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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-06-21
FrankIinton, La, June Il, 1917

FEdUhIlUtVU, 6ds3 S0US ST., sSaf
No. 6GG will cure Malaria or Bilious
Fever. 1t kills the germs.
Mrs. J. L. Brock spent Sat
urday in the Magic City.
Mesdames Bickham and Re
nard we're Enon visitors Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. X. |. Bean, o.
Bogalusa spent the week END
here.
Clyde Hamilton visited his
sister, Mrs. Robert Darlington,
thru the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Doremus of
Bogalusa spent Sunday here
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. j. A. LaCour and little
Fay of Jackson, Miss, are visit
ing Mrs. Cinderella Bickham.
Mrs. W. J. Bateman and chill.
dren of Baton Rouge are here
for short visit with relatives.
Mrs. T. B. Cook of Bogalusa,
spent a few days here last week
with her daughter, Mrs. D.
s. Slocum.
Mrs, Torregrossa and children
Of North Slidell, visited Mrs.
Flora Bickham and Mrs. L. B.
Renard last week.
For sale-90'day velvet beans:
good second hand one and two
horse wagons.
The Darlington Store, Inc.
Notice The Grand Jury for
Washington parish will meet
Monday, July md.
G, W. Knight, Foreman.
The saw mill, crusher and
gin of W. W. Miller in the 9th
ward which was destroyed by
fire June II, at a loss of $500.
will be rebuilt at once with the
help OF the neighborhood.
L. Y. Tidwell of Grand Cane,
spent the week, end with Mr.and
Mrs. M. W. CIT, and on Sunday
Tue Ott Tidwell families motored
70 Bogalusu that the visitors
might be shown the wonders of
the Magic City.
Mrs. Tidwell and little daugh.
yer Florence, recent guests of
Mrs M. W. OFT, left Monday to
visit relatives in Georgetta Ala,
and will later be joined in New
Orleans by Mrs. OFT and little
daughters, Gretchen and Eliza.
beth, and all make the trip to
Grand Cane together, wher g
Mrs. OFT will visit her mother
Tor few weeks.
The relatives and friends OF
Homer E. Gayer were grieved
last week to learn Of the critical
Condition he was in at the Turo
intlrmary in New Orleans. He
was found to have tumor on the
brain but wnen the skull was
opened there was such an ex.
esslve flow of blood that the
operatlon could not be perform
y sfo news this week tells of a
sllRnt Increase in strength with
'ue nope that he may be able to
s'and the operation within a few
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-06-21

Miss Ruth Magee is spending
this week with New Orlean.
friends.
The Summer is here now ST
get that Ice Cream Freezer a.
S. H. Burris. Inc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Gayel
visited their brother, Homer
Gayer at Truro Intrmary Sun
day.
Dr.. and Mrs. M. Batemar
and children of Richardson
were Sunday guests of Mrs. J.
E. Bateman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Barocca and
Miss Rose Barocca of New Or,
Orleans were Sunday guests of
Mrs. J. W. Simmons.
The Boy Scout benefit given
at the theatretorium Monday
was we'll attended and netted
the organization a neat little sum.
Misses Ruby Erwin and Clara
Mae Simmons returned Monday
from a weeks visit with Mes.
danes Sturdivant and Varnado
in Slidell.
Miss Elliot, after a ten days
visit here returned to her home
in Amite Sunday, and was &C.
companied by Miss Mamie
Sweeney, Frank Sweeney and
Fred Bateman, who spent the
day in Amite.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Garrett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pieron, Mr.. and
Mrs. Strahan, Mrs. Garrett.
W. L. Richardson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanford were some of the
friends from iona who attended
the funeral of Mrs. Ed Ward
here Thursday.
Misses Ruth and Jessie Bate
man spent Sunday In New Or
leans at the bedside of Miss
Ethel Talley who is in a right
serious condition from an opera.
tlon for appendicitis which she
underwent at the Turo In'frm,
airy last week.
Card of Thanks-The men and
boys of the town worked dill
gently in Saturdays fire in re-
moving to a place of safety my
entire stock and all the fixtures
OF the fruit stand, and even when
my building caught fire in sew.
eral places, by heroic effort the
flames were extinguished and
the building finally saved. This
required hard work and I want
the people to know that hearti.
ly appreciate it and thank every
one who helped.
VIM. Magee.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Vol Brock
and young daughters, Ellen and
Mamie, with their guest, Mrs.
| Mrs. Stella KEGS O'Neal, Of
IylertoWn, were guests Of Mrs.
t. L. Sanford Sunday when they
motored to Vaudeville and were
taken on board the private
yacht Spitfre III by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Pierce of New Or.
loans and with other New Or.
leans friends enjoyed an all.day
cruise on the lake, DR.. Wallace
Wood, Dean of Tulane Uniyer.
sity, being a happy and distin.
gpished addition TO the patty.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-06-21

