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rnch Boat

For Indigestion, Constipation or
BiliouSness
Just try one 5O-cent bottle of LAX-FoS
WITH PEPSN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Medi-
cine Co., manufacturers ofLaxative Bromo
Quinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic.
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REF CROSS 7

Screens have been put in Chapter
Headquarters. Red Cross lis indebt-
ed to SkiIes Lumber Co. and the st.
Landry Lumber Co. for the gift of
the screens and to Mr. E. Boagni for
having them installed.
The ladies of the Branch Chapter
have been working a~ssiduously this
week getting their work room prop
eriy equipped. They return thanks
to those who sent in the machines.
MS. J. P. Saizan, one of the loyal
Red Cross workers, will furnish the
surgical dressings department. 1t
Is announced that as soon as things
are in working order, night classes
In surgical dressings will be inau-
gurated. This will give any lady
who wishes to take up this special
work an opportunity to do SO.
All invited to come to the Branch
Chapter 10 assist in fashioning gar
ments for the boys over there. Head
quarters will be open every week
day.
The call for Belgian and French
relief has met with a ready response
from ST. Landrians. Quite a number
of garments will be collected to meet
In part the needs of these empower
ished people.
The girls of the Domestic Science
Department of the st. Landry High
School are now making clothes for
the Belgian babies.
One way in which the house-keep-
ers can help the Red Cross to say
ID material, is to give bits of clean
old cotton or linen (whiteJ to be
used as covers for the gauze dress
ings, when they are prepared for
sterilization. The covers range in
size from IL inches to 30 inches
square. The unchanged parts of
bed or table linen and of other gar
ments could be used for this and
save the new muslin which would
otherwise be used. Any one who
will help in this way viii kindly send
the goods to the Chapter workroom.
The local Chapter has received
formal acknowledgement of their
last shipment sent to the supply ser
vice. The knitted articles II class
ed as @good, very good and excel
lent" while the hospital garments
and supplies are designated excel
lent It is the desire of the Divis-
ional Headquarters to bring the work
of their several departments up to
the standards as established by Ma
tional Headquarters. In order to do
this they seek the cooperation of
their chapters and a~uXiliaries.
These different units may procure
literature bearing on the subject
from the division and model gar
ments conforming to latest stand
ards may be purchased from the Sup
ply Bureau, II. s.. Mint, New Orleans.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES T~ASTEIESS chill N drives out
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PARDON
Notice is hereby given that l am
applying for a pardon.
HILTON FRUGE.
march-2s-6t
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WOMEN or
MIDDLE AGE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pinl.-
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, I'll. -"During Change of Life.
Ia addition to its annoying symptoms, /
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To Cure a Cold in one Day.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. It stops the
Cough and Headache and works of the Cold.
Druggists refund money if it fails TO cure.
Z. ". GROVES signature on each box. 5oc
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Rheumatic Pains Relieved

81 have used Chamber1ain's Liniment
for pains in the chest and lameness of
the shoulders due to rheumatism, and
am pleased to say that it has sever
failed to give me prompt relief, writes
Mrs. S. N. Finch, Batavia, N. Y.
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Piles Cured in 6 to Il Days
Your druggist will refund money if PAZo
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind. Bleeding orProtruding Piles in 6to14days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. soc.
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Y|NOL MAKES
WEAK WOMEN
STRONG
Prooe

We publish the formula of Vinol
to prove c~onvincingly that it has the
power to create strength.
r Cod Liver ard Beef pere-res. Iron
and Manganese Per eoness on and
Ammonium Citrate, Lint all Soda
Glycercphosphates, csscariu.
ANY woman who buys a bottle of
Vinol for a weak, rundown, rvo
condition and finds after giving it a
fair trial it did not help her, will
Eeve her money returned.
You see, there is no guess work
about Viuol. It's formula proves
there is nothing ike it for all weak,
rundown, cverworked, nervous nen
and Wemen and for feeble old people
AMI delicate children. Try it once
and be convinced.
SHUTES' DRUGSTORE.
Ope1ousas, La.
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Drives Out Malaria, Builds y Systern
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES T-ASTIELESS chill TONIC drives out
Malaria, e~nricles the blood ,aldbuiids uptlie sys-
~etn. A true tonic. For adults and children. 60c
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-04-20

Furnished house for rent. Apply
to Mrs. R. Breaux opelousas, La.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1918-04-20
The A. C. Skies Lumber CO. Ltd.
@Gets-It" Makes Corns Come OF
The "Banana-PeeI" Way!

