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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-04-13
ALLIED FOOD SHIPMENTS
REACH LARGE TOTAL

A general idea Of the quantity of
food sent to European allies by the
United States from July 1, 1914, to
January |, 1918. is given by figures
just announced by the U. s. Food Ad-
min;stration. In that period the Unit
ed States has furnished complete year.
ly rations for 57,lOO933 people. In
addition there was enough extra pro-
TEN to supply this portion Of the diet
for 22.194.570 additional men.
The total export of wheat and wheat
-four to the three principal allies is
equivalent to about 100000 bushels.
Pork exports for the 3h years amount
ed to almost 1000 100000 pounds. Elk.
ports of. fresh beef totaled 44S, 4S4. 400
pounds. The amount Of food exported
to Russia is negligible compared with
that sent to the western allies
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Be 1t further resolved that the voting
shall DO secret ballot with one or more
booths fixed as thu State elections; pro-
vided that two Sample Ballots or each
kind marked Sample Ballots" shall be
posted in front Of the polls at the OPEN
ing Of the Box in order that the voters
may familarizs themselves with the
forms Of said Ballots and the names aud
devices thereon.
Be lit further resolved. that the quail
6cation of candidates and voters of said
Election shall be that they have paid
their Poll Taxes for tho year 1916 aud
1917 in the wear In which they were due.
and that they shall be duly Registered
according to law and possess all other
qualifications prescribed by the Town
Charter.
Be it further resolved. that the Polls
shall be open from the hours OF six (6)
A. NJ, to seven ID P. NJ.
Be 1t further resolved. that it shall be
the duty Of the commissioners Of Elec-
tin, ,mm.dioto,v .ftsr tho co,,,ino M
the ballots, to make their official re-
turns. in triDlioate, duly sealed and
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-04-13
EVERYONE MUST HELP.


every fna Nation
the Of the country alone;
do all Of
gardine paizanhp forgetting
majesty
and splendid work which God has called upon o
W. g MeAooo.
Secretary Of
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Great Wheat Stocks
Isolated.

It's the :hOrtage I'm ships that
Is putting .he Allies and the
Uni,ed States on wheat rations.
Great stocks of wheat are iso-
lated I'm India. and Australia. At
great sacrifice in ship space and
use the Allies are forced to Sc
cure some wheat from Argentina.
On January l, Australia had
stored 1OO,OOO,OOO bushels Of
wheat that was ready for ex-
port-but there were no ships.
Then came the new crop with
an expOrtable surplus of SO,OOO.-
600 bushels. Now Australia has
approximately 1SO,OOO.OOO BUSH
els waiting for ships.
India. at the same time, had
70.OO0,OOO bushels of wheat
stored for export. During April
50,OOO,OOO bushels more out Of
the new crop will be added to
the pile.
Argentina closed the last ship
ping season with 100000
bushels of wheat left In the
stock available for export. The
new crop will add 135,O0O.OOO to
the left over.
y
Ii is not a problem that the
wheat does not exist in the
wOrld-it is entirely a problem
of shipping. which has thrown on
America the obligation of divid-
Ing our stock with the Allies.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-04-13
ONLY AMERICA CAN HELP.

+ ION your side are boundIess 1
supplies Of men. food, and mate ,
rial; on this side a boundless do ,
mand for their help. 1
"Our men are war-weary and ,
their nerves have been strained ,
+ by more than three years 81 1
hard, relentless toll. aS 1
"our position is critical pas. ,
ticuIariy until the next harveet, 1
but the United States can eve ,
". 1
"You Americans have the men, ,
K the skill, and the material 70 1
/ save the allied cause" /
/ SIR JOSEPH MAcLAY. ,
British Shipping Controller. ,
a a
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SUCCESSION SALE.
Estate Of Onesime JacQust.
Probate No. 1921

