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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-12-02
UNITED STATES UF AMERICA
STATE oF LOUISIANA
TOWN Ot ST FRANt1SNll1,E
Iiond II tis Town ~ 80 fraHrlsy3if". rs
Number


Know all meu les shrs, presents Thai
Ibp yaWu pf st Fraurtss lie a municipal
corporation - the state ~ lnuislsns, fn
value received hereby rguWlnes So pay
bears, on the FIRST iiaE Of march, One
fhyusaaa Nine Hundred aad -,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-12-02

Town Of st Fraoc,aals, Louisiana.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-12-02

igN rs Mayor ..-..a
CuHutttStgHed
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1916-12-02

tSlguedb A q BRlANT,
Mayor 81 the Town ct - FnApiKyiile La
i~iRued1 81 l.. rLETTINGER
I ierk II tke Town az 50 FranrisNllip. la
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17
FACES IN LINE AT
 P0STOFFICES TELL
 WARS GRIM STORY
Will Money Reach Loved Ones in War Torn Lands? Is Question Written in Their Faces.

WASHINGTON-Women in mourn ing garb and men with solemn faces, waiting in line these days all over the United States before postoffice win dows where foreign money orders are issued, tell a worthless story of the sorIows of wars destruction reaching across the seas to America.
 A third Christmas-time world con fl,ct has seen long lines of happy fGlk. radiant with holiday spirit at the pfospeet of sending something "home G. the old folks, turned into silent parties of mourners, sending back money to alleviate suffering and filled with anxiety and distress with the un- certainty of its safe arrival There is also the grave uncertainty that when a gift reaches it's destination no one will be there to receive it.
 Postal clerks have been quick 10 note the change Veterans in the serv- ice who have been issuing Christmas money orders to all parts of the globe for years say they no longer hear eagerly told stories of the gifts the money was to buy. They hear only hopes that it may arrive safely to pro vide food, clothing and fire or perhaps medicine
 The line is little shorter and the people average much older this year than formerly. Its decreased numbers is attributed to the fact that the gov ernment, despite determined efforts. is unable to guarantee safe and speedy delivery Of money orders in the war zone Old age has taken it's place in line because the sons of many are now across the seas on the fighting fronts.
 Through the nostal money order de- partment the United States will be Santa Claus to far more people of the Entente Allies than of the Central PowerG this year Delivery of orders in England and France have been in- terfered with only silently. No de- livery is being made in Austria and German points receive their orders late. if indeed, they get them at all VI lhdllN iO OIuclS dIt DTiAS StHl lO Russia. largely because Warsaw. which was the central station for the pay ment of orders. now is in the war zone. This situation has affected the money order receipts in this country greatly, too. for in former years Rus sians in the United States led all the remaining foreign-born citizens in
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17

sending money home at Christmas time
 Prisoners Of war will receive many money orders this Christmas This is particularly true in England. where delivery is good. By an agreement made several years ago m a conven- ton of various countries to effect a money orders So prisoners of war should be transmitted free Of charge. and the United States is living up to the agreement scrupulously- Submarine activities have had much to do with decreasing the Christmas business in foreign orders. and if the total for this year falls below that for
 1915, as it probably will. that under seas liners can be blamed for much | Of the decrease. according tc Third Assistant Postmaster General Dockery Of course it is impossible to say ! just how much the submarine activi- ! ties have affected the money order business" he said, but they have cut | IL ubWn lnuCu.
 1 Due to this and other causes. the for eign money order business is in a chaotic state. It began to fall of
 with the beginning of the war. and has decreased gradually ever since. ''I attribute it's decrease in a great
 measure also to many young men from | the foreign countries returning home ! to fight at the outbreak of the war l Of course they, prior to their depar- ! ture, were regular patrons. for few of
 them did not send money home at { Christmas time particularly, and often during other periods of the year. The older people, who are left behind. have less money to. send"
 With delivery in Italy and Greece comparatively safe. natives of those countries are leading all the rest this Christmas in sending money home. Al ways a liberal people at Christmas time and firm believers in this gov ernment as the postal savings ac- counts also show, they are literally sending tons of money" back home now. Their sums vary from s5 to s15, postal employees say.
 The postal department is using every effort to encourage Christmas sending, although no false hopes of quick de- livery are held out. Supplemental in structions are printed in virtually every language, including Chinese and Jananese, on how to make out a money order. and they have been found very useful. The Chinese Christmas, of course. does rot fall on the same day as it does in this country. but the Chinese are inclined to make presents during the American holidays as well as their own.
 Norway. Sweden and Denmark come in for a good share of the Christmas money orders. Most of their former citizens in this country appear prosper ous. it is declared. and are liberal at holiday times.
 Many persons who desired to send holiday remembrances to friends in
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17

