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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-04-13
Sheriff Sale. No. 2757,
Benjamin F. Roberts
James E. Forrest.

BY virtue af writ of tieri tacias is
sued out of the 2eth Judicial District
Court, State of Louisiana, Parish OF
Washington, in the above entitled
cause, and to me directed, proceed
ed 0 seize and did offer for sale, on
Saturday, March IS, 1916, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Eighty acres of land, more or less,
said land being part Of the Evan
James headlight No 80, Twp. S.. R,
8, east, situated in Washington parish,
Louisiana, with the buildings and i'm
provements thereon. Said land be-
gins on the west line of said head
right 1904 chains from the SW corner
of said headlight, thence south $50
30', east $40 chains, thence north So
35', east 4.SO chains, thence north $50
%, east 2.63 chains, thence south 10
3O' east 2.7S chains to corner of lands
of Bank of Osyka, thence along con-
ditiOnal line between the lands of the
Bank of Osyka and Thomas B. Roberts
north So west 1l.l3 chains, thence
north II 05' west 1,04 chains, thence
north TO- so east sos chains, thence
norIh 1io east Is chains, thence north
| 210 east g. 40 chains to conditional
corner on north line of the headlight
Above lines run by V. /. OFT March
eth, 1910; variation Of magnetic needle
50 east Said LAND was acquired by
Thomas B. Roberts at Sheriff's sale on
Or about April 3rd, 1909. And It is
further explained and understood that
the above des rlbed lands is intended
as the western boundary of the eighty
acres Of land herein conveyed and /
described Said 50 acres is bounded
north by said headlight line, east by
the channel Of Spring Branch, south;
by lands Of H. F. Hoffman. fH
There being no bids amounting to,
two" thirds OF the appraised value asa
lINei by the experts appointed and
sWon- TIE property was not sold
Under the provisions established bW
&W. | VIII again proceed to offer foIr
sale at public auction, to the last antd
highest bidder, during the legal salee
hours, on
Saturday, hprjI %, 1915
at The principal front door Of tho
court house al rranklinton, La, thi.
iboEe d"acri5"n property, Terms =
sale: Twelve months credit. sanprsh
by bond Of purchaser, conditioned IA
the ,a'T directs.
This 18th day of March, 1916.
T. J, Simmons, sLeria. "
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School Beard Proceedings.
Continued from first page.)

northwest corner OF said City t
the point Of beginning.
MISUNDERSTANDING at q
point on the state line between
Louisiana and Mississippi where
same crosses Bogue Chitto river,
thence east along said state line
to the northeast corner Of section
2-1-1O; thence south to the
southeast corner Of lot /, section
%; thence west to Bogue Chitto
river, thence north up and along
said river to point of beginning,
On motion duly seconded and
carried the following resolution
was adopted. Ordering a special
election to be held in school dis
trict No. 80 in the Parish Of
Washington, for the purpose Of
submitting to the qualified cleo.
tors Of said school district the
question Of the levy Of special
tax of five mills for the purpose
of providing additional aid to the
public school of the said school
district.
Section |. Be it ordained by
the parish board of school direc-
tors of Washington Parish, La,
That a special election be. and is
hereby ordered to be held in
school district No. 80 in the Par.
ish of Washington, La, on the
18th day Of May 1916, for the
purpose of submitting to the
qualified electors Of the said
school district entitled to vote
thereat the question of the levy
of a special tax Of five mills on
the dollar of ali property in said
school district subject to state
taxation, for a period of eight
years, the proceeds of said tax to
be used in giving additional aid
to the public school of the said
school district.
Section 9. Be it further Or
dained, etc., That the ballots to
be used at the said election shall
be prepared by the SECRETARY of
the parish school board Of school
directors, and shall be in the fol-
lowing form,
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Sheriff Sale-No. 1857.
First State Bank
VS..
John Motion and Mary Motion,

John Motion and Mary Motion.
Notice is hereby given that by vlr-
tue of writ of tieri facias ISSUED
out of the 26th Judicial District Court
of Louisiana, in and for Washington
parish, in the above entitled cause
and to me directed, will proceed to
sell a. public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, April %, 1916
at the principal front door of tho court
house at tranklinton. La. between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Lots SO and 40 of block 14s of North
west Bogalusa as per plat of the town
Of Bogalusa, filed by the Great South
err Lumber Company in the office Of
the clerk of court for Washington
Parish, Louisiana.
Terms of sale-Cash with benefit
of appraisement.
This 10Th day of March. 1916.
I. J. Simmons, Sheriff.
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Taxable valuation s.

