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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11

and good business ethics, to settle up.
The chamber Of commerce took the
campaign in hand and the results
were 50 satisfactory that the event is
scheduled again for next January, it is
hoped with even greater success.
Those who are unacquainted with
the ways Of business little realize how
much debt exists in every community
in the form Of book accounts, carried
along from month to month, year to
year, and rarely If ever settled in full.
It is so handy to shop with a book and
to use the telephone, that the ease
with which charge accounts can be
utilized often leads TO overbuying and
the creation Of debts that prove bur
densome If not disastrous.
It is we'll known that those who pay,
pay for those who do not pay. The
merchant must make his profit or fail,
and this profit must be sufficient TO
Offset the bad debts that necessarily
accrue in the course Of every business.
And If in little town Of two thousand
there are outstanding $4,000 Of un-
! paid bills, what must It amount to in
larger places. Even If the larger part
Of the outstanding debts are eventual
(. ly paid, the merchant cannot use his
book accounts to purchase goods. He
must pay his bills as he expects his
customers to pay theirs.
|
Our whole business structure rests
upon the retailer. If he pays prompt
ly the jobber can pay promptly, anG
likewise the manufacturer. IL the re-
taller is backward, extends credit un.
! wisely, pays slowly or not at all, thu
whole business structure suffers. Only
as the consumer pays his bills can the
retailer pay his.
We have had a-lot Of observancel
introduced during the past ten years
We have Flag Day, Mothers Day, Ap
pie Day, Thrift Day, Cleanup Day
Rose Day, Candy Day, Gas Week ant
a host Of others, all Of which ar
worthy. Some Of these days lay par
ticular stress upon waste ant
saving and preparation for the future
but few have in them the possibilitie,
for constructive and beneficial result
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Levi Arnold to F. A. Strong, 5.45
acres, Lafayette, 5000.
Gus and Margaret Barringer to Ar
thur j., and Fannie Redigo, 5 acres,
Sharon, 81.
Homer E. and Mary Conner to Dora
E. Clifford, lots 65. 66, Wadsworth,
81.
Same to Morgan Meath, lot S74,
Wadsworth, ST..
G. w. and Hattie Damon to Ernest
and Tia White, 40 acres, Brunswick,
$40.
Eli and Nellie Easterday to Jacob
and Florence Shrader, lot 2S1,, Lodi,
81.
C. M. and Olivia Fetzer to Albert
Harris, lot 213, Lodi, 81.
VIM. and Mary Smith, lot 281, Medi.
ma, 81.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11
NOTION TO CONTRACTORS

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT..
Columbus, o., April 27, 1917.
Sealed proposals. will be received at
the office OF the STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONERS at COLUMBUS. O..
until two O'clock p. m. May IL, for inas
prOvements in:
\ Medina County ON Sections "B''. .Cs.
and Err Of the Cleveland W0Oetee
Road, /. C. II. No. rs, in Guilford and
Montyille Townships.
For surface treating with bitunin-
Ous material, I'll O.
Width Of pavement 10 feet. Length
1869 or 2.02 miles.
Estimated cost, s1S66.74.
Date set for completion, August J.
1917.
The bidder must submit q proposal
and contract bond for an amount equal
to the amount OF the estimated cost.
The plans and specifications are on
file In the office Of the County Highway
Superintendent and the State Highway
Department.
The State Highway Commissioner re-
serves the right to reject any and al
bids.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11
as win follow an annual pay-up day,
han h8lle, ! -, AAle,.l IL 4rrf slMA

as win follow an annual pay-up day,
when bills are settled ID full.
The Chinese have custom Of 0ele-
brating the advent Of New Years,
either by paying of old debts, or, 4
they are creditors and the debtor b
unable to pay, then by cancellihg the
debt. Thus the new years begins with
a clean slate. Communities are all
alike in many respects and the prob
lem Of Waulxon is the problem Of q
thousand others. We have too many
unpaid accounts on our books. Why
not profit by the Waukon idea, and
have a pay-up week the country over,
when the slate will be wiped clean
and the new year started free Of debt?
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11
TALKS ON BANKING
(American Bankers Association
PAY-UP WEEK

Waukon, little. town Of two thou
sand people in Iowa, with the usual
quota of churches, schools, business
houses and banks, made the discovery
a year or SO ago, that the merchants
of the town had on their books about
$4,000 Of unpaid bills, and SO set
apart week last January as "pay-up
week." when the debtors were asked,
as matter of duty and civic pride
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11
Gold Thread can be had from the following weknown merchants

MEDINA
Medina Farmers Exchange Co.
WADSWORTH
Richard & Rickard
Ream & Wells
Wadsworth Cooperative Store
Roy Curtis
Fenton & I.eatherman
H. S. Waltz
|. N. Geisinger
LAFAYETTE
W. B. Chapman
LEROY
Meyer & Rice
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11

Seville, May 9, 1917.