Belgium, Egypt. Mexico and Portugal. as well as Austria. have been surprised 10 learn, recently. that money order business has been suspended. owing to the fact that the United States has no conventions" as postal agreements are called. with them.
 The Christmas money business usually stops about December 10. Re cOyery of funds has been more diff cult by the war. and claims for uncol lected orders now require about siS weeks for settlement.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17
Stomach Trouble and Constipation.

otOHaCH tiOuo'C anu NOnStipdtlOn.
 Those who are afflicted with stom- ach trouble and constipation should read the following: "l have never found anything so good for stomach trouble and constipation as Chamber lain's Tablets. l have used them off and on now for the past two years. They not only regulate the action of the bowels but stimulate the liver and keep ones body in healthy condi- tion." writes Mrs. Benjamin Hooper Auburn, N. Y.-Advertisement.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17

Various industrial corporations throughout the country announce in- creases in wages affecting 40.OOO cm- Iployes. Advances range from i to l5 uercent
Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-17

Officials close to President Wilson insist that neither Secretary McAdoo nor Secretary Houston will retire from the Cabinet at the close of Pres ident's first term.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
p0STOFF|CE BIDS
IN ORDER AGAIN
Probability Of Addition Is Re-
qarded Favorably Be.
cause OF Call.

The $3.50 oon addition 30 oklahoma
yf,s federal building and rosiniii'c,
VhIJn ppnpforf went glimmerns IN
FEBRUARY tn,u tho surcr,isins architect
.I tho 'Fftslf, department refused 'n
award the contract IN the ground 'ha'
an hHs Nrtc to- high. u again pos
tIHNi't
NnrdsN mrfring lnhn Graham. assis'
ar, postmaster. received notification rnm
N,shIrgipn that nov proposals are IN
ufisf and hp' pn, lids und, shprle
HItri,i sr,rln.tiinns fsn, ~ all The ND.
l.. ,n the original plans vill hs opened
boo Washington un luur
NJ. finn. and individuals Who hi upun
f.. u.irIusl pians sni spsrIh, supns vii
rs.s tr oypn.Wni, io ht an tho re-
tIt'd plane
Thr ufn r,l rhauert iu b. mad" In
in. prospective addition. over those " ihe
u.Icnr' plans bI. In the nnnfing ~ the
u.V federal court from. which will ha
uf wood Instead " cofk iIlnr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
Official Faces at
indianapolis New

lNNi'NNrOils Ns, There viU tr
Hwr.. u' r,O nrr. rrn among ihr
officials for tho sixth annual automobile
H,. 81 ih' Indianapolis motor ,predNs,.
which v.l hr htli Nb, ~ Memorial
uHt
'""rr' NJ rlrkton general manage
~ , lu.'i putumnhn, manufacturing cor.
.rrn vn lr ihr ofii,isl starter sns also
N'N handle tho ,hryErfyd nas when the
winner ihunisft r,rf the wire ., the
fffsi
Another lnd.snaruNs man. Howard i
N7.Wnr chief ,rginryf NJ anothsf
auiuwntis manufacturing rnmnsn, win
auls.s tHa R'n \ " rstdnrtnn ~ pf
r"'i Hs ,hs uin.Isl referee oi ths con
|tsf
rhsa'sr q u!tsf an trdI,psrsl. sr
street Ha7 trsu appointed the head uI
'h' '.m.ns s,ntIns srd technical eom
"t''i.e 'ni viii rrfsousi, supervise mo
..wnE dunnr the same heretofore
'h''' departments have hssn ,epsrsi.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

has ~ iH' proven satisfactory 10 nros
ducefs
Hesldton production BE- nov around
$1,000 bsu"ls dsiN and the Pipe line,
are handling about ~ percent
Tho nil conservation law, which az m,
time wHs ~ vigorously opposed b, ,on,s
~ the biE catr lnE companies and pro.
duUufs Il giving general satisfaction M
the H,sldtnn fivij Mf Wakrr sail sni
man, ~ h' companies which urged M,
state tn adopt hands ofi poliy, 80
nov In Nmrtihr WITH the law
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
COMMISSION NOT
TO PRoRATE OIL
Decision Reached That Pro-
ducer Must Complain Of
Present System.

