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The Era-leader., 1917-01-11
"A Birthday Dinner"
Enon, La, Jan. g.

Enon, La, Jan. o.
dear Editor:
Last Sunday, Janu
ary Z, 1917, marked the 18th
: birthday of Mrs. M. A. Magee
of this place, who is now resid-
ing in her own little cottage just
across the road from the resi-
dence of Mr.. I. j. Green, her
son-in-law. The bringing TO-
Igether of all her family for sur.
tprise birthday dinner had been
carefully planned and arranged
for by Mr.. Green and bis daugh.
ter, Mrs. Wiley Magee, but as
with youth so with age, grand
mother was not half so oblivious
to things as they thought. She
"smelled the mousse. She made
the remark Sunday, They
thought they had it all hidden
from me but they didn't; |
knew something was up"
The more distant children
with their families began to
gather in on Saturday, but many
| members of the nearer families
attended Sunday School in the
accustomed way and returned to
Mr.. Green's for dinner. Mr..
Green played the part Of host
admirably, no one escaped his
attention, and with a talley sheet
in hand he made an accurate
number of children, grand child
ren and great-grand. children
present.
Throughout, detailed and
thoughtful preparations we're in
evidence. The table was a regu-
lar polygon of ninteen sides, one
side of which being left blank
for an entrance. The length of
the side was FIVE feet, thus the
whole equaling to a length OF
about 90 feet. In the center of
the po}ygon was a small table
and around it were arranged
temporarily, nine small trees of
different kinds to represent the
nine living children - three
trees" of the family of twelve}
having fallen already
After the two tables were COW
cred with the linen and laden tol
their capacity land I do notI
speak rhetorically) with a bount-
lful dinner, everybody was ask !
ed to step aside until the pho. |
tographer could make an expos. |
ure for a photograph of the |
beautiful and tempting scene.
Then all were asked to gather
about the circular table with
Mrs. M. A. Magee, Mrs. M. AL
Green and G. w. Garret occupy.j
n the seats of honor about the |
'ehtral table, at this juncture
another view was taken by theI
photographer. With a few words
rom the writer aud the offerineI
II thanks, the feast was partak
IN OF III a manner delightful tot
;he thoughtful onlooker. Mapyl
! little brotherly and sisterly
'hat assisted in making good |
ood better.
The living children of Mrs. /
aagee according to their ages
The Era-leader., 1917-01-11

Now, therefore, all persons interest,"
ed are hereby notified that my title te
said property was on June 10, 1916,
recorded in Sherlff's Deed Record
Book 3, page SO, of the conveyance
records of Washington Parish, La,
and that unless said property is re-
deemed by paying to the undersigned
the sum of $11.60 within IL months
after notice, title to said property will
become absolute in the undersigned.
H. E. SMITH.
The Era-leader., 1917-01-11
TO Whom It Nav Concern.

Whereas, purchased from the Hon,
j. E. Bateman, Sheriff and Ex-
oficio Tax Collector, on June 10, 1915,
at tax sale. the following described
property situated in aud located in
Washington Parish, to-wit:
Lot No. 122 in the town of Varnado,
Washington Parish, Louisiana, which
said property was sold in the name of
Walter Stewart, of Varnado, La, for
the lakes for the year of 1915, item
lied as fellows:
State Taxes ................... .25
Parish taxes. ................. .5O
Confederate Veteran tax ....... .05
Special school tax ............. 30
Good roads tax. .01
POll tax .................... l.UU
Interest. ..... .................. IA
Cost of advertisement .... .,... 25
Cost of recording deed in Sher-
IFS record book of titles. ..... 200
Recording tax deed in @. o. B.. 200
Cost of publication of this notice 800
Total. al................... 10.40
to which add % per cent allowed by
law.
Now therefore, all persons interest,"
ed are hereby notified that my title
to said property was on June 10, 1915,
recorded in conveyance book 8, page
so, of the conveyance records of
Washington Parish, Louisiana, and
that unless said property is redeemed
by paying to the undersigned the sum
of S10.40 within IL months after no.
tice, title to said property will become
absolute in the undersigned.
H. E. SMITH.
The Era-leader., 1917-01-11
Partition Sale.-No, 27S0.
Letha Hodge
vs.,

VIM. II. Hines, ct al
Notice is hereby given that by vir.
the of q commission of sale. issued
out of the 2sth judicial District
Court of Louisiana, in and for the
above entitled cause and to me direct
ed, I will proceed to sell at Public
auction to the last and highest bidder
on
Saturday, January 20, 1917
at the principal front door of the
courthouse at Franklinton, La, be-
tween the legal sale hours for judicial
sales, the following described proper
ty, being and situated in Washington
Parish, towit:
Northeast quarter (nel) in section
two (9) in township two ~, south,
Range twelve (12) east, St. Helena
Meridian.
To be sold for the purpose OF effect
ing partition.
Terms of Sale. Cash without ap-
praisement.
This the 18th day Of December,
1915.
J. E. Bateman, Sheriff,
The Era-leader., 1917-01-11
Mrs. }. VOL BROCK, Editor.