Why have to flop on the floor,
squeeze yourself up like the letter
"Z' and with bullying eyes draw
your face up into a Wrinkly knot
while you gouge and pull at. b
"guick" of a tender corn? That's
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AMERICAN GUNNERS
GIVE SHOT FOR SHOT
Earth Throbs in Mighty
Artillery Battle.
SMOKE oBscUREs HEAVENS
u. S. Gunners Stripped to the Waist
Keep Steady Stream Of Steel
on Huns.

With the American Army in
France, July 3.-The enemy artil.
lery this afternoon increased the in.
tensity of its fire on the Vaux re.
gion. The crash of exploding shells
swelled to a roar, while the ground
and air throbbed with the concus,
sions of Shells. But the American
guns answered the German challenge
shot for shot.
The American gunners, stripped
to the waist, stood in the gun pits
and on gun emplacements, feeding
shells as fast as they could handle
them into the guns, and a steady
stream of steel explosives swept
through space on to the enemy lines
At o'clock this evening the gun
fire showed no signs of abating, the
enemy artillery work, if anything,
evidencing more ferocity than ever
The American aviators, keeping vi
gil over the fighting zone, found the
ground completely obscured at
places by the smoke of guns/and
shells.
Among the captured material
thus far counted are six heavy ma
chine guns, eighteen light machine
guns, six trench mortars, two gren-
ade throwers, two hundred rifles,
one motorcycle machine gun" and
large quantities of ammunition and
equipment.
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this time that Jones came up and
got into a squabble with some of
the negroes present. Though fired
upon, he was not hurt. 1t is proba-
BILE that only the absence of Hunter
prevented rioting or even lynching.
Feeling ran high. ...-. '..---
Deputy Sheriffs Jones and Cam
went after Hunter on Tuesday.
They caught the negro in the loft
of a barn on Mr.. Mattuck's farm,
about eight miles from the scene of
the shooting. He offered no re-
sistance and was brought to the Alb
beville Jail to await trial. There are
six negroes held there at the present
time. Deputy-Sheriff Jones believes
that the exciting effect of the war,
a sort of intoxicaion caused by news
of fighting and the sight of drafted
men leaving, has stimulated shoot
ing affairs, which have recently
been quite frequent in this section.
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SHOOTING STIRs ANTREVILLE
One Killed and Two Wounded in
Fracas.

About five o'clock Monday after
noon, the people of Antreville were
greatly excited by the shooting of
Lizzie Liddell, an aged negro wo-
man of that place. She died imme-
diately. The assailant, Lige Hunter,
had escaped and was fugitive from
justice. He apparently had run
amuck and also shot negro boy
of the neighborhood. The series of
events attracted a large crowd of
a couple of hundred people, both
white and black, and there were
threats of lynching. During the
excitement, another negro, Sam
Jones, got into an argument with
the crowd and was fired upon. 1t
required the efforts of Sheriff Burts
and Deputy-Sheriffs Jones and Cam
to restore order.
Lige Hunter is a son-in-law of
the dead woman and about twenty
eight years old. He already had a
police record, having participated
in the shooting of Nyal Powell last
wear. For this he was under $500
bond to appear in court. Mr.: Hugh
Bowen, whit whom he was working,
had gone on this bond to the full
amount. Consequently, Hunter will
have to face several charges when
he is arraigned at the fall session OF
court.
Vexation and anger were prime
factors in the crime. Hunter evil
IDENTIFY is a firm believer in the cave
man style of controlling women,
especially his own wife. She had
separated from him and was living
with her mother, the dead woman.
Monday morning, ne went over 70
the latter's house and tried to per-
suade the daughter to come back
and live with him He was unsuc-
cessful. So he went away and came
back in the evening with gun, this
time to use more forceful argument.
The old woman ordered him off the
place and he shot her instead of the
daughter. Thereupon he commenced
firing wildly, a negro boy being shot
in the head several times, though
not seriously. A crowd soon gath
cred, but Hunter had fled. 1t was at
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RED CROSS NEWS.

