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|kle gathering timber for a lum-
nnpany on Castaing Bayou, Geo.
June. of Vaudeville, accidentally
,a the water, falling upon some
Psrhinery which was submerged
aering severe INJURIES about the
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

Thomas Pratty, owner or the Klon-
dyke ranch, near Lake Arthur, has
purchased 1900 head OF cattle belong
ing to the late Captain George Lock
and is Transporting them from the
Choupique country to his ranch. The
cattle were purchased at S31 head,
or s49,6OO for the entire herd. Mr.
Pratty's ranch contains $500 acres Of
land. of which 1000 are in rice this
year. while his new purchase gives
him a cattle herd of $500.
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

iae farmers around Oak Grove are
aring to plant a great deal of food
Very little cotton will be
Pnted.
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

YORK OF completing the high school
ang at Hornbeck has been delay.
On account Of transportation trou-
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

'ae opelousas militia company Will
nastered into service just as soon
ne applicants can be examined.
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

|n enthusiastic netting OF the col
= people OF Lockport was held TO
st to their loyalty to the flag.
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

lore efforts are being made 10 grow
pdstuffs around Hornbeck than here
sre.
The Madison journal., 1917-05-12

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4 construct ten diping vats in this
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-01-13
HoW's THJs2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Halls CataI rh Cure has been taken by
catarrh sufferers for the past thirty five
years, and has become known AZ the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure acts thru the blood on the
Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poison
from the Blood and healing the diseased
portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Cure f.r short time WI will SEQ a great
improvement In your general health.
Start taking Halls Calarrh Cure at
once and get rid oil catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
Ed. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-01-13
REGISTRATION.

This week a new registration was
started throughout the entire state
All who were ever registered be-
fore, 1t makes no difference under
what clause or law, are required to
register again. Those who regis.
tered under what is commonly
known as the grand fathers
clause are required to present
themselves and application for re-
gistration and be transferred from
the perpetual roll to the active
roll. Those who registered under
the educational qualification must
register again, and themselves in
their own handwriting fill out and
sign the blank the law requires
ana the registrar must preserve and
lille this blank. Those who are
assessed for three hundred dollars
on the assessment roll can by max
ing application and swearing to
their actual assessment be regis
tered sgain. 1t is the law and all
who would retain and preserve
their right of citizenship should
present themselves and register
again. - Thibodaux Commercial
Journal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-01-13
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Bank of st. Martinville
l.. Alcee GuidrOz
No. 1918

18th Judicial District Court
Parish of st. Martin. State of st. Martin.
Bv virtue of writ of Fiere Facias
issued out Of the 10Th Judicial District
Court. in aud for the Parish Of st. Mar
tin. State VI Louisiana. ID the above ell
titled and numbered suit. dated this
18th day of Dec 1916.
l have seized aud will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and high
est bidder at the front door of the Court
House. between the legal sale hours IN
a. m. to up. n.y. In the Town of st. Mar
tinville. La. on
Saturday Feb. IS, 1917,
the following mentioned and described
property. tOwit:
That certain tract Of land situated in
the 9TH ward of St. Martin Parish. La.
west Of Teche containing fifty five acres
more or less. Bounded North by lands Of
Mrs. Cyprien Guldry (fomerlD now 10
Jean CALLER. South by land Of Aihanas
TrahoD and west by the lands Of MIRO.
Francois Maihisu. formerly to Dan.
Martin with improvements and stock
thereon; also Sixteen 3 4 arpsnts, wood
or timhered land, same locality az that
first described bounded North by lands
Ut Ars. Henry COmeaux, South by land
Of Estate Stewart Vest by land of AIcse
Castillo and East by that of Estate
Stewart.
To satisfy the sun of S72.S5 with in
isrest thereon. from the 9th day of
April 1915 at per cent interest.
And the further sum Of $275.OO with
5 per cent yearly interest from Dscsm-
Der 10Th 1914 till paid plus 10 Der cent
attorneys fees. And also the sum OF
5000.
Seized to satisfy above writ.
Terms and cOnditiOns-cash.
SherIff's Office this 10Th day OF dec.
|. u. 1916. II
WADE o. MARTIN, Sheriff.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-01-13
close GRAZING MAY
INJURE GRAIN CROP
Crop should Not De craxed While
Field 10 WEI and MSddy-Taks
Stock on BY February - N
Grain 10 to De Harvested.