Seville, May 9, 1917.
Gold Thread flour is 0. K, as
/ am prepared to state from ex-
perience. 1t makes fine bread
and you can put me down as one
of it's devoted and longtime
friends. Mrs. Clarence Baker.
Mallet Creek, May 9, II.
| have used lots of the flour
made in Lodi which is known as
the Gold Thread, trying it in diff
ferent kinds of baking, and think
it is Just grand.
Mrs. John Morlock.
Medina, 0. May 10.
find the Gold Thread flour ex-
cellent for all baking.
Mrs. Eliza Case.
Medina, May 10.
Gold Thread -four has proven
itself good for all baking pur-
poses. Mrs. A. L. Smolk.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11

Seville, Rt. l, May 5, II.
We use Gold Thread flour, and
find it all 0. K. We need moth
ing better. Mrs. VIM. White.
Lakewood, O., May A, 1917.
We can get nothing here in
Lakewood that we like as well
as we like Gold Thread flour.
Please send us three more bar
rels at once.
Mrs. Henry Derhammer.
G hippewa Lake, O., May 5.
We are using Gold Thread
-four and have good bread and
p stry. It's fine,
Mrs. G. W. Stewart.
Chippewa Lake, May 5
Can't bake bread at our house
without Gold Thread flour.
John Kulp.
Medina, O., April 13, 1917.
I have used "Gold Thread
-four with excellent success and
regard it as an exceptional pro-
duct for the money.
Mrs. G. M. Denton.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-05-11

ERHART
G. O. Haury
J. A. Kaiser
BRUNSWICK
Gibbs & Lincoln
Perkins & Ridiker
Benjamin & Linseder
SHARON CENTER
2. N. Wallis
East Side Grocery
Brown & Haight
B. J. Rudesill
RIVER sTYx
E. E. Rolph
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
CIVILIZATION"

An unsual dramatic treat is in store
for theatre -goers Of st. Joseph when
Thos. II. Ince will present his million
dollar spectacle, "Civilization," at
the st. Joseph Electric Theatre next
Wednesday and Thursday, June 27-2S.
This is the most talked of cinema sue
cess of the times and comes direct
from the Criterion Theatre, New
York where it is still playing to crowd
ed houses. Civilization, is unique
i'm that it is an exposition of the art
of drama and spectacle as done for
the screen by one of the greatest
living producers, Thos. H. Ince,
whose name has become household
word throughout the world for his
inimitable genius in producing the
silent drama.
The story of "Civilization, is so
that to attempt even
synopsis of it would be to repeat
the history of mankind. Suffice it to
say that until you have seen it and
marveled at the splendor of its misen
Ell scene and the infinite art of it's
prouductional execution you have a
rare and inspiring treat i'm store.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Remaining in the st. Joseph Post once Tor
the week ending June Is, 1917.

Rates. George Rodgers, Will
Brown. Ezekiel Ross, Ezekiel
Felix, Mary Alice Scott, Rev. MN.
Farmer, Gertrude Smith, j. y.
Gibson. Anna (2) Thomes Frank
Haul johnnie Varnes, Louis
James, Masy White, Jim
Newell. John Wheeler, Margaret
Radford. Geo. Winters, Mollie
Persons calling for the above letters VIII
please say Advertised" and can procure
"a me nv paying one cent for each letter.
l.. B. BEAUBIEN, P. M.
JOIN THE RED CROSS AND HELP
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
REGISTER If You WANT TO VOTE.

