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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-01-19
SATURDAY, THE 26TH DAY O
JANUARY,

in the year 1918, between the hours Of
eleven o'clock a. NJ, and four o'clpck p.
H., the following described property,
tO-wit:
That certain tract Of land, ing and
beiag situated in or ne;;r the town of
Patterson, Parish Of st. Mary. State of
l.ouisiana, bounded north by Hanson
Street, now called Williams Avenue of
sail town, east by Laurence street Of
said town. south :by Cleveland Street
Of said town, and west by land Of DAN
iel Thompson. together with all the
buiidin.s aud Improvements thereon
situated, rights, ways, privileges and
servitudes thereto belonging or apper-
tairing, excluding tLerefrom those
puts or portions OF said property here
tofore sold therefrom.'
Sberiffs, Office Franklin, Louisiana,
this 18th day of December, 1917.
CHARLES PECOT, Sheriff.
Borah, Himei, Bloch & borah,
ATTORNEYS for Plaintif
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-01-19

RU 8-MY-TiSM - Antiseptic, Re.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Owing to the meeting of the Missionary Council at Alexander City this week the regular monthly meeting of the city mission board has been postponed until March at 10 o'clock at the First Meth odist church.
 There will be a demonstration of the Hoover kitchen at the Kennedy school tomorrow afternoon at o'clock under the auspices of the school Improvement association.
 The Frances Willard union of the w. c T. U. will meet this afternoon at 5 o'clock with Mrs. Garrison,+ 1928 Elev- enth avenue, south.
 There will be a meeting of the Volun- teer Relief association this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Young Women s Christian association.
 The Nineteenth Century club will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Everett Meade at Mountain Terrace.
 There will be an important meeting oi the Council of Jewish Women tomorrow afternoon at o'clock when Mrs. Charles J. Sharpe will address the members There will be splendid music and Mrs O. L. Stephenson will sing several selec- tions. accompanied by Mrs. Hale Tarran' at the piano.
 The Catholic Women's club of West End will meet this afternoon at 2:S' o'clock with Mrs. J. E. Fleming, 729 Tus caloosa avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27

votion of yourself and your friends Will become more and more useful, having now for it's active president the winner of the Marne, Marshal Joffre.
 "'It has already done wonders, and the 50000 orphans and more which owe their means of support to the Fatheriess Children form record of which the promoters of the work as justly ba proud as we are grateful to those i'm numerable American seconders of our cause who answering the generous inn pulse of their hearts, supplied the needed resources.
 More, even, than the France of the past the France of the future will thus be tied to this republic by bonds of un- dying amity.
 Believe me, with heartfelt compli- ments and thanks, respectfully yours,
 .JUSSERAND.'
 T think perhaps the best expression of how the French people appreciate Americas generosity and kindness in these fearful war times" Mrs. DeBar- deleben said lis better told by an ac- count of the Christmas festival at the Sorbonne in Paris, which was all white with snow and frost, as the file of equipages drove up to the Sorbonne doors and thousands crowded in while thou sands more were turned away. Listen 10 the account WHICH Renee ue MoHtIuoit gives:
 The platform was starred with cele- brities of the highest rank, including our famous M. Brieux, member of the Academic Francaise, and Marshal Jot- ire, with his strong, kind face, as he stood before the great assemblage which cheered loudly while the stirring notes Of the "Marseillaise" was played. Fol- lowing the splendid speech of Marshal Joffre, in the voice that had dissued the order of victory to the soldiers of the Marne, M. Br<sNx arose and among other things said
 "I have been entrusted with the great honor of speaking to you concerning the American Society of the FatherleSs Children of France. The task is difficult and I am going to ask you to help me with it. I shall do no more than try to ! draw a picture for you of one of those homes to which the comradeship oi America has brought consolation ano hope. The words of thanks. which 1 might not speak with sufficient force will rise of themselves from the hearts to the lips of each of you.
 | American children have had the kind l Iy thought to extend the hand of friend ! ship to their little comrades in France 1 made orphans by the great war. and tc help them in their hour of trial. They l offer them, for at least one year, 5 centirnes a day; and they ask to core
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27

