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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The construction of good roacs is
vital necessity to the federal gov
ernment in forwarding its program
OF reconstruction, following the war
period" said Duncan Buie, head of
the highway department of the State
Board of Enginee4s, on his return
from conference with highway off,
cials in Washington.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

An adventurous career was anEaed
Friday at Rockland, Maine, with tbs
death of Charles A. Hartman, aseG
50 years. His activities included seEw-
ice as Texas ranger, as a membgE c.
the mounted police in Montana, and aw
deputy United States marshal In
Kansas. He fought against the In
dians and was wounded in the fight I'm
which Sitting Bull was killed.
Minerals on school lands classified
as agricultural, from the state. under
the act of 1883, are the property al
the purchaser, was the opinion hand
ed down by the supreme court ii ans
tin, Texas, Thursday in refusing man
damus in the case of Greene Va Z T
Robson, commissioner of the general
land office. The opinion was Wrn1eM
by Chief Justice Nelson PhillipA- This
case has been pending in the court =
long while, and the decision has been
awaited with much interest.
Orders were received Wednesday 9s
Houston, Texas, appointing Ma5or J.
NJ. Holt as medical officer in Charge
of the Camp Logan base hospital and
establishing the Camp Logan fustifH-
ion at Houston as permanent army
hospital. Under a congressional act
approved March 4, the sum of s1GlJOgs
is set aside for such enlargeuenez
and new construction as the officer In
charge may recommend.
-Four old cannon from the Ear o.
tween the states are to be retnrneH
to the capitol at Austin, Texas Thnea
are at Camp Mabry. One was saEd
for junk and has been located In
Louisville, KY.
Fire Wednesday destroyed the dsr,
rick at the Warren & Co. No. 1 Fress
man Stateland oil well in Tabs Bay
1t Goose Greek, Texas, which came In
Monday with flow of 5000 barrels.
In response to a petition the mayor
If Seguin, Texas, has called an cleo
ion for April l to determine vhefhex
hat city shall change to the cOzuuis-
ion form of government.
Convictions under the espionags act
4 Eugene V. Debs, socialist leader.
nd Jacob Frohwerk, newspaper edE
or of Kansas City, Mo-, were sustain
d Monday by the supreme court in
unanimous opinions delivered by Jus
ice Holmes. Both men were seH
snced by the lower court to ten years.
IMPRISONMENT.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22
HOME AND ABROAD
CONDENSED ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO OUR READERS.
The entire GLOBE CIRCLEl
Important News of the Week Gathered
for the Busy Reader-state,
Domestic, Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

| A clash between American troops,
a japanese policeman and some civil
ians at Tfen Tsin, China, was report
Minister Reinsch at Pekin. The min
| lister said he had sent First Secretary
Cpencer to Tien Tsin to investigate
the report.
Estimated fuel oil requirements for
the entire mercantile marine for 1919
is placed at 1909, ,482 barrels, accord
ing to report by the senate COM
merce committee.
Definite plans for extensive devel-
opment work with aircraft are being
worked out by the navy general board,
and in their conferences abroad with
officials Of the British, French and
Italian admiralties Secretary Daniels
and his three chief technical advisers
will give particular attention to air
craft development Congress later
will be asked to make a special ap-
preparation for the necessary expert
mental work.
Reduction of 80 per cent in the force
of the United States employment serv-
ice, effective March %, was an
nounced this week by Director Gen.
eral Densmore. This was made neces-
sary, it was explained, by the failure
of congress to provide funds to con-
tinue the work.
The victory liberty loan campaign
will open Monday, AprA 81, and close
three weeks later, Saturday, May 10. |
The American government may not |
accept the 100000 or more tons of Ger
man shipping in Chilean waters al
located to it by the allied shipping
commission. Chairman Hurley of the
shipping board said Thursday final ac-
ton would depend upon both the con-
dition of the grant and the ships.
Abandonment of the Neville Island
ordnance plant, planned as the larg-
sst munitions factory in the world,
vas announced Wednesday by the war
department.. Not only will construc-
ion be stopped at once, but buildings
already completed will be dismantled
md the tools and machinery manu-
actured or nearing completion will be
transferred to other government ar
enals or sold. The island itself in
he Ohio river near Pittsburg will be
urned back to the original owners.
Railroad executives and government l
representatives. Wednesday laid the
oundation for the machinery through a
which loans on banks and the War |
finance Corporation will be made q
vailable to railroads during the next c
ew months in lieu of the funds which
ongress failed to provide.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Major ]. ]. Mcconnell, construct
ing quartermaster at Camp Beaure-
gard, announces that an order has
been received from the secretary of
war for the abandonment and sal
vaging of Camp Beauregard and that
proposals which will tend to relieve
the government from all responsible
ity will be given consideration.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22
JUST PARAGRAPHS.

