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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
ELKS MOVEMENT TO
CONSERVE FOOD

Thousands of Elks have enlisted
to risk their lives in active military
service. Millions in money have been
contributed by them for various
forms Of war relief, but this is not
the full measure Of their duty, &C.
cording to the advices of the local
lodge. The Elks are going still fur
Their in the United States, in order to
continue their part as great patrio-
tic order. And this further step is
in food conservation. They are pledg
ing themselves throughout the coun-
try, to help America and the great
war. The task is admittedly gigantic,
but the stake is democracy's safety
in the world and victory will be
worth all the enormous costs to be
paid All the resources of this great
country must be enlisted in the
cause, men, money and food-and
the Elks are doing notable work in
each instance. A committee of three
will be appointed by Morgan City ?.
P. O.. E. Lodge Number 1921, to be
known as the COMMITTEE on Food
Conservation, and that committee
will be directed to take immediate
steps as may be deemed most eff
fective to secure from the head of
each household represented in the
lodge membership, a written pledge
that for the duration of the war, his
household will observe the following
rules:
(a) That one meal each day shall
be served without wheat food.
(b) That one meal each day shall
be served without meats.
(c) That no butter shall be used
for cooking purposes when salts
factory substitute is available.
(d) That bread shall be sliced
during each meal only as required
for immediate consumption.
(e) That at three meals each
week, at least one dish shall be ser
we'd prepared from food unconsumed
at previous meals.
The committee will also be direct
ed to secure from as many of the
members as possible a pledge that
will encourage in every practicable
way the observance Of hotels, res
taurants, and private households of
the public suggestions issued from
time to time by the food administra-
tor The Elks have also created
Million Dollar War Fund to be dis
tributed under the guidance of The
Red Cross Of the United States.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
Sculpture and What II Expressed.

"A rough stone" Nadelman says,
will refuse all the positions we may
wish to give it If these are unsuited
to it. By its own will it falls back
into the position that it's shape in
conjunction with its mass demands.
Here is wonderful force, q life, that
plastic art should express, and If this
life Of the material Is not destroyed,
but is cultivated and enriched by the
artist, 1t may acquire a wonderful
power Of expression that will stir the
world" A piece Of sculpture, there
fore, should be created like a. crystal
laws should govern its
fashioning, and the more Of art there
is discOverable in the work the less
the individuality Of the artist be-
comes apparent.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
Fireproof Paper Possible.

Documents written on paper made
from asbestos fiber, with inks prepared
from the nitrates of iron and cobalt,
have withstood red heat for two
hours without being damaged in any
way. No damage resulted until the
intensity Of the heat was exposed in
1t for ten hours. 1t is expected that
further experimentation and study
will result in the perfection of. paper
and ink practically indestructible by
fire. ,rs
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21


Macon, Ga.
Dear Sirs: Send me by return mail two
boxes of Cocotone Skin Whitener and three
cakes of Cocotone Skin Soap. They are fine
and do not care to be without them. En-
closed is money order for $1.25.
Yours truly,
CLARA NJ. JACKSON,
Waycross. Ga.
Cocotone Co.
Dear Friends Your Cocotone Skin Whit
ener Is the finest thing ! ever saw. Ny
made it many shades lighter. and my friends
al aak me what have been using. Enclosed
ron vim find 500. Please send me six boxes
Il Skin Whltener and two cakes Of soap.
You3 truly
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