The corporation commission will take
M hand In pro ra,ins oll runs from the
llesliicn Held until fnmplalni charging
discrimination on the psrt ~ rlrc lines
has been made %, some producer This
Nss asfrrd urun o., conference Mcnis,
mornins bc,ercu members NJ the com
mislon sud \ D.. Walker state IA ron
..f,s,irn officer
short time suo whom production IN
the Hraiitnn hsid vrni shove uafNins
and mafkvtins fe,ii'irs the uipv lines
irausltaird = system " prn rating Witch
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

hlll ! suppose | shall have to see
her."
"Nru IU hr.-" bo caught himself M
abruptly .Vn,t. .dld ,nu dor"
Turned ava, and walked ont Of IA,
building boior, anyonp. cam, To th, door "
lie slammed bal. Knee with his omen
palm
NV George TINT spIrr of IA, d.yiN
that breaks out Boz Won or. .r I'm IA while,
rs tine most ,tir,,tiy, thing about ,ou
Gur nice mrr t,mpcr N ,nur own
haven't vour"
How longed 10 qiye th. uuplc,s.
ant orr, taste NJ the t.mpcr he was
commenting on. 4 primitive childish
impulse o. ,hp his face stirred In me
locked m, eloycd finger. urhtlt A.
r,lh,r Va. uplJ might ,I.d to
tn, Impulse
The WAY out
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s'dnicN ignoring - lns' .pc'Dh That
q, np,au .>I..gouriA A9Vbi.r az course
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ii.rr .s where I stop. SAID quick
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
TWO THOUSAND DELEGATES
AT MISSIONARY MEETING

NUINuUi U.a Ma The
'Htn'' ilih annual unrvfniiun ~ The
Oklahoma JhfiaIitn Missionary fUtitit
convened her. NHri,l 'rf a session uf
'Nfr, Ia.r Two thousand delegates are
H,fs sul th, meeting " said ~ hs the
nfg,.f Iu ihe history NJ ihr church ln
uslshnma 40 rrssrs nf the church
vofk hs,ns tn t.b viH thr society vll
- "a. .usse1 u Nis terH snnuunre 81
Grant X Lewis NJ cincinnati. state
national sf.rris., nf thr American
rhis'iau Missionary sctist, will tel
iHr .Hr, ,uriIor sn 'sihlnr W the aim and
Nuft ~ tho aH. UN Nafk ssNnn ~
W Nsfrf uf 10 ksfshsn ~ N
Inul No NHHN Urptirs ~ yirrin
rsu ami utrfrf ~ Nurkis, Of nan.
aas tif sIr uU tHs wurau
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
Mn.ic ., love. Dancing IL Life.

" ,Hi have neither II ihr.r IN ,nut
ne and suul n is p Minis ..--snc .hw
Hat tru hate flower. Hud rhihl-nu
therefore ,nu have little " the plea sutr
~ ihi. Iifp ur ih, ufr iu ,umv waiting
fnt ,uu John nuiirrl,t. ,lass ~ E.
,Iii tunishi h' a- the ph, Stefan h no.
.a.rsmI. M ave uu 'U
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
MILK POWDER LATEST
INVENTION TO KEEP
GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY

MI ,::..:: .!y v; {: '., ..5:.'s; '..' e. !:
chine recently completed b, a
NunI.h 'nEIn,,f u 3 kfsa n,
the application nf ,rutflura1 force
rather than hi heat ihe machine l.
ssii 'n extract fir wnistHfs puirkN
aHh slsNluielt ifum sI sinhs ~ fr,d
siuifs vihuut frmo, IHr Bn, uf ,he
Valuable lnsf,Ii,rts When mixed
v'h va'r. sn hour nf Itaf later
~ nn'es saI rHfs mlk srsIn
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

70 Improve fudge drop two al three
teaspoons OF mulassc, into the mixture
THIS keeps n from becoming su suEIN
and Eiv'- n a better flavor
\ delicious dainty for summer which
requires mo- cooking is made hy using
equal part. of prunos rnisins date and
ngs wash ana stone the pruncs plump
tho raislns h., allowing them to stand Tor
IL few minutes ln boiling water, and nut
ali through the food chopper mix thor
o.ln'. and prru into shallow pan.
DW n smul square nrd roI. u uoN.
d,'i sugar
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
Changeable Taffeta, $3.50

Twenty seven inches vldc Dark pattern. Tor
street wear \ rcnl chiffon finish \ splendid color
rangc May silk Sale n>c
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
Hints for al
HousQkoQporsGy

