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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23

The merchants in the town had ar
ranged to keep open Monday with
out the use of fuel, but on receipt of
general closing orders, promptly
obeyed same. The saloons and bar
Der shops remained open, but did
not use any fuel. Most Of the gro
ceries closed, not understanding that
they could remain open. The attor-
neys stayed in their offices for por-
tons of the day only obeying how
ever the fuel regulation.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23

Quite a number of Sugar Planters
from around Franklin will go to
New Orleans Thursday to attend the
annual meeting Of the Louisiana
Planters, at which some interesting
demonstrations will be given.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23

Franklin, La, Jan. 10, 1918.
Mr.. w. H. Kramer,
Franklin, La.
Dear Sir:
The reported sales of Thrift
and w. q. s. by Postoffices in the
Parish of St. Mary. exclusive Of
Morgan City at close Of business
January 18th, amounted to $780,
"a quite a creditable showing of
which we feel very proud. l am sure
, the next week will show quite an
increase over this amount. I would
be pleased to have reports from 9TH
er District Postoffices in Louisiana
for comparison and think such pub
licity would Re good idea.
Yours truly,
T. F. FRERE,
Postmaster.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23

Mr.. E. A. Pharr of Morgan City,
Mr.. C. S. Williams Of Patterson
and Mr.. C. D. Kemper of Franklin
were unable to be present at the
Progressive mass meeting last Sat
urday, but wired their approval OF
a decision to return to the Demo-
cratic party.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-23

The Police Jury met in special ses-
sion Tuesday and did very gracious
act in electing successor to A. P.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-11

To your country and ours, you gave all you
had to give, life, young and buoyant offered
when you had but just arrived at life's fullest
understanding more than this no man
can give.
But in the giving sir, you gave well the oupour of
your young heart-that all of whom you pass
along the touch might offer prayer and carry in better
understanding of that ennobed for which sacrifice
shall be in vain.
Some of US are far behind the fighting lines of France
today. For circumstance has made battle nes and
there be therefore those gone fight and others kept
behind to carry at home.
But as you say, both lines bring chance for deeds well
done and great investments too. .
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-11
While Heads Are Barred.

Little did you know Lieutenant Ety. when you went to
the post that day. that your last letter those proud parents
you left back home contained message alone for them
but simple and sincere. for all your counrymen well.
did, indeed for you uncovered the heart of all America
when you wrote, IDant to say closing, anything hap.
pens to let's haUe mourning in spirit dess for
like Liberty Bond, it is inUestment not Loss vhen
dies for his country"
The Fourth Liberty Loan is announced.
Do you think, Lieutenant Ely, that shall soon forget
your admonition-or that shall proudly subscribe
for all possibly of your countrys Liberty Bonds,
which you nobly glorifed.
Indeed, do no less for it that each
subscription blank must bear your parting saluation-
"for like Liberty Bond it is investment, not loss,
when dies for his country"
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

Now is the day of all sorts of service
Suits-overettes, war Overalls, coat and
breeches, mountain suits and others
that mark the departures of women in
to new fields of work and into new
kinds of convenient clothes for outdoor
and even for indoor wear. Meantime
the reliable and time-honOred glngham
house dress is a service suit that shows
no sign of losing its popularity.
Gingham and gingham patterns in
other materials lead in point of popu-
larity-percale and some heavier cot
tons; chambrays and cotton crepes-
even printed lawns and voiles have
a. place in this considerable company
of house dresses and designs are va
ried to suit the ages of wearers and
the sort of service the dress is to give.
In the picture a gingham dress design
ed for a matrOnly wearer is equal to
all the emergencies of an average day
at home. 1t is a one-piece dress easily
put on, has jacket fronts on the bodice
with vest and collar in white figure.
There are pockets at the side that
prove to be both practical and decora-
tive. They are faced with plque and
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
IIlnTMIImIIIHNnTHnHIIHHTnm Observation-Disclosures