Gtars zero takon ct Washing
ton to clear the records of officers
who resigned from federal ser
vice to enter the Confederacy.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-06-21

| ION Darlington visited friend
in Bogalusa last week.
Rub-Ms- sm-Anticeptic, Anodyn
Kills pain, stops putrefacation.
Mrs. O'Neal of TyIertown Wis
tied friends here this week.
Mrs. H. B. Magee spent Sat
urday in the Crescent City.
! }. q. Afford of Elitown made
US pleasant call Wednesday
morning.
Miss Dean Foil is spending {
fortnight with her sister, Mrs,
George Stafford, at Richardson.
Mrs. D. N. Magee spent sew
eral days last week in IsabeI
with her sister, Mrs. Bunyon
TalIey.
Mrs. W. p. Minckler and son
Donavon are spending this week
in New Orleans, with Mrs. NJ.
G. Smith.
Remember to get coupons on
your accounts. You must pay
by the 10th of month following
purchase.
S. H. Burris, Inc.
Card of Thanks-For the
splendid work done in saving nv
household effects from the fire
last Saturday, | thank the citi,
zens of Franklinton.
W. p. Dunlap.
Card of Thanks-We wish to
thank our many friends who
worked so heroically last Satur-
day afternoon, to save our build
ing and improvements when
they caught on fire and burned.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Minckler,
The regular July meeting of
the Washington Parish School
Board will be held in their office
in the courthouse on Tuesday,
July 5, 1917.
The next examination for
teachers will be held July 80, 81.
and August I. white teachers IN
the High School building,) and
August 1, 8, and 4, 1917, negro
teachers in the CONTINUOUSLY
D. H. Struggled, Supt.
Sheriff j. E. Bateman attend
ed the conference of sheriffs of
Eastern District of Louisiana
with United State District At
torney Montgomery in New Or
leans Monday. The conference
was held behind closed doors and
it was later announced that the
meeting was held to devise ways
and means of bringing 'slackers'
in the country parishes before
the court.
DIED On Wednesday night
at 1920 O'Clock. Mrs. Ed Ward
died at the home of her sister,
Mrs. S. E. Morris. Mrs. Ward
was a daughter of Mrs. G. A.
Jenkins and won many friends
here during the time she gave
the people of Franklinton such
efficient service as telephone
operator. After her marriage
TO Mr.. Ward she has lived at
iona where her husband is in
the employ of F. L. Sanford
lumber Co.. but being in a low
state of health Mrs. Ward came
TO her sisters home to put her
self under the medical treat
ment of DR.. Jones and remained
with her sister till her death.
The funeral services we're con
Quoted by Rev. G.. T. Corkern
from the Baptist Church on
Thursday afternoon in the pres
ence of the family and many
sympathizing friends after which
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1917-06-21

Former King. Constantine of
Greece left Athens to embark on
3 British wasshis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
One soon tires of posting up diaries
and scrap books
About the worst bore is he who is
educated and piff1icated at the same
time.
There are also those who regard
the steam calliope a musical in
Strument.
Those who want the best of it may
also be listed with those who do much
shouting for justice.
And the worst of it is that there
are just as many sides to the argu-
ment when it is over as when it be-
gan.
While she may swear the society
reporter to secrecy, an engaged girl
never makes much of an effort to
conceal her engagement ring.
Alb Adkins admits he was never
much of fighter, altho he has been
married long enough to learn a good
deal about defensive tactics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22

Boston. a great wool market before
the war, says the Transcript. has be-
come the greatest in the world since
the war has Iessened London's relative
traffic in this great commodity. Here
at this extremity of the United States,
and with no wool-growing hinterland,
Boston sold 3O3.O0O,OO pounds of
wool in 1916. against London's 294,-
$4,000. while foreign and domestic
receipts at this port aggregated 440,-
100000 pounds. America now takes
ore wool than Great Britain, and
: oston is now the largest market of
the largest wool-consuming country IN
the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
Cooperative Financial Institu-
tiOnS Is a Provision.
Chittenden Bill Would Create
State Money Problem.
NO RIGHT To REJECT CHARTER
State Banking Department
Would Be POwerIess to Act.
Twenty Persons Could Organize
$4,000 Bank.

