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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09
Construction Of Sweet Potato
Storage House.

Storage houses may be built of
wood, brick, cement, or stone.
Wooden houses are preferable be-
cause they are cheaper and easier
to keep dry. 1t is difficult to keep
moisture from collecting on the
walls of q cement, stone, or brick
house. The house should be build
on posts or piers. 30 as to allow a
circulation of air under it. The
"dugout," or . house built partly
under ground, fails because it is
practically impossible to keep this
type of house dry, and moisture in
the storage house will cause the
potatoes to rot. The sils should
be placed on posts or pillars IL to
Is inches from the ground, or just
high enough 30 that q wagon bed
will be on q level with the floor OF
the house.
On many farms in the South
there are buildings, such as aban-
doned houses, that could be con.
verted into sweet-potato storage
houses at very little expense
Where there are such buildings
they should be used rather than to
build q new house. These houses
will usually need to be ceiled on
the inside. For this purpose 2 by
4 inch scantlings should be se'
against the wall and covered first
with building paper and then q
layer of matched lumber. The
windows and doors should be made
tight and ventilstors put in where
needed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09
FOB YouR cHup's COUGH

Here's q pleasant cough syrup that
every child likes to take. Dr. Bells Pine
Tas- Honey. II your child has deep
hacking cough that worries you give
him DR.. Bells Pine Tar HOnsy. the sOOth
ing pine baIsams relieve the cough
loossns the phlegm and heals the irri-
tated tissues. Get bottle today at your
druggist and start treatment at once. 25C
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09
OUR GRANDFATHERS

drenched horses for collie. That
was the old way which was uncer-
tain and unsafe. Farris' Collie Re-
medy does away with drenchipg-
is applied on the horse tongue with
q dropper which comes packed in
each bottle. Get it today. We
guarantee it. BONN Grocery Go.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09

Some farmers may think that
buying farm machinery for increa-
sing crop production is risky at
this time. It is not risky, how.
ever, but good business. It will
take years to replace the surplus
stores of food now being used, and
especially is this q logical conclu-
sion when one considers the fact
that our population is increasing
more rapidly than our crop pro.
duction. Machinery for produc-
ing big crops will never be useless.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09

The United States Government
is appealing % all our people who
can, to invest even in one of the
Liberty Bonds.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09
LIBERTY BOND

mat LOUISIANA Will DO ner Iull
share toward the Liberty Loan is
indicated strongly in reports re-
ceived the last few days by the
state Liberty Loan Committee re-
presenting the American Bankers
Association. Campaign leaders
over the entire state seem hopeful
that the allotment to Louisiana
will be oversubscribed. This will
serve as a lasting advertisement to
the state. and will indicate q spirit
of patriotism that will put Louisi.
ana in the front rank with the
greatest states in the Union.
The Liberty Loan Committee is
being assisted by prominent state
officers in the fiotation of the loan
within the state lines. Among
those taking a leading and active
part in the work of enlightening
the people on the subject of the
war loan is K. N. Sims, State Bank
Examiner, who will tour a section
of the State. Another is Harry D.
Wilson, commission Of Agricul-
ture. Others will be announced
later.
Governor Pleasant, himself, is
serving the cause. The mayors of
larger cities of Louisiana, likewise
are giving freely of their time in
advancing the great financial issue
which is so essential to the preser-
walton of our country. Those Off.
GERS of the state and municipal
governments, together with the
bankers and trust corporation
heads, fully appreciate the fact
that the time for harsnging in the
highways has passed. They res-
I've the hour for mems work has
struck and every effort is now be-
ing made to put Louisiana in the
front rank of the states answering
the call of Uncle Sam.
The people of the state have un-
til June 18th to subscribe to the
Liberty Loan. 1t is optional with
them to subscribe just as large q
sum rs they feel they can conve-
niently give the government in
this gift edge investment which
will pay no less than 81 and which
will be convertible. The lowest
amount that can be subscribed is
Fifty Dollars. That sum is within
the reach of every salaried man
and wage Garner in the State OF
Louisiana.
The banner subscription to date
is that of j. A. Bentley, President
of the First National Bank OF
Alexandria who has invested $780,.
600, in the Liberty Loan-just a
quarter million dollars. e. w.
Zimmerman, also of Alexandria, is
another patriotic citizen to back
Uncle Sam in his fight, against
the common enemy, Mr.. thinner.
mans patriotism extending to the
sum of One Hundred Thousand
Dollars. These are two of the
largest subscriptions yet made in
the present campaign and there is
no doubt in the minds of the State
Liberty Loan Committee that the
action of Mr.. Bentley and Mr..
Zimmerman will serve to encou.
rage other wealthy men of the
state to make liberal subscriptions
to the loan. These subscriptions
are not donations. They are in.
vestments that pay dividens semi.
annually-annually- December 18th
and June 10Th of each year.
Let us report to the Secretary
of the Treasury that Louisiana is
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Union Bank 81 Trust Co..
Jules Guidry
No. 1883