Ex-Gunner and Chief Petty Officer.
Member of the Foreign Legion Of
Captain Gun Turret, French Battlesl1
20 lfnttheM AdAEna eerNico

the same ratlons and equipment as the
regular French army before 1t went to
the front. Their food consisted OF
bread, soup, and vino, as wine Is called
almost everywhere in the world. In
the morning they received half loaf
Of Vienna bread and coffee. At noon
they each had a large dixie OF thick
soup, and at three in the afternoon
more bread and bottle Of vino. The
soup was more like a stew-very
thick with meat and vegetables. At
one of the officers barracks there was
cook who had been chef in the larg-
est hotel in Paris before the war.
All the prisoners were we'll clothed.
Once a week, socks, underwear, soap,
towels and blankets were issued to
them, and every week the barracks
and equipment were fumigated. They
were given the best of medical atten-
ton.
Besides all this, they were allowed
to work at their trades, IL they had
any. All the carpenters, cobblers,
taIlors and painters were kept busy,
and some of them picked up more
change there than they ever did in
Germany, they told me. The musi-
clans formed bands and played almost
every night at restaurants and thea
tiers in the town. Those who had no
trade were allowed to work on the
roads, parks, docks and at residences
about the town.
Talk about dear old jail You could
not have driven the average prisoner
away from there with a 14-inch gun.
/ used to think about them in Bran
denburg, when our boys were rushing
the sentries in the hope Of being bay.
onetted out of their misery.
While our cargo was being unloaded
I spent most of my time with my
grandmother. I had heard still more
about the cruelty of the Huns, and
made up my mind to get into the ser
vice. Murray and Brown had already
enlisted in the Foreign Legion, Brown
being assigned to the infantry and
Murray to the French man-of-war Cas-
sard. But when spoke of my inten
ton, my grandmother cried so much
that promised her would not enlis
that time, anyway-and made thu
return voyage in the Virginian. VIZ
were no sooner loaded In Boston thar
back to st. NaZaire we went.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

sailors; that is, as in our navy and
the British, their vessels were ship
shape all the time, and were run as
sweet as a clock.
There is no use comparing the vari-
GUS navies as to which is best; some
are better at one thing and some at
another. The British navy, of course,
is the largest, and nobody will deny
that at most things they are topnotch
least Of all themselves; they admit
it. But there is one place where the
navy Of the United States has 1t all
over every other navy on the seven
seas, and that is gunnery. The Amer
ican navy has the best gunners in
the world. And do not let anybody
tell you different.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
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came down from the bridge and shook
hands with mel
After this they did not haze me
much. This was the beginning OF q
certain reputation that / had in the
navy for flst-work. Later on had
reputation for swimming, too. That
first day they began calling me
"Chink," though don't know why,
and 1t has been my nickname in the
navy ever since.
It Is q curious thing, and ] never
could understand 1t, but garbies and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters, aboard
and ashore, but we garbies never have
a word for them, nor they for US. On
shore leave abroad we pal up with
foreign garbies, even, but hardly ever
with q marine. OF course they are
with us strong In case we have a scrap
with a liberty party OF some foreign
ship-they cannot keep out of fight
any more than we can-but after 1t
is over they are on their way at once
and we on ours.
There are lots of things like that
in the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and think 1t is be-
cause sailors change their ways 80
little. They do a great many things
In the navy beGasss;se the navy always
has done theH-
kept strictI' IN the Job as FIRE
man, but wanuGd to get into the gun
turrets. 1t was slow work for long
time. had to serve as second-class
fireman for four mouths, flrst-class
for eight months and in the engine
room as water-tender for a year.
Then. after serving on the U. 8. s.
Des Moines as a gun-loader, was
transferred to the Iowa and finally
worked up to a gun-pointer. After q
time got my @. P. o. rating-chiet
petty officer. first-class gunner.
The various navies differ in many
ways, but most of the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
a sailor. Every sailor has great deal
of respect for the Swedes and Nor
wegians and Danes; they are borr
sailors and are very daring, but, Of
course, their navies are small. The
Germans were always known as clear
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

The advantage of leaving the design
Ing of childrens clothes to specialists
In that line Of work is apparent.
They are less apt to make mistakes
than other people are, and only the eff
forts in which they are successful get
beyond the designing room and into
the workrooms OF manufacturers OF
children's frocks and other garments.
EARLY in July the advance guards OF
the new styles for fall make their APP
pearance in the large shops and depart
ment stores, and mothers with fore
sight investigate them, either to buy
for the coming season or to become
familiar with whatever new style fea-
lures are introduced.
Those who have their children's
clothes made at home can gather from
these early displays ideas worth copy
ing. The question of economy Is one
that the individual must settle for her
Velf. The simplest cotton dresses can
probably be bought ready made as
cheaply as they can be made at home
Tut tue better grades In cotton or wool
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
Something to "ereet" About.

