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The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
Pershing Says Victory De.
pends on Fighting Done by
American Army.

Paris, Aug. 18.-Major General
Pershing, the American com.
mander, told the Associated Press
today that the war can be won
only by hard and forceful blows
delivered by a we'll trained Amer.
lean army working in conjunction
with the Allied armies.
Deploring the lukewarmness
OF the American people in regard
to the war General Pershing
added.
Livery man, woman and child
should support the administration
in its determination to arm and
equip the American army and to
keep up its morale and that of the
Allied armies. This war will not
be won by talk or by subscribing
to the Red Cross. The American
people must come to q full reali-
zation of what tho war means. It
can DO won only by striking hard
and foroeful blows, not otherwise.
Ire general was very emphatic
IN tho Interview, which lasted but
a few minutes.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23

John M. Parker accepted the
appointment as food director for
Louisiana and declared he is not
candidate for waterways com.
missioner.
Herbert C. Hoover expressed
his approval of the way business
is conducted by the New Orleans
Sugar and Rice Exchanges.
Two divisions of the National
Guard were designated for SER
vice in Europe, the Twenty-Si
New Englanders being added to
the Forty-Second.
The administration determined
to give the Pope's peace note the
most pains. king consideration
before framing a reply.
Seizure Of coal mines was con.
sidered by the governors of Illi-
nois, Missouri and Kansas.
1t was decided to restore the
st. Louis Cathedral and preserve
other historic buildings about
Jackson Square in New Orleans.
Terrence Mullen, slayer of
James W. Reynolds, was indict.
cd for murder.
Premier Kerensky denied op.
posing the Stockholm peace con.
ference and said the Allied gov.
ernments putting difficulties in
its way were playing into the
hands Of Germany.
King George V reviewed the
American troops who marched
through London at Buckingham
Palace.
Speculation in sugar was stop.
ped by the New York Coffee and
Sugar Exchange at the request of
Herbert G.. Hoover.
John M. Parker was appointed
federal food commissioner for
Louisiana.
The three German prisoners
who escaped from Fort Oglthorpe
were captured through the wit of
a woman lawyer at Trenton, Ga.
The Quartermaster Corps Of
the Louisiana National Guard
was called into service at Camp
Nichols.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
Make Xmas Gifts for Fighters
Now.

So that no Sammy or Jackie
will have a Christmas without a
present, 1000 members of the
New York City branch of the
Women's Section of the Navy
League already are surging pre-.
paredness measures, and are con.
soripting their friends and &C.
quaintances into the preparation
of Christmas bags. It is hoped
that thousands of bags will be
filled-and will be at the leagues
headquarters, No. 6 East Forty
first Street, before OCT. 1.
The bags should be made of
strong, washable material, ten
inches by thirteen, and filled with
not less than five or more than
ten of the articles named in a
carefully selected list which in.
cludes:
Tobacco, pipes, cigarettes, Gig.
arctic papers, stationery, stamped
envelopes, post cards, pencils
Gudelible), fountain pens, pen.
holder, and pen points, pocket
knife, tooth brush and paste,
chewing gum, safety razor, shaw.
ing soap, metal mirror, coin belt,
coin purse, military brushes,
pocket comb, wrist watch, hand.
kerchiefs (khaki oolored for sold
iers and marines), adhesive plas-
ter, beef bouillon cubes, matted
milk tablets, playing cards. domi.
noes. checkers and other games,
pocket editions of good books,
folding drinking cups mic kel or
aluminum), wristlets and sleeve
less sweaters (blue and gray for
navy, khaki colored for army and
marines.)
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
VI. DUNN MADE SUPT.
HAMMOND SCHOOLS.
Promation Well Deserved.

