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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24
ANGOLA STATE FARM.

One at TIA, stat, penal farms. An
COLA H. located in the extreme nor D.
~ srt.ru corner ct the parish. and b.
iuE thus situated - but slightly ina
JuNtapositiou With the remainder OF
the parish ~ Was bought from the
estate Of = T. James. former lessee of
the states prisoners before that sss-
TEN Vas abandoned Tto had used con
Wet tabor on hts plantation. and the
ides Wa not an unfamiliar one. when
a much larger body of prisoners wsS
brought Their" arr about 2-uh" men
located at Angola III" state ia.
modern sugar refinery here. and has
completed a mammoth l"y"e. a part OF
the plantation being subject 10 over
nov
West FeiiCiaua has had comparative
ly little criminal expense connected
With happenings uH the Farm. and its
only real grievance - that b has losi
the taxes from this large piece Of
property ON the other hand. a. the
penal farms have to b. situated some
- here. Angola furutsh"= the h'st ioca-
tiou possible. being At one" acceSsibi"
by rail- ttho Louisiana Hallway q Nav.
EatioH Company road and at "a"
same time isolated by its tGpGEraph-
teal features from other places and
,.copIe
pssfrous ct learning how West Fc-
Iiciaua Was regarded by m" Farm.
"" asked an expression from the Rev.
~. :. Johns. chaplain of tn" state Peui-
trutiary ana himouthIy visitor 60
Angola. E;o writes.
.
I thank YOU very much for tho iuvi
tatGcu Co write something for your
/ artr.iyersary mum hssr. February -. re-
/ hating 20 our Angola farm and the sttt-
| tudc uf th.. people of your parish 10
thu farm I fear that newspaper writ
{ ing ~ out 81 my line. and beyond the
l fact that yuur people have been very
\ Kind to the institution ia your parish.
| I have no suggestions To Offer The
! relations heretofore existing have been
80 pleasant that they could hardly b."
! improved ia 50 far a. the general
public - concerned
| thank YOU very much indeed for
the many acts eft kindness you have
| shown the prisoners IN donations Of
| reading matter extending over a reTtod
CT years. I'm fact dc not now recall
when YOU begun that good work: IL
has been going on 80 long IWhile
/ Rev. Mr. Sutton Was chaplain. bat not
/ systematically tin recently Ed.
am row concluding my ninth year
a. chaplain 10 the institution, and on
| March I next. will start on the tenth
/ year of continuous service. haV"
had many things to cheer me In the
good work Many of the men have
made good" aud this fact encourages
me TO 40 on with the work.
| With assurances of ray highest re
CARDS. and hoping that Tn" True Dem
| ocrat may live under your Sdministrs-
! ton to celebrate its Golden Auniver-
| ssrN. I am.
Yours truly.
II. = JOHNS. Chaplata.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24
Sc ST THINGS.

The best things are nearsst-breath
i'm your nostriis. light In your eyes.
flowers al your feet. duties at your
hand, the path Of God just before you.
Then do not grasp at the stars. but do
life's plain. common work a. if comes.
certain that daily duties and daily
bread are the sweetest things Of life
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

An old railroad man sat with a
friend on n hotel piazza as a string of
chappies went by In their nashy toys.
Passengers or freight smiled the
friend.
"Empties said the old man-Judse.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24
THE re ASoN

Natv"-THoro are the oIdboy twins
They are - years old
Stranger - To- hat do they credit
their long lives.
Natiye-one cause ne used terbacker
and one cause hc never used it
chicago News
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-24

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
ROBBERS LOOT THE
TAR RIVER PDSTOFF|CE
Two !. w. w. Members Traced
by BlOOdhOunds, Arrested
and Held for Crime

The postoffice at Tar River was
robbed some time during the night
Monday. Stamps and registered mail
to the value Of 5000 were taken. The
postmaster, G. C. Fulton, discovered
the robbery when he reported for
duty Tuesday morning.
BloOdhounds were put on the trial
and they followed the scent to where
James Franklin and A. NJ. Lines were
lodging. The men were placed under
arrest, to be held for investigation.
Among their effects was found q
quantity of l. w. w. literature and
one Of the men carried the red card
of the !. w. w.
The method employed IN opening
the safe indicated that the robbers
were professionals. Little is known
in Tar River about the men now held
for the robbery. They had been at
the lodging house but short time.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
GAS EXPLOSION
Home of d. c. Satterlee Saved
from Destruction by Quick
Action

