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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
TO THE FARMER.

fyou have anything to sell pertaining
to agriculture. horticulture livestock,
dairying. ETC., write the Commissioner
of agriculture, Baton Rouge. La. and he
will use every effort to dispose of any
thing grown Oh the farm In Louisiana.
The Commissioner has inargursted a
Bureau OF Markets and wants to aid Won
in every way possible.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21

Let us not talk about what we
have done - The boys overthere
needs our backing till their return.
Join the working force. Red cross
Xmas Roll Call Membership drive
Dec. 15-23rd. j. H. Duchamp.
Campaign Manager.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
TO THE PUBLIC.

IL you want to buy anything in the
way of agriculture. horticulture. live
stock. or anything grown on the farm,
write your wants to the Commissioner
OF Agriculture. Baton Rouge. La. The
Commissioner has Market Bureau. or
Swappsrs Department. and can Hnd
what you want.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
THE REASON WHY"

b. A. Thomas Stock Remedie,
are the best, they are scientifcall,
made and all medicine. They keel
the health up, and the feed bill.
down. There is a cause for every
effect, remove the cause the effect
removes itself.
The Poultry Remedies are espe.
clally made to relieve ali the dis
eases IN the Fowl family and makes
the Hens lay.
The Hog Remedy will positive.
ly keep of the Cholera, and if vi.
ven in the stages, will cure 30 Der
cent.
Don't forget to keep on hand a
bottle of Farris' Collie Remedy for
Horses. 1t is SO simple with a
dropper, that a child can give it.
Also a bottle of Farris' Healing
Remedy for Cuts and Bruises on
man or beast, they never fail.
These remedies are all guaran-
teed to you by your dealer, to give
or your money back.
Made by Old Kentucky Manu.
featuring Co., Paducah, Kentucky.
For sale by A. L. Durand,
st. Martinville, Louisiana.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21

A fasion note says American wo-
men are economizing in dress.
That's true. The other day we
saw girl who had on nothing but
shoes, short skirt, silk stocking s
and a lavalliere.-N. o. States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
LOCAL NEWS.

Mrs. Gabriel Bulliard of New
Orleans is here on a short visit.
For sale-One pair American
mule $275. O0-Laizaire Bienvenu.
Mr.. Donald Pellerin of Sunset
was on a short visit here this week
Mr.. L. j. Gardemal made bust
ness trip to New Orleans this
week.
Mr.. Frank Breaux of Lake
Charles was on a visit here this
week.
Mr.. Lionel Bienvenu of Opelou-
sas was here this week attending
to business.
The Million Dollar Dollars at
Bienvenu Opera House Christmas
night. Five beautiful acts.
Mrs. Palmer Bienvenu of Alex.
andria is here spending few days
with her mother, Mrs. Chas. Gui.
rard.
Mrs. w. D. Roussel and little
son Allen of Patterson spent seve-
raj days here last week with her
father, Mr.. L. j. Gardemal.
DIR. George DeLaureal of Brous-
sard was here Wednesday to at
tend the marriage of his neice,
Miss Isabelle DeLaureal to Mr.. M.
p. Guirard.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
Notice to Cane Planters

We will continue to receive cane
at our derrick until Jan. /, 1919.
or until our clients get through.
Louis Tertrou, Weigher.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21

Thursday morning we again had
rain. Since few years we always
had extremes, in wet or dry sea-
sons.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21

List what you have for sale with
me, especially real estate. The de.
mands are good. acknowledgements
real estate and fire insurance agent
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
HUNTING NOTICE.

No Hunting and Trespassing allowed
Oh my plantation in the Third Ward, all
viOlatOrs will be prosecuted.
Nov 10. 1918. Mrs. BEN POTTER
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-12-21
Hunting Notice.

No hunting and trespassing allowed
on my plantation in the 3rd ward.
viOlatOrs will be prosecuted.
Mrs. L. c. Ganthier.
Nov. Is. St. MartinyilIe. La
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
VIII Germany Break Up?
By Frank H. Simonds
(CopWight, 1918, Neav York Tribune Inc.)