Taxable valuation
Signature of voter. ..................
Notice to Voters-To vote il
favor of the proposition submitted
upon this BALLOT, place q cross
(X) mark in the square after the
word Yes; to vote against place
similar mark after the word No.
Section 3--Be it fnrther or.
dained, etc., That the secretary
OF the parish BOARD OF school d.
rectors be and is hereby ordered
to cause to DO prepared for
use at said election the tally
sheets, lists of qualified electors,
assessed valuation Of property,
blank statement for the compila =
ton Of the vote, in number and
amount, and other "lectlon blanks
that may he required for tn pur
pose Of holding said election, to
cause the same to be placed in
the ballot box for use at the re.
spective precincts, and to make
provision for the transmission OF
the ballot box to the precinct of
the district ut which the election
is to be beld,
Section 4.-Be it further or,
dained, etc., That the polling
place or precinct for the said
election shall be the Grains
Creek school building, and the
following commissioners and
clerk Of election are appointed:
Hard Grain. W. Branch and Alb
Erwin. and J. E. Johnson, all of
whom shall serve without COM
pensation.
Section Be it further or
dained, That the parish boar Of
school directors shall meet at 10
O'Clock q. M, on the 18th day OF
May 1916, for the purpose, in
open session, Of examining and
counting the ballots, canvassing
the returns and declaring the re-
suit of said election.
Section 6.-Be it further Or
dained, etc., That the president
of the parish board of school d.
rectors be, ana he is hereby in
structed to give public notice Of
said election by proclamation to|
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Proposition to levy mill
I.005) special tax on all the
property subject to taxa
ton in School District No.
3S, Parish of Washington, Yes
La, annually, for the per-
iod of s years, for the pur
pose of giving additional
aid to the public schools of .
said school district. No.
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pirate $500 to be supplem ented
by Smith-Lever Fund. After
some discussion this question
was brought to vote and de-
feated.
The regular quarterly report
of Demonstration Agent Rabbi,
was read and accepted:
Continued next week.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
GROWTH OF AUTO INDUS
TRY BEEN VERY ENORMOUS

Washington, Feb. 18.-Enormous
growth in the automobile industry of
the United States in the census per-
iod from 1909 to 1914 is shown by
a special report on the industry made
public today by Director Rogers. The
returns show that during 1914 there
were in the United States 338 estab-
lishments manufacturing complete
automomibles, their output being
573,114 machines valued at $780,
O42,474. Thirty-eight of these es-
Establishments were engaged primarily
in the manufacture of bodies and
parts, agricultural implements and
other products, and reported the
manufacture of automobiles as a sub
sidiary product. In addition there
were twelve establishments which
manufactured twenty cars, either for
experimental purposes or for their
own use, upon which no market value
could be placed. At the 1909 census
315 establishments were reported
and engaged in the manufacture of
automobiles either as a primary or
as a subsidiary product and their
output was 127,287 machines, valued
at 65,099.4O4. During the five
years 19O9-1914 there has been an
increase of 1908 per cent. in the
number of automobiles manufacture
ed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
BE A BUSINESS FARMER.

Clemson College, Feb. 21.- 1t is
becoming increasingly necessary for
the farmer to be a business man
and it is advisable for him to imi-
tate the methods Of city business
men, who have been at the art a
longer time than he and have devel-
oped it more. 1t is chiefly in what
might be called little things that
the difference between the business
like and the unbusinesslike farmer
is revealed and in none more than
in the business letters of each.
There is really little reason why
a lawyer or a merchant or a manu-
facturer should show more courtesy
to the farmer than the farmer shows
to them, in the matter of cores
pondence. Yet that is the way ii
seems to work when n compares
the letters of the two sides.
The cost of neatly printed station:
cry will not hit the expense side OF
2 farmers ledger hard enough to
count, while the use of it is more
than likely to do fine things for the
profit side. A printed l%etterhead
ESPECIALLY when the farm has been
given an attractive name, as every
farm shout beg will create a IA
vorable impression, will advertise
the farm and its products, will iden.
'tify the writer no matter how he
scrawls his signature, and will make
him and all his family feel a little
extra pride in the farmstead.
In South Carolina and the South
generally, farmers who use printed
letterheads are as yet comparatively
few and the number is still small
enough to make a good looking
farm letterhead conspicuous. For
this reason, those who begin this
practice at once will get the benefit
of the extra publicity that goes with
novelty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
INCREASES CREAM
YIELD ONE-FOURTH