A gas explosion at the home Of D.
C. Satterlee on east Sheridan street
Sunday morning badly burned Mr..
Satterlee about the face and hands
and set fire to the furnishings in the
bathroom and the bed room adjoin-
ing. The blaze was extinguished by
Mrs. Satterlee, however before SER
ious damage was done.
That the accident was not more
serious, even to the loss Of life, seems
little short of q miracle. When Mr..
and Mrs. Satterlee retired they left
a gas jet burning in the bathroom to
keep the water from freezing. Later
the gas pressure got so low that the
flame was extinguished leaving the
jet open. About 2:30 in the morning
Mr.. Satterlee awoke and noticed that
the gas was not burning. He got up
and struck a match to relight 1t and
a violent explosion occurred. He was
thrown several feet back into the bed
room, doors were forced loose from
their fastenings and window panes
were blown out. Immediately follow
ing, the draperies were afire and the
entire room was ablaze. Mrs. Satter-
lee, with rare presence Of mind, wet
sheet in some water that was at
hand and with it succeeded in putting
out the fire; then she turned her at
tention to her husbands injuries. His
hands and face were blistered and the
hair of his head was singed. He IL
confined to his room as q result but
will be out soon. The accident should
warn people to watch their gas when
it varies so much in pressure, else It
is apt to 60 out and later the room
fill with gas.
Mr.. Satterlee had more than his
share of trouble last Saturday. He
had been down to Muskogee on bust
ness. He came home on the NJ. o.
6 G. tain in the evening. The train
was four hours late and did not reach
here until about 9 o'clock. No jit-
neys were at the station and Mr.. Sat-
terlee attempted to walk home; it
was showing and the wind was blow
ing and, being somewhat crippled, he
fell in the snow and for nearly an
hour lay helpless. He finally gained
his feet, however, and got to the door
of the home Of Mrs.
where he was taken In and warmed
up. Meanwhile Mrs. Satterlee had
become alarmed and had sent out
friends to look for her husband. They
found him and took him home. Later
in the night the gas explosion occur
ed.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Remaining in the postoffice at Bax-
ter, Springs, Kansas, for the week
ending December IL, 1917.
Hr. Hill, Walter Green; Miss Ida
Smith (co Jno. Green; Mrs. EffiO
Hart, 2; Harry Mccormick; Mrs.
Mllie M. Hardy; Winfield Freeman.
Gle Chester Freeman; Edgar Durham;
Floyd C. Waggoner, clio Hotel Wag-
gornr; Frank Barker; Mrs. Lottie
Be@ley; Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Fell;
jeanette Brinicker; Guy Headley;
Eanest Lawson, clio John Hall; L. Il.
H@ck; C. E. Manon; Dan Robinson;
FDyd Rogers; Paul Ryan; Theodore
Wood; Bill Walker; J. K. Wheeler, 2;
Jhn E. Davis; Mrs. Grace Handley;
v. E. Fisher.
Persons calling for any Of the above
ltters will please say Advertised"
living date Of list.
CHAS. L. SMITH, P. N.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
ABOUT THE TOBACCO FUND

To the Editor Of the News:
The present war has developed any
number Of freaks and cranls. More
Of these come to light every day. The
latest 10 q society that has for their
object q movement to stop the ship
ping Of tobacco in any form to the
boys lover there"
There are many people in this
world Of ours and all kinds Of people
20 to make the world what It is, but
how any one copld be 30 narrow
minded a. to object to our own
"Sammies" deriving q little comfort
and SOlace from Madame Nicotine II
hardly understandable.
Our best physicians tell us that to-
baeco Il harmful to q certain extent
but that It IL ut the same time, very
quieting to the nerves. Some Of our
greatest men are inveterate tobacco
users: Thomas Edison, the American
genius, ID what L. known a. . "chain"
smaker-that 70, he lights one from
the preceding one and smokes con-
tinually every waking hour. And Mr..
Edison IL conceded to have the most
wonderful mind Of any living man.
And yet, the members Of this so-cal-
led "Anti- Tobacco League" claim that
tobacco saps the constitution and
weakens the mind and would on those
grounds bar its use In the army.
During the Philippine rebellion In
'9s, the Second Nebraska under COX
9tausenberg, while In pursuit Of .
band Of Moros, ran out Of supplies.
They Subsisted for six days on half
rations which consisted Of dried fish
and rice. They marched miles and
miles through dense tropical foliage
and waded knee deep thru the black
muck Of he'native rice paddles. They
slept on their pouches with the soft
drizzle Of the tropical rain beating
mot their faces. Fox sixteen days,
they liked thru rain and mud with
never . peek at the sun and returned
to TIE base camp without the lOss Of
q man. One Of the men when inter
visW IN regards 70 the expedition
said, Twas enc Eff q trip. Ev-
srything went alolg hns for the arSt
~ fHyV uathr v lPst IL szans-I
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