The following ladies will have
charge of the Red Cross rooms fol
the month of July, Hours 10 to ]
o'clock:
Tuesday-Mrs. Otto Bristow.
Wednesday-Miss Emma Harris.
Thursday-Miss Mary Smith.
Friday-Misses Onie and Caro- Morse
Saturday-Miss Eliza Gary.
Cutting Committee.
Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Chairman.
Mrs. A. B. Morse.
Miss Mamie Bowie.
Miss Fannie Stark.
Miss Bessie Lee Cheatham.
Mrs. Will Harris.
Packing Committee.
Mrs. W. W. Bradley, Chairman.
Mrs. Lila Mabry.
Mrs. Herbert Allen.
Miss Antoinette Thomson.
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THE CIVIC CLUB CANNING.

The Civic Club spent busy day
Tuesday with the canning-ninety-
four quarts of beans being put up
The work was done by Mrs. D. A.
Rogers, Miss Mary Martin, Mrs. Mil
ford and Miss Agnes Edwards and
Miss Margaret Cox, two interested
members of the Garden Club.
Twenty quarts Of beans were do
mated to the club by Mrs. Tom
Klugh, of Fort Pickens. These were
put up and will be sold later, the
money going to the Red Cross. The
ladies hope to do much in the way
of the conservation of food and in
vite any interested person to see
the canning and to lend hand with
the work.
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AGED SENATOR TILLMAN
ANSWERS LAST SUMMONS
War Preparations
Have Gone on >Apace
STATEMENT PREPARED BY SEC
RETARY BAKER AND LAID
BEFORE HOUSE BY DENT.

Washington, July 3.-Supplement
ing President Wilson's announcement
that more than a million American
troops have already been shipped to
France, Chairman Dent of the house
military committee, laid before the
house today a review of war prapar-
ations during the Is months of war,
prepared by Secretary Baker. 1t
showed that there are now 10000
officers and 100000 men with the
colors, compared with 1924 officers
and 202,51 men in the regulars and
Natinoal Guard IA months ago.
The statement shows that 286 com
bat airplanes had been delivered up
to June and that the production
rate of this type then was 80 per
week. More than 1000 liberty mo-
tors had been delivered and the
weekly production rate was 115 dur
ing the first week in June. More
than 900 heavy Browning machine
guns were delivered during May and
the deliveries for that month of
light Brownings totalled. 1,500.
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SOME ROADS WORK
FOR GOVERNMENT
Not All Short Lines Are
Relinquished.
CHANGE OF CONTROL
CHANGE OF CONTROL
Approximately Thirteen Hundred
Returned to Former Owners With
Many Others Retained.

Washington, July 3.-The rail-
road administration announced to-
night that 553 short railroads had
been retained under government
control. All employees of these
lines will receive the wage awards
made to employees of the steam
roads and owners will be compen-
sated under the general contract.
Control of approximately 1900
short lines, terminal roads and main
lines feeders finally, has been re-
linquished by the railroad admins
tration, which was given until July
1 by the original railroad control
act to turn back to private owner
ship roads operated by the govern
ment not regarded as essential.
In the meantime congress passed
& point resolution extending the
time for turning back the roads to
January 1 and providing that con,
troll of short lines should not be re-
linquished while connections under
government control. Some senators
have contended that this resolution
would permit of roads relinquished
again being taken over.
A delegation of senators headed
by Senator Smith of South aCrolina,
called on the president today to
urge that he do not veto the joint
resolution which is awaiting his ac-
ton.
The president was understood to
have told the senators he had not
reached a final decision and he first
would confer with railroad admins
tration officials.
At hte railroad administration it
was said some of the roads relin-
quished might be taken over again
under contracts so. arranged by the
owners. Each case, however, will
be decided upon its individual mer-
it, it was explained.
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"The total number of troops re-
turned from abroad, lost at sea, and
casualties is 8,165 and of these by
reason of the superbly efficient pro-
lection which the navy has given our
transport system, only 291 have been
lost at sea.
''The supplies and equipment in
France for all troops sent in, by our
France reports, is adequate and the
output of our war industries in this
country is showing marked improve
ment in practically all lines of nee
essary equipment and supply.
Respectfully yours,
Newton D. Baker,"
To which I replied:
"The White House,
"Washington, July 2, 1918.
"My Dear Mr.. Secretary:
"Your letter of July l contains a
very significant piece of news and
an equally significant report of the
forwarding of troops during the
past year to the other side of the
water. 1t is a record which I think
must cause universal satisfaction be-
cause the heart of the country is
unquestionably in this war and the
people of the United States rejoice
to see their force put faster and
faster into the great struggle which
is destined to redeem the world.
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GERMAN EFFORTS FAIL
AGAINST AMERICANS
More Than 100000
Americans In France
UP TO JULY 1, 1,019,115 AMERI-
CAN TROOPS HAD BEEN SENT
OVERSEAS.