Clemson College, Feb. 21.--Would
you, Nh. Dairy Farmer, you who
have four or more cows-would you
care to invest a small sum in a ma
chine that would add one-fourth to
the cream proceeds, provide. fresh
skimmilk for feeding to. the young
stock, enable you to get sweet cream
at any season of the year, and save
the housewife no end of labor?
Would you stretch a point to get a
machine like this? Then, say the
dairy experts at Clemson College,
buy a good rea separator.
Farmers who use a cream separa-
tor are frequently amazed at the in
crease in the quantity OF butter they
make. 1t is not uncommon to hear
a farmer say that he makes as much
butter from four cows as ne used
to make from five when he was
raising cream in pans or crooks:
Moreover, the saving of labor and
the ease with which sweet cream
can be obtained at any season of the
year are other separator advantages
that are worth even nor than the
saving in butterfat. Skimmilk fed
fresh from the separator is warm
and has saved the lives of many
calves that would have been fed on
cold milk or on no milk at all.
Do not make the mistake of buy
ing too small or too cheap a sepa-
rator. One of the standard makes
will last for years and is one of the
best investments that a farmer can
make. Every farmer who has as
many as four cows should have a
dairy separator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
GOOD S.

The road just beyond the resi-
dence of Mr.. Hugh Bowen has been
covered with ebert and is in splen-
did condition. The ebert was haul
ed by the people of the neighbor-
hood, who contributed about twenty
five teams for the purpose.
And this is the means by which
the county will have good roads.
When the taxpayers learn that the
roads cannot be worked by convicts
in charge of political appointees, but
that the people must do the work
themselves, we shall have better
roads. Until they learn this, we
shall contiue to spend thousands OF
dollars for guards, bosses, and other
expenses of the chain gang, and the
roads will remain as they are.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
THE HIGH SCHOOL ACT.

AS we understand the amendment
to the High School law, passed by the
legislature which has just adjourned,
it is provided that all high schools
in the state become entitled to
share in the appropriation made for
high schools. This removes one of
the objections to the law in so far
as this school district is concerned.
But we still contend that the legis-
|lature has no right to tax the out
lying country school districts in or
der to run high schools in Lowndes-
Vile, Antreville, Due West, Donalds
and Abbeville, and unless we are mis-
informed, that is what the law
means.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
GET READY TO PLANT
THAT SPRING GARDEN

Clemson College, Feb. 49, The
season for spring garden prepare:
tons is here and everything should
be got in readiness for planting
time, which for some vegetables will
soon be here. The information Civ
en- below is to be found in fuller
form in Bulletin No. 166, Home
Gardening in South Carolina, which
is to. be obtained by addressing the
South Carolina Experiment Station
at Clemson College.
The facts given below will be In
the following order: first the vege'
table; second, quantity of seed OF
plants to sow for family. OF SIX
third, when to sow in the oper
ground; fourth, depth to plant seed
fifth, wiGth of rows; sixth, whether
in hills or drill; seventh, distance
between plants in row. -
Garden pea, l quart, January. IL
to March 20, 4 tc S inches deep
8 feet, drill, IS inches apart.
Kale, one-half ounce, February
Is to March Is, one-half inch deep
3 feet, drill, 2 to 3 inches apart.
Lettuce, 1 packet, February Is te
April /, one-fourth inch deep, Is
inches, hills, 6 to 10 inches apart.
Celery, 1 packet, February Is te
March is, one-eighth inch deep, {
to 6 feet, 6 to 8 inches apart.
Onion (Sets), 2 quarts, February
Is to April l, n and one-hal1
inches deep, 10 inches, hills, A to
inches apart.
Parsley, l packet, February Is t.
March 15,O one-half inch deep, {
feet, hills, IL inches apart.
Beet, l ounce, March l to Apri
/, one-half inch deep, 3 feet, drill
3 to a inches apart.
Carrot, one-half ounce, March ]
to April 1, one-half inch deep, 8 fee
drill, 3 inches apart.
Parsnip, one-half ounce, March
to April /, t~hree-fourths inch deep
8 feet, drille, a to 6 inches apart.
Irish potatoes, one-half bushel
March 1 to April Is, 4 to 5 inches
deep, 3 feet, hills, IL to Is inches
apart. ,
Radish, 1 packet, March 1 t.
April /, one-half inch deep, Is inch
es, drill, 1 to 2 inches apart.
Spinach, %one-fourth pound, Marcel
1 to April 1, t~hree-fourths to l incl
deep, 8 feet, drill, 4 to 6 inches
apart.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY ACT.

