strong efort is being made tc enlist the immediate active support of a strong group of men in every county in order to place the movement on a par with similar work that has been successfully carried out in Cali. fornia and other states.