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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1918-05-23
Good Roads Meeting.

Repeatedly deferred action on
the part of the proper authori-
ties is making the question of
good roads like the poor, matter
to always be with US. A citizens
meeting was held Saturday at
which the biggest tax payers of
the parish were represented, to
further the cause of building and
maintaining good roads over the
principal thoroughfares of the
parish. Talks were made by
Gov. Hall, L. L. hampton, A.
Kramer, and Mr., Kerr, not to
insult the intelligence of the
people by argueing our need of
good roads which is patent to
every reasonable human being,
but to formulate plans for a sur
vey and estimate on cost of the
most advantageous mileage for
the whole parish.
The cost of the survey $4,000
was proffered by various citizens
but action must be authorized by
the Police Jury before the State
Highway can act and this author
ity has. up to the present, been
withheld.
A committee, with J. H. Cass-
idly as Chairman, was appointed
to draft plans for instructions
and maintenance of roads.
whether by special tax or voting
a bond issue. 1t is earnestly
hoped that the rural sections
may be aroused and demand
that their police members take
action on this before the timber
valuation is so decreased as to
cut down the taxes derived from
the big corporations so much as
to cripple the enterprise. And
again there may be danger of
some of the wards becoming dis
couraged at tue delay and voting
their own special road tax, thus
again Gripping the fund for the
parish at large.
This is a vital matter and one
that should claim speedy action,
and the strongest advocates are
not men who own automobiles
and are hunting good pleasure
drives, but are the wide awake
citizens who see improvement
and progress in property and
and business thru the ability to
haul and travel to the main cen
tiers at the least possible expense
and inconvenience. Give US good
roads and give them ''instanter. :"
---------------- w. s. S. -------------------
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Notice to Mortgage Creditors

NOGlCc w 1OIIS dSS Sloois
In conformity with Section oa
IS, 1883, notice is hereby given "
parties holding mortgages on resJ
tate located in the town OF FrapD
ton, La, on which taxes for the
1917 have not been paid, that
begin the sale of same in the vow.
Franklinton, La, on Saturday y
Is, 1918, at II O'Clock a. M, anu :
number of pieces of property so,l
linquent are now being advertise
this newspaper In conformity WIZ
law; preparatory to such sale sn'
tent:on of mortgage creditors u
pecially called to these aa'si
ments of tax sales, and tns,
warned to take such steps prior '
sale as may be necessary TO p''
their rights.
J. N. SIMMONS
Marshal and Tax Co!'scw
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1918-05-23
was elected Worthy Matron o

was elected Worthy Matron of
the State Chapter.
No member could do more for
the good of the order than Mrs.
Dobbs, for she is not only highly
efficient but absolutely faithful
and is sure to bring the work of
the state mp to the highest posi-.
BILE standard.
Mrs. P. B. Carter, a faithful
member of the 0. E. S. from our
own town was appointed to a
point on the star, Grand Martha.
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w, s IS.
Card of Thanks.

To the many friends who gave
such splendid help and sympathy
during the long illness and death
of my husband, | feel more CRATE.
full than l can express in words,
bnt not one act of kindness but
what was deeply appreciated and
| take this means of returning
thanks to all.
Mrs. Ed Sturdivant.
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Town Of FrankIInton Tax Sales OF
lmmovabIe Property.

Town of Franklinton, La, Versus
Delinquent Tax Debtors,
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws of
the State of Louisiana and the Town
of Franklinton, l will sell, at the
principal front door of the Court
House, in the Town of Franklinton,
ua,, within lega! hours for judicial
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1918-05-23
Mrs. A. N DObbs
Receives State H0uOr,

At the annual meeting OF the
Order of Eastern Star at New
Iberia last week, Mrs. A. N.
Dobbs, perhaps Bogalusa's most
popular club woman and one who
helps promote every laudable en-.
terpyise Of her wonderful city,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1918-05-23
All White Men in Call No. 800
to Report May goth.

The local board for Washington
Parish, La, received official no.
tice last week, saying that all
white men in Call No. 800 will re.
port to the local board at Frank
linton, May 10Th, II a. M. for
entrainment to Camp Beauregard.
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E. P. Knight, Enon, La, lots
Is and ii, b 403. ................