christmas The Major General h,1
let Us have the use Of parade ground
We intend to have races. including
l2o and 200 yard race for lsglsnr
'eOple. Those who do not have Iegs
will be supplied with them on TIE
ield. They will be furnished free q
barge, providing the person getting
hem deposits $500. They are n.
1uired to return the legs but the ~
il never returned. All people not hav-
ing legs and unable TO get them win
enter race on wheelbarrows, prOvid-
ing they can push themselves.
During afternoon there viii be
boxing match, pick handles, shovelS,
baseball bats, frying pans, rolling
pins and broom sticks being used a.
boxing gloves. All ladies expert in
welding frying pans, rolling pins and
brooms, are cordially invited to en-
ter the match. The last person able
to stand on feet viii be declared the
victor or winner. They viii receive
as q prize q D. V. L. Of beating.
All persons bringing well-filled
baskets of water and SIS will enjoy 0
splendid afternoon lunch, consisting
of cannon, bayonets, rifles, swords,
horse shoes, baskets Of water, dried
cabbage leaves for smokes and plenty
Of Arkansas dust.
At night there will be q splendid
display of fire works, providing each
person furnishes the same. The can
non will be fired, providing the Y. n.
C. A. or w. T. C. U. or Sufferagettes
furnish the cannon and ammunition.
They will be fired directly at every
body.
All persons that are dead are re-
quested to stay at home, as all people
found dead on the grounds will be
thrown in the guard house until they
are shipped to France. /.
Well this will wind up the days
program. I will also wind up until
the next time.
Asking all good looking cute candy
makers and cooks to write, also 9TH
er persons wishing to know about
army life, / remain
A ever a Baxter soldier boy,
PRIVATE FAY GREEN,
Battery B, 1874 F. A.
Camp Pike, Arkansas.
P. S. All reading material and
smoking tobacco will be appreciated
by soldier boys, as the entire camp
is under quarantine and the boys
have not had a pay day since they
have been in service. PIG.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
ARMY LIFE
IN HAPPY MANNER
Continued from page u

royal boxing match.
The last man standing up in the
ring being victor or winner. He re.
ceived q wrist watch.
Then we enjoyed a swell dinner OF
turkey, dressing, candied vans, pota-
to salad, cocoa as drink, grapes, APP
Piles, mince and pumpkin pie, nuts,
ice cream and cigars. We had real
10 cent cigars.
So army life is not all hard work,
But boys, when you get in the army
please be transferred to Arkansas.
The land of sunshine and pretty girls.
Everybody that wishes to, please
write, including girls who would wish
to adopt a soldier boy.
All magazine reading material
would be appreciated by the boys. As
we are under quarantine and it will
be some time before it is raised.
There are four Baxter boys here, in
GLIDING Norman Sawson, Youstler
Matt Scott and your truly.
/ will close, hoping to hear from all
the people that care to write.
As ever, a Baxter boy who is trying
to do his duty,
PRIVATE FAY GREENE,
Battery B, 1874 F. A.
Camp Pike. Arkansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
MORE ABOUT ARMY LIFE
Athletics and Sports Make Life In.
terssting-Rsading Matter
Needed

Editor Baxter Daily Citizen;
Dear Editor:
A few lines TO let you hear from
some Of Baxter's soldier boys.
There are four Baxter boys here,
consisting Of Norman Lawson, Youst.
Ter, Matt Scott and myself. We are
all In Field Artillery. We use 3-inch
cannon. Our duty during battle ia
to engage the enemy at 46 degree
angles. To keep them 30 busy that
the dough boys might clean up on
them.
We 60 ahead Of dough boys in diff
ficult places and open way through
enemy lines. That the dough boy OF
infantry men might advance. o.
The dub name for infantry men
being dough boy. The reason of them
being called this Is because they are
the main staff or backbone Of ar
army. From dough, bread is made
and bread is the staff of life. The
dough boys are the main staff Of the
army.
But bread requires yeast to make
It rise. So dough boys require the
field artillery to make them rise, OF
in other words, to advance. So W.
artillery men are the yeast that putt
the life or pep In the infantry.
Our Major General has gone Il
France and we expect to follow soon
We Baxter boys are all in the 1884
F. A. Regiment, but different bat
teries. YOustler being in Battery E
Norman Lawson in Battery F, Nat
Scott in Battery c and your truly il
Battery B.
We intend to have q splendid time
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