Advertising Rates on Application
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY MARCH n 1917
SLANG IS NECESSARY,
SAY CHlCAGO'S GOODS.
They'll Sling It For All They're Worth,
but Only Highbrow Variety.

Chicago.-Slang, if it is of the high
brow variety, will still be in vogue
among the goods at Northwestern uni
versity and the University Of Chicago.
And this despite the announcement
that the women of Vassar have put
the '.kibosh" on it in all it's variations.
Eastern girls are putting on airs, say
the Chicago goods, who declare they
intend to sling slang for all they are
worth, but only, Of course. the refined
and cultured kind
.'Highbrow slang is not like-th low,
vulgar kind" declared Miss Norma Gull
len aat Northwestern university. "Its
just expressive, and, well-it just makes
one perfectly first. Yes, perfectly first
is cultured slang, and it's ripping
phrase
We've got to use slang,' pleaded
Miss Mabel Mcconnell, also of the
Northwestern. If we didn't we would
not be able to understand the men,
Almost the same arguments were Of
fered by the girls at the University Of
Chicago, where "shoot," meaning '.be-
gin speaking" chit the tub and "beat
it, are not only permissible, but nee
essary expressions.
"But vulgar slang won't be tolerat-
3D." said Miss Helen Lindsay of Green
wood hall. "When l hear girls using
1t always bawl them OUT
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
MILITARY TRAINING FOR
HALF A MILLION BOYS
Defense Society Plans Drills In High
Schools Throughout Country.

New York.-With the object of great
~ reducing the time required to make
competent soldiers out Of raw recruits,
the American Defense society set in
motion a comprehensive plan for or
ganizing the Junior and senior classes
of every boys high school in the coun-
try into military training units New
York state alreay has military train
ing Of high school students. Every
other state in the Union has received
the "call to arms
The action was taken 1.-THE mill
tary defense committee Of Z society
after consulting Major r al Leon
ard Wood. Volunteers L Required
to read the constitution me United
States and pledge themselves before
the mayors Of their cities to uphold it.
Then they will receive certificates of
enrolment, charters aud detailed in
structions for military training week
by week. A ten mile hike efch week
and setting up exercises VIII be re-
quired of recruits, who WILDE COM
p PEELED to . put themselves first class
The society and it's advisers are par
ticularly anxious that the boys Of the
country should not be taught anything
that they would have to unlearn If at
the age of eighteen they were called
to the colors after leaving school. For
o11 I'LL
the manual of arms and such only will
be taught where competent instructors
are available. 49,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
REFUSES FORTUNE LEFT "
By HIS MEDITERRANEAN
Former Diplomat Prefers That Money
Should Go to His Wife.

New York.-Charles II. Sheriff., min
lister to Argentina when Mr.. Taft was
president and organizer. Of the great
preparedness parade here, has refused
to accept 100000 bequeathed to him
by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Bar
ker Gibbs, who died last May, leaving
$564,720 to Mrs. Sheriff.. His declina-
ton became known when announce
ment was made from the state comp
troller's Office that an official appraisal
had placed the net estate at $685., $40.
Mr.. Sheriff. told a reporter over the
telephone from his home in Sixty-fifth
street that while he was deeply moved
by the bequest he preferred that it
should go to the residuary estate and
become part of his wife's share. :,
The former diplomat seemed to feel
that it was thing of no consequence
to look 100000 in the face or faces
and then turn cold shoulder.
1T really wouldn't interest any
body" he said of his refusal. II don't
like to discuss it; it's rather too per-
sonal for discussion. l simply felt that
I'd rather have the sum 90 into the
residuary estate and revert to Mrs.
Sheriff." ....IH
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
SIXTY-F|VE YEARS OLD.
HIKES SIxTy-FIVE MILES
Samuel S. Gavin, Atlantic City
Lawyer, Celebrates Natal
Day With Long Walk.