+ Washington, July 2.-American
troops sent overseas numbered l.
Ol9,115 on July l. \
: This was made known tonight by
President Wilson who gave to the
public letter from Secretary Baker
disclosing a record of achievement
which, the president said, ''must
cause universal satisfaction and
which will, give additional zest to
our national celebration of the
Fourth of July"
The presidents stateemnt with
the letter from Secretary Baker and
his reply follows: u
81 have today received the follow
ing letter from the secretary Of war
which seems to me to contain infor-
nation which will be so satisfactory
to the country that its publication
will be welcomed and will give ad-
ditional zest to our national cele-
bration of the Fourth of July:
"War Department,
"Washington, July 1, 1913.
"My Dear Mr.. President:
"'More than one million American
soldiers have sailed from the ports
in this country to participate in the
war in France. In reporting this
fact to you, I feel that you will be
interested in few data showing the
progress of our overseas military
effort.
, "The first ship carrying military
personnel sailed May 8, 1917, having
on board base hospital No. 4 and
members of the reserve nurses corps.
General Pershing and his staff
sailed May 20, 1917. The embarka-
tions in the months from May, 1917
to and including June, 1918, are as
follows:
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AN ORR'S REGIMENT MAN.

Mr.. John W. Thompson, a well
known Confederate veteran, has the
right idea. He says he feels it his
duty to take his full quota of war
savings stamps, whether he ever gets
his money back or not.-Daily Mail.
Mr.. Thompson went through the
full four years of the Civil War, but
the horrors of it did not worry him.
He fell in love with so many pretty
girls in Virginia that he has been
called "Gallie" ever since by the
boys of the old Regiment.
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CAMP FOR OFFICERS
MOVED FROM SEWER

Greenville, July 3.-The officers
training camp which was established
at Camp Sewer in May will shortly
be moved to Camp Gordon, Atlanta,
Ca, it was announced today. More
than 1000 men are in the camp. The
present course of the officers train
ing camp will be completed about
September l. The majority of the
men in the school are from South
Carolina, North Carolina and Ten
nessee.
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Iepeated and Deter
mined Counterattacks
Smashed at Vaux.
ERSHINC'S MEN TAKE
MANY HUN PRISONERS
bsperate Attempt by Teutons to
Recapture Lost Territory Shows
How Important They Regard it
Dead Remain Before Posi-
tions Held by United States
Troops.

|American troops standing at Vaux
Irthwest of Chateau-Thierry, have
implicitly smashed repeated and de-
rmined counterattacks by the Ger
hiis who sought to GUST the Ameri-
his from their new positions. That
b Germans have tried desperately
reverse the decision in the battle
an indication that the occupation
yaux is viewed as important by
emy commanders.
Over the lines held by General
Ershing's men there has been burst
,a> storm of steel from the Ger
an' cannon, high explosives and
s shells being intermingled in the
bjectiles hurled by the foes can
The Americans, however have
t yet yelled foot of ground, and,
lem the enemy has attacked he
3 been permitted to approach
Bse to the American lines before
storm of bullets has cut through
ranks and broke his attack.
las the result of these assaults the
Irmans have lost very heavily, the
pund being covered with their
hd and wounded.
They have, in addition, lost many
{soners. The battle is still being
rcely waged.
French units are said to be en-
Red in the region of Vaux, but it
probable they are not very num-
bus. +.
Little Other Fighting.
The battle at Vaux has seemingly
Borbed the most of the activity on
western side of the salient run
% north from the Marine, but far
towards the Disc River at Moul-
Sous -Toutvent, little village east
the De kaigue forest, the French
be struck the German line over a
int of nearly two miles and have
hetrated to depth of approxi-
|tely half a mile. Prisoners to the
mber of 457, have been reported
tured.
Italians Strike Again.
rHe Italians have again shifted
ir attack, and this time have
sen the Piave front for demon
alton of their strength. After a
nbardment which reached drum
intensity, the Italians crossed
Piave northwest of Capo Sale.
spite of the flooded areas before
m, they made some PROCESS which
admitted by Vienna, and captured
90 prisoners as we'll as taking
liable war material.
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FIRST SHIP LAUNCHED
AT MINUTE AFTER IL