Il 10 never advisable to Erase q
crop too close IL grain is to be ~.
vested from it or il the maximum
amount OF grazing is to be had
throughout the season. The greatsr
portion Of the growth Of plants comes
through the leaves, and il grased
esoss to the ground the growth Of all
plants. unless supported by heshy
roofs or tubers. is extremely low.
me best general policy in grazing
such crops would be to wait until the
neld is green and the plants are two
or more inches In height before turn
ing In the livestock. Endeavor to reg
uiate the grazing so as to hold about
the same amount of growth in the
crop throughout the season. It is ad-
visaoie not to allow too much growth
during the fall and more stock should
De turned on it il the growth shows a
tendency to become too rank. II
enough stock for this purpose is not
available the moving machine should
De used to keep it down before q hard
freeze comes.
IL grain is to be harvested all stock
should be taken off by the middle of
Feoruary, or certainly by the first of
March. The crop should never be
grazed when the fields are wet and
muddy.
Oats is the main winter grazing
crop in Louisiana. Rye, wheat. barley
ana some Of the clovers and vetches
are fully a good as oats for grazing.
out their growth 10 very limited. II
u the nature Of all plants, under nor
nal conditions Of growth, to repro-
duce themselves at the end a. their
growing season in q seed crop.
AZ . rule. any pruning or grazing
OF annual plants, grown under aver.
age conditions. will reduce the Weld
81 SEED.
A crop Of oats planted on a medium
or thin grade Of land a. late as No
venber LIST cannot. rs a rule. be graz
Cd At any time without injury to the
11elA OF oats. To provide grazing
without hurting the yield Of grain.
grazing crops must be grown under
abnormal conditions That is, the
planting must be done rs early in |
september as weather conditions viii
permit. and only rich land that has
been thoroughly prepared. can be de.
pended upon for satisfactory grazing
Ind crop Of grain. Under these con.
lftions. and with favorable weather.
'afs should reach a height of six
inches or more by November first and
'rovide vast amount OF grazing dur
ng the fall and winter.
w. r. Perkins,
i've Stock Extension Service. Louis.
lana State University.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1917-01-13

- Yoon the ewes in good condition. II
focsr ~ 10 10 7''ugy-nor should
T. ~, In LI~ .--
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
Words Which Have strayed.

Hardly any words in the English lam
guage have strayed farther from their
original meaning than the terms of for
estry. Thus a forest was originally a
great tract of country, which might in
clude woods, cultivated lands, pastures
and ever towns and villages, all the
hunting rights over which were reserv-
ed to the monarch. A chase differed
from a forest mainly in the fact that
the hunting rights were vested in a
subject instead of a king. A park was
a fenced preserve, either in or out of a
forest, while a warren was a piece of
waste ground over which the right to
hunt the hare, the rabbit and the fox,
the pheasant, the partridge and the
woodcock had been granted by the
king.
In the same way the term afforesta-
ton had nothing to do with the plant
ing of trees. 1t meant the subsection
of any tract of country to the forest
laws-in other words, it was the set
ting aside of this tract as a forest. A
forest might and commonly did include
vast estates of landowners and large
towns whose rights remained untouch-
ed except as to game.-London Mail.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
DIED.

WEAVER.-At Pleasantville, N. j.,
on Feby. %, 1917, Laura p, widow
of the late John H. Weaver. Rela-
tives and friends are invited to at
tend funeral at the residence of
Mrs. Fannie C. Seth, No. LOT
Brighton Ave-, Pleasantville, N. j.,
on Sunday, Feby. 25th, at 2 o'clock.
Interment in Pleasantville Gene
terry.
DYER-At P~leasantville, on February
Is, Horace L., husband of Elizabeth
Dyer. Age 48 years. Interment
at Lost Cedar Hill Cemetery, Phila-
delphia.
ADAMS.-At Pleasantville, on Feb
ruary 10Th, Wilson, husband of Liz
zie Adams. Age IA years. Funeral
at Christ Church, Pleasantville, on
Monday afternoon. Interment in
Pleasantville Cemetery.
KEOWN.-In Atlantic City, February
II, Gertrude Muller, wife of Rob-
ert Keown, Jr., and daughter of
Max ]. and the late Henrietta Null
Ter. Age 81 years.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
WEDNE SDAY.