0uiCo
No. 1883
State of Louisiana, Parish of st. Martin.
BY virtue Of AL order Of seizure aud sale
issued out Of the 18th Judicial District
Court. In aud for the Parish Of st. Mar
tin, State Of Louisiana. in the above Ell
titled and numbered suit, dated this LIST
day Of Nav A. b. 1917.
have seized and will proceed to sale
ut Public Auction to the last and high
Tot bidder at the front door Of the Court
House, between the legal sale hours I'll
u. N. to 4 y. NJ In the Town Of st. Mar
tinvills. on
Saturday June 9, 1917,
the following mentioned aud described
property. tO-wit:
That certain tract Of land situated in
the Fifth Ward Parish Of st. Martin.
State of Louisiana. measuring in super
fetal area, Seventy Two arpents with
said land all the improvements thereon
and thereto belonging. Bounded North
and East by land of J. b. Armas Gui-
dry or assigns. South and West by land
Of Noise Latiolais formerly Arcade Pa
tin.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms Cash.
Shsriff's Office. parish of St. Martin,
this 9Th day Of May A. ID. 1917.
WADE o. MARTIN, Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-06-09

Give the boys time to visit the
swimming hole occasionally.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06

him to start his fight on the devil in
/ New. York at Broadway and 168th St.,
Sunday morning.
The big choir is organized. Every
| citizen, large and small; every work
ing girl, every boy, every laborer, every
scrubwoman, has been told and told of
Sundays coming. Thousands of them
have been organized into bible classes,
personal workers, singers and other as
sistants to the redoubtable Billy.
This New York campaign is expect
ed to be Sundays greatest triumph Of
his worst tumble from the pedestal of
evangelism New York awaits him with
out much to say. It is inordinately
curious to see what he looks like and
how he acts.
Broadway and Booze have paid little
attention to him. He may stir up a
fight with the Great White Way after
he gets started though.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06
NEWSBOYS KNOW MORE ABOUT
CURRENT EVENTS THAN DO
College MEN
(By United Press

Chicago, April 5.-College students
may be past masters Of Latin and
Greek but on current events they re
back members, getaointa ointaoinshm
back numbers compared with the ped
dler Of "poipers' on the city streets.
In an experimental demonstration
conducted by Prof. Herbert Willett on
"past and CURRENT topics less than
so per cent Of Chicago University s
cultured ones answered the questions
correctly.
Gerard, unattached ambassador, was
designated as q "good smoke,' ga
German taking keen interest in the
war;
Lloyd George was credited by one
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06
NOSE cLoGGED FROM '''
A COLD OR CATARRu
Apply Cream in Nosty;.s y.
Open Up Air Passapas 10