SomethInD TO "Greet" Apoues
Persons casting about for something
to worry about may take pleasure In
recalling from rt'The Little Minister"
the manner in which self-styled simple
folk In Scotland regard the northern
lights-'the devils rainbow" Waster
Lunny called 1t. II saw it sax times
in July month";" he said, "and it made
me shut my cen. You was out admir-
ing it, dominic, but can never forget
that 1t was seen in the year IL just
afore the great storm. was only a
Iaddie then, but mind how that awful
wind stripped a. the standing corn in
the glen In less time than we've been
here at the waters edge. 1t was called
the deil's bosom. My fathers hinmost
words to me was, It's time eneuch to
greet, laddie, when you see the au-
rora borealis.'" Waster Lunny was
greeting" DER the drought then, but
twelve hours later the Quharity was
out of it's banks, washing out the corn
and with years store Of wool on its
crest was dashing out to sea.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

turned back in two tabs fastened down
With buttons.
Old-fashioned rickrack braid has
come back into favor as a trimming
for house dresses and is also used on
afternoon frocks of Organdie. COmbi-
nations of plain and plaid ginghams are
and always will be good in dresses of
the kind shown above. For kitchen
work designers make shorter sleeves
and plain waists Joined to skirts with
wide belts. The frock illustrated will
do for marketing. Because gingham is
used for aprons and house dresses is
no reason to infer that it is not made
up into frocks for other wear. Hand
some gingham frocks, made up with
organdie collars and cuffs or with fine
Swiss embrOideries are taking the place
of silks in many q wartime wardrobe.
They do not suffer by comparison, for
they are smart, with a flavor Of their
own.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
CHAPTER II.
The War Breaks.

After serving four years and three
months in the q. 8. navy, I received
an honorable discharge on April IA.
1914. held the rank Of chief petty
officer, first-class gunner. 1t is not
uncommon for garbies to lie around a
while between enlistments-they like
a vacation as much as anyone-and 1t
was my intention to loaf for 2ew
months before Joining the navy again.
After the war started, Of course, I
had heard more or less about the Ger
man atrocities in Belgium, and while
l was greatly interested, was doubt
full at first as to the truth of the re-
ports, for / knew how news gets
changed in passing from mouth to
mouth, and / never was much Of a
hand to believe things until / saw
them, anyway. Another thing that
caused me to be interested in the war
was the fact that my mother was born
In Alsace. Her maiden name, DER
vleux, is well known in Alsace. had
often visited my grandmother in St
Nazaire, France, and knew the coun
try. So with France at war, 1t was
not strange that should be even
more interested than many other
garbies.
AS / have said. did not take much
stock in the first reports Of the Huns
exhibition of kultur, because Fritz Il
known as a clean sailor, and figured
that no real sailor would ever geI
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

Double Knot With Loops.
Fasten your belt in the back with
4 double knot with loops.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
Moon by HEarthllqht.1

When the crescent of the new moon
appears in the west the phenomenon
called "the old moon in the young
ones arms" is often observed. Part
ly embraced by the horns Of the cres'
cent is seen the whole round orb Of
the moon. The cause of this appear
ance Is that the "earthlight" upon that
part of the moon not reached by the
sunshine Is sufficiently brilliant to rem.
der 1t family visible to our eyes.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

or silk are considerably higher In price
than for several seasons past and the
chances are that there Is a considerable
saving in making them at home.
The pretty model pictured above, for
a girl of eight to twelve or thirteen
years, is suited to any of the materials
used for the dressier frocks for little
girls. II has single box plaits across
the front and back of the skirt with
pockets at each side on the unplaited
portions. The bodice Stimulates lit
tie jacket with tabs at the front that
extend over the fiat plain belt. This
belt is In contrasting color and might
be made Of silk for wool dress. A
little embroidery In the simplest de-
signs embellishes the collar, cuffs,
pockets and tabs, done in floss the col
or Of the belt Flat silk buttons fasten-
ing with cord loops. form another dec
orative feature.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
Harnesses SUMS Rays.