spond with their proteges The French children must write to their subscribers
 just as soon as they receive the address
 You will thank your benefactor; sou
 will tell him what you are doing ana
 what your father did; where, when, ana
 how he was killed: you will write him letter at least four times year, each
 time you receive money order, and tell
 him about yourself. You must never
 ask for more money than you are re-
 ceiving Your comrade in America does
 not intend to offer you alms which you
 Yourself would not desire; he is bringing y0u, in your tragic hour. the help of his fffiehdship.
 fThe widowed mother does not under
 stand; she looks at the letter, the money order, the strange handwriting, the for efgn stamp, she tries to imagine the mysterious strangers who have sent these to her from far away, beyond the great seal It all makes her head swim and confuses the brain. Then. before her mind grasps the thought her heart mas understood: There are people over there who love France-that is iti Also she realizes that she is no longer desoate, neither she nor her little one, her Gear baby Then she takes her child up in her arms and hugs it to her heart ana lets her tears and kisses fall on the lit tie head A great sigh of relief breaks from her, and her eyes turn 10 9 Httle photograph, already faded in a frame on
 the mantelpiece-the picture of that father killed by the enemy. Be certain that she whispers to him, very softly:
 If thou canst hear me, rest more quietly there in the earth-our little one is no more alone
 There, ladies and gentlemen, that is what the United States has done for | 3S, ,OO0-you understand me-SS,o00 orphans of France
 These ringing, stirring sentiments 1 and the tremendous pressure that IS ] brought to bear upon the people of these l United States from the foregoing state ments strike close to our hearts, and the
 words, The greatest of these .is char 1 ity, come before our vision in blood red 1 letters of genuine sympathy, kindness i and generosity. for the pitiful little
 fatherless children of our sister country l France"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
U. s. AMBASSADOR PREPARES ID LEAVE
 RUSSIAN CAPITAL
David R. Francis Notifies Washington That Ger mans Are Only Eight
 Hours Away

Washington, February 26.--The state department was advised by Ambassa-
 dor Francis today that on yesterday the German army was only eight hours march from Petrograd, and that
 he was preparing to leave the Rus sian capital with his staff
 The consul general at Moscow re-
 porting these arrangements to the state department today added that all Americans there were we'll
 The department also received a dis patch of February 2S saying the Ru- manian premier was preparing to go to Bucharest to meet German Foreign Minister Won Kuehlmann and Count Czernin, the Austrian foreign minister presumably to resume peace negotia- tions.
 The message, which was dated yes terday and sent by way of Peking said MT. Francis would join the Chi
 nese and Japanese diplomats, also pre- pairing to leave. It did not refer to
 plans of the European diplomats. It was taken for granted at the de partmen that the ambassador has abandoned any idea of following the I.enine -Trotzky authorities to tenn porary capital and that the route chosen is that over the trans-Siberian | railroad into China.
 No instructions have been sent by | the state department to MT. Francis who in all his negotiations with the de facto government in Petrograd has used his own judgment.
 l An abandonment of Russia will be construed by officials here as an in dication that the ambassador regards I the situation of the bolshevik govern
 ment as practically hopeless. Fear was l expressed today that with the occu- pation of Petrograd by the Germans ana the removal to Moscow or any | other point of the bolshevik headquar- | ters anarchy would become even more evident throughout the country. l Realizing the possibility of such con dition some concern is felt for the safety of the ambassador and the Americans who will accompany him or | the long trip across Siberia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
Trade Now and Tomorrow
By w. H. J. TAYLOR, President of the Retail Credit Mems National Association.