The Kansas house of representatives
today opened a new vein of sorrow for
the bankers. Under provisions of
bill by Representative Chittenden of
Ellis county, cooperative banks may
be organized in this state. That isn't
all. Chittenden removes from the state
banking department the right to reject
applications for charters when certain
provisions have been complied with by
stock owners.
Under the present law cooperative
banks have small chance in this
state. The cooperative game has had
It's effect on the grain and elevator
business and in many localities coop
eratIve stores have been organized I'M
der the state laws. But the banks
have viewed the cooperative move
ment with slight concern. Now the CO.
operative boosters propose to engage
in the banking business.
At present the state bank commits
sioner is given a rather wide range for
the expression of judgment as to the
need of a bank in a town. Under the
existing statutes, a one bank town sell
dom encounters two or three banks.
But the Chittenden bill leaves big
loop hole for the men who seek to or
ganize banks and fail to secure char
ters. When charters are denied under
action of the state charter board, a CO.
operative bank is as easy as a fishing
expedition.
Chittendens bill provides that twen-
ty persons may organize and conduct
a cooperative bank. They must sub
scribe for stock in an amount not less
than $4,000 and shall file their notice
with the state bank commissioner. If
the stock is properly subscribed, the
commissioner must then grant a char
ter.
last week in passing the Wilson bill.
reducing the contract interest rate
from 10 to per cent, Kansas bankers
now face the cooperative plan The
Chittenden bill doubtless means a big
fight if it receives a favorable commit
tee report and will call forth opposition
from scores of bankers-both state and
national-in all sections of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
ST DE T ALM S
Clothes.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.


Are YOU ever astonished and ap-
palled at the power desire for clothes
has over the mind of the average
Woman-oyer your MIND ana mine !.
I love books. l love out-of-doors.
I know that friendship and love, a
tranquil mind, an uncovetous appre-
citation of beauty wherever found, in
humanity, in art, or nature, and an
altruistic interest in the worlds prog
ress are the realities of life.
l know that clothes are not one of
the vital realities. l know that if 1
can wear becoming, warm and whole
clothing, that is all I should care
about.
know with my mind that since
the dress I bought three years ago is
still becoming and perfectly whole, 1
ought to have the strength of mind
to be contented, and not be discon-
tented because it is plainly of a past
day vintage.
All these things are what my mind
says.
And then some day I go into town
and look into the shop windows. Or,
l meet women to whom pretty and
fashionable clothes are the important
things of life. And as if I had been
exposed to a contagion, / catch the
fever of the desire for pretty things
and all that my mind says is forgot
ten
can hardly think OF anything else
but clothes. The thought of them
intrudes upon my work, my reading,
my amusement
I strive to plan how I can have
things that are beyond my means:
plan ridiculous extravagances.
The realities grow pale beside this
unreality.
BY and by the fever dies down, and
I see things more sanely, but, alasi
I know l shall have it again.
might think 1 were different from
others if 1 had not caught glimpses
of the same passion in them. 1 have
seen women plunged in grief that
nothing else could move them from,
begin to take a new interest in life
at the thought of new clothes.
have seen an utterly ambitionless girl
become a wonderful planner and con-
triver when her wardrobe was in Ques-
ton. And 1 know that there are wom-
en- with whom the fever is not inter
mittent but continuous.
The other day I read a newspaper
letter from a working girl who had
to support her mother and who must
dress neatly but plainly" She said
that when she looked at other girls
all she could think of was their pretty
clothes.
What queer kittle katie we women
are, after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22

After the adjournment of the legis-
lature We probably shall hear the Gus
tomary cutlery about the huge appro-
priations. If not then it will come
when the tax levy is made. Yet the
people of large sections of the state
elect men to come up to Topeka for
the express purpose of obtaining a big
sum from the state treasury for the
benefit of some state institution in
their vicinity. A system of log rolling
is engendered against which the MEM
bers outside the interested group are
poWerless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
BED TIME TALES
BY CLARA INGRAM JUDSON
THE THREE RAINDROPS.