A good start was made for good
roads in Livingston parish at the
meeting Of the police jury. The first
move was the acceptance Of propo-
sition jointly By Tangipahoa and Liv-
ingston parishes for the erection of
a bridge across NataIbany river be-
low Albany and on the route of the
highway from Hammond to Baton
Rouge,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Mrs. Madge w. Hearne, granddaugh-
ter of General Sam Houston, was
awarded judgment of $4,000 and II
per cent additional statutory penalties
for failure of an insurance company
to pay a policy upon demand, in the
case of Madge w. Hearne vs.. a Mis-
souri, life insurance company, conclud-
ed Friday in the sixty-first district
court at Houston, Texas.
The trial in federal court at Wichita,
Kan, of thirty-two members of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World,
charged with violation of the espion-
age act, which was attracting wide
attention because of the prosecution's
announcement that it would endeaVor
to show a plot to overthrow the gov
ernment, came to an abrupt conclusion
Saturday when Judge John C. Pollock
continued the case to the September
term of court.
Roger Atkinson Pryor, former JUS
tice of the New York supreme court
and famous as soldier In the Confed-
crate army, died at his home in New
York City Friday at the age Of 80
years.
Action by the peace conference to
eliminate race prejudice, which he
termed "a fruitful source Of discomfort |
and uneasiness among nations in theE
past" was urged by Viscount Ishii,
Japanese ambassador to the United |
States, speaking before the Japan So
city in New York City Friday. Moth
ing would contribute more effectively /
to the foundation OF permanent peace, |
he declared, than application of a
proper remedy "at this opportune mo-
ment" TO this cause of international
discord." The constitution OF league
Of nations, he added, would not be
worthy Of the conference If it omitted
provision to right the conspicuous
Injustice" arising ont OF prejudice be-
tween the races.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Although peanuts make the best
feed for hogs in that there is greater
gain to the acre, the meat produced
from hogs fed on them is bringing
less by 2 cents pound than that
from corn-fed hogs" says Dean w.
R Dodson Of Louisiana State Uni
versity, who has returned from the
Association of Southern Agricultural
Workers in Birmingham.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

seeed The Mary
foH7ue cotnes ana put her in the
Aiter ~ Doctor
issued
to tourists in = - ~ ~ go
that she alive n Paris
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The farmers and business men Of
Natchitoches parish have formed a
permanent cotton acreage reduction
association by electing Sam Nelken
president, ]. ]. Nixon secretary ana
Sam Levy treasurer.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Ten Following period that
less than $500 - ~ - W
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

In the past three years Hammond
has been honored by three appoint
ments to the government military and
naval academies. The latest nomf-
nee is John T. Fourmy, a mechanical
engineering student at the Louisiana
State University.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