An experimenter in the Royal Col
Iege of Science in Toronto claims that
he has found a way to harness the
SUMS heat to industrial tasks of al
most any nature. For instance, by his
experiments with mirror combinations
he has focused reflected rays so as to
melt bar of lead at temperature
below freezing to depth Of one and
a half inches in 43 seconds.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
F0REW0RD.

stGunner Depew" Is not a
work of fiction, but it is
more thrilling than any fic-
ton you ever read. It's the
true story of the expert
ences of an American boy
Mfho had a fighting career
that is Unique in the annals
Of the great war. 1t is a
story crowded with fighting
and adventure - big with
human courage and endur-
ance. 1t is the first war mar
ratiVe that tells the true
story of conditions in the
German prison camps. It
is a story that every Amerl-
can should and will read to
the end.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12
Intended No Harm.

Lucy was playing up on the lawn
with her little puppy when the dog
next door came up wagging his tail In
a most friendly way. The little pup
stuck his tail between his legs and
started for the house. Lucy caught
him, saying: "Don't be afraid. pup;
he won't hurt you; he Just come over
10 introduce hisself."
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-09-12

Gunner Depew, on board the
French dreadnaught cassard,
gives the PoiIus a sample Of the
Workmanship for which the
American gunners are famous.
Then he leaves his ship and goes
into the trenches. Don't miss
the next instalIment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
REwARE or pEERl

BEWARE OF BEERl
Beer means bad blood, beer fat, beer
heart. befuddled brains. 1t means
clumsiness and accidents
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
Barnato's Dilemma.

Barney" Barnato was member Of
the Cape Town assembly and was de-
lighted in scandalizing the members of
parliament, During debate on the
Cape liquor law, which prohibited the
sale of intoxicating drinks on Sunday
except as an accompaniment of sub
stantial meal, he said:
"A few Sundays ago walked some
distance from Cape Town, and being
busily engaged in mentally reviewing
the course of business in the honorable
house | went further than | had in
tended. retraced my steps, and be-
ing hot and thirsty went into most
respectable hotel for refreshment.
wanted to quench my thirst, but ac-
cordng to law drink could only be
supplied as an accompaniment to a
bona fide meal. Mine host set before
me n bottle of beer and leg of roast
pork. He had no other eatables. What
was to do? If ate the pork | brok
the law of Moses. If drank the beer
without eating l broke the law of the
land. Between the chief rabbi and the
chief justice | stood in Il very awk.
ward position"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
Talismans and Amulets.

The truth is that deep down In the
complex nature Of most of us there is
certain regard for the occult, of
which, however, our higher intelligence
may dlsprove, we find 1t difficult to rid
ourselves entirely.
While the word mascot has long
been common In Provence and Gas
cony to denote something which
brings good fortune to n person or
household, 1t Is only within the last
80 years or so that 1t has passed into
common use In Britain. 1t owed Its
introduction largely TO Edmund Au-
dran's well-known comic opera "La
Mascotte."
But only the word Is modern. The
use of tallsmans amulets and charms,
which were really prototypes of the
mascot, goes back to n very remote
age. The ancient Egyptians wore
amulets fashioned In the shape Of
gods, men, animals, and insects. The
stones in the shape Of beetles often
found in Egyptian tombs gave cour-
age to the wearer. Figures of frogs
were also held In particularly high re-
pute.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
NINETY PER CENT DROP IN
DRUNKENNESS

Drunkenness in Ogden, Utah, during
five months Of prohibition decreased
approximately 90 per cent. During
the first seven months of 1917 there
were 916 arrests for drunkenness as
against 62 since August 1, 1917, ac-
cording to the report of the police de-
partment. The Salt Lake City News
records the fact that more Of the stock
men than ever before brought their
wives and daughters or other members
of the family with them to the conven-
tlon held in that city this year, and the
dryness of the state is said to be the
reason.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
WE'RE WORKING FOR JUST THAT.