port train with our supplies. Then
It was q case Of back track "pronto"
and half rations for the bunch. Chink
grub is bad enough when you have a
plenty, but when they give you half
rations It wouldn't have given a flea
indigestion. We'd eat what they gave
rs and then have q smoke or q chaw
for desert. Friend, If it hadn't been
for the good old weed, there would
have been many Of the boys that
would have gone plum crazy. Just
hike and hike without o sound to
break the stiffness but the drip Of the
rain and the sound of footsteps with
maybe now and then curse from one
of the boys who's nerves were get
ting the better Of him. Why, a man
can be comfortable sitting in a pool
of water If he only has the old pipe
burning good. So you just tell the
folks back home to be sure and put
q bit Of weed in the next package
they send as this native stuff gets my
goat"
II the above is an example Of the
benefit derived from tobacco as q
savior Of reason, why should it be de-
MED to our boys who are even now
undergoing ten times the nervous
strain that our troops did in '9s.
Standing in q trench, knee deep in
mud, with the incessent roar Of the
heavy guns ringing in your ears, new
er knowing what moment a shell or
hand grenade is going to drop in and
blow you to Kingdom Come is hardly
the best thing for ones nerves. So
let's forget our own petty differences
and get behind the Tobacco Fund"
movement.
One From the Ranks.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
INSTANT ACTION SURPRISES
MANY HERE

This grocer's story surprises local
people: II had bad stomach trouble.
An food seemed to sour and form
gas. Was always constipated. Moth
ing helped me until / tried buckthorn
bark, Riycerin, ETC., as mixed with Ad-
lsr-i-la. ONE SPOONFUL astonish-
Cd with its INSTANT action" Be
cause Adler-i-ka hushes the ENTIRE
alimsntary tract Il relieves ANY
CASE constipation, sour stomach or
gas and prevents appendicitis. Il has
QUICKEST action Of anything We
oVsF sold Jas. c. Pago, druggigt-
Ne }
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
SHELTER B|-PRO-
DUCTS AID IN WAR
Government Looking to OK
Zinc Field For Sulphuric
Acid Supply to be Ex-
tracted from Gases

Lawrence, Kans., Dec. 4.-Eastern
manufacturers will have to turn to
Kansas City and the Middle West for
their supply Of surphuric acid during
the war. Prof. Erasmus Haworth,
dean of the University Of Kansas
Mining School, has made survey Of
reports of producers in various sec
tons and finds the West will soon be
depended upon entirely for the supply
Of sulphur and sulphuric acid.
The main supply Of this acid will
come from the zinc districts around
Baxter Springs, Kans., and Miami,
Okla, and in part around the Joplin,
No., zinc district. The Joplin district
was always known as one Of the
largest zinc fields in America, but the
discovery of the field around Baxter
Springs, the extent of which is un-
known, makes 1t the largest in the
world.
Acid From Zinc Gas
With this field being properly de-
veloped the output of zinc will be
enormous, and as this zinc is smelted
the sulphur can be collected from the
gases, making q supply Of sulphur for
sulphuric acid that will more than
meet the demand in the United States
during the war.
At the present time about 10 per
cent of the sulphur is saved at these
smelters. To save the entire supply
no new process or invention is neces-
sary, as the process has been in use
In some places for thirty-fve years.
The United Zinc and Chemical Com
pany Of Kansas is already one Of the
largest sulphuric acid producers in
the Missouri Valley. This company
uses the ores in the Joplin district.
With the eastern concerns closed on
account Of the high cost of transport
ing minerals to the East the Western
firms will enlarge their smelters and
amply supply the entire United
States, Professor Hayworth points
out.
Pyrite Supply Cut off
The question of an adequate sui
phuric acid supply came before the
chemists of the country at the re-
cent convention of the American In
stitute Of Mining Engineers in st.
Louis. The Eastern companies re-
ported the United States was threat
ened with q shortage Of sulphuric
acid since the supply Of pyrite, which
had been imported, had been cut of.
Biologists in the West and South are
now asking the Eastern chemists and
manufacturing companies to turn to
the West for the supply.
Sulphur is being mined in Louisiana
and Texas in vast quantities as fast
as the market win consume 1t. Near
the mouth Of the Brazos River in
Texas the sulphur Is piled in great
heaps awaiting transportation.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
STRIKE ON WILLIAMS LAND