After four years OF the most
satisfactory work az principal of
tho Frsnklinton High School,
Prof. W. J. Dunn Was released
last week from his contract with
this school in order that he Nigh:
accept the position of superin.
sendent Of schools at Hammond.
This new position ia q decided
promotion for Mr.. Dunn ss to
responsibility as we'll as to salary,
and his warm friends here ap-
preeiats the advancement for him,
but ut the same time it required
no small amount Of hsroism on
The part of the local board to re-.
lease him and good bit Of loyal.
y from the patrons to reconcile
themselves to the loss of such
q splendid school man. Upon
bic obligatinx himself to bring
before the board an applicant for
principal here who seems quail.
fed In every particular to fill the
position, Mr.. Dunn was formally
released and went at once to Ham.
mond and sigusd the contract
for the position there.
Mr. Dunn held the principal
ship Of this school four years aud
during his administration there
was absolute pesoc and harmony
among the teachers and such
hearty cooperation from bis pa
irons thru theie deep regard for
him that bis work here has been |
wonderfully successful and there
10 not one hsrs but feels u great
loss in giving him up.
Mrs. Dunn, too. personally and
thru hsr great activity in church
and club work. has made herself
invsluabls to this community and
expressions Of regret at their
moving are universal and sincere.
Hammond 10 fortunate iu hav.
Ing Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell suo.
ssedsd by the esimabls family Of
Dunns.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
THURSDAY, AUGUST %, 1917.
Notice to Stock Raisers of
Washington Parish.

A comparative report of syste :
matte tick eradication during the
month of May and July 1917, is
being submitted to show what
can be done by cooperation.
During May when the people
were only luke warm in their ef-
forts to help eradicate the cattle
tick from Washington parish.
We dipped $3.50 herds of cattle
containing 15,342 cattle, 6,857 OF
which were carrying ticks.
But i'll July when the people
had awakened to the fact that
the cattle tick was as much an
enemy to our community as Ger.
many, and that he must be driven
from our territory, they Tended
every possible effort and by so
doing we dipped 2845 herds con.
tain'ng l7,244 cattle, 1869 of
OF which were carrying ticks.
This shows an increase of l..
9O2 cattle dipped, and that in the
two months time 5,788 cattle had
been freed from ticks. And if
people continue to put forth their
efforts there will be very few
ticks to eradicate in 1918.
Yours respectfully,
DR.. Claude Sevy,
District Supervisor.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
Potato Kiln Completed.

The Great Southern Lumber
Company has just completed a
potato kiln of ample proportions
to preserve tho 1917 potato crop
for Franklinton and vicinity.
This kiln will be of untold value
to Our community as it is expect.
cd that a bumper crop will be
harvested this fall and potatoes
will doubtless be worth more per
bushel than at any time in our
previous history.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
Resolutions Passed by Local
School Board.

Franklinton, La, Aug. l6.-
AT call meeting of the local
board of trustees OF the Franklin.
ton High School which was held
for the purpose of considering
the resignation of Prof. W. j..
Dunn, the resignation was ac-
copied aud the following resolu.
ton was proposed and unani.
mously adopted.
That in accepting the resigna.
ton Of Prof. Duun, the board
does 20 with great deal of re.
gret, and the action in accepting
the resignation is one impelled by
reasons of consideration OF the
fact that Prof. Dunn has been
offered place at Hammond, La,
with considerable advance in cal.
ary and in school work; that the
board on behalf Of the patrons Of
the school tenders Prof. Dunn
sincere thanks for the competent
and efficient management of the
school affairs since he has been
at Franklinton.
Be it further resolved that q
copy OF this resolution be mailed
to Prof. Dunn, a copy to the Par.
ish School Board and a COPY to
the Press.
W. J. Jones, President,
7. M. Bsbington, Secretary.
No. 666 will cure Malaria or Bilious
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23
Summer Short Course.