This is our ideal-a land where you
meet no drunkard staggering on the
road towards his doom, land where
you have no slums for humanity to
rot in, land where you have two
thirds of its prison cells empty, a
land with its warehouses; vanished,
land with It's children well fed, well
clothed, well sheltered, well trained,
with their merry laughter ringing
through the streets. land where the
curse of drink shall be driven from all
hearts. - Right Hon. David Lloyd
George.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
EVEN BREWERS HATE THE sA.


"No one understands the saloon bet
ter than those engaged in the business.
They live as far from 1t as their
means will allow; they know that no
saloon can live except as 1t draws
money to the bar that is needed by
wives and children round about. They
know that the saloons in the city can
be traced by the raising death rate
among little childcen that die from
neglect because the money to which
they are entitled is squandered at n
neighboring bar. They know, too, that
when the alcoholic habit is once fast
ened on n man or a. woman, 1t travels
in the blood and that little children
have the door Of hope shut on them be-
fore their eyes have opened to the
light Of the day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13

This is the new distinguished serv-
Ice cross of the United States. It Is
the highest military honor that can be
awarded by the president, An Ameri-
can soldier can win but one higher
decoration, the medal of honor, which
can only be awarded by congress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-06-13
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temperance
AmNOteSm
Conducted by the National woman's
Christian Temperance Unlon)
MANY DRINKERS FOR PRoHIsI.

|
AS an example OF liquor-users who
acknowledge the evils Of drinking and
are helping to vote out the traffic Is
the millionaire packer, Patrick Cud-
ahy. He Is doing fine antllIquor edo.
catlonal work In his packing plant at
Cudahy, Wis. In an open letter pub
lished In the Milwaukee Times he thus
describes some OF the effects OF
worldwide prohibition as he sees
them:
"lf some allpowerful person were
to appear at the present time on earth
and perform a miracle, changing all
the booze In the world back to water,
and Issuing decree that any person
who attempted TO make another drop
Of II would be struck dead by an elec-
trio bolt from heaven. just imagine IL
you can the change that would take
place in the world. say ninety days
after this event. See the red noses
changing to white the fat beer bloats
shrinking to their natural size; the
man whom alcohol made brute OF,
returning to his normal condition; his
wife, whose life this alcohol brute sad
dened and almost destroyed, returning
to her normal condition; the wrinkles
and tear burrows in her face being
smoothed out; the color coming back
to her cheeks; her eyes becoming
bright again; her saddened and
wretched face becoming joyful and
happy.
''In short, the home that alcohol
made wretched Is now joyful and
happy.
1--WE also see the saloons changed
into places of usefulness-some of
them Ice cream and soda water par
lors. A great many Of them are used
for book stores, for the men who spent
their time In saloons are now reading
books.
"The saloonkeepers themselves have
gone back to their trades and are now
aseful citizens. And by doing away
with alcohol we do not need nearly
so many policemen. About seventy
per cent of the policemen have been
discharged and are engaged In other
employment in the shops, and on the
farms, changed from idle men to use
full producers. The prisons, such as
our house of correction, are changed
from prison to recreation halls. The
grounds about them are converted
into beautiful parks. People are now
saving the money formerly spent for
booze. Savings banks are sprlnglng up
all over the country. In short, the
drunkards and criminals Of the world,
made so by alcohol, of all classes, are
now industrious people and living
happy lives. What glorious change.
IL this could be brought about, and
II may be partially brought about some
time by prohibition"
Mr.. Cudnhy confesses he drinks both
beer and whisky, yet seeing the evils
of intemptrance he uses his influence
against tn, saloons In his own town.
A friend O. his, Mr.. j. =. Benscher, in
letter published by the same paper,
says:
II am MT prohibitionist. L drink
beer, although / have never touched
whisky, hit I have seen the misery
which 1t has created, and l shall do
everything within my power to wipe
out the thirty-elght bum factories
which we now have In Cudahy."
Many drinking men, rich and poor,
are taking the same attitude.