There will be an election held on
the 2lst day of August to vote two
mill tax on all property in the parish
subject to taxation in aid OF the
public schools. II you care to vote at
this election, you should come to st.
Joseph and register. The Legislature
in 1916 provided for new registration
after January LIST, 1917, and If you
have not registered since January lst,
you can not vote. Under the law the
registration books will close on the
2lst day of July, as the books must
be closed thirty days before an cleo
ton, and as this is special election,
the registration books will not be
opened at the various voting pre-
cincts, but you will have to come to
st. Joseph to register. Come and
register, if not, do not complain If
the election does not result as you
wish.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
SATURDAY the 23rd day Of JUNE,
4. D. 1917,

and continuing on Monday the 25th day
OF JUNE. 1917. and each succeeding dav
until said sales are complete, all property
on which taxes are now due to the State of
Louisiana and Parish of Tensas, and Fifth
Louisiana Levee Board. to enforce collection
Of all taxes assessed in the wear 1915, to-
gether with interest thereon from the 31st
day OF December. 1915, when same became
delinquent, at rate of ten per cent per
annum, until paid. and all costs.
The names OF said delinquent tax payers,
the amount Of taxes due bv them in the as
sessment of said year. and the property as
sessed to each to be offered for sale is as fol-
lows:
DAVIS, JULIA-House and lot in st. Joseph
bounded East by lot of Mary Bai1y,
North by street, South by road and
West by lot Of Stuart; assessed at 500. 90
Interest and cost to be added.
ELZEE, EST. OF JOSEPHINE-House and
lot In st; Joseph. bounded North and
Fourth street and South by lot of Harriet
Friendship; assessed at $500 90.
Interest and costs to be added.
REED, OLLIE-Lot No. 8 of New Hope,
In Section Al, Township 9 North. Range
10 East. Al acres; assessed at $4,000.
Interest ess and cost to be added ie
WATERS, CAROLINE-Lot and house in
owned by L. Elgutter, IS IT. $50 IT,.
assessed at $3.50.
Interest and cost to be added.
WOODS. GEO. Hot No. 20 Of Duckpond
addition to ST. Joseph, and house; as
sessed at $50. co.
Intaras, "a ,,st :, :. 49,, go
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22

Mr.. Louis Blackman made a trip to
Natchez this week.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
Interest and cost to be added
NONRESIDENT.

AIKEN, EST. OF d. w.-Lots 6, Z, Q, 10
and u OF Nebraska in Township IA
North, Range II East, 2s5 acres; as
sessed at sl23O.00.
Interest and costs to be added.
MICHEL, HARRY Pan undivided one
half interest in "Justina,' lying in Sec
lions rs, "a, Is, 80, "a and IS, Township
II North. Range IL East, 1910 acres; as
sessed at $4,000. 90.
Interest and costs to be s added.
POWER, CLINTON w.-"Dalia": An undi-
yided quarter Of Sections 81, So. 81 and
SIS. Township is North. Range 10 East,
1872 acres; assessed at $3.50 90.
Interest and costs to be AIDE added.
POWER, CLINTON wan undivided one
fourth interest in fractional Sections IA
Township IA North, Range Is East, lying
South of Bayou Vidal. except IA acres
owned by T. p. Kell, rs acres, assessed
at $4,000.
Interest and cost to be added.
SMITH, H. Man undivided one half inter-
est in 'Justina,' lying in Sections g.
"a, D, 80, "a and IS, Township ~ North,
Range IL East, 1910 acres, assessed at
S46O0.OO.
Taxes ........s1 e2. 20
Interest and cost to be added.
On said day of sale, will sell such portions
of said property as each debtor will point out,
and in case debtor will not point out sufficient
will at once and without further
delay, sell the least quantity OF said property
OF any debtor which any bidder will buy for
the amount of taxes, interest and costs due
by said debtor; the sale will be made without
for cash, in legal tender mon
ey OF the United States, and the property sold
shall be redeemable at any time for the space
OF one year by paying the price given with
20 per cent interest. and costs.
JOHN HUGHES,
Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector Tensas
Parish. La.
ST. Joseph. La. Nav Is, 1917.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
MerU.Go.R Round Red Cross Benefit.

The Darden Amusement Com
pany, operating the merry -go-ronnd
at the corner Lake and Levee streets,
will give a merrv-go-round Red
Cross benefit next Tuesday, the 18th,
from 8 to 9 O'Clock p. m. The young
ladies will serve soft drinks and sell
peanuts. Let everybody, both young
and old, come out and take a ride on
the merry go round. 1t is all i'm life.
So lets be merry on the merry-go-
round. Be merry for good cause
take a ride, eat peanuts and drink
pop. Next Tuesday evening, from
B to 9 o'clock.-Lake Providence
Banner Democrat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
Possible Diseontinuance Of River Mail.