President Wilson, according to au.
thoritative statement, definitely has
decided to go to congress before its
adjournment, to ask for wider powers
to handle any situation short of war
growing out of the submarine crisis
This would include the use of the army
and navy to protect the interests and
neutrality of the United States. TIL
president is studying measures de
signed to bring about universal mill
tary training.
Relations with Austria continue
critical and a rupture is expected mo
mentarily in Washington.
This is the anniversary of the Ger
man offensive at Verdun. Another
German drive was expected to signal
lie the event. but. so far as shown by
official reports, did not materialize.
Scissors, nearest point to Paris on the
battlefront, was supposed TO have been
chosen for the new offensive.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
ORDINANCE NO. 1877.

AN ORDINANCE to establish in the City of
Pleasantville a City Police Court, which
shall be called THE Pleasantville Police
Court.
Section l.. Be it Ordained by the Common
Council OF the City of Pleasantyille that
there be established in the City of Pleasant
vile a City Police Court, which shall be call
ed The Pleasantville Police Court, which
Court shall have the power, authority and
jurisdiction conferred upon it by law.
Section 2. Be it further Ordained that
Common Council shall appoint by a majority
of votes of all its members, a Police Justice
of said Court, who shall hold his office for
the term of two years and until his successor
has been in like manner appointed that such
Police Justice shall, before he enters upon
the performance of his duties, take and SUBJ
scribe before some person authorized to ad-
minister oaths, an oath faithfully and impair
TALLY to execute the duties imposed upon him
by law, according to the best of his skill and
ability, and shall enter into bond to the City
IN It's corporate name, in the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars, with such Surety as Com
mon Council may appoint, conditioned for
duly accounting to the proper authorities of
the City of Pleasantville for all moneys that
may come into his hands as such Police JUS
tice, and for the payment thereof upon de-
mand to the person or persons entitled to
receive the same.
Section 3. Be it further Ordained that
said Police Justice shall keep a docket of the
proceedings of such Court, which docket shall
contain the names of the parties and a record
of all the proceedings in every case except
the evidence given, which docket shall be the
property of the City and shall be kept in the
Court Room subject to the inspection of all
persons lawfully entitled thereto and all
papers in every case Except complaints and
recognizances required by law to be delivered
to the Prosecutor of the Pleas of the County
of Atlantic or the Grand Jury) shall be filed
and remain in said Court.
Section 4. Be it further Ordained that
Common Council provide a suitable room for
the transaction Of the business of said Court
and procure such books and stationery as
may be necessary.
Section 5. Be it further Ordained that
said Police Justice shall pay over weekly to
the Treasurer of such City for the use thereof
all fees, fines, penalties and costs which he
may receive for the violation of ordinances
and other offenses whereof complaint is made
before him, and the receipt of such Treasurer
therefor shall, on the payment thereof, be a
sufficient discharge for the same.
Section 6. Be it further Ordained that all
ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
with the provisions of this ordinance be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
Section 7. Be it further Ordained that
this ordinance shall take effect Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of Common
Council held this 10Th day of February, 1917.
ALBERT E.. JAMES,
President of Common Council.
Attest:
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS, Clerk.
Approved this 23rd day of February, 1917.
THOS. f. CRAWFORD, Mayor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
Mime. LAMBERT, TEACHER Of MUSIC

