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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

male examiners. there has been little
mention of the women. The recent
decision of the authorities to remove
some of the secrecy which shrouds the
woman censor will lead the right wOm-
en- To apply for the work, though nat
urally there will be no disclosure which
can possibly be of use to the enemy,
and the discipline habit of calling ev.
erything confidential will continue.
The necessary qualifications are not
merely languages. and what they do is
not just to read other peoples dull let.
tiers. as seems the general impression
II Is much more interesting than that.
There are women there who know no
tongue but their own; they have been
chosen for their judgment and their
unQuestiOnable discretion besides their
education and general knowledge. One
would emphasize the value of judg-
ment and the opportunities for exer.
cising it; it is question of weighing
up facts and coming to wise and rea.
SOnable decisions the whole time. To
women with happy blend Of imagi-
nation and common sense the work Is
absorbing, at times thrilling.
1t is an experience and an educa.
ton. a privilege to be part of this Won
derful mechanism. even as the hum
blest cog in its wheel of progress; to
observe the details of its construction
and to watch it expand week by week.
Censor Tightens Net.
For as the war widens the censor
throws his net still further overseas,
tightening ii until one marvels how the
German secret service agent can slip
through its manifold meshes. Slip
through them ne does, and that is why
the country needs her daughters to
help to outwit him.
In the women's army or navy the
average pay Of officers is $625 to SS75.
with free quarters. They must leave
their homes, and to the woman who Is
settled in London this is a difficulty.
But IL the London dweller has not the
robust health that enables her all day
to stand on her feet. though she can do
good days work ION her head" If her
family falters at the thought of France.
let her come forward to the censorship
and stay in England. Here. as an or
binary censor or examiner of mails,
she will have responsibility. with scope
for individuality and the great chance
of bringing a spy to book by her keen,
ness in drawing close the net.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
GIVE BOMBS TO TOTS
Soldier Tells of Inhuman Acts
Practiced by Boches.
Deadly Missiles Disguised as Toys and
Set to Explode at Certain
Time.

ChicaCO.-The thrilling story of his
experiences against the Huns in
France was told by Sergt. Christopher
Jones of the Royal British Field Ar
tillery. in the psychopathic court here.
Three times he was wounded and
five times he went through the hor-
rors of being gasSed lover there"
He has been doing duty at the Brit
ish recruiting office here since his
discharge in 1917. He still carries a
piece of shrapnel in his skull. re-
ceived at the Battle of Ypres. when
for five days he lay in a shell hole,
without food or drink, until hospital
dog rescued him.
Jones was in the fighting at Albert
when that city was attacked and the
cathedral destroyed.
THAT was where the Boches gave
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Listen to me! Take no more sicken-
ing salivating calOmel when bilious or
cOnstipated. Don't lose a days work
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis Of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile. crashes into it, break
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
are sluggish and call Knocked out" If
your liver is torpid and bowels cOnsti.
pated or you have headache. dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour. just take spoonful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get bottle Of DOdsOn's
Liver Tone for a few cents. Take a
spoonful tonight, and if it doesn't
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

caSlOns II is dangerous to haul dow Il.
for the position of the winch Is thereby
given away to the enemy gunners. At
last. after q cloud of shrapnel smoke
had appeared almost under the basket
AMI no response came down the tele-
phone wire to inquiries as to whether
everything was all right. the ground
officer gave the order 10 haul down.
Ten minutes later the car touched the
ground. and the observer was found
lying at the bottom of the basket. nm
conscious hut unhurt. 1t was bad
case of shell shock, from which The
officer was several months in recov-
ering
few days ago. ut a cearby station.
balloon suddenly caught fire. for no
apparent reason. The two observers
tried TO escape in their parachutes. but
the blazing balloon overlook them and
they We're killed. Theories as to the
cause of the disaster were numerous.
but the one most generally accepted
was that the balloon had been fired by
an electric spark from a thunder cloud.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Drastic Control of Flax.

The British flax control board or
dered that no flax, flax line. or flax
tow may without permit be spread.
carded or otherwise put into manufac-
ture after January II. No yarns COM
posed wholly or partly of flax or tow
may without permit be wound or
warped after January II. No yarn or
flax or tow may without permit be
boiled, bleached or put into any other
process of treatment after January s.
All existing licenses to spin are cam
celed and from above dates applica-
lions for further permits will be re-
ceived.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
WORK OF CENSORS
FULL OF THRILLS
Women of England Find in 1t a
Most Attractive and lucra-
tive Professor.
HELP DRAW net ON SPIES
System Is Perfect; One MarveIs How
German Secret Agent Can Slip
Through, but Slip Through
He Does.