Roman Catholics, as contrasted with Prus
sia, which is mainly, save for the Rhine
dlstrlcts, Protestant; conservative, where
Prussia is tending hourly to become
more radical
Such development would restore the
balance of power in Europe, broken
when Germany having defeated France,
suddenly expanded in population and in
dustrlal strength SO rapidly as to be-
come not merely greater than France,
but capable Of defeating both France
and Russia with Austrian aid if Brit
ain did not intervene. Prussia would
remain, if it did not undergo further re-
ductions born of additional upheavals.
state with the population of France and
an area considerably greater than that
of Italy or the British Isles.
1t is manifestly improper for the ma
tons which have defeated Germany to
seek to partition her, save in the case
OF territories rightfully French, Polish
or Danish. 1t is for the Germans to
settle the question of their future poli u
cal status; for them to continue or to
abolish the ediice erected by Bismarck.
But it is unmistakably a fact that the
separation of North and South GERMANY
would greatly lessen the possibility that
the world would again have to face the
German tribes in arms and united in the
pursuit of world power.
Separatist traditions have always been
the stronger in Germany save in the last
half century. If tradition is to determine
the future, then we may expect new
resolution of Germany into the various
elements fused by Bismarck in 1870. On
the other hand, it is not impossible that
we shall see revolution like the French
Revolution sweep the whole country and
destroy all local and provincial barriers
and compartments.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Stop the Leak

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Nothing could be more satisfactory
than to have the exponents of pacifism.
peace without victory, ant-universal mill
tary service IN time of war and opposition
to observance of laws wear red neckties
Such badges would be indicia of mental de-
Velopment worth having, and the wearers
coulo De counted But to rally crowds
about the red flag is to incte revolt and
rebellion against constituted authority. and
the duty rests upon the agents of govern
ment to prevent the act when threatened
and to stop it when it occurs.
Your editorial is not very helpful. You
think an order executed by the police will
not be we'll done. This is not wise iudp
ment.
The best law is that which all men recog-
nlze and follow regardless of order or en-
actment; the next best is that which springs
from an emergency and is made to save
the community from danger by the con-
servers of peace. The next best is the
written law of lawmakers
Why should Mayor Hylan wait for tho
Board of Aldermen or the state Lepislature
if demagogues brazenly defy his executive
au'hority and threaten the orderly admin
istration of the law?
Whatever is good in the efforts of the
red necktie part of the community should
be and Will be considered and Needed in
due course Of time. These people are en-
couraged to formulate and state their views
under the Stars and Stripes, but not under
the symbol of rapine, murder, lawlessness
and hate of all conservatism. Your edi-
torlal OF November 90 seems to say this.
but objects to the police.
snail we stop the leak in the dam quickly
or wait until a broad rent is made?
CHARLES L. LYDECKER
President National Security Learue.
New York, Nov 90, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Except MIR. Creel
pertinent.

Washington correspondents are no
doubt at times a somewhat embarrassing
crew, as, for example, when the gov
ernment has matters on it's mind which
it thinks too weighty or delicate to be
disclosed to the public. Instance the
seizure of the cables and MANY similar
matters. But the correspondents are, as
a whole, a singularly loyal and trust
worthy body of men. Rarely have they
betrayed confidence, and swift punish
ment has usually followed the BETRAYAL.
Many of them have enjoyed access to
and even the friendship of former Pres
idents.
Mr.. David Lawrence, whose position
at the White House has been assumed to
be at least semi-official, makes the re-
markable statement that since May,
1916, the President has. never received
the Washington correspondents, and
that in the last twelve months he has
never given audience to a single CORE
spondent in Washington. This gives q
sad blow to great illusion. Mr.. Law
rence's statement must include Mr..
Lawrence himself His daily interpre
tations, therefore, have not been inspired
directly by the President, but only at
second hand! Possibly by Mr.. Tumulty.
Thus is the elevation of the President
away from too intimate contact with
the people-or should we say, more cor
rectly, the populace ?-perceptibl in
creased.
Ours is, no doubt, an imperfect democ-
racy. And public sentiment in America
is far from being as highly enlightened
as it should be. But is this not in part due
to insufficient instruction from the uuali-
fled authorities, or, should we saw. the
qualified authority? Is not Mr.. Law
renee right when he says that the dis
inclination to give this instruction. or
as Mr.. Lawrence puts it, the failure to
take the public more into the confidence
of the government, has led to much mis-
understanding, and inference, no doubt.
highly erroneous? We again have in
mind, as an example, the seizure Of the
caples?
But possibly we are slightly in error
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Present "By Wireless