Philadelphia.-Samuel s.. Gavin is an
attorney who was sixty-fve years old
recently, and he personally conducted
the following celebrations:
He walked sixty-fve miles, Elapsed
time, midnight to 8:15 p. m.
And did it on an empty stomach.
Then he came home. 49,
Took a rundown.
Ate big steak.
Smoked big cigar.
And said that he twas off, the walk
ing stunt again until he was seventy
years old, when he would walk seventy
miles. "
Mr.. Gavin is ruddy checked, agile,
athletic man who bellies his age. He
has been celebrating his birthday in
this manner for number of years, so
at midnight he left Atlantic City and
began his hike. He came to Kaighn's
ferry, which is sixty-one miles from
the shore, and thence to his home,
distance Of sixty-five miles. Mr.. Gavin
attributes his ability to make these
trips to regular system Of living. 81
get up in the morning, take cold bath
and eat hot breakfast" he said.
Then keep myself on regular
schedule and walk whenever 1 get the
chance. shall cut out walking birth
days after this and confine myself to
five year periods. About the time am
one hundred the Cobbs Creek boule-
ward may be done and l may take a
century run over that.
"Oh, forgot something. get busy
with the dumbbells every morning."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FIND HEART ON RIGHT
SIDE, LIVER ON LEFT
Body Of William King Described as
Left Handed Both Inside and Out.


st. Louis.-The body of William King,
which has been preserved for twenty
months, is described by an anatomist
as left handed, both inside and OUT"
according to statement made public
at the City hospital.
In May, 1915. King. who was thirty
five years old, applied at the hospital
Tor treatment. He said he was a la
borer and had lived most of his life in
Wisconsin. He was suffering from IT,
phoid fever.
When asked who should be notified
In case of his death King said: Don't
worry about that. Just cut me up and
examine my body. There's something
wrong with me besides the fever"
He died few days later. When sur
geons made an examination of the
body they found one Of the most abb
normal cases in the history of surgery.
The heart was on the right side, the
liver on the left; the appendix was on
the left side and the spleen on the
right. The stomach was turned around
completely. On the left lung were three
lobes; the right lung had but two. The
left kidney was larger and lower than
the right one.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
new TYPE OF MINE
TO PROTECT COASTS
Artillery Perfects an Improved
I. Device Which Rises and
Falls With the Tide.

New York.-A new type of subma-
rine mine which has recently been per-
fected by the coast artillery branch of
the United States army and which will
be issued to forts guarding American
harbors as soon as possible was de-
scribed by officers who have been fol-
lowing tests of the mine. All are en-
thusiastic over the possibilities which
the new weapon affords of simplifying
and making more effective the nations
coast defenses.
While the mechanism of the mide is
q secret, it is known that it's effective
ness lies in the fact that the depth of
the tide and the strength of the cur
rent in a harbor may be entirely dis
regarded when the mine is planted
An automatic device inside the mine
itself can be set for any desired sub
mergence, which will keep the mine at
that place USUALLY eight feet below the
surface) no matter how the tide may
rise and fall and in spite of any drag
by the current. --.%o. -.
This type of mine can be planted in
a harbor and then left alone on the
bottom, controlled by the operator at
the mine field switchboard in the fort.
To this switchboard every individual
mine III the field is connected by ca
bic. From his post the operator can
send the mine on a moments notice to
its war position just below the sur
face. He can tell how far up it has
gone by a small signal device in the
casemate, q gong, which sounds a
ringing note for every foot upward
the hidden destroyer travels.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FILM OF SUBMARINE SINKING.
Operator on Bridge Of Boat Gets Pic.
ture Of Entire Proceedings.

Operator on Bridge Of Boat Gets Pic
ture Of Entire Proceedings.
Paris.-How six members of the crew
Of the steamer San Bernardo, bound
from Philadelphia, saw moving pic
lures taken on board of a large German
submarine just before their ship was
sunk by the underwater boat is related
by one of the crew, probably the
French supercargo, in the Temps.
The German officer when he boarded
the vessel noticed man wearing an
overcoat. 'Who is this gentleman
the German asked.
"The supercargo, French citizen.
representing the owners" replied the
captain Of the San Bernardo.
Let him come aboard the submarine
with the five engineers" said the Ger
man. Il shall keep, them as hostages
The six men were kept in converse
ton on board the submarine by the
underwater boats commander while
bombs were being placed on board the
San Bernardo. When the steamer blew
up there was moving picture operator
on the bridge Of the submarine, who
took a picture Of the entire proceedings
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
LEFT FORTUNE TO SERVANT.
Relatives Of Dead Woman Fight the
Request.