When the legislature passed the
Act ostensibly to make the Federal
Employers Liability Law apply to
intra-state railroads, but in reality
to make the railroads liable in every
case, because that is what the law
amounts to, it should have gone a
step further and passed the bill for
the compensation of all employees
of railroads for personal injuries on
an equitable basis-one that was fail
to the railroads and fair to the EN-.
ployees. This would have eliminated
the railroad lawyer and the damage
suit lawyer at the same time, but ii
would have promoted the ends OF
Justice. If the railroads must pay
in every case, the amount they should
pay should be regulated by a just
and uniform law, and not left fol-
settlement by different juries whose
decisions will never be uniform. Such
a law would have guaranteed the
employee a fair settlement in every
case, and it would have saved the
railroads and the employees and the
people the expenses of litigation.
Of course the railroads would
have been called upon to pay more
damages, and they would have had
the right to expect increased rates
both from passengers and freight
shipments (something the legislature
did not seem willing to concede, but
something the courts will enforce)
for after all the people who ride and
the people who buy goods shipped
from elsewhere must pay the damages
The courts have declared that the
railroads must be allowed to make
a reasonable profit on the value Of
their property, and the money really
invested. In order to make thai
return, when liabilities are raised
revenue must be raised, and "the
people pay the freight" in the long
run.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23
BURTON HICKS TO BE CANDI-
DATE FOR STATE SUPT. OF ED,

R. Burton Hicks. a member of the
Spartanburg delegation in the legis-
Iature, has announced his candidacy
for the office of State Superintendent
of Education, and in the summer
primaries will canvass the State with
the candidates for the other offices.
Mr.. Hicks will oppose John Z. Swear
ingen, the incumbent. Mr.. Hicks is
a lawyer and lives at Woodruff,
where he also publishes a weekly
newspaper. Before entering the legal
profession Mr.. Hicks taught school.
He is a graduate of Wofford College,
the we'll known Methodist education
al institution at Spartanburg.-The
Columbia Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23

Danger that is known is a guide
post to safety.
The closer you get to some people
the more distant they are.
Don't keep a good movement on
hand; put it on foot at once.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-02-23

Complaint of i'll luck is often an
apology for laziness.
The wise man takes a back seat
and watches the fool butt into dan
ger.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-21

Mabel had the knack of monopoliz-
ing admiration.
Nora was crying and she could not
deliver her message to Tom for a
long time.
you've got something to tell me,
Nora" said Tom, joking with her.
"Out with it,"
Nora looked at him tragically.
''Tom, IL can't" she burst out.
Tom stretched out his hand and
took the girls in his. Yes you can,
my DEAR" he said. 'Is it something
about Mabel?"
Nora's tears flowed fast. "She-
she doesn't want to marry you,
Tom," she said "And 1 think it's
wicked" she added, with flushed
cheeks.
Tom went very white, but he
looked at Nora steadfastly. did she
tell you to give me that messenger"
he asked.
Nora nodded mutely. Tom stroked
her hand. "AIl right, my dear. l can
bear that, too" he said.
But 1 can't" said Nora in desper-
alton. tom, do you know why?"
81 suppose she doesn't want to be
linked up with a broken cripple
said Tom. ''Wel, 1 don't blame her,
Nora"
Its because she won't have any
one to ridewith," said Nora. 81 mean,
unless she rides with other men"
That's right" said Tom. "TeIl
Mabel l release her. And, Nora, you
will come and sit with me sometimes,
won't your"
Indeed I will, " said Nora. "I think
you are as brave as the bravest man
on earth"
Tom smiled, but afterward his face
grew very wistful. 1t was a black
future, that of a crippled man in
wheeled chair. Never again would
he stand on his own feet, never
would any of the delights of life be
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-21