Good shines have been encountered
on the Williams land four miles north
and threelquarters miles west Of Bax-
ter Springs according to reports here.
The drill went into the shines at the
100 foot level.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
CHURCH BEHnSD THR Army

Putting tie inspiration Of q mill
tant religion into the morale Of the
American forces at the front Il the
objoct Of q campaign now being
launched by the American churches,
which win put . testament into the
hands Of every American soldier and
sailor. says the National Field. The
American Bible Society. which has
assumed the rsspOnSibility d raising
q fund Of 100000 TO cover The cost,
Is getting out . special soldiers sdi-
tion--free from the usual tzapnines
Of gilt and morocco, khaki bound,
easy to handle and to read-a book
for the fighting man.
Those who are accustomed to think
Of Christianity a. . milk and water
affair win b interested In reports
from the front. The Y. N. c. "A.
which will be one Of the principal dis
tributing agencies for the testaments,
reports that the Bible II the most
popular book in the trenches, and that
the demand far outdistances the pres
ent supply. The trials and tempta-
lions Of war make o demand on the
spiritual stamina Of men, and every
where there IL q turning toward old
values and old virtues.
Il IL perhaps, the emphasis on sac
rihce, ON the trivial value Of life, az
compared with great principles, which
makes the Christian religion 80 COM
forting and sustaining to the man In
the trenches. "He that loveth his
life shall lose IT," says the book; "and
he that hateth his life in this world
shall keep It to life eternal" Conf
dence In immortality, belief in q force
stronger than ourselves, (which
makes for righteousness" purity,
courage, and lOyalty-theSe are the
things which make armies formid-
able, preserve morale, win wars.
A recent number Of the Literary
Digest reports Admiral Sir John Jel.
leo TO have sent these words to the
British navy: "Be strong and Of good
courage; be not afraid, neither be
thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God
will keep thee whithersOever thou 60
est. Honor all men. Love thy broth
erhood. Fear God. Honor the king.p
Commander-in-C Chief Pershing clear
ly recognizes the significance Of relig-
ion as q force for the preservation Of
morale among the troops. "Hardshipa
will be your lot" he writes to an
American soldier. "But trust In God,
He viii give you comfort. Tempta-
tons win befall you, but faith in our
SaliOur will give you strength"
Men facing danger and death feel
no Aippancy about religion. Instead,
there Il everywhere . cropping toward
light, Q demand for further under
standing Of LIES paradOxes and sacri-
fees. If the church can meet that
demand It will perform q service for
the fighting forces Of Uncle Sam not
second to that which satisfies physi-
cal needs. This campaign, which is
to be concentrated into the period be-
tween December LIST and 18th, should
have the support Of every patriotic
Christian American.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13
NOTICE

Those who subscribed pledges To-
ward the maintenance Of the Red
Gross Work Room, are asked to leave
their payments with their names at
SCOTS Drug Store, or with Mn. ].
W. Twents, secretary.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

For Sale.-5-passenger auto in run
ming order. Good set Of tires. $4,000.
X. Lane, 4 blocks east Of postOffice at
Batteries.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

Stock Field-Now open, just west
of Frisco station. Horses 500 q
month, cows $500 and cows taken
out at night $1.50. Cash In advance.
E. ]. Wyatt.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-13

OF Baxter Springs:
First so xii hrs, per kilo................10c
Next so xii hrs, per kilo..............71sc
Over 100 xii hrs, per month";. sc
Power rate, per kilo........................11sc
Added to q regular service charge
Of $3.50 per horse power per mo.
The Joplin rates charged for lights
by the same company are as follows:
First % kil0 &c
Above 25 kilo hrs .......................... &c
The company has been asked to exc
plain why the Baxter rate is higher
than that Of Joplin and the reason is
given that on basis Of lkilowat hours
sold the cost to the company Of oper-
ating the Baxter plant is at present
very much higher than that Of Joplin.
The Joplin plant has been perman-
emily established for long time and
in the case Of Baxter, since taking
over the plant q few months ago a
great many changes have been found
necessary. The plant has virtually
been reconstructed, and the company
claims that even at the present rates
for light 1t viii be q long time before
the Baxter plant win pay . profit to
tie eompauy.