Relatives Of Dead Woman Fight the
Request.
Carlyle, III. - Kate Mulcahy, gray
haired and rheumatic, is heir to an es.
tate between 100000 and 100000, left
by her mistress, Mrs. John McCabe,
but relatives of the dead woman are
going to try to break the will.
Kate served Mrs. McCabe forty-ope
years. Mrs. McCabe's husband was
prosperous physician when Kate came
to work for them. He died, leaving lit
tie property. Kate left for a time, but
Mrs. McCabe's urgent pleas caused her
to return at q financial sacrifice
Mrs. McCabe said Kate should be the
sole heir to the mistress property if
Kate would stick by her till death.
Then oil was struck on the McCabe
property, making Mrs. McCabe the
richest woman in Clinton county. She
kept her promise to Kate just the same.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
LONG WALK FOR JUROR.
Trains Did Not Serve, So Merrill Foot
ed It For Many Miles.

Trains Did Not Serve, So Mccrill Foot
ed It For Many Miles.
Leavenworth. Kan.-How would you
like to take a little jaunt, say twenty
five or thirty miles. at the present
time? Sure, nice little walk. Well,
Kirby McCrill so sizes up trip of that
length
Kirby was among those summoned
to sit on jury. There happened to be
no trains coming to Leavenworth when
Kirby desired to start That didn't
bother him. neither did the high price
Of Shoe leather. So Kirby walked to
Kansas City. distance Of about twen-
ty seven miles.
1T was just nice little STROLL" said
Kirby. Il take long walks often and
there is nothing like it to preserve ones
COED health At Kansas City caught
an interurban car and came to Leaven-
worth. I intend to walk back when l
get through with the jury work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
ALL TRANSIT LINES IN
NEW YORK GREATLY TAXED
City Traffic Increasing at Rate Of
More Than 100000
Annually.

New York.-In November the subway
carried an average of 1,199,623 passen-
gers a day and the "L'' 1,O14,S93, a to-
tai Of 2,214,506, according to a state
ment issued by the marlborough Rapid
Transit company. 49,
Public Service Commissioner Whit
ney estimates that city traffic is in
creasing at the rate of more than
10O,O00,000 annually. More than 325
miles additional of subway and ele-
waited lines are being built. 4
In 1872 total Of 3S,722, 1876 passen-
gers were carried, or 147 rides during
the year for each person in the city.
In 1882, the first year,of the II" 25O,-
510,S32 passengers were carried, or 215
rides for each person in the city. In
1905, the first year Of the subway,
$50, 1851, 206 were carried, or 29S rides
for each person. ~
Under the caption Of struggling to
Keep Up With New York" the Inter
borough officials say: ...... 49,
''Each year the problem of handling
the millions of New York traffic grows
increasingly difficult. The struggle is
hard, not to anticipate the city's fu-
ture needs, but merely to keep up with
the present. Extensions of transit ia
cilities, no matter how rapid, do not
seem able to keep pace with crowds
and congestion.
I'm September the subway carried a
daily average Of 100000 passengers.
By November this average was in
creased to 100000 daily. 49,. l.
"All this traffic, too, it should be re.
membered, was on lines designed orig
inally to care for 100000 passengers
daily.
always it is the same story. No
matter how fast rapid transit lines are
built in New York city, the transporta
ton needs Of the population seem to
keep ahead Of them" H.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
JACK LONDON IN THE WOODS.