Is and IA, b 403. ......
Mrs. E. P. Knight, Enon, La,
lot 16, b 403. Observation-Disclosures" !
L. G. Joyner, Isabel, Le., nj
lot 4, b Is and imp. ..........." !
J. T. Magee, City, lots 10 and
II. b 4O3, Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. J. T. Magee, City: lots
~ and -, b 403. 7
Spring Hill Stock Farm, City,
impts on lot u, b 4.............. /
Thomas Warren, Talisheek,
La, b 1, 3, 3 in So Franklinton
and 8 a east pub I'd, west, Nc
Creary Lbr Co, and imp.
Mrs. Lille Warren, Bogalusa
La, lots 4 and 5, b 403.. .......
J. S. Shoemaker, Overland
Terms of Sale:
On said day of sale | will sell 81
portions of said property as ad
debtor will point out, and in case
debtor will not point out suficf|
property, will at once, without fura
delay, sell the least quantity OF .
properly of any debtor which any q
der will buy for the amount OF tu
interest and costs due by said dew
The sale will be without appraiser
for cash in legal tender money Of
United States, and the property y
shall be redeemable at any time
the space of one year by paying
price given with 20 per cent inter-
costs and penalties added,
J. N. SIMMONS,
Marshal and Tax CollecsU
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sales, beginning at II O'Clock a. M.
Saturday, May %, 1918

Saturday, May %, 1918
and continuing on each succeeding
day until said sales are completed, all
immovable property upon which taxes
are now due the Town of Franklinton,
La, to enforce the payment of taxes
assessed in the year 1917, together
with the interest thereon from the 3lst
day of December of said year, at the
rate of 2per cent per month until paid
and all costs. The names of said de-
linquent tax debtors, the amount of
taxes due by each on the assessment
of said year and the property assessed
to each to be offered for sale, is as
follows:
Taxes
and Cost
James O. Bickham, Ford car. 4.33
L. A. Brown. | horse and
CATTLE. ........,........., 2 81
w. A. Erwin, cow........... 2.37
T, B. Erwin g. Son, fir b 5 and
10, imp and mdse. -. ........... Sc. 70
Mrs. M. A, Erwin, lot Is, be
and frc b 2 and imp. ............ 1914
T. B. Erwin, lot 3, 403 and
frc b 8 and imp. ................ 10.44
H, V. Foil, b Is and imp. 1914
Franklinton Mere Co, lots 40
and so, b II and mdse. ....... 1926
H. w. Magee, blks 259, 200
and 1893, ire b 259, POL, 292 and
la hr 53-2-10, lots II and IL. b
2 and Ford car. 80. l4.O7
VIM, Magee. ea b l and imp. 1855
Mrs. l.. j. Magee, nd b l and
imp. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
T. G. Sheridan, | horse and
buggy. ................... 2.77
Houston Sheridan, Overland
WA w. ".
A. J. Seal. b IS and imp. ..... I7.43
M. l. Varnado. Office furniture
and library. ........,........ 2.94
Agnes Wood, l Ford CARL. 4.3I
D. G. Wood, lots l and 8, b44
and imp. ............... ........ 14.51
J. E. Wood, lot "a and { of
lot %. b. and imp. ....,........ 1911
J.P. Wood. lot 43, b II and
imp......... ...... 1897
H. j. Wood, l horse ......... 2.64
AD. Wood, 2 horses, l buggy,
oil engine. elevator and lots 4
and 8, b 4O3 and imp. .......... 1l.39
NON-RES1DENTS
C.P. Bradley, Covington, La.
part b 24 aud imp. ............ 4.S8
J. H. Burns, Onville, La, lot
!, b 1885, b 2a7 and lot "a, b 2a4,, b,M
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May 80, Day Of Fasting
And Prayer

Our nation. is to acknowledge
its dependence Oh Almighty God
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15
training avators hangers left background