BE 1T KNOWN, That under and
by virtue of an order of sale bear.
ing date July goth, 1917, issued ous
of the Honorable 23rd Judicial Dls'
trict Court of the State of Louls'
ana, in and for the Parish OF ~
Mary, and to me directed, in inc
above numbered and entitled suc,
cession, l shall offer for sale, anu
sell, at public auction, to the isss
and highest bidder, for cash, and loi
less than thirds its APPRAISED
value, at the principal door OF Ins
Court House in Franklin, st. May
Parish, Louisiana, on or
~ SATURDAY, THE sTH DAY VI
SEPTEMBER, A. D., 1917, between
the judicial hours of II O'CLOCK ~. a.
NJ. and o'clock P. NJ. on SAID osy'
the following described prtopefT
which will be offered and soid %
parately:
Lot of household furniture N NV
dwelling of the late Lionel f namn
ST., in Morgan City, La, as snV the
by the inventory on t!le ~ The
Clerks Office in the Parish III '
above succession.
Lot No. and one-half OF L 1;.. y.
4 in So. Lettered ~" IN i Ds
Annex to Morgan City, IN Mo's II.
City, St. Mary Parish, Loulslald"' i'm.
gether with all buildings ana MAO "a,
provements, according to Inc ,aade
and survey of said Annex as n'''
by S. A. Bradford. otter
And Lots IS and 16 in 81, i loan
~" in Ditch's Annex to MoP Bar.
City, in Morgan City. st. MAY sts map
ish. Louisiana, according to the "a
and survey thereof made Dy "
Bradford G.. E. ....-otrix
Anna NJ. Fleury, Admlllissi rod.
Dated:
July 20, 1917.
You can now buy nigh grace Nv
writer carbon paper at the kL .,,nnL
OFFICE. Telephone PTS i""
ATE delivery.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

Miss Gay Palmer and Miss Irene
Price left this. morning on Train No.
5 for Baldwin where they will be
met by party Of Morgan City
friends who are on an .encampment
at Clarendon. Miss Palmer and Miss
Price expect to spend week at the
beautiful st. Mary summer resort.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
MOBILIZATION DATES CHANG.
ED

Second and Third Draft Increments
Will be Called Sept. 10 and Oct. 3.
Washington, Aug. 20.-Mobiliza-
ton of the second increment Of
draft troops was today changed
from September Is to 10, and the
third increment from September 80
to October g. Mobilization of the
first increment will be as previously
announced, September 5. 90
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
C.. A. BLANCHARD
Lawyer and Notary
Office in First National Bonk BLDG
Morgan City, La.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

UNCLAIMED LETTERS
List of unclai-,ed ADVERTISE: nat
ter at Morgan City, La, Postoffice
Week ending Aug. IS, 1917.
A. ~
Austen, Pachon 80.
r..
Burns, Wilson .-.,-.
Brooms, Ernest
Brussard, Ethel
Benjiman, Robert.
C..
Chassion, Henry.
H.
Hatten, Louise
].
Joseph, Mary
Johnson, Charles
Johnson, Ascar
Jenkens, Louise
jefferson, Ambrose
K.
Keith, Eddie.
l..
Laurance, Lelley.
NJ.
Morgan, Eide A.
P.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
Small Profits in 1oothnicks.

1t Is an interesting fact that one
wholesaler in New York sells 5,1S4,-,
100000 toothpicks every year, and e
more interesting fact that he gets only
about $4,000 for them.-Boston Globe.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
WANT, ADDS AND. NOTICES

LOST-A gold pin with a pearl
flower setting, between the resi-
dence of Messrs. A. F. Storm and
W. B. Reed Reward when returned
to Review Office.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

For electrical work of any kind,
especially house wiring. Apply to
Chas. E. Delas. Phone 141. 1wk.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
RING PHONE 354
FOR MILK
WILLARD DITCH
M. Iresky Tailor

Suits made to order $500 and
up. All work guaranteed. Fall
and winter samples now here.
All the latest fabrics and pat.
terms. Cleaning and Pressing.
Next door to Western Union
Telegraph Office.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

If your have house to rent, the
Review columns will do it for you.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
DR.. ]. Clarence Berwick

Physician and Surgeon
Office hours 81 a. M; 4-6 o. m.
Office at the Peoples Drug Co. OPP.
posite New Depot. Calls answered
day or night. Office phone No. s.
Residence 321, Morgan City. La.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

ROOMS AND BOARD by the
week or month. Phone 800. 1wk
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

montgomery, Ala.
Cocotone Co.
Dear Sirs: l find that Cocotone Skin Whit
ener is the best preparation l have ever used
to clear the skin. and wish you would mail
me to boxes at once
(Signed) MRS. c. P. JOHNSON.
Do not accept substitutes or limitations.
CUT THIS OUT
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court,
St. Mary Parish.
Succession of
LIONEL J. FLEURY, SR.
Deceased.
No. 1868
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