Everyone admits that business will
 be good after the war, that there will
 be so many things to supply abroad
 and such revival of trade stimula
 tion that things will boom as never
 before. This conclusion is based on
 sound sense.
 The strain of war once removed and
 peace an established fact, mems
 minds will naturally turn to trade
 stronger than ever. And the econo-
 mics that war has taught us will
 have their useful effect in aiding and
 abetting this wave of prosperity. Once having learned the wisdom of elim- mating waste, we will besslow to let the leaks appear again. Lessons so learned are not easily forgotten.
 Meanwhile. we can do no one better thing to promote prosperity after the war than to keep business good dur ing the war. Let us keep in training. What we do best we do easiest. Let us keep the business body of the coun- try fit and it vii be able to meet any test that comes. You cannot neglect your health and keep well, and you cannot let business run down and have it healthy at the same time. There are, also, new industries, new | things like the manufacture of dyes. | that we have undertaken since tho | war began, that will help us immense | ly in the post-war period. Now is the time to help new indus | tries
 And the best way to help them is to encourage all lines of good business | right now, to discourage eXtrava. | gance, but support sensible spending, | By doing this we will be accomplish l ing a double purpose. We will be | building for the future and at the same time promoting our present l condition.
 | Let cannons and business keep l booming together. and when the roar l of the guns ceases we can go running I for trade.
 I The present moment calls for extra
 effort. Let's have it. Let's get the habit and we'll be victorious not only in the future, but now.
 l Copyright, 1918, by King Features l Syndicate Qnc).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
News of Society and
 Activities of W0nn@m

she will stop en route to New York for short visit with her husband, Captain Lawrence, who is stationed there as a member of the examining board for the aviation corps
 Mir and Mrs L. C. Frazer of Oakland, Fla, are the guests of their daughters, Mrs. Joe Hill and Mrs Leslie stolen werck.
 Mrs John Jemison and Mrs. Anna Van Hoose and Miss Martha Wood ward will leave this week for Pass Chris- tian, Miss, where they will spend a few weeks.
 Mrs. Henry Wagstaff, who has been the guest of her parents. MT. and Mrs. George Blinn, has returned to her home in Atlanta.
 Mrs Druid Conrad and little son, who have been the guests of MT. and Mrs. Emmett Collins. Jr., have returned to their home in Troy.
 Mrs Harry TouImin of Mobile, who has been the guest of friends in Selma, will arrive this week to be the guest of MT. and Mrs. Priestley Toulmin. MT. and Mrs. William H. Nevns have lTOIH a NlSit lp SIlStSOs
 $
 Mrs w F. Tyler, who has been i'll at local infrmary, is improving and has been carried to her home.
 
 MT. Hudson Stroud of the University of Alabama spent yesterday in the city to attend the meeting of the Drama league and to hear Dr, Richard Burton speak.
 
 Sundays Rotogravure section of The Age-Herald contained a very beautiful picture of Miss Mary Lee Webb, a popu- lar Tuscaloosa belle, now making good on the stage in New York city. Miss Webb possesses a delightful voice and is thoroughly enjoying her first experi- ence on the stage in musical comedy Tuscaloosa News Mrs. Maria Love Mitchell of Waynes- vile, N. C., is the guest of Mrs. w. D. Webster. Miss Clara Stillman has returned from Montgomery, where she has been the guest of her cousin, Mrs. A. $. Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
RANDOM NOTES

Mrs Hunter Armstrong has been called to Florida on account of the death of her mother
 Mrs. Guy Taste of Pensacola is the guest of her parents, MT, and Mrs. J. E Marler at Norwood. MT. Taste will join her shortly and they will return to Florida together.
 Mrs. Dudley Lawrence, who has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Paul Chali- foux for the past few days, and who is now the guest of MT. and Mrs, Ev- erett Meade at Mountain Terrace will leave this evening for Cincinnati, where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
Indorses Overman Bill

Washington, February Reimbursement of the Overman bill, giving the President full power to centralize war control and eliminate fred tape" in the various de- partments was recommended today by the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce to the more than 1900 commercial organizations included in it's membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
German Engineer Arrested