For the first time In the history Of
Southern Methodism, it is said, a
Jewish rabbi preached in a Methodist
church at Monroe. Rabbi David
Fichman, pastor of the Jewish Tenn
pie here, occupied the pulpit at the
First Methodist Church by invitation
OF the leaders of the Methodist
Church.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Democratic
bureau
Of the executive
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The nve commissioners for the
s50, 600 good roads program voted At
Jonesboro hy Jackson parish citizens,
have been appointed
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Edward T. Kearney OF st. LouYs,
president Of the Wabash railroad and
formerly vice president Of the Texas
and Pacific railroad st New Orleans,
died il st. Louis Of pneumonia.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Local draft board organizations
must be of1ciaIly discontinued by
March 81, according TO orders recefv-
ed from Provost Marshal General
Crowder By Adiutant General Nc
Crory
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The eleventh annual conference OF
the Louisiana chapters, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, met here
with Mrs. 4. 3. Graham Ok Shreye-
porE, stats regent, presiding.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Lieutenant Shaw has received or
ders to discontinue the public health
service at Lake Charles. In his re-
port to the Commission Council he
stated that the cost to date is about
$500 and urged that the work of
malarial control be continued under
local direction.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The canvass Of the returns OF 4
special election held IN the Fifth
Ward shows every TAXPAYER favored
special tax and issuing bonds to
construct the Eyangeline Highway.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Representatives of every ward in
Natchitoches and many farmers re-
siding near that place gathered in
mass meeting and pledged to cut the
1913 cotton crop by one-third OF last
years planting scale.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

with the completion of the New
Orleans Hammond highway, II has
been predicted that BY 1925 Ham
mond viii grow to city OF 10000
people. which would mean nearly
Doubling the present population.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Little cotton Is to be planted N
the Crowley vicinity, but the rice
acreage is to be as large as last year
If favorable weather permits the pre-
paration of the ground.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

The city Of Alexandra is preparing
to carry out an extensive plan for
public improvements as soon as the
estimates can be completed and the
bonds authorized By the taxpayers.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Representatives from every town
in the parish attended a meeting of
the st. Mary parish police jury at
Franklin and it was decided to put
the proposition before the taxpayers
OF the parish to build seventy-six
miles OF good roads to cost $780, 900,
at an election to be held shortly.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Tom and Henry Premett, white
men who were sent to the peniten-
tiary from Grant parish for shooting
into an occupied automobile, have
been pardoned BY the governor.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Prohibition legislation tlAt will be
introduced into the Louisiana Legis-
lature at the next regular session to
enforce the "dry" amendment to the
national Constitution will follow the
lines of laws passed by Congress on
that subject, according to state
ment at Shreveport Rev. 4. w.
lana Anti-Saloon League.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Advocates of establishing a colony
and state training school for the fee
ble-minded, utilizing grounds and
buildings at the army base hospital
at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, have
renewed their suggestions following
the announcement that the base hos
pital soon will be abandoned.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

From North Louisiana comes 4
story that friends Of Governor Pleas
ant are planning to run him for Con
gress IN the Fourth District against
Congressman J. r. Watkins next
year.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Estimated fuel oil requirements for
the entire mercantile marine for 1919
is placed at 31,2O9,482 barrels, accord
ing to a report by the senate COM
merce committee.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-03-22

Entered rs second -cIaSS matter
Tebruaty 10. l9A. at the Postofacs
at Lucy. Louisiana. under the Act
of March g lSYS.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
CONTINUED GROWTH IN EXPORTS OF
MANUFACTURES

Exports Of finished manufactures
from tho United States in the first
year Or peace VIII aggregate four
times as rnuch As in the year before
the war. An analysis or The foreign
trade during the eight months Of
the current calendar year shows
that the exports Of finished manu-
features ,ontfppe to expand, though
that Of manufactures for further
$50 in manufacturing shows
eight decline.
The total value Of finished manu-
features exported In the eight
r7onthS ending with August 1919,
Is $500 geo. GOO against 81 261,ooo.-
600 tn the corresponding months Of
1878 and 1929. 100000 in tho same
months Of 1914 the total for the
eight months Of The current year be
ing thus four times as much as IN
the same months preceding the war.
Manufactures for further use IN
manufacturing which include such
articles az pig copper. pig iron, steel
bars and bllets, and other partly
manufactured material, Of class
chiefly consumed in Europe. show a
slight fail off the total for the eight
months ending with August 1919 he
inr 5000 .o00 900 against *T32, o00.-
900 In the same months OF last year,
1857. 900, 900 in the corresponding
months Of the preceding year. and
$341 0o0 900 in the same months OF
1914 Quite naturally the move
ment Of this class of partly manu- -
featured material chiefly consumed
In Europe, has not been as great
since the demands or that continent,
"a Fitch we're extreme during the war,
have somewhat reduced. since the
termination OF hostilities. and at the
came tine the prices of certain ar
( ticles OF tins character, especially
/ big copper. have been somewhat re
dueed
! Il Is in finished manufactures that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09