Estate Of Onesime JacQuet,
Probate No. 1921
18th Judicial District Court.
State Of Louisiana. Parish of st. Martin,
By virtue Of all order and commits
sion granted in the above Estate, by the
Hon. the 18th Judicial District Court in
and for the Parish Of st. Martin. State
Of Louisiana. dated April IL. 1918. and to
us directed.
We will offer for sale and will sell or
cause 10 he sold by competent officer.
at Public Auction. for cash, to the last
and higheet bidder. between legal sale
hours Il Il. III. and 4 p. m.) at the front
door OF the Court House, in the Town of
st. Martinvills. st. Martin parish. La,
| on
Saturday May IS, 1918,
the following described property. belong
ing to the said Estate to-wit:
lst. That certain tract Of land with
all OF the buildings and improvements
thereon and appurtenances thereto be-
longing. situated at the COteau in the
first ward Of The Parish of st. Martin,
Louisiana. containing Thirty eight and
l4'lOO (3S.l4 arpent, in superficial area.
and being bounded North by lands Of
j. p. Breaux or assigns. South by lands
Of Mrs. Tiger Bourque. East by property
of Hypolite Jacquet or assigns. and
West by land of Oscar Jacquet being
the same property acquired by HypOlite
Jacquet in an act Of Partition made
between himself Oscar Jacqnet ct ais,
on the 2Oih day of January 1883 as per
act passed before Vim. B. EastiD. by
Clerk and Recorded on June 10th, 1883
in Conveyance Book No. 43 folio 4So
No. 1924 of the Conveyance Records of
the Clerks and Recorders office Of the
Parish of st. Martin. louisiana; and
being well described as lot No. Two (2)
Of the plat Of survey annexed to the
said act Of Partition on tile i'm the Re-
orders office Of this Parish. Which
said larger tract OF land so partitoned
was acquired by OnesiTe Jacquet. Oscar
.Iacquet. Jean Baptiste Jacquet, HvDo-
lits Jacquet and Edward Jacquet from
e. +. Cade as per act passed before Sid
ney Greig. Notary on July 18th. 1884.
the original of which was recorded on
August 5th, 1884, in Conveyance Book
No. 10 folio 2l6 No. 1852 OF the Convey
anc5 Records Of the Clsrk's and Recor-
der's office Of the Paris, Of st. Martin.
Louisiana. And together with the
above described tract Of land there is
included as an appurtenances thereto
the rights, titles and interest Of the
said Onesim- Jacquet in "A Road fifteen
leet wide and fifty four chains and Is
links long. acquired by the said Jacquet
Bros. from Agate Petavin. wife Of
Ulgar Bourqus ON December 18th, 1854.
as per act passed before Wm. b. Eastin
Clerk Of Court. and Notary, and RecOr-
ded on December 18th. 1881, in Convey
ance Book Al folio 80 under No. 1882
Of the Conveyance Records Of the Clerks
and Recorder office Of the Parish Of st
Martin. Louisiana.
Also 2 mules. led. table, old safe
| wagon, pl0w.
Terms and conditions Cash.
Oscar Jacqust
Felix Gaspard
Joint Administrators of the estate Of
Onesime Jacquet.
! He who does his best to make
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bertrand
celebrated their 6S years of mar
riage Wednesday April 10th, by
holding family reception at their
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand
holds the distinction of being the
oldest married couple in St. Mar
tinville.
FOR CHIFE OF POLICE.
| announce my candidacy
for Chief of Police Of St. Mar
tinville for the election to take
place May ~, 1918. | invite
careful consideration Of my re-
cord as an officer. a citizen
and neighbor. If elected |
promise to enforce the laws
and perform my duties well
and conscienciously.
Emile Martin.
FOR CHIEF OF POLICE.
| desire to announce to my
friends and the public that |
am a candidate for Chief of
Police and solicit your sup
port.
Claud Thomas.
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He who does his best to make
everybody around him happy is
the man who surrounds himself
with happiness.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

Italian, or American exporter is apt to he retioient about what he is doing in foreign countries. Not so the Ger man. He claims everything and then some.
 As Illustrating that, some time ago a story came from Buenos Aires to the effect that agricultural machinery from the United States imported into Arg entina since the war was giving great dissatisfaction; that German machin- cry used prior to the war was much better made and more suitable 10 the country. This story. with much detail as to why the German machinery in general use in Argentina prior to the war was better. was published extens- lively in the United States with no comment whatever. The facts are that Germany had no hold on Argentine agricultural machinery imports. She had been busted from this field more than twenty years ago-horse, foot and dragoons. American machinery had done the busting because it was
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

better made and more suitable to the country and as a consequence they secured it.
 Both Germany and the United States are new entrants in the race for overseas trade in manufacture, but Germany was first in the field. German manufacturers were pouring into the Latin-American field from Mexico to Argentina in competition with British and French goods years before the United States was shipping anything to these countries, except four. cOd.ish. lumber and the like. Yet in 1913, prior to the outbreak of the war. the United States had passed Germany in fourteen of the twenty countries of Latin-America-tha is the United States exceeded Germany in exports to these fourteen countries in the ratio of more than four to ono -S1S7, ,412.O96 to S43,S22,005.
 'In the remaining six countries. Ar gentina, Brazil. Chile, Paraguay, Bo- livia and Uruguay, the United States trade was over SO per cent of the Ger
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