We understand the Post Office De
partment at Washington has an
nounced its intention of disseminating
the U. s. mail route by river between
Vicksburg and Natchez and will ac-
cordingIy cancel the contract with the
Royal Route Co. for carrying the mail
along the river between these two
points. As soon as the purpose of the
Department became known a petition
was circulated among patrons of the
mail service along the river request
Ing the Department not to make the
change and we understand was eager
ly signed by every one to whom pre-
sented.
The people along the river believe
1t would be almost calamity to have
this mail service discontinued, for not
only does the mail service afford us a
great convenience but insures a per-
manent and comfortable boat in the
Natchez and Vicksburg trade, whereas
with the annulment of the contract it
is not altogether positive that the boat
can be maintained during the dull
months, the present summer for IN
stance, when freight and traffic is al
most negligible, but with the mail
contract TO comply with the continu-
ance of the boat is imperative.
The patrons of the U. s. mail along
the Mississippi river between Vicks-
burg and Natchez earnestly hope the
Department will reconsider its deter
mination IN the matter of discontinue
ing this route and will decide to per-
NIT the route to remain unchanged.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
ANOTHER DEATH.
Clayton, La, June 18, 1911

Clayton, La, June IS, 1917.
Through the wisdom of God, the cre-
ator Of heaven and the earth, the death
angel visited the home Of Mr.. Mack
Meador of this place, formerly of Sum-
merlsnd, Miss., and carried the father
away. He leaves q widow and two
children, boy Of Eve and . girl of
six. We, the community, express our
sympathy for the bereaved.
Through failure of the telegraph
lines to get the message through in
time, none Of the deceased's relatives
were able to arrive here In time for
the intsrmsnt. XIX
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
REGISTRATION OF IENSAS

Made June Sth by Order of United
States Government.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
PASSAGE OF RIVER AND HARB0R BILL
IMPERTlvE.

SIN my opinion, the only justifiable
criticism that can be made ON the
pending River and Harbor bill is that
1t is nowhere as large as it ought to
be-" declares Senator Duncan u.
Fletcher, U. s. Senator from Florida
and Chairman of the Committee on
Commerce.
''It is utterly impossible, continued
Senator Fletcher, "to satisfy the OPP
ponents of waterways. Twice within
recent years they have secured the
voting Of lump sums for rivers and
hsrbors, the allotments to the various
projects being left entirely to the
discretion of the Army Engineers.
This bill is, in effect, lump sum ap-
preparation in which the allotments
have been made i'm advance, for it
was sent to Congress by the War De-
partment after it had been carefully
gone over by the Engineers, who took
out everything that they thought
could be spared and put in only such
new projects as they considered to be
of value for the national defense. But
this bill is being fought as bitterly as
were those that carried appropriations
nearly twice as large.
1--WE are confronted by the greatest
transportation crisis in our history.
The reports of the American Railway
Association show that the car Short
age has passed all previous records
and IL getting larger month by month.
The leading railway men of the
United States recognize the fact that
1t 10 absolutely out of the question
for the railways to meet the traffic
needs of the country and are urging
that the waterways shall be used to
the fullest possible extent. This pa
triotic action by the men who control
the railways ought to be sustained by
every shipper, indeed by every citizen
Of the country.
"Fsilure to pass River and Harbor
bpl at the present session of Con gress
means that onr transportation facili-
ties will be reduced at the very time
when 1t is vitality important that they
should be improved and extended.
The breakdown of our transportation
system In 1907 caused great CONNIE
cisl disaster. When we get million
men In France, a breakdown of our
transportation system might mean
defeat and national humiliation"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
THE LIBERTY war LOAN.

Secretary McAdoo wires us that the
Government will receive subscriptions
until June 18th, for two billion dollar,
31-2 per cent, Liberty Loan.
1t is the duty of every Individual to
help his country in time of war.
We will be glad to receive subscrip.
tons from interested parties, without
commissions or profit, and from time
to time give all information received
by us.
BANK OF ST. JOSEPH,
st. Joseph, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
JUDICIAL ADVERTISEMENT.
STATE TAX SALE
MOVABLE & IMMOV.
ABLE PROPERTY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Us.
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS.