$3.50. 100000 % against $i.361.-
600 00a in the corresponding months
OF the last war year. Quite natur-
ally. OF course. the exports of
manufactures ready for consump-
ton" in the years Of the greatest
war activity, 1a1e and 1917. we're
somewhat larger than in the first
wear Of peace, especially in view Of
the fact that Europe was demend
ing such finished manufactures M
powder, shot and she'll, guns auto
mobiles and flying machines for the
battle fields AS a consequence of
these special war demands. the ex-
ports of finished manufactures were
IN the first eight month Of 1916 81
7oS.ooo.oo0. tn the corresponding
months Of 1917 1853. 900 .000.
dropping, however. with the in
creased activity Of the European
manufacturers to s1.361, 0oo.o0O In
The first eight months Of 1918. the
last year of hostihues. but advanc.
ing to $1,6so, 100000 In the first
eight months of 1919. ali OF which
occurred Subsequent to the war.
That this group Of finished
manufactures ready for eonsurnp-
ton should have shown a total In
the first peace year greater than
that ~ the closing year OF the war
and nearly az great as in the war
years Of highest demand upon Us.
indicates that the gains which the
United States has made in selling
finished manufactures the world
over are being retained and in fact
have increased in this first posi- war
year
Basipg an estimate for the re-
naming months OF the calendar
year 1919 upon the known figures
OF the eight months ending with
August the Indications are that our
exports OF finished manufactures
viii be slightly over $2,5oo, 900 600
as against $3.50. 1000. 600 in the full
calendar year 1914. while those
Of manufactures for further use In
manufacturing will be about $780,
0oo 600 as against s245, 900, 900 in
1914.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09

There is no department Of govern
yneut quite so important as the local
judicial system OF the state. In the
number OF cases, and In the num-
Der of litirants, HE lesser courts OF
any state will always exceed the
more fromal and di~ntAed courts or
FUN trial Jurisdiction; and certainly
this should tend to give them a
greater interest and. II possible.
greater efficiency than the higher
courts possess.
But the history of local courts
like every other department OF the
American Governm emit, has been sad
Nv neglected until II has become a
stflted, mbersome, and inefficient
system for the administration OF jus
tice. The only exception is the State
OF Massachusetts which has lately
given considerable attention TO the
remodeling OF its local court system
into a more efHctent and workable
department of its government
In Virginia tho local judicial sys-
tern has been many ttries changed,
rechanged, and supposedly reformed,
but IT has not yet been developed
into a most efficient system and one
that affords good service TO the
greatest number OF liticantR,
The Trouble
The real trouble seems to be that
we have thought Of sharing sys-
tenn that would attract to this crdu-
GUS service exceptional qualities, the
hest that the communities possess.
We hack ar ideal of what a local
court Of limited Jurisdiction may
become, notwi,hstnn dinr tho fact
9. .F.sI.
solved the problem.
The system as established in this
State 10 not elastic enough and does
not readily conform to the chang
nag conditions ~ II should It oen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
YOUR PART IN TEE H c. L. WAR