Three little raindrops came down
from the sky-one right after the
other.
For some time they had lived close
together in a cloud and had come to
he very warm friends. So, when
Mother Cloud said it was time for
them to go to earth, they resolved to
90 together and see the wonderful
Sights about which they had heard.
Very tightly, they held hands, but
thew fell SO fast that they hardly got
found themselves in cold. dark
place.
can't see anything at all; surely this
isn't the pretty earth, all full of such
wonderful things that the cloud has
told us about"
mo, this is so dark and cold, I'd
rather be back in the cloud" said an
other.
Catch me, catch me, I'm slipping
down." cried the third. So they held
hands tighter than ever and waited to
see what would happen.
Pretty soon, they heard a whisper so
soft thew couldn't tell what was said.
But they listened again and heard,
"Corne this way. come this way"
Of course they couldn't see thing,
hut the voice sounded pleasant. so
thew decided to go. Cropping along
thru the dark earth. they followed the
voice till they came to where other
raindrops were going the same way.
do you know where we are going?"
asked one of the raindrops they met.
"Oh, yes" he answered I've been
here before. We are going to the
spring"
The spring." asked the first. rain
drop, what is that?"
.aThe spring is our friend, even tho
if be hidden under a pretty, shiny ice
covering" replied the wise raindrop-
at will take US up to the air and sun
shine"
So hight gladly the raindrops fol-
lowed the voice of the spring and it
led them up and up. till suddenly they
came into the sunshine.
Down the side of a hill they scam
pered, so fast they had no time for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
SUGAR AND THE WAR.

A reason for the high price of sugar
is found in figures regarding the trade
in this article last year. 1t is due to
heavy exports to Europe as a result
of the war.
A compilation by the foreign trade
department of the National City Bank
of New York shows that the value of
sugar exported from the United States
in the calendar year 1915 was in
round terms S10O,O0O,OOO against SAB
0OO,0 worth in 1915, SIS. 100000 in
1914, and less than 100000 in 1913,
the year Immediately preceding the
war. Indeed the United States had
never been an exporter of sugar in any
considerable quantity until the exigen-
cies of the war rendered inaccessible
the sugar producing area from which
western Europe had been accustomed
to draw its supplies. Germany, Aus
tria- Hungary and Russia as the
worlds great producer of beet sugar
had met all the sugar requirements of
the remainder of Europe, but when
their supplies became no longer avail
able by reason of war conditions, and
those of France and Belgium were
greatly reduced the remainder of Eu-
rope necessarily turned to the cane
sugar section of the world for its sup
ply.
Cuba, Java, the Hawaiian Islands,
Porto Rico and the Philippines are the
worlds largest producers of cane su-
gar for expectation. India is a large
producer, but has none for exporta-
ton. Java distributes most of its out
put to adjacent Asiatic countries. AS
Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii send
practically all of their sugar direct
to the United States. our own market
became the chief source from which
Europe could draw sugar, especially in
the refined form. since the cane pro-
ducing islands of the world export
most of their product in the raw state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22

The effort of Wilson of Pawnee to
lower the legal contract rate of in
terest from 10 to s, by introducing a
bill for that purpose may win the APP
prevail of his constituents, but that is
about all it will accomplish. Even
should the bill pass it will make little
difference. Money will bring what it
is worth. Interest rates are governed
by supply and demand. Banks and
persons having money for hire will
find a way to get the returns warrant
ed by the market conditions or they
will keep it or send it some place
where the pay is better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
BIG FIGURES.

Four chains of five and ten-cent
stores in this country did total bust
ness last year of $125. 100000.
Ice cream to the value of $780,
100000 was sold.
Two of the great packing house
companies have recently made public
their annual statements to their stock
holders. One of them shows sales of
about 1925, 100000 and net profits of
more than $23, 100000. The other
report reveals sales of about $685.
100000 and net profits of more than
$2O,00O.OO0.
In about the same city
the same in length but covering a
somewhat different fiscal year. the
richest and most profitable automO-
bile company in the country made
sales of about s2O6, 100000 and not
profits falling a few thousand dollars
short of $60.OO0.OOo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
EVENING STORY
Paradise Flats.
(By Olive Gray.)