JOY stick is aviators' slang Cor the upright
lever which takes the place of a steering
wheel and controls in lateral and vertical
directions: that TO taxi is to operate a
plane on the ground under its own power,
or that the gun means the gasolene throt-
tie. And in their ignorance the folks at
home write and ask the youthful aviator
please TO explain the meaning of the words
ha uses in talking about the machine.
which is serious error on their part If
you would moi annoy an aviator friend do
not mention the word machine; always re-
fer TO his ship" It's a prejudice of
course, but why not humor the bird man?
There is much about the flying schools
which would go down quickly in little Ger
man notebooks if it were printed. For
tumately il is not of nature interesting
TO the public, as it deals only with the
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calculated new way of range finding,
very simple, he said, and any one who
wants 10 know about it can find it in
Russian text books on artillery, under the
title The Oberouchef Method.
When he came to Kiev he hoped, he
said, that he could now live out his life in
peace. He had been forced to give up
his ife's work, and though he found
great JOY in journalism, he could not al
ways make his opinions conform to the
taste Of the gendarmes. He had returned
to Kiev in 1906, and up to 1907 had
managed not to offend with his writing.
Could Not Be Convicted.
But when in that year the officers Of the
battery which be formerly commanded
were arrested for being members of the
Socialist Revolutionist party, he, too, al
though he had resigned the year before,
was brought into court. He could not be
convicted, but the court advised him that
his acts would be noted; that really he de-
served capital punishment on general
principles, but he might 60 free this time.
allow the police ever had time to keep
account Of so many persons l do not
know" he remarks. "But when I became
the military commander Of Kiev 1 ex-
amined my own police record, and found
it perfect in every detail. They even had
full account of my soJourn in America"
Life went smoothly enough until, in
1913, the General had gone to Petrograd
to talk over some projected articles with
newspaper and magazine editors. The
police arrested him, and he could not es-
tablish what his business was to their sat-
isfaetion. They insisted that he was there
fer revolutionary purposes. Hence, with
out trial, he was exiled to the Olonetz
government, near Archangel. Friends in
terceded, and his sentence was committed
to three years abroad, not permitting his
return home until January, 1917.
He lived in Switzerland, and when the
war came he begged to be allowed to come
home to fight. But they CURLY informed
him that he was not wanted. Accord
ingly he came to America in 1916, seek
ing aid for the Russian war prisoners.
In Switzerland, where he found many
exiled compatriots, he wrote articles. But
in Sweden as a delegate Of the peasants
union, he was entertained by Prince Wal
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Not, however, before he had opportunity
TO save the lives Of two men, soldier
and a civilian, condemned to be hanged
for some petty fault or other.
"That same evening ! was informed
that had been elected to the executive
committee of the Council Of Social Pub
lie Organizations, new revolutionary
power in Kiev.
81 was delighted when I learned that
the Soviets of Soldiers and Workingmen's
Delegates had named me military COM
mander of the district Of kiev, and that
had also been appointed to the same
Office by Gen. Brusiloff. l worked in this
capacity from May 10 to the end of Sep
TENDER, 1917"
Chaos in the New Freedom.
Like all officers of the Provisional Gov
eminent, efficient and inefficient, Gen.
Oberoucheff was beset with difficulties
from the beginning. The Ukrainian SOL
diers wished to withdraw from the front
and organize their own army, orders and
counter orders came thick and fast and
each man had different idea, for the new
freedom meant to them everybody for
himself
The General said that he was knocked
up at 2 o'clock one morning by young
lady, who, in great excitement, told him
she wanted to start motor corps. But
she had no money, no motors and no
drivers. "She was typical of many" he
said.
Although he was forced TO resign his
position, in which it was impossible to do
any service, he says that those first
months after the revolution must always
be the happiest of his life He had but
one disappointment, that he did not get to
fly once, though he had an air squad
ron under his command. "Of course Id
Co." he said; zone is never too old. When
Vera Figner was released from prison
she wanted to fly-and she fed"
Now that the intervention which he has
hoped for so long is an assured fact, he
hopes soon to go home; perhaps by way
of Vladivostok. Every telegram and
every telephone message might be the
summons, he thinks. And then, with his
countrymen, he says, he will do what he
can for the reconstruction of tie New
United States of Russia.