Pits, James H.
r.
Robson, Eva
Royster, Walter
Searle, Frank (2)
Turner, Roggeo
Thompson, Lena
Valose, Teddie
Williams, Elicy
Wallace, Edward
In calling for the above letters
please say ADVERTISED.
J. P. HILBERT.
Postmaster.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

Everything in tailoring A. j. Gla-
ser, tailor. Phone 273. If
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

ZEE v ~ADDC-K COR ~.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21

If you feel "blue," mo account"
HERB1NE is the right thing for that
lazy, you need a good cleaning out,
purpose. It stimulates and purifies
the bowels. Price SOC. Sold by Bel
anger Drug Co.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
FOR RENT

/ Double House-siX rooms on side,
with bath. Remodeled and painted
through-like new house Would
also answer for rooming or board
ing house. Apply to
JOHN DALTON, SR.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
AUTOMOBILE TO HIRE
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE

DAI AMI MUTT SEKVI~E
Charge for trips within City limits
Csc for one passenger. For party of
two of more 15c each.
Phone 81 or 325. A. CCTRERA
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-21
WALTER T. GILMORE

WALIEE I. GILMORE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NOTARY PUBLIC
First National Bank Bldg. Phone 9.
Practice in Federal and State Courts
Mo-gan City, La.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
THE. NUMBER OF THE BEAST

nothing. Now all students and scholas- ticoi are familiar with the fact that one of the commonest expressions of that day was, 'Aut Caesar, aut nullus"- either Caesar or nothing-and this ex- pression fastened itself upon this pas time to the extent that upon the throw ing of the dice the thrower would ex- claim "Aut Caesar, aut nullus," and three sixes (666) became synonymous
 Caesar. That John intended the t, sr Domitan, however, who is said to have banished him to the island where he is said to have written the book, the writer has not the slightest notion; but that he meant and intended a Caesar has had wide acceptance, but until now the working out of this Caesar has re- mained hidden for many days No spell ing of the name Caesar in the charac- ters used by John can be twisted into conformity with the number of the beast, 666, and an attempt thereat would be as absurd as the distortion of the name of Luther above Luther Is Greek name of purest ray serene al- though it passes current as German, and giving the name a Latin form and mis- spelling it in Greek characters, is the very height of fancy. The people of early times understood it clearly, but 1t was left to us to muddle it up.
 A. LATADY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

the coal mines We made this sugges tion when the last legislature was re- vising our tax laws but the sugges- ton fell on deaf ears. Another form of wealth in connection with our coal mines bears no part of our tax bur den. Numerous leasehold interests in coal lands have for years been yield ing rich revenues to the owners, but no portion of these revenues have been diverted to the state treasury. Under late decision of our supreme court those leasehold interests are not tax able under our present laws. But this form of wealth can be reached by leg islation, either by a direct tax on the leasehold interest or an income tax. My suggestion to the late legislative taxation committee that an income tax be incorporated into our laws was met with that old, gray -haired objection double taxation" The national gov ernment was taxing incomes so the state ought to pass by that source of revenue.
 This letter may seem loose and dis connected, but what I have said has been merely in anticipation of the fa miliar argument against removing our convicts from the mines viz: The state cannot afford to lose the revenue. I grant you that the state cannot afford, merely as a dollar and cent proposition,
 