The fourth annual agricultural
short course held at Baton Rouge
is over and permanent enthusiasm
for the course is the possession
of all who attended.
The short course was instituted
in 1914 with an attendance Of
thirteen boys and girls, this year
there were present 1855 boys and
girls and nearly a hundred leo.
turers, teachers, agents and
demonstrators. Scholarships to
the course have for the past three
years been given as rewards of
excellence to the prize winning
club members of the state; this
year however, owing to the su-
preme necessity that oontronts
the nation of feeding itself and
its allies. the classes and lectures
were thrown open to any girl or
boy who could and would attend.
New Orleans sent 56 children.
Think of that! The banks of a
big city sent 56 of its young peo.
pie to an agricultural short
course. That does not happen
every day.
There were classeu in sewing,
cooking, drying, personal hy-
giene and home nursing for the
girls; in all manner Of farm and
live stock for the boys; and in
gardening, dairying and poultry
club work for boys and girls.
But it was not all work to make
our Jacks and Jills dull and lis.
tor these hot days. There was
plenty of play, trips down town
and to the experiment station
farms, base ball every afternoon
and moving pictures every night,
and crowning joy of all, a two
hour ride upon the marvellous
Mississippi river: This last a gift
of delight from tho Chamber of
Commerce.
Such an earnest time and such
q good time as those youngsters
did have and the oldsters az we'll.
Nobody wanted to leave when tho
final day came. | wished and
still wish that every boy and girl
from every farm in our broad
state had been there in Baton
Rouge for those six potent days.
Eleven went from this parish of
Washington. Next year may
there be several times eleven
young folks to 60. Many new
agents, both men and women
wore appointed for the coming
wear. There is to be a Farm
Demonstration Agent in each
parish in Louisiana there should
also te Home Demonstration
Agent in each parish. Our girls
deserve just as big a chance as
do our boye, and our women just
~ mucn help as do cur men.
Mrs. Ehrie.
The Era-leader., 1917-08-23

Bargain IL 81 and 26 inch fie Id
fence wire,
The Babipgtou Store Inc,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-10-18

The month of October connected with
objections; also conneced with mother which throws how
the the With
aid juvenile pedestrian efforts, srolng down in the maple
the lake. The
Becoming bit
talked
cood wreath then that
and its She told of why the leaves fell off the
wahered and the flowers refused boom Of why lake.
then washing geuty
cred the fls woodlnd she explained that
watched and guided BY
wonderful lesson simply told within the comprehension of
cd mentality Although Octobers have then
has by without thoughts
We her
devotedly remembered
the app-laon The Melancholy Days. signify Fall
gloomy but why should the Fall be
either within without be especially designated The Mn
choy Days? True and
hbenal but has brought audi emblem
lied by Harvest Moon Allowing thoughts abun
dances and bestowed literally the Fall
criticism the Of the The Men
choly Days. Frankly consider
Achson planted lettuce through
the ground the English sparrows . off,
He finally fwsmal flags them the lettuce bed
and will that long Old
Glory floats t.-Atchison (Kau.) Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-10-18
Stronghold of the Beaver

The beaver of the abundant of Amer
the with which he
of his drove him the
the legislation
be coming back he finds
able location be increases RAPIDLY
There better place in the world to study the interesting
Than that little hidden valley
of the Colorado line which Mexcan
Lagunas and the call Beaver Lakes The
neses against the backbone of divide 10000
above level and from approachabe
long and osome forest travel WINTER when
appoachable The hollow
with irregular of hills three hun
dred feet high, that make bewiieriDg
In these hills the beavers have built them city, The
landscape building by throwing
of stick and mud from hillside hillside they have
lakes of them half of
these lakes built the beavers lodges There probably
sand beaver this undspued
their domain They shy brute very
the morning and just often them
the quakng the bank with their chse teeth paslerpg
away iudustrously of their elaborate damsEx.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-10-18
FROM A REMINISCENT POINT OF VIEW
By .Frsds,;ck''

The old adare Everything him who waits" hardly
complete sound logic advice Better
om Everything him who hustles while
thought along the line the
eyered President Lncol
desiera,um: 4 will study and now Watchu waiting
modern while
full be keep actively
advancement and better preparation for the everything waited
The implies
its inevitable changes One and
Hours be ded
wise and otherwise either
When with adversely. fight
Strive the harder when dame r,uuew a frown
For she be
That you'll begin complaining
Ere she gu aid u gaming CROWN
Back in the days of chldhd and adolescence of
debate, both Spring Fall to the
taken off Wise
prrpxy No doubt the beudng of the
the tree for October methodcay switch"
of presumabe Indian
and wooden uniform acquired feel we'll fixed"
Minnesota
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-10-18
OUTLINES OF ACCOUNTING
The Trial Balance and Its Purpose As 1t Relates To The
Closing Statements
By Mr.. C. Il. d.,