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number and kind of planes at different
fields and other dry statistics.
The record Of falls and little else con-
cerning flying fields is printed in the news
papers. The reader is therefore likely to
conclude that accidents are numerous. But
considering the number of men flying the
proportion is remarkably small.
Has the reader ever heard of Souther
Field in Georgia? Very likely not. That
l; flying school where not a single acci-
dent Of major proportions has occurred
since the field was opened early this wear.
And the very fact that there have been no
accidents accounts for its obscuritv.
There is great rivalry among the in
structors for the best safety records for
pupils whom they take up. The instruc-
irons they give the men TO insure their
safety when they fly alone are far more
reliable than that of the girl who wrote to
her sweetheart: please, Jack, don't take
any risks; drive slowly and keep YOUR
airship close to the ground"
1t is because of their great solicitude
for the students and their interest in each
individual student that the cadets so ad
mlre their instructors. They look up to
them quite as the small boy to the police
man. And these instructors have won
already what the cadets are striving for
commission, it is true; but il is the
wings signifying that the officer has quail
fed as a United States Army flier that the
cadet envies, and not the bars.
When he has received his wings the
months Of monotonous study and hard
work at kitchen police and fatigue fade
quickly into the background, for the ulti-
mate goal is in sight The time at an
observation or bombing school passes
quickly and then comes the aviator's
chance of doing his bit over the lines in
France, the opportunity of becoming one
Of those glorilied beings-America's aces
of the air.
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demar, the Kings brother While singing
the Russian folk songs with pleasure he
seorned the former anthem. The tune was
all right, but he hated its significance.
However, he said, Kings and relatives Of
Kings still had great power.
II wrote to my wife a word on the
power Of Kings. In Sweden when / was
asked TO dine in the Princes house I
forthwith without sigh went and bought
froek coat. Not only that, I wore it
to the dinner. Ny wife without avail had
urged the purchase Of such a suit for
fourteen years."
When he came to America he could not
speak the language and his experiences
were amusing. On the ship he saw some
Princeton men coming home. In French
they directed him to hotel where French
was spoken.
'But to my folly the General said,
laughing as he always does when telling a
story against himself, 81 thought them
too young, so asked advice of an older
man with beard"
This man sent him to the Mills Hotel,
an excellent institution, but not suited to
his needs. Although he said when they
asked him only 20 cents a night, before
he saw the room, he thought that the
news of high prices in America had 'been
taken from the ceiling" in short, was a
fiction.
The bed was not made to Russian
dimensions and the Generals feet hung
off few meters, he said. There was no
light, his neighbor snored and in the
morning he learned that he was not
allowed to stay in his room by day; he
must drag down the baggage so labo-
riously lugged up the previous night. 1t
was in Rivington street, and when he
departed by motor for the French hotel
the next day the curious crowd thronged
about his car, much, he said, as the
peasants do in Russia.
That time, he adds gayly, he had but
f30 month to spend, and he had to de:
fer his visit to the Woolworth tower I'M
ii this time, because he couldn't spare the
80 cents.
At the expiration Of his exile he re-
turned to Russia in 1917, taking with him,
as he says, the mistaken idea that America
is a country without smile, an impress
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sion he got from the dour countenances in
the Bronx subway, where he used to ride.
In Kiev he worked with civic society
for war relief, and rumors Of the revolu-
ton were heard, but the newspapers
printed nothing. This was on March 3.
A committee was about to send greetings
10 the Provisional Government and ad-
vice TO the men at the front to stay in
their places and fight.
Before the opening of the meeting the
president informed Gen. Oberoucheff
that he was wanted by the police. 81
could not imagine what they wanted of
me at such time," the General explained
But he paid no attention to them, and at
3 o'clock went home to dine There q
policeman came in, showing an order
signed by the gendarme commander, that
Col. Oberouchef be Immediately arrested
and brought to prison.
"T'his was not the first time had been
arrested" he said, "but was astonished
that In this day, when light had at last
dawned in Russia, / should be sent to
prison. l had expected TO meet the
workers Of all political parties that after
noon; for plans OF the new freedom, but
I was hurried off to Jail On this bright,
beautiful birthday of my country, the day
so long hoped for"