JACK LONDON IN THE WOODS.
with Mrs. London, to Sydney in No.
vember, 1908, by steamer. He said of
his Australian sojourn: .-
II went to Australia to go into hos
pital, where spent five weeks. spent
five months miserably sick in hotels.
The mysterious malady that afflicted
my hands was too much for the Aus
tralian specialists. It was unknown in
the literature of medicine No. case
like it had ever been reported. It ex-
tended from my hands to my feet so
that at times was as helpless as a
child. On occasion my hands were
twice their natural size, with seven
dead and dying skins peeling off at the
same time. There were times when
my toenails in twenty-four hours grew
as thick as they were long. After filing
them off inside another twenty -four
hours they were as thick as before.
The Australian specialists agreed that
the malady was nonparasitic and there
fore it must be nervous"
The ailment did not mend, and the
novelist and his wife had to abandon
the cruise in the Shark. Yet when
London had returned to California.
where his health had invariably been
excellent, his recovery was complete,
and strangely enough the California
climate is very like that of Australia.
Later on London ran across the book
written by Colonel Charles e. Wood
ruff, United States army medical corps.
entitled Effects Of Tropical Light on
White Men," and what had baffled the
Australian specialists was no longer
inexplicable. London wrote to Colonel
Woodruff describing his illness in Aus
tralia, and the latter, whose researches
in tropical medicine, especially in the
Philippines, have given him high re-
pute in his profession, replied that he
had been similarly afflicted in the Phil
ippines. Besides himself, Colonel Wood
ruff wrote to the novelist, no fewer
than sixteen other United States army
surgeons were utterly at loss to &C.
count for the colonels malady. But in
time the colonel solved the riddle. Lon
don says:
Il had strong predisposition toward
tissue destructiveness by tropical light.
had been torn in pieces by ultra vio-
let rays"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17

HEALTH COMMISSIONER ROBERTSON
These stimulate the flow of gastric
juice.
"Bifth.-Chew your food thoroughly:
your stomach has no teeth. Do not
wash down unmasticated food with
coffee, tea or other drinks. ..-..
"Sixth.-Do not eat to excess. Nor
mally your appetite should he an index
Of your wants.
"Seventh.-Appetite and relish are
important factors in promoting the
flow OF gastric juice, hence have the
food prepared and served in an appe-
tizing manner.
"Eighth.-Do not eat meat, eggs and
other proteins to excess.
"Ninth.-If you have a feeling of dis.
tress or fullness after meal your diet
or manner Of eating needs regulating.
If you suffer from belching or regurg1.
tation you should consult physician
for advice.
"Tenth.--Do not engage in excessive
physical or mental exertion immediate
~ after a full meal.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
DANCE TO WIRELESS
= MUSIC MILES AWAY
Photograph at High Bridge; N. Y,
Heard All Over House at
MorristoWn, N. J.

New York.-What was declared to be
the worlds first wireless dance was
held at 20 Morris avenue, Morristown,
N. j., the home of Theodore E. Gaty,
vice president of the Fidelity and Cas-
ualty Insurance company of this city.
His two sons-John P. and Theodore
e. Gaty, Jr., the latter home from Cor
nell for the Christmas holidays-got
up dance and throughout the even
ing the seven or eight couples who had
been invited danced to music that was
played on photograph in High Bridge,
at the northern end of Manhattan,
about forty miles away from Norris
town by air line.
Mr. Gaty and his sons are enthusiasts
tic amateurs in the science of radio to-
lephony and telegraphy. A friend, P. F.
Cooley Of Montclair, who is radio en-
9gineer,s made use Of the Lee de Forest
audion detector and the sound ampli-
fer invented by DR.. Edwin II. Arm
strong Of Columbia, the inventions
which made transcontinenta telephony
pOooAOAOS az well h W1IclcSS I0l0-
phone message to Honolulu. Mr.. Cod
ley, who is only twenty-seven years old,
adapted the two devices to amateur
use and attached them to a photograph
horn in the Gaty home.
The photograph that furnished the
dance music was played in the High
Bridge plant Of the De Forest Radio
Telephone and Telegraph company, and
the musical sound waves were receiv-
ed by the amateur receiver over Mr..
Gaty's house.
When the faint sounds, which, COM
ing from the receiver, could scarcely be
detected by the ear, passed through the
combined sound amplifers and then
through the megaphone they could be
heard all over the house.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
WAR ON CATS SAVES GAME,
Good Hunting In New Jersey Since 70.
line Slaughter Started.

Good Hunting In New Jersey Since Fs-.
line Slaughter Started.
Trenton, N. IA report Of the New
Jersey fish and game commission re-
Gently issued states that the wholesale
determination of cats in Burlington
county during the 1915 epidemic of foot
and mouth disease has resulted in
sportsmen finding Burlington among
the best hunting grounds in the state.
Game animals and birds are more
plentiful in the county than for years.
and scores of hunters have repeatedly
bagged their legal limit of ten rabbits;
also quails, pheasants and squirrels. It
is held that the chief factor in the in
crease in game animals and birds as
Well as song birds In that county was
the warfare on cats by both hunters
and farmers. Sportsmen found hun
dreds Of proWling homeless cats in the
woods and fields preying upon native
birds and animals and killed them.