LondOn.-The latest and. to q WON.
an. the most attractive profession is
that Of postal censor. To the well.
educated woman in her service, the
postal censorship offers opportunities
for advancement not to be found else
where. The pay ranges from $725 a
week while learning, rising by incre-
ments of 81 to $15 week. the maxi.
mum for an examiner. with additional
war bonus. There are at least fifty
women earning more than $1,000 a
year, supervising thirty or forty exam
liners each. They have all risen from
the ranks.
Now they hold the proud title of d.
A. c. deputy Assistant Censor). TO
which they have been elevated not SO
much for their languages as for their
general capacity. One girl Of nine
teen, engaged two years ago as a
typist at So a week. rose to SIS with
in six months. Another. beginning at
$40. drew $40 within eight weeks.
Yet the plant of the deputy chief
censor is that 1--WE cannot get enough
of the right kind Of women to be CEN
sors." The latter Is the executive
head of that vast machine. created
mainly for restrictive measures. which
yet feeds with valuable information
not merely the war office. of which 1t
now forms an integral part. but the ad.
miralty, the foreign Office with it's Off
shoots. the propaganda department,
contraband committee, and on which
the whole Of our blockade activities
are based.
Is there enough Of the right kind of
women anywhere? The right kind of
woman has many avenues open to her.
Some offer service in France-adven-
ture, romance. the making Of history,
the glamOr of the uniform and a
chance of honor and glory. But the
woman censor. catch spies though ste
may, gets but little limelight.
Heroines In Bureau.
today with three or more years service
who are not least among the herOines
of war. They work In secret and in
silence, behind closed doors, and their
successes are hidden. They will not
even tell their friends where they
work. let alone what they do. AL
though the women examiners of mails
number some 1000, against some sou
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
GERMANS SHOOT
DOWN & BALLOONS

balloons escaped safely on this occa-
sion. They are not always so fortu-
nate. At this same station few days
before an officer was shot and killed
when dropping in his parachute. His
balloon had been set afire by Ger
man airplane, and. as usual, he and
his companion took to their para
chutes. They had hardly got clear Of
the balloon when the attacking air
plane swooped down on them. its ma
chine gun in full play. One of the Off
GERS was killed. and, although the 9TH
er escaped. his parachute was torn by
a bullet
The balloon commander told the
story of an officer who had gone up
alone and whose balloon was shelled
when flying at 1000 feet. On these oc-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation Of the disease.
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature In
doing its work. $4,000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 15c. Testimonials free.
F. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
FAMOUS PLACE SOUP KITCHEN
House of Seven Gables, Written of BY
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Now
Dispenses Soup.

Salem, Mass.-The House Of Seven
Gables, made famous by Nathaniel
Hawthorne, has renewed its youth and
blossomed forth as a soup kitchen,
from which it despenses meat soup at
II cents quart. 1t is now the head
quarters of the Liberty soup kitchens.
Two huge wash boilers rest on large
gas stove set up in front of the fire
place which three centuries ago glowed
with cOrdiality and comfort.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
"Work, War or JajI1

WapakOneta. O.~"GO to work, 60
to war or go to Jail" This was the
order just issued by Harvey Smith,
mayor of st. Mary's, near here. And
Mayor Smith means what he says, &C.
cording to orders issued to the police
for the treatment of loafers, both
men and women, found lettering about
the city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
THE RED SACRAMENT

BY Amelia Josephine Burr Of +be
VigiIantes.
A comrades blood had stained tbe,r
ration red;
The very wine Of life was In their
bread
And yet on that grim sacrament thew
fed
And rose up strengthened to fulfill the
task
The dead man left undone.
o God, we ask
That we by sorrow may be doubIv
strong
To fight thy war against imperial
wrong
Until the dragon-or ourselves-be
dead.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
DAISY FLY KILLER
Appealinn His Case.

Tommy, you must ask the Lord To
forgive you for everything you did to-
day. including the fight you had with
Bobby Smithers."
"But, ina, that wasn't wrong. He
said his father could whip my father
an | beat him till he said my father
could whip his father"
THAT was very wicked"
Maybe it was. but I'm goin' TO wait
ill dad comes home an ask him about
It"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
TRY
"LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING

for gray or faded hair and retain the
appearance of youth. Used by gentle
men in every walk of life to restore an
even dark color to their gray hair,
beard or mustache. Sold and guaran-
teed by all good drug stores every
where. or sent direct for S1.2O by Van
Vleet- Mansfield Drug Co., Memphis,
Tenn.-(Advt.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Barber Talks Too Much

Marinette. Wis.-W. f. Young. a
barber at Pound, paid fine of $50
and costs because he said: THE Tus-
cania disaster was "a joke. That's
what it was. They should have stayed
at home where they belonged and theD
it wouldn't have happened"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Fancy Work Taboo.