 from the labor of it's convict miners But, when that particular source of in come can be replaced by another, which will tax the coal wealth itself and yield an increased income, then in my humble opinion, the great state of Alabama can not afford to continue casting out of coal mines broken down convicts, of mo further serivce to the state" Ephram Williams, though incapacitated for the balance of his days by the injuries re- ceived in the coal mines, is at least for tunate in having relatives who are anx- ious to care for him in his last years" Whether Lee Brown, who was released at the same time because of chronic rheumatism" is equally fortunate, is not stated in this news item from Mont gomery.
 The legislatures of Alabama have usually exhausted their ingenuity in de- vising new forms of occupation. and other license taxes, which generally bring about an indefensible inequality in the tax burden. But great virgin fields of wealth, all untouched by taxation, are inviting merely as a field within which to expect new inventions Aof .exemptions. Instead of amending our former solvent credit law, so as to eliminate any objec- tionabe or oppressive features of it. the legislature was so indignant over the enforcement of this law that they swept it off the statute books. As. result, millions of dollars in wealth in Alabama are enjoying the benefits of absolute exemption from taxation.
 Our mineral wealth, in the form of the mined and manufactured products, our incomes from leasehold interests and other sources our solvent credits, all can enjoy immunity from taxation. but the state of Alabama cannot afford to lose the revenue from it's convict miners.
 Ephraim Williams and Lee Brown can not be beneted now by any act of the legislature. Their bodies have already been broken on the wheel. I am making this plea for those who are still "of some service to the state" Yours truly,
 HENRY P. WHITE.
 Marion, July 2, 1917
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Tri-City Friends Are
 Grieved at Death of Mrs.
 Craig Haney in Louisiana

Sheffield, July Especial. .)--sorrow was occasioned in Sheffield and Tus- cgmbia today by the receipt of a mes sage announcing the death yesterday of Mrs. Craig Haney at her home in Boga- lusa, La. Mrs. Haney had been i'll only few days and the intelligence of her untimely death came as a surprise and shock to her relatives and friends in this vsection.
 The remains will be brought here for interment and will probably arrive Sun day. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
 Surviving Mrs. Haney are: her hns- band. an infant child, two sisters. Mrs. Charles Saywell, of Sheffield, and Mrs. c. B. sewell, of Albany brother and other relatives.
 As Miss Lila Seay Bell, Mrs. Haney was one of the prettiest and most popu- lar young ladies of the tri-cities. Be- fore her marriage she made her homo in Sheffield with her sister, Mrs Charles SaywelL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15

The solution of the riddle of the apccalyptic nupber 666 has been a mat ter of interest and curiosity to Bible readers during some 1872 centuries, and many are the mispellings, elipses, elisions; omissions, substitutions and ad- ditions which have been resorted to as helps in working out the problem arith- medically; but the solution does not lie therein and we shall see herein. One of the learned gentlemen who has ad- dressed himself to the matter recently, the texts which makes the mysterious number to be 616 instead of 666, but this error is itself susceptible of explanation, fer the common reading in the English translations: .Six hundred threescore and six is in error, and was resorted to in avoidance of a possible recurrence of the erroneous 616, for no one could possibly substitute the figure 10 for 60 ex- pressed in 'threescore. But the Greek does not so read, nor do the latest Eng fish translations, the number in the Greek text being expressed by the use of the letters of the Greek alphabet Chi, xxi and Zeta, these letters in their alpha betical order representing respectively the letter Chi, 600; the letter Xii 60, and the letter Zeta, 6. Expressed in these letters it is easily seen how the letter Iota in the Greek characters Tepresent- ing 10) became confused with the xxi, and how the erroneous 616 crept in. Ex- pressed however, in the words both in Latin and in English, reading six hun dred, threescore and six, the error is quite impossible, but as I have noted above the latest English translations read as do such of the Latin transla- tions as I have access to-.'666." "
 As an illustration of the arithmetical acrobatics resortea to in the number less attempts to solve the problem, let us instance that of the attempt to dem onstrate that John had Martin Luther in mind A misspelled Latin form of the name in Creek characters has been indulged in as follows:
 0-40O-9-1 0-1-50-70--6, the total 666 l. u tn r a o
 But we must place ourselves in com munion with the usages of the. time in which the book was written in order to unravel the matter In those days both the Greeks and the Latins were given to what we call at this day. Shooting craps" or throwing dice,' but one of blank and the highest number on the posed of three deuces, and as a eonse- six or nothing. and as they used three dice, the net upshot and import of the throw was either three sixes (666) or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Criticizes Convict System