The Administration is disposed to pass
lightly over the constitutional difficulties
raised by ex-Attorney General Wicker
sham in connection with the Presidents
absence in France. An Associated Press
dispatch from Washington contained this
statement:
1t was said officially to-day that the
President will administer the duties of
his Office as completely aboard ship and
from Paris as though he were in the
United States. He holds that there are
no constitutional difficulties and wire
less and cable communication solves the
physical problem.
Conceding for the sake of argument
that there are no constitutional Difficult
ties in the way of the Presidents trip to
Europe, some obvious physical dislocation
of his relations with Congress must oc-
cur If Congress were not in session,
these might be inconsequential. But with
maintain official association with it "by
wireless and cable"
Communications must be made to Con-
gress either orally or in writing. Com
missions must be signed personally by
the President. Veto messages must be
signed. So must acts which become law
by the Presidents approval. While Con-
gress is in session the President must
either approve or veto an act within ten
days of its passage (Sundays excepted).
1t is practically impossible to convey
bills to Europe and to receive them back
with Presidential approval or disap-
proval within the ten-day limit.
Therefore, while he is away most of
the acts passed by Congress must be-
come law without Presidential participa
ton. Mr.. Wilson suspends his function
as joint agent in legislation. Nobody
else can sign his name for him without
subjecting the law signed to CHALLENGE
in the courts.
Wireless and telegraphic messages
nave no standing in official intercourse
between the President and the two
houses. Only personal communication
counts. Therefore, while Congress may
be able to get along we'll enough in Mr..
Wilson'S absence from the capital, it is
idle tc say that the President can per-
form his constitutional duties as easily
IN Paris as he can in Washington. He
must surrender some of his functions
while absent. How far this surrender
will interfere with the regular function
ing of the government can be determined
only by the results of the pending ex-
pertinent.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
cheer From "The Subway Sun"

Ssrap-hangers to the number of
million moro or less have found much
ed,fication and interest in the latest on
nouncement Of The Subway Sun. It is
headed Jobs for Our Returning Sol
oers," and reads, in part:
Two thousand four hundred and twer.
ty~six lnterborough men arc In Irncl.
Sans service. When they come bacL
nome they will find not only a hearty
welcome-but their Jobs. And our more
recent employees will also be retained
The war so reduced our forces that +h.r.
Will be work for mon old and new
even more"
The announcement is Of considerable
social az well as Of financial and munich
pal interest What is true of the subway
must be more or less true of hundreds
and even thousands of public service
corporations, not only rail lines, but gas
ompanies, electric light plants and no
end Of others.
Now, II we may come TO only small
part Of that unemployment which al the
busy glooa and gloaters over posi-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Ships and Ship Freedom