An! What relief! Your cloeaaI
trils open right up, the air nasse nos-
your head are clear and Won can SSges Of
freely. No more hawking sa nlMeathe
mucous discharge, headache. drr s',.lillngg,
struggling for breath at nj ght vonr s- n
or catarrh is gone. ' our cold
Don't stay stuffed up! Get
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm 49, = small
druggist now. Apply a little ~. = Your .9!
fragrant, antiseptic cream IN 1so % this
erl'7p ct it penetrate through e W. nos
passage of the head; sootha ana ar
the swollen, inflamed mucous ,o @la neal
giving you instant relief. Ely:s Cra1n,
Balm is Just what every cold and I'e an
just splendid. us
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06

student with being "the king Of Eng
land. -
Zimmerman, German minister Eof for
eign affairs was accused of being both
"prize fighter and baseball
player
Patrick Henry WASH It even mention
word. Nathan Hale and Henry Clay
were favorites
The Chinese prince was everything
from ''Southern secret society," to a
Indiana reformer.''
Not single student knew that Thorn
as Edison was the Wizard Of Menlo
Park
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06
READY FOR BILLY
SUNDAYS INVASION OF NEW
YORK

NEW YORK, April Chilly Sun
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06

and financial aid here is John Rookie
Among his most ardent supporters
Teller, Jr., and Mrs. Rockefeller.
Sunday has said he will be bit ia
mer here with his slang and his slams
than elsewhere. New York wonders
why. It is rather expected him to tear
loose and go the limit ando yer. But
Sunday says slang is out Of use mostly
now and he thinks there are a few good
theatres and cabaret restaurants.
Billy has promised to turn his taber-
nacle into a big recruiting station in
case the United States goes to war
with Germany. His son George M.
Sunday will join the aviation corps, he
says.
FOR E-GALLOWAY MANURE
sPREADER MOUNTED. CHEAP
APPLY~TO N. e. WINSLOW. ct
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-04-06

WE MANUFACTURE ALL OUR
SHIRTS AND ABLE TO GIVE
YOU BETTER VALUES THAN
ANY OTHER
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
ton on the. Hudson.

ton on. the. Hudson.
 Charles Hinckley moved from Ca- naan to G. w. Cowdrey's place in East Canaan.
 Prof. John Tripp walked fifty miles in eight hours and twenty.three minutes in Salisbury town hall.
 Peter Lampman, Lakeville. was ar. rested for selling liquor without H. cense.
 The Stevens House, Canaan, changed managers; F. E. Cleaveland of Win. sted succeeded Mir. Riker.
 Mrs. Charlotte Bradford of Cornwall Hollow fell from chair and was con- siderably injured
 E. W. Spur, Falls Village, imported several horses from Canada.
 Mrs John Conway of East Canaan died.
 Thirty seven Years Ago This week--fSso
 William E. Cutting of Salisbury died March 2, aged 33.
 Miss Phoebe Beach of Norfolk died March ?, aged S4.
 Clarence E. Vroman of Millerton and Miss Ellen D. Peirce of Canaan were married March 8.
 One ed of the old freight house in Canaan was fitted up for an ice house.
 A pier supporting the bridge near George Bartholomew in Ashley Falls was undermined and part of the bridge went into the water.
 Mrs. Abbie Flint bought the Prud. ence Belden place in Amesville. Rev. l.. H. Reid preached his fare- we'll sermon in East Canaan.
 George H. Whitford and Miss Annie Hayward of South Canaan were mar ried in Sheffield, March G.
 Thirt-siR Tears Ago This Wsek-fS6f
 Fred Spaulding of Norfolk sub. stituted at the Canaan telegraph office while Miss Hattie Wilcox took a vaoa- | ton.
 Charles O. Callender of Sheffield ar. ranged to move to Canaan, April l.
 The Canaan Home Protection So. ciety, society for the promotion of good morals, was organized.
 Alma Blake Sdrdam, mother of VII. liam Sardam, Canaan Valley. died March 2, aged so.
 Henry Turpin, Falls Village, died March ', aged S5. Mrs. Eliza Peet mother of Hon. c. W. Peet of Canaan, died at Falls Vii. lage, March 4, aged 80.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
QUESTION.