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 This news item from Montgomery in The Age-Herald of recent date will probably pass unnoted by many of your readers
 "Ephraim Williams of Jefferson coun- ty, serving 30 years in prison for as- sault with intent to murder, obtained his liberty Friday because he had been injured in the coal mines is of no further service and his relatives are anxious to care for him in his last years. Governor Henderson in his or der said Williams could not do any manual labor again and that his pee pie were ready to care for him"
 The same dispatch tells of the re- lease of another prisoner, sentenced to 20 years for the same offense, be- cause he has chronic rheumatism. II is not stated whether the family of this unfortunate is ready to care for him.
 Protests against working our con victs in coal mines seem useless and unavailing. The state must have its revenue from these valuable coal mines in some way, so why not pro- cure it from the labor and toll and broken bones and bodies of conyicts? They can't vote and their complaints are easily silenced by the long leather lash. Probably some legislators who were in Montgomery in 1915 remember this instrument with numerous holes punched in it, put there, perhaps, to lessen the pain of the punishment. Revenue from our valuable mineral deposits? Yes, the state ought to have it; it is entitled to it. Whenever this wealth is taxed in Alabama the taxes will more than offset the blood money. we are taking from our convict labor. Business principles and common equity and fairness would suggest that the state levy it's tax on the wealth whic.l is produced and not on the labor which produces 1t. Political expediency in this state has dictated otherwise. The merchant pays taxes on his stock of goods, the farmer pays taxes on ais mules and agricultural implements, the carpenter, plumber. lawyer, doctor pays taxes on their tools of trade, aft CT allowing a small exemption. The millions of tons of coal mined an- nually in this state pay not one cent of taxes. A very small tonnage tax on coal, even one cent ton, would prol- ably produce enough revenue to justify the state in releasing it's convicts from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
THE NEGLECTED WIFE"
Chapter K "A Yelled Intrigue"

based the famous b
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
REGISTRATION LIST
 IS NOW COMPLETED

The registration lists of district No .of Jefferson county, which is composed of the north and east part of the county, and include the towns of Leeds, Huffman, Irondale and surrounding territory, were completed last night, and those who reg istered from that part of the county can now find their registration numbers by applying to the third floor of the court house. The list of those who registered was known sometime ago, but the origin al numbering of the lists was very un- satisfactory, and had to be done over. They have all been numbered ip red Ink, and these will be the numbers that will count when the numbers of those who are to respond to the first call are published. All of those who registered are requested to come to the courthouse and see that their name has not been un-
 Intentionally committed from the list and to learn their registration number
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-15
Huntsville Planning to
 Pay Off Floating Debt

Huntsville, July 14.-(Special.) )-That
 the city of Huntsville should issue
 bonds and pay off it's floating indebted ness of $90,o0o was the unanimous sen- timent of a mass meeting of business men which was held last night in the city b&,l under the auspices of the city council. President Henry B. Chase stated that the present administration had inherited an indebtedness of $90,- 900 which is drawing interest at the rate of s per cent per annum, that the income of the city is insufficient to ] provide for anything beyond current expenses and that there is no prospect for relief until the next legislature meets He said the debts are just as binding as bonds would be and the in- terest is a great expense to the city. Arrangements have ben made for the sale of $90,000 of 5 per cent bonds to run for 20 years. A vote was taken in + the mass meeting to sound out senti-
 ment and there was no opposition to the calling of bond election for about the middle of August, A whirlwind campaign will be conducted by the business men in favor of the bond | issue.
 l John Sharp, an aged citizen of Doug lass Hill, died last night after long illness at the home of his son. He leaves two sons, Linn and Zee Sharp.
 He was 70 years old.
 1 Crop prospects in Madison county
 were immensely improved Thursday by
 heavy rains. which appeared to be gem
 eral in this section Cotton and corn were especially benefited and some of
 the berry crops were saved from total 1 loss.
 ! Henry Leslie, formerly of Huntsville, has married Miss Annie King Shipe lin Terre Haute, Ind, according to in- | formation received by relatives here.