A detail of "the freedom of the seas
has already arisen. A British syndicate
proposed to- buy eighty-fve ships of the
feet of the International Mercantile
Marine. The figure which the company
purposed to accept was not, under exist
ing conditions, high. 1t was reported to
be $13O,0O0,OOO. This for very close to
an even million dead-weight tons comes
out at $130 per ton. Ships cannot now
be bought freely at anything like this
figure. The average for the steel ships
being constructed by the Emergency
Fleet Corporation will probably be over
$3.50 per ton and for the higher class
tonnage we'll above this.
One reason given for the sale was that
the International Marine found it unsat-
isfactory to attempt operation Of these
ships under the existing conditions i'm
posed by the British government. The
ships are not only under British registry,
but are owned by British companies. All
the international has for sale is the stock
in these companies. Our government has
now stepped in to forbid this sale, and
has made an alternative offer to buy at
the same price. But even if it made this
purchase our government could not get
control of these ships unless the British
government should give it's consent.
1t is a very interesting question as to
whether this consent would be forthcom-
ing. England has lost terrific amount
of tonnage-at least six or eight million
tons-of just this class of ships. 1t is in
great need Of ships to re-create it's shat
tered merchant marine. 1t would be sur
prising if it would let go of control of
million lightweight tons under existing
conditions without some amicable under
standing. Possibly this has already been
made, but if SO the information has been
withheld.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Penrod the Unspanked
10 the Editor of The Tribune.

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
sir: am moved to state that times.
manners and customs change On one of
the recent peace celebration DAYS / saw a
procession of little girls and bows march
ing through playground. They were the
sort of little girls and boys who go out on
May walks" at the proper season-"Of all
the glad New Year, mother, the maddest.
merriest day; for Pm to be Queen of the
May, mother Pm to be Queen of the Nav: &"
and pick flowers, and get raned on and
catch colds. In other words, the usual kind
of May child. The leader of this process
sion was maid Of ten, and she carried a
pacard to the following effect: "There's
job in hell for Kaiser Bill"
do not dispute the sentiment. althouph
| am Unitarian in so far as hell goes
But when you and Penrod Schofield and T
were that age and felt the necessity and
justice of saying HE'LL" you will remem-
Der, l am certain, that we always found it
advisable to go out behind the barn to saw
1T, and even there to say it in whisper.
Morals and customs change with the
times. Is the change due, perhaps. to the
hlgh cost OF spanking? w. F. T.
New York, Nov. 23, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28

BILE disaster are predicting, the situation
Will be too good to be true. There Will
be a plethora of jobs and plethora of
men. No street railway or other public
service corporation can any longer put
up as an excuse for inefficient service
the wars demands for men. Strap-hang
ers need not look forward to indefinite
strap-hanging. BY and by they should
have seats. We shall see.
But unquestionaby there >has been a
dearth of men, not merely for the direct
operation of public utilities, but for the
production of coal and steel and ali the
things the companies have to buy All
these should now be plentiful and in due
course somewhat cheaper, though this
last is none too clear. High prices as an
aftermath of war sometimes hang on for
a considerable time. But in general the
financial position of all the big service
corporations ought very considerably to
improve. And if we may take the recent
turn of the money market as an indica-
ton, funds will be plentiful and not
so dear. This should enable them to
make large improvements, and it is OBJ
vious that they should be encouraged TO
make them, even to the point of some
applied pressure. Rolling stock and a
great number of other things ought now
to be put into condition, even at present
prices. 1t is a clear necessity
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Three Months of Anonymity

TO the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Our attention has been called to the
Following passage in the editorial "The
Gllded Blurb" in your issue of the 18th:
The Unpopular Review" tried the plan Of
amohym'ty on the theory that the name of the
dle-headedness. '' 10 ao-
"hatssort of headedness do you call your
printing such an assertion, in view of the
TACT that every number Of "The Unpopular
Review" contains the statement; ain or
der that the new writer's may stand an
equal chance with the old, and the old not
unduy depend upon their regulations the
names of writer's are not given until the
number following the one in which their
articles appear? HENRY HOLT & co.
New York, Nov. 90, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
Cuba Calls
CFrom The Harano PoSo