Her method of many years. study
and practical experience in every
phase of both vocal and instrumental
music, has proved to be the correct,
thorough and comprehensive system.
There are no doubt, several ways of
teaching, but there is only true way
for both branches of music, and the
necessary requirements are natural
gifts for one or both. The brain
must comprehend, the fingers demon
strate and memory exercised. The
voice being a truly natural gift, must
possess the volume, quality and
strength for expansion. Great care
must be used in training, as either
extreme may ruin the chords and
muscles forever. A fortune is within
the reach of those to whom nature
has given the high or low expansion,
with the true resonant beauty and
quality. A delightful pleasure to the
listener, or vice versa. When all COM
binations are correct such a voice may
justly be named Musical Elocution."
Special training with the divided
time for small children on any instru-
ment. Talent in all cases must be
well tested before an opinion can be
given. Obedience all thro is abso-
lutely required. Lessons in divided
courses-all missed lessons must be
made up-no excuse. Think and be
prepared ahead is the go-word.
Evening lessons from 7 to 10 o.
clock. Studio, 103 Chestnut st.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR
FRIDAY.

Striking at the French line in Cham
payne. midway between Verdun and
Rheims, troops of the German crown
prince have taken ground to a depth
of a half-mile on a front of a mile and
a half. The attackers captured S5S
prisoners, including twenty-one ofic-
ers and twenty machine guns.
The crown prince had not been &C
tive since his partly successful attack
on French positions northwest of Yer
dun on January 26. The latest thrust
in Champagne comes a few days less
than g year after the beginning of the
attack by him on the outlying FORTH
cations of Verdun.
Except for raids by British, French
and German troops at various points
along the front in France and two
small engagements in Galicia, there
has been no important infantry fight
ing on the other of the battlefelds.
Official communications report much
aerial activity on the western front.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
The Outdoor Woman.

When that husky brute. man, goes
into the big woods for the good time
of the year no longer does he leave a
bundle of frills and laces at home or
the shore, with nothing to assuage her
grief at parting with her lord but a
stack of the latest fiction, a fond kiss
and, perhaps, a hypocritical Wish you
could go with me-" No, indeed, Now
she goes with him, and he is finding
out that he is very glad she does.
Whether either he or she is glad,
however, depends, in a measure-in
fact, rather largely-upon her clothing.
She must be warm in cold weather,
not too warm in hot weather, not be
bedraggled to helplessness when it
rains. nor snagged every few minutes
in rough going by stepping ON her
skirt or getting caught on a stub. II
she is to be a real companion to a man
she must not hold him back by add
ing to her natural handicap, lack of
strength, the unnecessary and exasper-
ating unsuitable costume.-Outing.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
SATURDAY..

Attacking in force the German lines
on both sides of the River Ancre, in
France. British troops on Saturday
penetrated about 1000 yards on a front
of one mile and a half south of the
stream and gained ground on the nor
thern side.
The latest success follows upon the
British capture of G%randcourt, also on
the southern bank, and brings them
within a short distance of both Mirau.
mont and Petit Miraumont, northeast
of Grandcourt. Field Marshal Haig's
forces also carried an important Ger
man position north of the Ancre on a
front of about 1000 yards north Of
the Baillescourt farm.
Continuing their advance on Kutsel-
Amara. in Mesopotamia, British troops
have taken more positions from the
Turks. and prisoners captured Thurs
day aumber nearly 1000,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of a writ of feri facias, to me di-
rected, issued out of the New Jersey Court of
WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY
OF MARCH. NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTEEN,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon of said day,
in the Court Room, No. POI, Second Floor.
Guarantee Trust Building, in the City of At
lantic City, County of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey.
Situate in the City of Pleasantville, County
of Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
No. L. Beginning at a point seventy-ive
feet from the Easterly side of Third Avenue
and four hundred and fifty feet more or less
from the Northerly side of Atlantic City and
Pleasantville Turnpike thence extending Cd
Eastwardly along Ingersoll Street twenty
three feet to a stake thence (2) Southwardly
parallel with Third Avenue eighty feet to a
stake in the line of 3. Williams fence ;
thence go Westwardly parallel with said
Ingersoll Street twenty-three feet to a stake
at the rear of lots number 5 and 7 on Third
Avenue; and thence "a Northwardly and
parallel with Third Avenue eighty feet to the
Southerly line of Ingersoll Street and place
of beginning.
No. 2. Beginning at a point seventy-five
feet Eastwardly from Third Avenue and thir-
ty feet Southwardly from Ingersoll Street said
point being in the Westerly line Of the above
described lot, and extending thence ID South
wardly in the line of said lot twenty-five
feet; thence CD Westwardly parallel with
Ingersoll Street two feet thence I'D North
wardly parallel with first course twenty-five
John w. Hughes plan of lots and thence (4)
Eastwardly and parallel with Ingersoll Street
two feet to place of beginning.
Seized as the property of Samuel S. Good
win ct ais. and taken in execution at the suit
of Workingmen's Building and Loan Associa-
ton of Pleasantville, N. j., and to be sold by
JOSEPH R. BARTLETT,
Sheriff.
Dated February "a, 1917.
H. w. LEWIS, Solicitor.
Prs fee, 1886
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
Old False Teeth Bought