Yet, as the days went by and Nora
kept her promiseA Tom began to find
himself looking forward to the girls
advent. Nora and he had always been
the best of friends, but now there
seemed the possibility Of some deep=
er feeling. There was that in the
girl which he had always thought to
find in Mabel and never found; some-
thing spiritual, some quality shyly
hidden\ from the world which now
began to blossom for him.
One day Nora came dancing into
his room.
"Tom," she said, CDR. Tremayne
thinks he can cure YOU"
'Who is DR.. Tremayne?" asked
Tom.
"Why, the famous surgeon. You
have heard of him"
"How have you heard of him?"
asked Tom.
"Why, Tom, II went to>see him
to ask about you. And he's coming
to Sudbury tomorrow week and
wants to make an examination"
Tom was deeply touched. He had
no heart to tell the girl thath is case
had been pronounced hopeless by the
best specialists in the land. He con-
scented to see Tremayne. 4
81 can cure you" said the surgeon,
after an hours examination. you
will have to lie in plaster for six
weeks, but that's better than sitting
in a chair for so years"
when can you do it?" asked Tom.
Tomorrow" said Tremayne.
Tom had himself taken to the city
without telling Nora. But when he
awoke from the chloroform it was to
find Nora seated at his side. And the
girl never left him by day until the
cast was taken off and Tom found to
his delight that he could wriggle his
toes again.
\ Nora had come up every morning
from Sudbury, returning at night.
- - IL. II !
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-08
PHILADELPHIA CHEERS
SUFFRAGE PILGRIMS
Nation Touring Pair Lead Auto
Parade.
IB7 Telegraph to Tho Trbun. J

Philadelphia. April Mrs. Alice s.
Burke and Miss Nell Richardson, the
motor missionaries who arc touring
the United States in the cause Of votes
for women. arrived here from New York
to-day in the Golden Filler, their tiny
yellow automobile.
Conveyed By the Philadelphia ma
chimes. Mrs. Burke and Miss Richard
son steered toward the centre Of the
city
Crowds on the curbing cheered as
the autos rolled past Other cars
Joined tho procession. and by the time
the City Hall Plaza was reached the
Golden Filters following had reached
the proportions Of a triumphal parade
A mass meeting was then held in the
plaza. with Mrs. Burke as the princi-
pal speaker But the crowd didn't want
10 hear about suffrage. II was much
more interested in learning how two
women were 20 tour the United States.
So the speaker delivered lecture or
automobile mechanics and the science
OF packing much into little space
The two fearless explorers were then
escorted 10 the suffrage tea shop on
Chestnut Street for luncheon. Then
they set off for Wilmington, where an
evening meeting had been arranged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-08
COLLECTOR MALONE
TRANSFERS SPRAGUE
Official, Who Expedited Mrs.
Pelton's Imports, Gets New Job.

For his part in expediting the entry
through customs Of lingerie worth
81 POO belonging 20 Mrs. Franklin P.
Pelton, former wife of Dan R. Hanna,
Daniel o. Sprague, acting Deputy Col
lector of Customs. has been relieved
Of duty on incoming steamers and piers
and assigned by Collector Of the Port
Malone TO the entry division.
This change, Collector Malone was
careful 70 explain in a statement issued
yesterday. was without loss OF rank or
compensation and was made in order
that hereafter the exercise OF judg-
ment and discretion in these matters
shall alone be vested. as is the respon-
sibility. in the Collector Of Customs for
the Port OF New York"
After d careful study Of the report
Of Joseph W. Wheatley, assigned by me
20 investigate the charges against DAN
iel o. Sprague in connection with the
importation Of merchandise by Mrs.
Elizabeth Gordon Pelton on the steam
ship Espagne," says the statement, 81
concur in the conclusion reached by Mr..
Wheatley that the passage Of this CON
signment OF goods for Mrs Pelton was
based on no motive Of corruption or dis
honesty"
The lingerie has been seized and the
case turned over to an Assistant United
States Attorney.