By Mr.. c. H. d.
We have that modern has principle
the premise that debit is equal credit The application
principle results in the ledger being balance.
Errors creep proof application of
the principle This proof
The trial balance usualy months
business of the total debts the
they appear ledger bought
Cash and
cha and have partly paid their obligations The
Do the debts equal The credns? The lays the
trial balance To arrive the perform certain
work The in the ledger be ooed-boh the debit
and the credit The smaller footing
the larger aud the remainder or balance be
debit credit balance the These debit balances
then b footed from the credit balances The total
of with the Of The other When both the totals
thus have proof that the ledger balance although
this trial balance does the work be correctly done.
VIM James have purchased $50 10 worth of merchandise JW
Webster have bought bill Of goods $500.
Should the sale Vim. James be d-bted W. WeLs.es
though the has been
debted the ledger still balance. Your included the
sale regardless Of the which is posted.
Other similar may while
does complete the ledger does
that the debts aud The upon proof
regarded fairly that grlevous
entered into the work. whou, the balance
close The ledger for there would the assumption
the closing statements
These closing are in short two in number:
1s The Statement Of Earnings and Expenses.
End. The Financial Statement
These may further include other
covering particular These
supplementary however included the main
statements named above.
indicates Statement Earnings Expen.
detailed of the The business
period The those producing
profit the business marshaled The heading Earnings
each showing what the Of pro6 has BEEN In
the those responsible for loss the
marsaed the heading The
the earnings the profit of The business The total
of the includes all of loss the business The
difference them the profit loss of the business
TINS also be called Loss and Gam" Profit and
Loss other similar
The propretohp business aft ced the extent
by profit statement
has been produced the proporsp value The
reverse is true when net loss is sustained
The proprietoshp made of the worth of the bust
This the which the exceed the
an-s The the value of the
ship about through the the value of the
and, The liabilities
The Financial Statement. of the
of The business the The together with
the Liabilities all deductions
from both. The difference between the
and lab'es the value of the propeobp Of the
business
These prove with each other. The methods
of pro-" of lengthy their descriptions
fully devotion much
study of accounting.
Ii has my purpose you Of
caly The field of broad be completely
lengthy they may he.
My has been merely briefly explain the fnamen
principle of in interesting way.
those
flied by their pcrusal of these papers.
Stronghold of the Beaver
The the of our
but with which
of his fur drove him road
of able
be coming back and he finds favor
able location be increases rapidly.
There the world study the interesting
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-10-18
The Royless Town

cross old woman of long ago
Declared that she hated noise;
The would he pleasant you know,
If only there boys"
She scolded and fretted about it till
Her eyes grew heavy lead;
And then, of sudden. the grew still,
For all the boys had fled.
And all through the long and dusty street
There wasn't boy in view;
The baseball lot where they used to meet
Was a sight to make one blue.
The grass was growing every base
Aud the paths that the runners made
For there wasn't soul IN all the place
Who knew how the game played.
The cherries roed and waste
There climb the trees;
And nobudy had single taste,
Save only the birds and bees
There wasn't a messenger boy one,
To speed as such messengers
If people wanted their erran'is done,
They sent for a messenger man.
There was little, ween of froc and noise;
There less of cheer and mirlh.
The sad old town, since it lacked its boys,
Was the dreariest place earth. .
The poor old woman began weep;
Then she awake with sudden scream.
Dear mel" she cried. L have been asleep,
Aud o what a horrid dream!'
st. Nicholas
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-04

Northclife Says Full U-Boat Results will
- be Published
AMERICA RECEIVES THE NEWS