A Springfield business man has a sense of proportion and comparative values. In his store window he dis plays several potatoes with the state ment that he would like to exchange them for an automobile or a building lot. His terms differ only in degree from the actual extortionate price, and are not much more unreasonable than four dollars a bushel.-Farm- ington Valley Herald.
 A similar exhibit has been displayed in Canaan store window for week or more, the only difference being that one certain make of automobile was stipulated in the offer.
 An admirer of the exhibit ventured to inquire:
 Is it possible that building lot in Canaan is worth no more than that plate of potatoes?
 Is it possible that that make of auto. mobile is worth no more than that plate of potatoes m
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
PRESS cENsoRINe IN WARTIME.


 Censorship of news publication has probably been carried to the extreme in modern experience during the Flu ropean war. The whole world has
 been affected by it. At It's Worst a and practically the
 Minor Evil, whole world now and 1t May Help recognizes the ne
 to Shorten cessity of a censor
 War. ship which shall
 curb dangerous publication In his memoirs General Sherman pointed out that at a critical period in his march to the sea q New York friendly paper published informa. tiOn which reached the enemy and in- terfercd with his operations. Little if anything was done by the north during the war between the states to prevent this sort of leak to the enemy's lines. Newspapers were sometimes disciplined for seditious agitation which inter fered with military authority But wide latitude was given to the publica- tion of matter which could enlighten and encourage the enemy. The Confed- eracy was no better off, and one reads now with amaZement the open newspa- per attacks upon the Davis regime dur ing the last two years of the war Gen. sorship of the press of this country in time of war has received attention of late, and experience on the Mexican border served to open the eyes of the authorities to the danger ill indiscrimi- nate press activities. AS a measure of preparedness the army war college formulated a plan for protecting the military agencies from the publication of either editorials or news which may be adverse, in their effects on the pub lie, to the efficiency of those agencies. Put into law and enforced, such a sys- tenn would try severely the patience of a democratic press. A state of war virtually places the whole people un- der martial rule, but only overt and dangerous acts call down the rigors of that rule. So news censorship is at worst a minor evil and may be bless ing by helping to shorten war.
 (CAPTAIN) GEORGE L. KILMER.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
EGGS IN THE DIET.

Because of the peculiar food value of eggs, their relative freedom from waste. and the ease with winch they may be prepared, their use as meat substitutes at least is often desirable. even when consideration of their price alone would not so indicate. This is stated in recently published professional paper of the Office of Home Economies of the United States Department of Agriculture, Depart. ment Bulletin All. It is pointed out, however, that while this is true of eggs served as one of the principal dishes of a meal, 1t often is not true of eggs used in cakes, pudding, and other desserts along with meats. 1t is in the latter use of eggs that the housewife who wishes to economize can try especially to curtail consumption. A fact which makes this latter practice easier Is that with the present availability of bsking powders, corn starch, gelatin. etc., the use of eggs impart lightness or to thicken liquids is not now as essential as it was in the past.-Bulletin.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
CATS VS. HUMAN LIVES:

Eleven persons were given the Pasteur treatment for rabies at the New Haven hospital this afternoon. They are the victims of cat which went mad on February 26 and bit all who went near it.
 The cat, which was about six months old, was adopted about two months ago by men employed by the George A. Fuller Construction Co.,, who are working on the new admins tration building of the New Haven hospital.
 The above is a small part of half column article published in the New Haven Journal Courier few days ago. It is but one of hundreds of cases that show up the real value of stray cats. This tramp cat was "adopted," and now eleven people are enjoying CD the anticipation of possible and most horrible death from hydropho5ia,
 Are these homeless mongrel cats that roam about killing the birds that are worth millions to the farmers of the country, and spreading communicable diseases to the human race, so valuable that they should be protected
 Our Connecticut legislators only last week killed the bill that would put these dangerous brutes in safe place, and by so doing they sanctioned the deeds of not only this one useless cat that put the lives of eleven people in jeopardy, but of thousands of other cats just like ii. Is that sane legislation
 Why should people who have pet cats that are properly fed and cared for ob- ject to paying the paltry license fee prescribed in the bill which did not be. come a law last week, that their own pet pussy may be protected, while the dirty, wild. sneaking, good for nothing scab cats could be put where they can not contaminate our household pets, kill the valuable and beautiful birds, nor fill the human race with rabies. or other diseases
 Verify, the cat hath "pull" under the gilded dome just now, but wait!
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
COSTS AND PRICES.