These are some Of the things fed
"raI and state authorities are doing
70 reduce he cost OF living. but
alone these efforts VIII not suffice
TIE National Association of Waste
Material Dealers estimates that
Americans throw away s7oa, o, oee
worth Of food each year. III only
one ounce Of food h. wasted or
spoiled Ia each OF tho e,oeo, DoA
Aomos ot America, lbs total loss Is
900 600 pounds a day As much
road is wasted annually as au the
mines or the country eouid produce
in two weeka
THRIFT and saving are nee,fed not
only Ia materials but In labor and
money. Each added individual effort
VIII tend toward the increase Of nro
a4c'ion And consequent fan In price
OF necessities bur physical fdIeness
is no lass an obstacle TO the rednc.
ton of living costs than financial
'd.oness There are millions Of dol
.ar" Idle In the United States
through lack Of proper investm ent
when should he working for the
common good. These sums n put 10
work would constitute tha nep,
capital so urgently needed 10 tide
over tho period OF reconstr,lctton.
Tremendous nee-ds for such cant
tai exists IN one item alone. tho
problem ~ adequate housing IN
an address 10 the New York and
Now England brick manufacturer
Allan Besls announced that ths
United States needs 1890, 900 homes
) $50 600 factories. 5000 schools. So
900 Apartment hous4A, $4,000 the
atcrs and churches, 100 freight
terminals and iGna1 railroad STA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
The Remedy

A"e
To remedy these defects we pro-
pose tina. the following system be
,aor.,,I -. 80 roc-,s1,+,,ro ~ VIZ
Slhla;
First. there should he a county
ro,,r+ to-. aver,, county. ,r the State
.,-t-. MA ,.. ...o.ta.,,
'''''A ''''9
over by Il lawyer Judge 1f'ss one
county judge should have such pow
Gre as 1,ot,1d ,arv,it of holding him
e.
IeSi'"tS4oit '"' '"e 1''i'' 's'- q VIZ -
Justice up to the limit of jurisdiction
conferred upon his court
,,,,,,o- no. o,.-o.,1irs- fort>
., IN ,,,e.S;5ft,l', ~, i,,4oa con}d
80 IN ,.,.;, l.,,sa.9 ,r1-oIy-
- .,a srno nrd al
ing ~, ~ ' - 80, ~. 800, ~ Wis
- . ~ Ia - -, H. ri,.aa .leo ali
"0t-'fi'i -, - 80
49, - ,,.,,,,fa ~.
~ 80 -. a,,},ii. eyner5i-
Nliel az -. ,,,,,,,(t,a. v,,a,1ld az.
va - 1il'. -
te'e q
The county Judge sho4ln oe en-
powered to hold court anFW mere IN
his county ana ne Shopld nave d
circuit Just as the circuit Judge does
His court should always nc open al
the county seat, or most popu!ons
town in the county WteA not on MS
circuit
This simple and Hexlhie system
will provide for nearly all the clVli
cases. But il Will be found desir
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-09
Reform of the Local Judicial
System Of the State of Virginia
If ". Davies in University of Virginia News letter.

tatns the germ Of elasticity bu. be-
cause OF the many and multifartous
laws that cucumber II, IL has not
been allowed to sprout,
The statute provides That every
rnaGisterfal district shall have three
justices OF the peace, ii further pro-
vides that whenever, In the discre-
ton of the circuit court, more JUS
tees OF the peace are needed for the
proper adm instr alton of justice, they
shall, by order OF the court, be elect
ed at the NEXT general election held
for district Offices; and It further pro-
vides that whenever any country
shall contain more than three hun.
dred Inhabitants to the square mile
that. in the discretion OF the circuit
court, the Judge thereof shall appoin,
a Judge for said county for the term
Of two years, and that he shall be
known a. a trial justice. The act
further provides for the Jurisdiction
Of the trial justice.
So far only a few srich trial Justices
have been appointed In the Stsrc
Tho law requiring three Justices Of
tho paacA for every magisterial dis
trict does not seem 10 At conditions
as it should. A large nunber of the
districts IN the State have only two.
and some only ono Justice OF the
poaoe. while some have found neea
for mora. THIS lack of tho nurn Der
required by law may be ascribed 10
number OF oauses aA, failure OF
some of tho justices TO qualify after
election due TO letharsy and lack OF
interest, and In some eases IL Is due
Z "a oil of mad Il -
OF interest tor the election OF the
full number,
But this All marks for ineffleien ey,
eunrbersoneness, and werHt at al.
he election af lnrasior me4 70 Gu The