With the return of Dr. R. B. Durfee city and county bacteriologists from a visit of several weeks in the east, re sumption of tests of milk from local 0airles and the water supply of the dis trict has been made.
 Besides the analysis Of the milk samples, l analysed samples of the water supplied by the Bisbee-Naco water company, taking my samples from faucets in private homes of the city" said pr. Durfee. The result showed the water to be up to stand ard in every particular
 T expect to take sampues and an- alyze the water at least twice a week during the summer, as a precaution- ary measure. I inteid also to ana lyze milk samples at least once a week. The results will be published in the Review.
 My observation while in the east, and 1 visited New York, Chicago, Washington and other important cit ies, indicated that the country has awakened to the importance of proven tion of disease. All over the country and especially in the big military can tonments, preventative measures are being taken to forestall disease. This is going to have a beneficial effect when the soldiers return home. The nation will have learned the value of hygiene and sanitation applied every day in the year"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

portion of the Argentine trade 94 per cent. Italy gained 94 per cent, and the United States gained Al per cent. All the other countries except Belgium lost, France most heavily. Most of the German gains were at her ex- pense.
 Tn fourteen of the Latin-American countries, notwithstanding the strenu- ous efforts made by Germany to ac- quire or to preserve the trade, the re- suit had been practically failure. The imports from Germany in these cOun- tries was only slightly over II per cent of the whole and less than one fourth of the imports from the United States
 Wonderful stories have been told and are yet being told of German com mercial success in Latin-America. The spreading of such stories is and al ways has been part of the German pro gram. It creates an atmosphere which is supposed to have a depressing ef- feet upon rivals. The English, French,
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
CASUALTY LIST
pointedly
cRr Review L.ensed Mlrel

(By Review Leased Wlre) WASHINGTON, July 6.-Today' marine corps casualty list containea IA names, divided as follows:
 Killed in action, 6; died of wounds Is: wounded severely, 26; missing in action, IS; wounded, degree undeter mined, 52
 Corp. Warren Frund, Austin, Tex. and Priv. William R. Morgan, Emery Tex, were wounded severely.
 Priv. James E. Clark, Bent county Colo, Earl W. Davis. Pueblo, Colo; and Joe H. Krus, Bryan, Tex, were listed as wounded, degree undeter- mined
 No other man from Colorado, Texas, Arizona or New Mexico was nemad in the list.
 The army casualty list contained tS names divided as follows:
 Killed in action, IS; died of wounds, ?: died of airplane accident, l; died of disease, ,: died of accident and other causes. 1; wounded severely, IF;
 Missing in action, 2.
 Priv. Ray W. Miner, lone, Cal, pre- viously reported severely wounded should have been listed as private Ray w. Minor, Boerne, Tex.
 No other man from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona or Colorado was nemed in the list.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

man trade-United States, S141, ,440.- 5S5, Germany, S175 5.744,271 For the whole twenty countries the United States trade exceeded the German eX- ports in the proportion of three to two.
 Figures are sometimes eloquent ii one knows how to read them, bu; the'
 never tell quite the whole story. The point that the figures of trade with Latin America do not tell is that the German trade was precarious, some what artificial, and by no means well based. It bases long credit and creap goods. Long credits and cheapness are undoubtedly good bait with which to fish for trade, but not necessarily for the best kind of trade. Further more, long credits and cheapness are like bOOmerangs, having return curve often to the heart of the user.
 Tt was notorious that Grman losses in Latin-America were much greater than British or American losses. Many well-informed persons believe them to be greater than both combined. The Germans had what amounted 10 al
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
GERMAN COMMERCIAL PROWESS
 CHIEFLY OF NATIONS OWN
 MANUFACTURE, NOT TRUTHFUL

Just prior to the European war" says Mir. Wells, German trade in most of Latin America was in danger of immediate dissolution. For thirty or more years. it is true, German trade showed large and progressive growth but this was almost entirely at the expense of France In 1911, German trade reached it's apex In Argentina was centered the German efforts to capture Latin-American trade In 1911 the percentages of imports from the seven leading commercial countries to Argentina were as follows: United Kingdom, 29.6; Germany, IS; United States, 14.3; Italy, 8; France. 10.4; Belgium. 5.5; and Spain. 3.1 And this was Germany's best year. la thirty years Germany has increased her pro-
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

most a complete monopoly of the bad risks On the contrary, American loss es from bad credits were almost neg ligible. The leading New York house in the South American export field. through one Of its officials, has stat ed that its losses in South America, extending over a long period. amount ed to very small fraction of one per cent.
 Germany treated I.atin-Americans as on a plane with Chinese and Cen tral Africans. It was thought that anything might be sold if only cheap enough. Price was everything; qual- ity nothing. The result might have been -orseen. The flood of cheap flimsy and guady Brummagem wares that poured into Latin-America under mined the German reputation. The German stamp on an article was a grave handicap even when the article itself was not bad. Even the dis honest subterfuge of placing American and English labels on German goods did not save the situation"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