Here's an idea for the farmef@who sells produce in the mal ket at any old price he can get, knowing that the con- gumer must pay whole lot more, with not cent of the difference going into Ee pockets of either:
 A grocer who paid $6. 50 for barrel of apples found, the other day, tucked sway in the middle of the barrel this uobe' written by the farmer who raised tse. fruit:
 '%I got $2. 50 for this barrel of ap. ples. How much did you have to pay? ?"
 Why isn't this picturesque way for the. producer and consumer to get to- gether? Naturally, 8 correspondence between the two followed and the hances are that this grocer will buy his apples direct from this farmer nex season, resulting in mutual benefit tt edI concerned-the farmer can get more for the fruit, the grocer can bu, cheaper, the consumer will pay less and the middleman can enlist in th s1my.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
AN ANTIDOTE FOR WAR.

If those who are responsible for the conditions which necessitate the set tling of national controversies by brute force-in modern parlance called war should be made to take their places at the front and be subjected to the treatment which the common people are compelled to submit to there would probably be fewer wars. There is a wide difference between the position of ruler and "cat's paw" and, doubtless, there are instances where a nation would be benefited if the latter could rule while the former got shot.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08

Were Germany in her right senses, she would have realized that the president was the only, man in the world who was trying to save her from that absolute degradation and crushing she is fearing, the only man whose influence is mighty, who was striving to gain for her that peace she SO eagerly desires, without her first being humlliaued. With one crazy act she throws her last chance away and hurls this crazy de- claration of war into the face of him who was striving, against the scorn and obloquy of even many Aneri- cans, to save her life and honor. It was an utterly incomprehensible act aside from the supposition of mad ness.-Christian Work.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08

The sinking of the Laconia was murder, not war. No language spoken on earth, German or other, can justify such acts. Each one, and there are many, serves to teach the world that there can in the nature of the beast be no assurance of rest or peace on this old world so long as Prussian milltarism exists. There is no lodging the plain facts -there is not room for both human ity and that brand of terrorism. One or the other has simply got to go.- Pennington Valley Hearld.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08
COLD WEATHER PATRIOTISM.

It used to be said that our Fourth of July celebrations produced heavily in frothy oratory and not much else. Fourth of July statesmanship became
 a byword, and no
 official or candidate ,., for office was later
 held accountable for his words on
 the republics na-
 tai day. Now, the month of cold waves and blizzards is the season for reviewing ourselves and our national ideals and standards. Two Americans of pronounced individuali- ty, of decided hopes and hates, come before us with their failures and their achievements, to be measured by lat ter day rule. Thoughts invoked on Feb. 12 and p are positive and ardent. To laud Lincoln's deeds and Washing tons mastery is to line up on our na- tiOnal destiny, to warm up over the proof that our flag stands for a great past as well as for great expanse, great numbers and great wealth. July recalls the laying of foundations. Feb ruary brings leadership to life again.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-08

The much discussed experimental school proposes to find out why it is that parents now say that their chil- dren come out of school without know ing anything and to overcome this crit icism of our schools with better train ing" And yet some pupils come out of the existing schools with an efficiency which surprises their elders. The av- craze public school has facilities for training pupils, and it is open to all attendants alike to use or to slight the advantages offered.