broken or any condition. We pay up
to SIS a set, according to value. Mail
at once and get u offer. If unsatis-
factory, will return teeth.
Supply Co., BinghamtOn, NY.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Workingmen's Building and Loan Asso-
citation of Pleasantville, New Jersey, will be
held on Monday evening, March twelfth,
1917, at 7.30 o'clock, at the office of the As
ISOLATION in the Pleasantville Trust Company
building, for the purpose of efecting directors
for the ensuing year and for the transaction
of such other business as may properly come
before the meeting.
JAMES G. VICKERS, Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24

FOR SALE brand new mahogany
china closet. Can be seer at The
Pl%easantville Press office.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
Seized Carload of Coal.

Led by Charles p. Perry, of the
state hiuhwav denartmert a dozen
prominent citizens Of Binghamton,
N. Y. relieved the coal shortage In
their own way by selling a a of coal
in an Erie train. They carried it away
in w~heelbarrows to keep the fires in
their homes going.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
NAVY Enlistments Increase.

A net gain of 1413 new re.
cruits has been aided to the
navy in the last twenty days. The
full enlisted strength has now reached
$4,000. Appropriations are available
for a strength of 74,560.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24

cessful raid ees aT veh ? vile
Berlin reoorts atter1rte7 y FISH ad.
vances southwest Of Moesnas and
north of Arncutiares roeu,.e' In fail.
ure. The artillery duels between the
French and Germans IN several Sec
tors of the Verdun front have again
become quite severe.
On the line running from the Bate
sea to Rumania there have been no
developments anywhere.
TUESDAY.
The United States. through Amhas-
sador Penfeld, has asked the Aust~o-
Hungarian government FOR a statement
regarding its attitude toward CIR.
many's new submarine warfare on1
whether PLEDGES given to the Ame~i.
can government after the sinking Of
the Ancona remain in effect.
The "feeling out" process Is being
employed from end to end Of ~
Franco-Belgian front. Apparently ore
of the most important rails was car
ried out BY the British near Mes-i7es,
BELGIUM, where the Germans renort
an advance preceded by artillery prep-
aration. A few prisoners were let IN
the hands of the Germans when tie
British fell back. On the Somme
front the Germans captured a British
outpost and a point of SUPPORT.
On the northern Ruman1an front the
Teutonic forces improved their posi-.
tion as a result of outpost encounters
at one point ear the Slanic valley.
In Macedonia the allied artillery
kept ND a heavy fire between the Va.
dar river and Lake Dorian, at about
the center of the extended line, but
launched no infantry attack.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24
SUNDAY.

The Germans in the Miraumont sec
tor of the Ancre front in France have
striven hard to gain the positions
taken from them by the British on
Saturday. but their attempts were
fruitless, according to the British war
office. Attacking in waves, the Ger.
mans came under the concentrated
fire of the British guns and were swept
back to their trenches, suffering heavy
casualties. The British captured 7S0
officers and men.
French raiding operations and ar.
tillery duels continue on various sec
tors of the front In France and Bel.
GUM. In Champagne, near Ripont,
according to Berlin, the French have
actively shelled the Germans in the
positions captured from the French
last week, but have been unable to
launch infantry attacks owing to the
terrible artillery reply of the Germans.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-24

Remember The Pleasantville Press
is the only medium that thoroughly
covers the Shore Road. Advertisers,
be wise and use its columns generous
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