Havana. February 26.-Julius Messer, a German mining engineer of Santiago De Cuba, was arrested by federal officers today and interned in the Cabanas fortress, charged with espionage and propaganda among Iaborers in an effort to interrupt the handling of the sugar crop. Messer is said to be an intimate friend of George Hilderbrant. German chemist. and alleged spy. who Is also a prisoner at Cabanaa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
OFF FOR SIBERIA

Petrograd, February 26-A specia, train left Petrograd for Siberia last night with 50 Americans, including a staffs. There were also 40 Japanese an6 number of Chinese and Siamese on board. One hundred and two Ameri- cans are still in Petrograd, including 20 women and four children
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
AMERICANS LEAVE MOSCOW

Washington, February 26.-Arrangc- ments have been made to move the Americans sin Moscow to Samara. 500 miles to-the east. No immediate occu- patton of Moscow by German troops Is expected but it was thought advisable to move the Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
SILVER TEA

Mrs. Fallon OByrne will entertain at a silver tea tomorrow afternoon from 5 to o'clock at her home on Warsaw street for the benefit of the Knights of Columbus war fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
DINNER FOR BRIDE-ELECT

Miss Louise Nevins entertained at a dinner party last evening at her nome on Hickory street, honoring Miss Llse Shropshire, who will be married this aft ernoon to Lieut.. James Henry Howe. The table was adorned with basket Of pink roses and narcissi and the guests included Miss Shropshire, Miss Adelaide Ransom, Miss Anita Iatady, Lieut.. James H. Howe, Lieut. John Clancy of Washington, D. C.. Lieutenant Green and Lieutenant Nichols.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
FOR THREE VISITORS

Mrs. Walter Hood and Mrs. Give Rich- ardson entertained at a small informal tea party yesterday afternoon at the Country club honoring Mrs Charles Brownell of Detroit, Mrs. c. M. Van Sickle of St. Johns, Mich, and Miss Dor othy Watson of New York. Mrs. Hood and Mrs Richardson were assisted in re- ceiving by the three guests of honor, and Mrs. Charles Kidd, Mrs. Blain Brownell and Mrs Ted Brownell. Mrs. Ira Hood presided at the tea table, which was adorned with a basket of yellow jon quils and Mrs. B. s. Lester presided over the ices. About B friends were in- cluded in the invitations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
OPERATING EXPENSES

"They were charged to operating ex- penses and not to construction account | or legal expenses" replied MT. Smith. l ..No part was charged on the books or the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway"
 1 "Among the vouchers in the files of I the Louisville and Nashville railroad found by the examiners of the inter l state commerce commission" con- | tinued Mir Folk, there appears one, ] No. 22S2, February. 1912, in favor of the Columbia Trust company for $20- l 71506 for special fees, paid under the ] direction of the president. The exam iners were refused all information re- | garding this voucher. Can you tell us what it was about and what the voucher was for?"
 l That voucher was for payments tc political agents was the answer "It was charged to legal expenses, one ! of the subdivisions of operating ex- | penses."
 SMITH WAS FRANK Gan you tell us why the entry in reference to this $20,000 voucher was | made in such way as to give no information as to the purpose of this expenditure?" inquired MT. Folk. ITO be entirely frank" replied MT. Smith, this was because it was not
  not even to the company's own sub ordinate officers and employees, that 1t was making political expenditures Among the vouchers found by the accountant for the commission in the files of the Louisville and Nashville railroad appears one numbered S91, dtaed May 5, 1907, in favor of the Ma ticnal Bank of Commerce. for $15,000, l issued for certain expenditures au- | thcrized by the president. All further information was refused the account ants. The books give no further in l formation. Can you advise us, or en- tighten us as to the purpose of this | $15,000 voucher?' AIDED A NEWSPAPER "This voucher was for money ex- pended in aiding a newspaper which | was advocating certain opinions upon certain questions upon which the
 Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany concurred."
 | Did the Louisville and Nashville Railroad company. through you or by your direction. expend approximatel, l $S4,S00 in Alabama through the John soE-Dallas agency in a campaign against rate reductions. as advocated by former Governor Conner of thai state?"
 Yes" added MT. Smiths reply.
 Have you personal Knowledge ol
 any funds of the Louisville and Nash, vile Railroad company expended il
 Alabama through the -Dalla.
 agency in campaign against rate re
 ductions?"
 Yes. as shown in my answer to tn,
 previous question:"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
FOR MRS. LAWRENCE