Peggy tried to save the soup, but it
was too late. She sat down forcibly in
a puddle of water, the soup landed in
her lap, and over all spread her UNI
brella like a huge snuffer, pouring
rivulets of water down her neck.
The man with whom she had collid-
ed at the windswept corner apologized,
but there did not seem to be any one
to apologize to excepting the top of an
umbrella and a pair of feet. Dispos-
ing of his own umbrella he seized hers,
lifted it away from the wreck and as
sisted Peggy to her feet
Are you hurt?" he asked.
NO" she answered, shaking the
soup out of her skirt. But poor Mrs.
Mally will have to do without her sup
per, I'm afraid" The bowl lay in
That's too bad I'm terribly sorry.
1t was all my fault. Is there anything
can do to make it up?"
Peggy hesitated, which gave the
man chance to see just what kind of
person it was he had encountered so
forcibly- In the half light, with the
street lamp giving an uncertain, ghast-
ly glimmer, Peggy looked SO ethereal
that the young man had a feeling that
she was going to disappear into the
mist and float away. But with all her
paleness she was almost too beautiful
brought him this way tonight, for it
was part of the town he seldom
visited
Yes she answered. all unconscious
of what was going on IN the other
mind, there is something. Mrs.
Mally is very sick and she can't have
anything but broth. So broth she
must have and there is no one but
myself to get it. There is a restaurant
about half block away, where /
have been getting her supply evenings.
I've just come from there, but I've
sot to hurry on to Mally's right away,
because Mike. the Oldest boy, works at
night and he's gone. The baby might
fall downstairs and Patsy is probab
making a meal off the matches while
I'm here talking. So if You don't
mind, you might bring the soup ,iust
ask for plain beef bouillon-an1 I'll
run along to look after the family
Sure. I'll get the soup. Is there
anything else?"
Nothing. thank you. It's the Para
disc Tenement across the street there
fifth floor
paradise Tenement He looked
at the high, gloomy building with
broken windows and rickety steps. 1T
doesn't look it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22
PLATFORM PLEDGES.

The Democratic platform in 1912
upon which the present administra-
ton was put in power, says the New
York Journal of Commerce in an edi-
torial calling attention to the eXtrav-
agance of congress, declared that the
high cost of living is a serious problem
in every American home" and it put
the responsibility upon the Republi-
can party and it's tariff policy. 1t also
denounced the profligate waste of the
money wrung from the people by OPP
pressive taxation thru the lavish APP
preparations of recent Republican con-
gresses." and demanded "a return to
that simplicity and economy which be-
fits a democratic government, and a
reduction in the number of useless
offices. the salaries of which drain
the substance of the people" In eff
feet it gave a pledge for the reform
of all this. The term of the admins
tration which got support on that plat
form is drawing to a close. There is
little need of calling attention to the
way this pledge has been kept.
The unexpected war in Europe may
l. cited as an excuse for some of the
failure, but before that could have
been anticipated provision had been
made for a decided increase in the
number of offices, with no reduction
in those which nigh the regarded as
useless There was no effort to re-
turn to that simplicity and economy
that BELTS a democratic government
Appropriations were increased and the
changes made in the tariff failed to
reduce the high cost of living"
There has been a multiplication and
increase in federal taxes which has not
by any means been altogether an eff
feet of the war in Europe. A good
deal of the increased expense attrib-
uted to that conflict has not been nee
essary, and there has been no sign of
an effort to reduce expense for the
internal administration of the govern
ment. Now, as this term is drawing
to its close, there are ne plans for
adding not only to the burden of fed
eral taxation. but to the national debt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-22

BY far the largest gross value OF
farm production in this country was
reached in 1916, according to est1-
mates made by the United States de-
partment of agriculture. The total of
crops and animal products was 3d.
$4,000, 0GO, in increase of $2,674, OOO,-
600 over the total of 1915, which was
itself a high-water mark. The mere
increase is greater than the census
gross value of farm production in
1859. and is nearly as large as the
census crop value in 1899. The in
crease of 1916 over 1914 was SO, A.
100000. The gross value of farm
production is the total of crops and
animal products, and takes no account
of the use of a product as a material
for other production; nor are any costs
of production subtracted.