In that prison were many officers, who
eagerly inquired the news. Oberoueheff,
to their joy, said the Provisional Govern
ment had been established, and he says,
"In that moment l forgot my own sor
row." In the newspapers next day,
though they were destitute Of other in
formation, he found the reasons for his
arrest. The authorities had reviewed his
opinions for the last thirty years, and
chad no reason TO think he had changed
them"
although the newspapers told of no
events in Petrograd, hope for the revolu-
ton never abandoned US. At last the
news came, freedom for the people of
Russia. But here we were sitting behind
the CRATE"
Later he learned that the papers for
his arrest had been signed by the old
Government and delivered to the police
the day the revolution commenced. After
applying TO Gen. Khodorovitch, then
commander Of Kiev, he was released.
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They have long day, almost every min
ute of which is filed with work and study
There are classes in radio and gunnery;
there is kitchen police TO be done; even
picks and shovels are not unknown TO the
cadets waiting for further flights Bnt
all of this hot work, hot even in the North
ern camps and unbearably hot further
South, the men do cheerfully. spurred on
by the prospect Of an hour or at least
thirty minutes in the air each day.
After a few trips with an instructor
the cadet feels that he really is an aviator
and begins to fill his letters home with
talk of "having control of the JOY stick"
on his morning trip, of taking" and
'letting out the gun" 1t is gibberi>h 10
the homefolk, who are not versed in the
diction of the flying field.
He does not stop to explain that the
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EIRST flights! I've heard men pray
l. for them, beg for them, almost cry
for them.
But they must wait. 1t is long road
and q hard one from the enlistment Of
fee to the first spiral.
The Government is making certain that
its future aces of tine air are masters of
the theory Of flight as well as practical
pilots and that they are also trained off,
GERS. For this reason such irrelevant
: studies-irrelevant from the potential
pilots point of view-as the manual of
arms, drill and the technique of the air.
plane engine and machine gun must be
pursued and mastered before the flying
cadet is rewarded with his first JOY ride.
And joy ride it is, officially and liter
ally. Every week hundreds of men just
graduated from the preliminary ground
schools are making their initial trips at
training fields in all parts of the country
for the sole purpose Of getting the feel of
air work. The embryo fier merely sits
fast, trusting mentally TO Providence but
in reality TO the safety belt, while the In
structor puts the airplane through a series
of stunts calculated TO test the pupils
adaptability TO aerial conditions.
Like the beauties Of the Grand Canyon,
every one comedies that the sensation pro-
duced by first flight beggars description
and then proceeds TO describe it. But
even with the use Of that voluminous as
sOrtment of adjectives known only TO the
modern novelist the descriptions must fall
short. Possibly the best expressed con-
ception was that of the cadet who wrote
TO his father, a New York advertising
man:
dad, l ean't tell yon how it feels, but
its the only thing ever experienced in my
young life which achieved IFS press agent
reputation"
The end of these Joy rides means gloom
or happiness for the student When he
reaches the ground he knows practically
for certain whether he can hope ever 70
join that select group of Americans who
ere doing their bit above the allied lines
in France.
Those who are successful spend two or
three months at flying school During
that time they receive $75 a month and
feel that they have earned it Even the
aero squadron mechanics stationed at the
same fields do not begrudge it 10 them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-01
LiakRaisOn.

On Wednesday evening, July
II, 1918, the parsonage of Mt.
Pisgah A. NJ. e. church, 40O6
Locust ST., West Philadelphia,
Pa, was the scene Of a very
pretty wedding, when the Rev.
J. C. Beckett united in the holy
bonds of matrimony Miss Nora
H. C. Watson, of McConnells-
burg, Pa, and the Rev. j. L.
Link, of Durham, N. G. The
impressive ring ceremony was
used. The bride was beautifully
attired in travelling gown Of
blue taffeta, and wore a picture
hat of white Georgette crepe,
and a corsage bouquet of ferns
and carnations. The groom wore
the conventional black. Owing
to the recent death of the brides
father, the late Isaac N. Watson,
the wedding was a very quiet al
fair. The bride is a graduate of
the McCopnellsburg High School,
and for several years was one of
Delaware most successful teach
ers. The groom is graduated of
Latta University and Kittreh
College, both in North Carolina;
also, a graduate of Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa, and is pastor Of the
A. M. E. church at Columbia,
Pa. Rev. and Mrs. Link are at
home to their many friends at
22O S. 9TH ST., Columbia, Pa.