The Australian and the American pushed forward through the tighten ing gloom. From somewhere far ahead the German machine guns be gan their barking and bullets came singing,
 The western boy ducked sharply as a screaming bullet swished past his ear. You lodged that one all right. good work, Yank, good work" the vet eran said with a grin. You fellows are mighty quick"
 The American blushed under his tan and smile ruefully. 'Oh, we are good, all right, shortly" he replied through clenched teeth.
 The bullets kept coming in waves, but the American did not dodge again. On they went down the shell-torn slope that led to the Hamel Wood. They had encountered no enemy as yet, but they were in the zone of Darbed wire and that tore their legs cruelty at times as they pushed on through the network of sharp spikes.
 Then came the first German trench defense and in a runway were several gray coats firing with rifles at the dQhduCluS lEOOpS.
 Hit them, Yankl At iti" yelled the Australian, and he hurled himself over the parapet.
 There was no necessity to urge the Yankee. He was down among the Germans like a whirIwind, and then there began a furious lunging and par rying with the bayonets. There were four Germans in that pit, great strap ping fellows with plenty of fight in them. The American was in a battle rage and he fought furiously, but with the same headwork that characterized his veteran comrades methods. It was all over in a moment and the en- emy lay crumpled in the ditch. The American had accounted for two oi them; he had held his own.
 Good fellow, Yank, you certainly can fight" The Australian said, but, hell man, don't never stab another boche through the chest. You'll bust your steel and there1l be the devil to pay. Get 'em in the throati"
 Out of the Hamel Wood, the Ger mans were maintaining a wicked fire their machine guns but there was not slackening of the advance fire of the Australian or the American. They surged forward with heads down and teeth set
 Just a little distanse ahead was a machine gun nest and bullet from that direction grazed the Americans
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
MiIk and Water Analyses For District Is GiUen Out
 By BacteriOLOgist Durfee

cheek. It angered him. He had hi. Uapusm of fire; he had killed, and nov there was no stopping him. He de nberately charged the nest and hurled a bomb among the grey coats. An other and still another hand grenade went spinning into the midst of the enemy with the precision Of baseDal thrown by an expert. Little spouts ol earth shot up and the rapid firer was silenced.
 Two Germans appeared from the nearby cover with their hands held high. ''Kamerade" they cried.
 The American whirled and fixed his bayonet.
 "NO, Yank, no" the Australian shouted. The blightcrs are trying to turn 'em over to be sent back. Pretty creatures. aint they? these cussec sausage eaters!"
 So the allied pair continued on their adventurous journey and the story of the early moments of their fighting was the same as that at the end. They fought gallantly, side by side; they killed and they also took prisoners, and always the American boy did his share of the bitter work. It was his first journey into the land of death, but he did not finch. They reached their objectives a mile and half from the starting point and on their right and left their comrades where holding positions which they, too, had torn from the enemy.
 This is where we rest" the Austral- ian asserted as he wiped the sweat from his brow and leaned against the breast work.
 'But, why" the American demand ed. Why don't we continue? we could get ahead easily now. We've got the boche on the run"
 q know, Yank, so we couid,' the Australian replied, as he started spec ulatively toward the east" but Haig told me, personally, yesterday that he wanted me to stay right here. Me and Haig had quite talk about it and his idea was that if we went any further we might catch Spanish influ- enza that the boches have got. So we better finger here for a while, I reck- on"
 "All right" the Yankee said, disap- pOintedly.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS
CBv Review Leased Wirel

(By Review Leased Wirel
 PARIS, July 6.-The French war or flee tonight issued the following state ment:
 West of Chateau Thierry we made some progress in the region of hill No. 2O4 and took about thirty pris- oners.
 Aviation: From July l to our aviators brought down or put down out of action eighteen enemy planes and set on fire seven captive balloons"
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
lRy Review Leased wlrel

WASHINGTON. July 4.-Persistent stories of Germany's commercial achievements in South and Central America and the generally accepted boast that German goods had com pletely captured those markets under the intense light of careful investiga- tiCn into merely German propaganda, circulated with the idea of soaring all other competitors out of the field.
 William C. Wells, chief statistician for the Pan-American Union is author ity for the statement that for several years before the war Germany actually was losing ground in South and Cen tral America and that the greatest gains were made by the United States
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
SENATE CONFIRMS

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Nomina- tions of eight brigadier generals to be major generals in the national army and Of forty-one colonels to be briga- dier generals were confirmed tonight by the senate.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

Continued from Page one) must not let his eageTness carry him ahead too fast so that he would get caught in that crashing line of steel. Tom had just learned by burning his fingers that fire was hot and other American boys were getting the same hard fact driven home to them, strange as it might seem, that there was such a thing as too much speed in rushing the enemy
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07

They such silks every would be pleased chahe kind that fashion has favored for this and the coming There different styles and oongs will have them learn how beautiful ard how greatly they have been underpced for this sale You will supreme silk satisfaction at $149 yard
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
AMERICANS GAME.
 IN ATTACK ON
 GERMAN TRENCHES

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