The self-denial and self-repression thss
have been practised in the United States
during the war will make Americans ver'
eager this winter to give themselves up 70
little we'll earned enjoyment, and Cu0'
offers them the one great opportunity "
crafty their desire for a pleasant v''N'
after the glacial misery of last year, SEE
coal was short and rich as we'll as p"
were forced to shiver.
To the leisure class with money to speD'
Florida, with its awful aridity seems cheer
less when they remember that just acres
the Straits there is no prohibition and 81
may, in the words of the immortal and COZ,
vivial Dick Swiveller, fan The fame ',
hilarity with the wing of friendship sA'
pass the rosy wine"
1t needs only that the passport resH'
tions be removed without useless delay ".
Cuba this year to enjoy such an inf'uA "
visitors as never before seen in her a''
tory, and we are encouraged to believe 'a''
the passport nuisance, necessary as u "',
as war measure, will not be perm'''s.
longer to endure, to Cubas great detfime''
as we'll as to that of the American s'esS
ship companies and business intefes''
which are greatly handicapped in conuu.'
ing their business with the island. nv
great Pan-American movement when has
been started for the purpose OF prlhs'As
all the countries of America into close uh''-
and intercourse cannot acquire the impe~,
SO earnestly desired by all until unhamPssss
travel between the countries of the ns'S~
sphere is restored. -,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-28
The Luckiest Nation in the
World

II was with large round pumpkins and
bursting corncribs and heaped haymows
that Thanksgiving Day came to be asso-
eiated by most of those now living. Or,
reduced to even lower limits, turkey and
cranberry sauce and mince pie. We
thanked little and ate much.
But there bave been other kinds of
1hanksgivings in America. And there is
another kind to-day. We meet to cele-
brate the gifts of God to the luckiest
nation on the face of the earth. The
record is long one. Let US, on this day
Of all Thanksgiving Days, forget moth
ing. Let us, i'll mood of gratitude
and humbleness, recount our blessings
and try to realize just how lavish has
been our good fortune and just how
deep is our obligation to repay.
1t was in a time of starvation happily
snded that the first Thanksgiving was
celebrated in Massachusetts Bay. All
those earliest sentiments of gratitude
for plenty we can feel anew to-day as
We have vaguely felt them for the past
many years. We have a land that is
rich beyond all the dreams of those dis
coverers who sought the riches of the
East. Such is America, ours for the
taking.
But it is not upon these blessings that
we dwell to-day. In fact, it was pre-
csely these material good things of
which we had become surfeited and
which we took too easily for granted
IN the days before the war. Theirs is
never the power to hold nation fitly
humble or keen for the labor of living.
1t is rather to the Thanksgiving DAYS
of the Revolutionary War, of the Civil
War, that we turn with understanding
now. The Continental Congress ordained
number. SO did General George Wash
ington. SO did President Lincoln. in
1864. Here, in these events that made
our nation and saved it, stands the sub.
stance of old gratitudes with which our
hearts of to-day can feel akin. For
Washington, himself, for all the great
hearts and minds that fought the War
OF the Revolution, and having fought it
transformed its inchoate ideals into
document and union of surprising life
and vigor, we can give thanks For Lin
coin and all the gallantry of arms that
preserved America we can give thanks.
For our share in the Great War and for
the deeds of our Allies we can give
thanks.
1t is all one record of bounty. By
comparison, our material harvests seem
small indeed. The founding of America.
the building of America, it's salvation
through the years, its high post to-day
was there ever such a continuous rec
ORD of luck, of the granting Of great
men, OF the uprising of fine emotions. of
the wisdom of great minds to construct
and the strength of great hearts to
uphold! A thousand chances might have
destroyed. The least delay here. the
smallest blunder there, would have SUBJ
tracted America from the world-or
brought as to the year 1918 r;ven or
disgraced
AS 1t is, we know and see that we
nave oeen blessed beyond all hope and
oehef. For moment we NAV he
tempted to be over proud and confident
but not for long. We cannot but bow
our heads and be very thankful and ;f
we are wise of head and sound Of
heart' dedicate ourselves with ney
resolve to the mighty tasks which so
"'ucn good fortune lays upon US.