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF TENsAs.
ST. JOSEPH. La, May 18th, 1917.
by VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY vested
= in me by the Constitution and laws Of
Louisiana. l will sell at the principal front
door of the Court House in which the Civil
District Court of said parish Is held. within
the legal hours of judicial sales, beginning
at II O'Clock A. NJ. on
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22

DR.. l.. A. Murdoch accompanied Mr..
Alex Blanche, Mrs. Blanche and Mrs.
John Blanche to Vicksburg, Tuesday
night, and as far as Tallulah next
morning. Mrs. Alex Blanche has teen
in very bad health for some time and
her family was taking her to Monroe
where she will enter Q sanitarium for
treatment.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
SIXTH WARD.

| GIN ~
Adams, Magruder d
Allen, Willie
Belby, Charles
Bowman, Willie
BARLEY, Frank
Bowman, Louis
Brown, George
Carroll, Willie
Carroll, Wesley
Davis, Martin
Donald, Dock
Donald, George
Dotson, James
Danield, Johnnie
Dickson, Junius
Elliott, Dan
Frazier, Alfred
Ford, Henry
Fuca, Mike
Fair, Ike
Gilbert, Frank
Goldman, Harry T
Gorton, Joseph M
Gordon. French
Green, Joseph
Gregory, Israel
Hillard, Henry
Hardin, Arch
Holmes, Victor
Howard, Charles
Howard, Robert
Lyman, Parker
Jackson, Jesse
Johnson, John
Jenkins, Henry
Jones, Ike
johnson, Henry
Jones, Calvin, Jr
Johnson, Pam
Knapper, Johnnie
Kennedy, James
Levy, Ben
Lawrence. Aaron
Lancaster, Rodrick {
MOten, Ike
Muior, Sam
Moore, Arthur
McGraw, Turner
May, Henry w, II
Nelson, DesOtO
Price, Charlie
Polk, Frank
Pittman, Madison
Perry, Daniel
Robinson, Johnnie
Rodgers, Wallace
Singleton, VIM. II
SeddOn, Robert
Scott, Henry
Sims, Fernando
Shelton, Ed
Shead, Ed
Small, Lloyd
Scales. Webster
Scott, Allen
Turner, Frank
Turner, Elviee
Turner, Robert
Thomas, Leon
Witcher, Moses G
Ward, Solomon
WindelbePry, Jessie
Williams, Frank
Williams, Henry
walker, Nose
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22

The Gazette believes that 1t is the
only paper in the Fifth Congressional
District of Louisiana, perhaps in the
entire State, that has published the
complete army registration for the
parish. The Gazette does q great
deal Of work that few country news
papers do and we think is deserving
of more appreciation that we some.
times believe is accorded rs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
Position Wanted.

WANTED-Position in general mer.
chandise store or a. travelling sales
men for groceries or drugs. Over Is
years experience in either line. Open
to acceptance June 1st, 1917. Address:
Tensas Gazette, st. Joseph, La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-06-22
Notice to Mortgage Creditors

OFFICE OF SHERIFF AND TAX COL
LECTOR OF TENSAS PARISH, La
ST. JOSEPH, La, MAY IS, 1917
N CONFORMITY WITH SECTION SO, ACT
IS of 1888, notice is hereby given to all par
ties holding mortgages upon real estate in
the Parish Of Tensas on which taxes for the
year 1915 have not been paid, that will begin
the sale OF same at the Court House door, on
SATURDAY the 23rd day Of JUNE, 1917,
and that number of pieces of property so
paper in conformity with the law preparatory
TO sale. The attention of mortgage creditors
Is especially called to these advertisements
of tax sales, and they are warned to take such
steps prior to the sales as may be necessary
TO protect their rights.
JOHN HUGHES,
Sheriff and ex.Ofncio Tax Collector Teasss
Parish, L..
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDYSQIOOL
LESSON
by %. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible In5titute.)
copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 10
JESUS cRUcIFIED.

LESSON TEXT-John 19:16-22, 25-so.
GOLDEN T~EXT-Christ died for our
Cor. 1853.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
New Ideas in Graduation Frocks

If 1t were not for net, crepe e
gette might be said to hold first place
In the esteem of fashion for mid
summer dressy frocks, and if it we're
not for crepe georgette, we would GER
tainly concede that distinction to net.
AS it is they flourish with equal sue
cess and appear side by side in the
most enchanting dresses.
But when it comes to choosing ma
terials for graduation frocks there is
nothing quite so we'll liked as net. 1t
is sprightly and youthful looking and
dresses made of it are planned to visu-
alize the young summer. Plain, fine
meshed nets are exactly suited to the
youth of those who are just about to
bid farewell to schooldays. In spite
of the lovely, interminable procession
Of whlte-clad maids that have passed
along this same path, some new
touches have been found to distin-
guish the dresses Of this years gradu-
Rtes. Little, inconspicuous accessories
and novel decorations make them in
teresting and the d%aintiness and re-
finement of net and organdie make
them beautiful.