Superior, Wis, July 3.-The first
of nearly 100 ships which will be
launched today in American ship
yards in celebration of the Fourth
of July slid down the ways at 12:O1
this morning at shipyard here. The
vessel is a steel stem of 3,4O0 tons
and is named the "Lake Aurice."
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South Carolinian Pass
es Away in Washing
ton. :
LONG PUBLIC CAREER
ENDED BY PARALYSIS
Funeral Services Held at the Pres
byterian Church. in Trenton Yes
terday Afternoon at 4 O'clock
Attended By Distinguished
Congressional Party.

Washington, July 3.-Senator
Benjamin R. Tillman breathed his
last at twenty minutes past four
o'clock this morning, strong heart
action carrying the span of life sew
eral hours longer than had seemed
possible the evening before.
There had been little hope since
Saturday when the seriousness of
the Senator's condition became ap-
parent in the complete paralysis of
his left. side; and practically no
hope at all after Sunday; when the
paralysis extended to his whole body
and he relapsed into a state of coma
Senator Tillman did not suffer in his
last illness, and his passing from life
was in strange contrast, its peace
fulness, to his stormy career.
Not all the members of the Sena-
tors family were able to reach his
bedside before his death. AS has
been said, Capt. Henry Tillman is
recovering from a slight operation
in a hospital at Fortress Monroe.
Mrs. Hughes, daughter, who lives
in Oregon, tried to reach Washing
ton in time but could not Go SO, and
will 60 to Trenton instead for the
funeral. Mrs, Moore and Mrs, Shu-
ler, the Senator's other daughters,
are now in Trenton. :
Tribute of Respect. T.
Congress adjourned today out of
respect to Senator Tillman's men,
ory, the resolutions being presented
in the Senate by Senator E. D.
Smith, and in the House by Repre-
sentative A. F. Lever. Mr.. Lever
made a brief statement, reviewing
the late Senator's career and de-
claring that Mr.. Tillman had i'm
pressed his ideals upon the people
more than any other South Carolin-
ian during the past fifty years.
Funeral Today.
The funeral services will be held
at the Presbyterian Church at Tren-
ton tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Rev. Mr.. Shannonhouse, of
Edgefeld, a particular friend of the
family, will conduct the services.
Those who left here in the family
party this evening at 7 o'clock on
the train carrying Senator Tillman's
body to Trenton were: Mrs. Tiliman,
the Senator's widow; Mr.. B. R. Till
man, Jr., the Senator's son, and the
latter's two children; Mr.. Charles S.
Moore, of Atlantic City, N. j., and
Assistant Paymaster John Shuler,
U. S. N.,. sons-in-law of the Senator;
Mrs. James F. Byrnes, of Aiken,
and Misses Rembert, Owen and Wof-
ford, members of the Senator's cler-
ical force at the Capitol; Rear Ad-
miral Samuel MCGOWAN, paymaster
general of the navy; former Cover
nor John Gary Evans, Of South
Carolina, and United States CIVIL
Service Commissioner Charles M.
Galloway accompanied the party. as
friends.
The Senate committee appointed
to attend the funeral comprises Sen
ators Smith, of South Carolina;
Swanson, of Virginia; Gallinger, of
New Hampshire; Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts; Penrose, of Pennsylvania;
Overman, of Norht Carolina; Mel
son, of Minnesota; Smoot, of Utah;
Pomerene, of Ohio; Fernald, of
Mainf; Phelan, of California; Sterl-
ing, q South Dakota; Owen, of Ok
lahon Trammell, of Florida, and
- m
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STROYER NAMED
: FOR SENATOR TILLMAN

Washington, July 3.-Secretary
hiels today named a new torpedo
it destroyer "The Tillman" in
kor of the late Senator Benjamin
Tillman, of South Carolina, mem
OF the naval affairs committee
nearly "a years and chairman
6t for FIVE years.
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IN CHESTER, HOSPITAL.

Che friends of DR.. and Mrs. j.
hin Gilmer will be glad to know
& the latter who was operated on
|Dr. Pryor's hospital Wednesday,
&oing nicely.
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CALL FOR STATEMENTS.

Washington, July 3.-The comp
Her of the currency issued a call
the condition of national banks
the. close of business on June 29.
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