'NrNrT dTT HOWt Wduc soup
Ulasolv, two boxes ol lyc lu one gal
Ion water, .tir occasionally until cool
Melt nine pounds OF clean grease so 1t
"a all melted
when I've ts cool and rrcnso s not too
hot pour I've slowly INTO the Er,nr', -llt
with f. tick then l't n set unul next
du, and cut ont M piece. This nUkeS
LLLL -.IM
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08
Jersey Silk, $3.50

White uul, Italian weave kay-cr duHiii.. -
upbc, wide l'ru, sold iu large way for Ridcs'
underwear and fur ,ult, yard s.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

Our n the season best SELLER,
New frrsh patterns. ull the gu"i
stripes In various rnlnrs, 90.
ward wide .........s.......c wv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

Fort, two inches wide Color range complete rose
pink Hight blue. pearl navy, Copenhagen black aud
white lu plenty. THE best onr wr can buy lu sell Tor
II 90
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-05-08

New Just in stock and an extra
good quality. Prime worm silk Very
hard to buy on the market today. Only
small quantity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23
DIR FOREIGN TRADE.

During the twelve months ending
with June, 1914, the last full year Of
peace, England bought s594,000,0 900
worth of goods in the United States;
in the next twelve months she pur
chased SOIL 900 900. and in the twelve
months ending with last June no less
than 81 100000 But in the mean
time her sales Of merchandise TO Us,
which had been S293.000,000 in the
fiscal year 1914, were only S30S 100000
two years later.
The final question. whether Europe
supposing continuance of govern
mental control over industry and pro-
duction will for that reason be a more
formidable or less formidable compel
itor OF our own industrial markets is
another unsettled question. Much OF ii
will depend on the obscure problem.
What, in the aftermath OF war, will be
workmen's wages. labor costs and the
price Of competitive materials on Eu-
ropes markets and our own? But, in
the mean time. the United States has
entered the third year Of the European
war with the largest internal trade of
its history, the greatest production Of
steel and iron. the highest monthly sur
plus of exports over imports and the
largest gold importations ever known.
Alexander Dana Noyes, in October
Seribnsf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23
THE WORLD FOR SALE.
THE WORLD FOR SALE. More BY Sir GU
49, P,,ker Illustrated by Arthur l. keller
is1no. Do 406 Harper Bros.

THE WORLD FOR SALE. A More, BY sf G,,'
fr-1 Parker Illustrated ~ Aril-f l. Ae'-'f
l2Ino. ID. 400. Harper q BIOS
The Canadian Northwest, This time
and the authors picturesque crafts
r,aoship at its best. Sir Gilbert knows
how 10 make his characters one win
their environment; he knows how TO
1--WE individuality 20 the populace IN
the background. His handling OF the
tunnultuous mobs in this story is ad-
rnirable; he makes its units stand out
for a moment to heighten its collective
effects. There is, moreover, new IN
terest here-:he Gypsy. His heroine
is OF the race of wanderers, Gorgio
in manners and thought, yet deep AT
heart still one OF them, IN revolt
AGAINST them at the crises which beset
the path she treads to happiness IL
is ali OF the Canada Sir Gilbert mas
denoted these many years: what mas
been for centuries in the country OF
tho babitants has been carried along
with weakened strength, across the
continent 10 the Great Northwest,
where mis- hero has mis- vision OF the
future, and the power 70 set about lts
realization in the face Of opposition
OF treachery and violence. An empire
builder. he, in the rough, among
neople who refuse 10 follow his leader
sbip. 10 whom the bridge he builds
between the old town and me new,
between conservative, cautious French
Canadian and ignorant immigrant on
the one side, and the Anglo-SaXon ele-
mont on the other, is an abomlnatlon
and \ danger. But IL is the love story
that counts most, romantic, gripping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23

PTNCUs HOOD. By Arthur Hodges. Illustrations
nv Fre1erc H. fTIger. l2uIo. ~. 81. Boston
Small. MAYNARD Co.
Pincus Hood keeps IN obscure art
store under the shadow Of the Elevated
railroad where 1t turns into Fifty-third
Street and Pincus is one Of those
quaint, lovablo New Workers whom the
late Hopkinson Smith. for one, found in
neighborhoods just like that. Pincus
has one great ambition in life, an al
truistic one. He would open gallery
where poor, unknown and obscure
young painters can exhibit their works
at no cost 20 Themselves gallery
supported. if not endowed, by the rich.
Pincus has opinions Of his own about
our young painters; he knows what Is
the matter with them. You see he
SAYS, "they seem 10 be homesick for
something all the time-Paris, mean.
| wonder If that's one reason why they
don't do better" And he, gentle though
he be, is finely indignant at the dealers
who take up young men and exploit
them ever after for their own benefit.
This is not a story Of artist life IN
New York, however, though that life IS
part Of the plot. There is high finance,
incidentally treated, and there Is Kit
the model, who gets into the chorus,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23
THE WIND-BARREN.
BY John Masefeld.