Mrs. Crawford Johnson entertained few friends at luncheon yesterday at the Tutwiler honoring Mrs. Dudley Lawrence of New York, who is the guest of MT and Mrs. Everett Meade and Mrs. Robert Cathcart Of South Carolina, the guest of Mrs John M. Caldwell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
FOR MISS OsBAND

Mrs. Clarence Abbott will entertain at tea on Saturday afternoon at the Tut wiler, honoring Miss Helen osband of Detroit, the guest of Miss Mary Ball
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
DANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS

There will be a dance at the Tutwher on Saturday evening given by a number of the younger society set. The proceeds will go for the benefit of the soldier boys lover there.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
l.. & N. HEAD TELLS HOW ROAD SPENT
 MONEY IN ALABAMA
 FOR "INFLUENCE''
(Continued from Page one)

for the inquiry by the commission, and took an active part in the work of search ing out the railways financial and po- litical history.
 FOLKS LAST OFFICIAL ACT Although not made public until to- day MT. Smiths deposition was received l by the commission 10 days ago, and the | final negotiations leading up to his dis | closures in the face of supreme court decree constituted the last official act 1 of MT. Folk before retiring as chief l counsel of the commission.
 ] The inquiry will not be carried fur ther it was said today, owing to the | changed status of the Louisville and
 Nashville and other railroads under gov
 ernment operation and the practice of contributing to campaign funds and oth-
 erwise influencing executive government
 and judicial action has been abandoned. WILL REVIEW TESTIMONY ] The report of the interstate commerce
 commission to Congress is expected to re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAID WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27

view the testimony brought out in the public inquiry, indicating that the Louis-
 Ville and Nashville for many years pre- ceding 1915 played part in influencing political elections in southern states by
 contributing to campaign funds and dis
 trlbuting passes in wholesale quantities
 to legislators, judges and other public of ticials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-27

WS{ Y ITH happenings of titanic inn W\W portance rocking the world
 daily; with frightful stories of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
ICE CREAM FAMINE
SPREADS OVER CITY
Scarcity of Labor and Ice Puts an
End to Bulk.Lot
Sales

Housewives VIII" dangle empty pals or
dishes as they frantca!ly rush from one ice
cream emporium to another just five minutes
before dessert time; frcckled- faced lads
Jngling pennies in their pockets as they
mediate on the sadness of wartimcs; small
girls, who have NOR" quickly learned the
new rop"s' and carry their own SHucers and
spoons with them--thcse are a few of the
signs of he times already seen in TIE sub
urbs of Philadelphia.
And it is quite prnhab!e that when manu-
1actured ice cream is 10 be the dinner dessert
hereafter the menh,rs of the family will
have to file into the nearest drug store or
ice cream parlor and cat from the marble
topped tables
Many of the ice cream dealers have ceased
TO sell ice cream in pint and quart lots and
are either selling it by the dish or asking
their customers to cat it in the store II is
n sad time for an iC' cream shortage but
dealers claim the shortage of ice and of Labor
Is responsible,
manufacturers have cut down their rro.
"tc ION nearly 40 per cert in tho last two
weeks 'onscfucntlv they are taking on M
new customers and they are giving their oI,r
customers only small percentage nf th,
amount demanded.
i'H'aurantS and hotels have NOT ston,.d
~ wing u" lnNu"v. hu' l. is - case Of ..Grs,
'o"e' 'rSt serNed.' and the late comrrs ,ra
"'' !" H"" "a Suppy exhausted