submarine is preposterous.
s4The whole situation Of the
war is that in 1914 and 1915 the
Prussians, owing to their many
years Of preparation were sue
cessful in certain areas, though
they lost all their colonies and
had all their ships driven from
the seas. Last year Of final pre-
paration by the allies, but during
1916 the fight resembled that
point in tug Of war when nelth-
er side seems able to pull the 9th
er over the line. Today Turkey
is on its last legs, Austria and
Hungary are crying out for peace
/ and Prussia and Rrevaria are dis
contented.
Throughout the British do
minions and in France and Italy
there is a complete understanding
Of the fact that the entry Of the
United States is the most impor-
tant event IN the war since the
days. Of August 1914. / am sure
that our government quite un-
derstands that lac kof frankness
between the allies would be disas-
trous. They know too that in any
case truth and the news can only
be held up for q week or two, and
that truth suppressed would ev-
entually leak out and sow suspi-
cion throughout the United States
Save for the submarine tom
mage figures which I believe will
very shortly be made public, I
know Of nothing in the way of
news OF Importance on land or sea
that has been withheld by the
British censorship during many
months, except the details Of one
or two signal successes with GER
tain new war instruments the ma
ture Of which the government is
wisely hiding from the enemy IN
| the same way that it kept the
great secret of HE tank
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-04

the entente, and all the details
of the eompacts entered into by
the Gar, and his ministers have
been made plain.
They disapprove vigorously
with the statement credited. to
Milyukoff that Russia aims to
Crush Germany and Austria.
Petrograd, May 4. Virtual
armstice exists along almost the
entire Russian front. Not shot
has been fired on the. Austro Rus
sian front for more htan d month.
No real activity Of the German
Russian sector, and in many
places the Russian and German
soldiers fraternize, meeting un-
armed in no mans land.
General Gourka has issued a
warning to beware Of German
ruse..
Soldiers are arriving for the
IDuma meetings, and they are the
authority for the statement thai
absolutely no fighting is taking
place along the Austrian front.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-04
Iwenty-three Billions
Wasted at Verdum

London, April 28. Millions Of
lBY UNITED PREss)
shells from German and French
guns Of various caibres have left
the battlefield Of Verdun holding
a veritable mine Of ready refined
steel So great is the store of
scrap metal that the steel indus
try is figuring the advantages Of
trying to rake the bIood-soaked
area Of France s supreme resist
ance
A total weight Of $50, 900
tons, is believed to await profit
able redemption from the area
Eof the fortress. AT the present
serap sssel ss0 !
ton, the deposit is, worth $23, ,625,.
0Oe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-04
BY Ed L. Keen

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Copyright 1917, by The United Press)
London, May 8 3America is
getting the full and complete
facts Of every news feature Of the
British end Of the war diplomats
except the actual figures Of sub
marine losses and may expect
to receive the mvery soon. The
submarine menace is the strong
est card Germany has played, but
it will never win the war.
The foregoing is on the authori
ty Of the man whose prophesies
and statements on the war have
come to carry more weight than
those Of any figure in the allied
countries Lord Northcliffe.
Northclife is probably the
squarest facer Of facts in Eng.
land. He never lodges. Today
the, United Press put squarely uE
to him the proposition Of the ga.
thering doubt Of distrust in Am
erica resulting from the belief
that British oficialdom had not
been frank with America In its
statement of submarine losses
and possibly had not been told
the full truth regarding the al
lies successes on the west front.
In regard to the loss Of ton
mage by submarines said Lord
Northcliffe, there is no doubt
that the figures are serious. The
government does not prevent our
newspapers from saying 50, nor
prevent American correspondents
from saying 50. The government
will, believe, very soon publish
the full facts and figures, as soon
as they can arrange the matter
with our French and Italian al
lies.
4 do not hesitate to say IN my
newspapers that the submarine
menace is the greatest difficulty
we have 50 far but to pretend
that the war can be won BY tht
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-04

Mrs. Vawter Says
She Fired Gun
(BY UNITED PREss)

(BY UNITED PRESS)
hristianburg, May 4 THE de-
fense rested today after the ex-
animation Of only two more wit
nesses after Mrs. Vawter testif-
ed last night.
The court recessed to allow a
conference Of the commonweal-
tn S attorneys with Heth s bro
theirs as to a possible rebuttal OF
the defence which was enlarged
by the statement Of Mrs. Vawter
that she had her finger on the
trigger when the shot was fired
that killed Heth.
This creates a doubt as to who
fired the pistol and increases the
difficulty Of securing convic-
ton Of the accused.
Mrs. Vawter, upset by yester
day s ordeal, remained at home
in bed, today.
The two last witnesses for the
defence today testified that Vaw
ter was not drunk O nthe evening
Of the killing Of Heth.