Night il on the downland. on the lonely
moorland.
On the hills where the wind goes over
sheep-btten turf,
Where the bent grass beats upon the
unploughed portland
And the pine woods roar like the surf.
Here the Roman lived on the wind
barren lonely.
Dark now and haunted by the moorland
fowl
None goes there now but the peewit
And moth-like death in the owl.
Beauty was here, on this beetle-dron-
ing downland;
The thought Of Caesar in the purple
came
From the palace BY the Tiber in the
Roman townland
To this wind-swept hill with no name.
Lonely Beauty came here and was here
in sadness.
Brave as n thought on the frontier OF
the mind.
In the camp OF the wild upon the march
of madness.
The bright-eyed Queen Of the blind.
Now where Beauty Was are the wind
withered gorses
Moaning like old men in the hill-wind's
blast.
The flying sky is dark with running
horses
And the night is full of the past.
From October yale Review"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23
THE MAGNIFICENT ADVENTURE.

THE MAGNIFICENT ADyENTJRE M, Being
the story Of The Worlds Greatest Exploration. and
Emerson Housh ulu.,rsted 6y Arthur / Keller
lemo ~ $50 d. Appleton 4 90.
Mr.. Hough's new story carries the
memory back ten years or so. when the
historical novel. the American histori-
cal novel more by token, was IN its
glory. They were brave days, after all,
these of our fictional ventures into our
country's past, into the romance OF
great achievements. After one has
read this new tale of one Of the boldest
emprises of them all. he recognizes
anew the why and wherefore OF the
vogue Of all these tales. Our novelists
matched the glamour and the chlvalry
If Europe's past with a spell, knight
kCod OF our own, IN homespun ana
buckskin instead of in armor and
plumes. but all the better for that.
"The Magnificent Adventure woul1
have been a best-seller in those days
a decade ago; there is no reason why
il should not be a best-selier to-day
and many reasons why Il should. IL
tells the story of the Lewis and Clark
expedition. It takes us from the Wash
irgton Of jefferson and Burr and the
English Minister Berry-and OF Iheo-
dosia Burr-into the wilderness on that
superb feat of exploration, Of dan
gers and hardships encountered and
Overcome. which Mr. Hough calls so
t,uly "The Magnificent Adventure OF
the making Of this nation. The title
n cans more, however. for it applles as
fully 70 the romance OF Merlwetner
Lewis romance Of disappointed love.
clean manhood and achievement, OF
happiness lost and the compensatlons
a. patriotic service and fame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-23

and there is Barney the errand boy
with the convivial mother who deserts
him, for love. the boy surmises, Of a
stepfather who wouldn't be burdened
with stepsor. And there is the old
bookseller-but this review begins with
the minor characters, and overlooks the
hero and the heroine and the fortune
hunter and the fashionable portrait
painter, and the collector Of moderate
means who ends by selling a collection
which turns out 20 be a gold mine.
After all, Fifty-third Street at the
corner Of Sixth Avenue is not far from
Fifth Avenue, and Fifth Avenue is in
credibly close TO Wall Street, and there
you are
Mr.. Hodges tells a most entertaining
story with plenty Of plot. He does not
take his New York too seriously. To
him it is a background, not a prob
lem. And his characters are people We
pass, not Psychological or sociological
puzzles. He seeks TO entertain his
readers, and he succeeds.
At the convention Of the Booksellers
Association in Chicago last summer one
Of its members complained bitterly OF
the meaningless titles of so many cur
rent novels. The publishers Of this
book thereupon offered prize for the
best title suggested by the booksellers
themselves. "Pincus Hood" is the re-
suit. The experiment was worth max
ing, but it is certain that at the next
annual meeting of the Booksellers As
ISOLATION its members should be less
severe upon the efforts Of authors and
publishers to find suitable titles for
their wares. Having tried their hand
at it. the complaining booksellers have
signslly failed.