Eugene. Ore.-Tatting. crochetting
and all other varieties of fancy work
will be taboo at the Lane county fair
this year. Instead there will be prizes
offered for the best work done in al
tering and mending garments, cutting
adults garments down to fit children
and such work.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Past UNDERSTANDING.

ado you understand the European
situation:"
No" replied Senator Sorghum. 81
have been brought to a point where hui
man understanding could grasp 1t. the
fight would have been unnecessary"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Loan Sharks Busy in Army.

Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala
In an order from the war department
officers are warned to keep a sharp
lookout for loan sharks, many of whom
have been reported operating in Ma
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

tional Guard and National armx
camps. The order states that many or
the money lenders have been takin,
$50. $40 and 500 Liberty bonds, fire..
quently charging rs much as 10 per
cent interest on short time loans.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Fowl PIav.

Samho-Do you know that your
chickens come over into my garden?
George thought they must be do
ing that.
Sambo-Why did you think so?
George-HecauSe they never cone
hack.-Boy'S Life.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Needed a Bedmark.

II was Il Kansas soldier boy WHO
wrote home To his mother that he lad
80 many blankets on his bed that lie
had To use book mark to see wha
To get in.-Capper's Weekly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
ALIENS F00I-EASE DOES IT

When your shoes pinch or your corns and bum
ions ache get Aliens Foot Ease the antiseptic
powder to he shaken into shoes and sprinkled in
the foot tn. Gives instant relief to Tired, Ach-
ing, Swollen, Tender feet. Over 100000 packages
SIRE being used by the troops at the front. Sold
every here, 25c. Don't aecssf any sN5stIfsfr-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Best Time.

Here II is announced the high So
, prano expected cant sing on account
of liberated teeth"
a "Why, that's the very time to make
her notes soar"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Easy Game.

"Why do you arrest me-" hOwled
the alleged speeder. 81 can show you
plenty who are violating the law worse
than | am"
"If | We're looking for burglars" re-
sponded the cop. your proposition
might interest me. But | don't need
any help in ketching motorists
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
Method In IL.

Friend-Why do you make that pa
tient wait two hours every day in the
anteroOm?
Doctor-IIe needs rest and that is
the only way can compel him to take
it.-BoSton Evening Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
MAKING Good.

1.-THE hen is poet" How do you
make that out?" Doesn't she annu-
ally put forth an Easter lay?"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

The man who can bite off more than
he is able to chew has an ideal mouth
for pie.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

For genuine comfort and lasting pls,s.
IRE use Red Cross Ball Blue on wash day.
All good grocers Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

them. They'll give you permanent bene-
tit for Indigestion. Constipation. Sour
Stomach. Sick Headache. and Dizziness:
They are small and pleasant to take, and
the most thoroughly natural remedy.
TWENTY-FIVE cents at most drug stores.
~. N. u. LITTLE ROCK, NO. 17-1e1s
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
The Last to Use Them.

"Started your garden YETI"
"NO. You see l have to wait I'M
til the neighbors get through using
my garden tools"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Missing From Illinois Farms.
Illinois is said to have lost 100000
farm workers from its 100000 farms.-
Chicago News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

Our home, our birthplace, our IA.
tive land.-Southey.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

malarial poisons-so is a
furred or coated tongue,
loss of appetite. head
aches or giddiness. and a
dull. drowsy,, debilitated
feeling. It's your liver
that's at fault. You
want TO stimulate il and
invigorate 1t with Or.
Picrce's Pleasant Pellets.
With every trouble of the
kind. these tiny little
things act like a miracle.
You can break up sudden
attacks of Colds. Fevers,
and InflammotionS with
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
ln,poYtant TO MotheYa


Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24
OUR DEFENSE

In the spring we may be attacked at
aEy moment. Toxic poisons pile up
within us after hard winter, and we
feel rundown" tired out. blue and
discouraged. This is the time to put
our house in order-cleansc the system
and put fresh blood into our arteries.
You can obtain an Alternative extract
from Blood root, Golden Seal Stone
and Queens root. Cherry bark, rolled
into sugar-coated tablet and sold by
most druggists. in sixty cent walls. as
Or. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery.
This blood tonic, in tablet or liquid
form. is just what you need for Spring
Fever" for that lack of ambition. 1t
will ill you full of vim, vigor and vi
tally.
Chilliness, when other people feel warm
enough - sign of blhousness or of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30
REPORTS OF MARKETS CCTTON-GRAIN-LIVESTOCK.

ge of the attitude of the food admin istration in regard to hedging trades brought about sharp upturn today in corn prices. Contrary to somewhat general previous understanding the government does not make it Obllga- tory on cash grain handlers to hedge holdings. As a result, buying today was active an selling pressure was light, until a material change had been scored. Opening prices, which ranged from 1-Sc off to 5-Sc up with May $127 IA to 1927 3-S up with May $1.27 3-S and July $1.50 to $251, were followed by slight setback and then a fresh ascent.
 Unfavorable weather led afterward to continued show of strength, but in nth last half hour the market weakened because of realizing. The close was unsettled at the same as Saturdays finish to 3.Sc higher, With May $l.27 3-S and July $1.49 5-S to S1.49 3-4.
 Oats took an. upward swing with corn. On the, bulge, though offerings increased. After opening 2-Sc to 1 1-Sc higher, with May S1 1-2 to S2c, the mraket underwent a moders te react ion.
 Liquidation by owners of May pork caused that delivery to suffer biz break. Other. provisions held relative ly steady witlF'hogs.
 Thet decline in pork reached $1 a barrel, the extreme limit allowed for one day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30
New York Cotton.

1 New York. April 29--Tha less fav- 1 orable view of new crop progress ! seemed to be attracting more atten- l tion in the cotton market early today. There were complaints of too much l rain in the eastern an central sections. while temperatures have been lower
 than desirable, leading to talk of an 1 other unfavorable weekly Tort from the weather bureau on Wednesday. Houses with Liverpool connections sold at the start and prist prices
 were B points lower to 3 points high ! CT but the market very quickly firm ed Up on covering and trade buying.
 After selling at 24.S5 on the call,
 July soon advanced to 25.45 while Oc- tober sold up from 244O to 24.s5 With active months showing net gains of 40 to 46 points before the end of the first hour.
 Covering become more active and urgent as prices were worked higher
 with July selling up to 2S.50 and Oc- tober to 25.25 during the middle of the
 morning, or IS to S3 points ret higher, and in the case of July nearly cent
 pound above the low level of the
 morning. Complaints of too much
 rain or low temperature appeared to be coming from nearly all sections of
 the belt bu. the volume of business tapered off at the advance and the
 market was quiet around midday
 with the tone steady at slight reac- tions.
 Another rush of covering sent July
 up to 26.11 and October to 2j.50 early in the afternoon with active months selling 105 to 109 points above Satur- days close. Buying then subsided and
 there were reactions of half cent or.
 more before o'clock under realizing, although there was no change in the,
 general, character of the news. Cntton closed Stnady
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30
HAPPY WOMEN
Plenty of Them in Pine Bluff. and
 Good Reason for If.

UOOu hVdSUn lOl lIs
 Wouldn't any woman be happy,
 After years of backache suffering,
 Days of misery, nights of unrest,
 The distress of urinary troubles,
 When she finds freedom.
 Many readers will profit by the fol lowing.
 Mrs. w. T. Lambeth. 1901 E. Sixth St., Pine Bluff, says: T, and others of the family have used Doan's Kidney Pills for troubles caused by weak kid- neys, such as pain in the back, dizzy spells, headaches and irregular action of the kidneys. Doan's. have always brought prompt relief. eW are never withobt box of Doan's Kidney Pills in the house. We generally get them at the Tankersley Drug Co.,"
 Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Lambeth had. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30
HELD FOR SHOP-LIFTTNG.

Will Dukes, small colored boy. was arrested by City, Detective Ben Bran no yesterday and lockedup on a charge of theft The boy is accused of taking several small articles at the kress store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30
Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool, April 29.-Cotton spot quiet; prices weak. American mid ding fair 22.76 good middling 220s; middling 21.56; low middl;lig 21.o3; good ordinary 20.03; ordinary 1851.
 Sales 4,000 including 3,70O American Receipts 5000 no American Futures closed, quiet, new contracts: April 22.79; May 21.01; June 20.66;, July 202e; August 1885. Old contracts fixed prices, April 20.61; April May 2o.53; May-June 2045; June-July 20.37.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-30

New Orelans. April 29.-Cotton ad- vanced 5to 60 points in the first half hour of business here today on profit taking by recent short sellers. Buy ing was stimulated by heavy rains in the eastern belt which were rearded as unfavorable to planting.
 The demand constantly increased as private reports came in from the interior. telling of damage to fields by washing rains and of the delay to planting as the result of downpours Saturday and Sunday. At noon prices were 124 to f52 points up.
 Less strength was shown in the af- ternoon. Longs who brought in the morning were inclined to take their profits. Al 1 o'clock prices were at a net advance Of Al to 75 points.
 Cotton closed steady at net loss of eleven to twenty-one points.
 High Low Close May - --.... .00 2454 2459 July .... ... ........-25.14 234O 2369 Oct. ... =, ....l--.-,--24.49 2274 23.0o Dec. 2425 .22.60 22.S9 Jan. .... .... ....--....---23.32 22SO 2SSO Spot cotont quiet. one cent lower. Sales on the spot 269; to arrive 5OO | Low middling 27.5O; middling 29.5O; good middling 3075. Receipts 1,S17; stock 425. .760.
 Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, April 29.-Clearer knowled-