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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

Miss Edna Soulier and Brother
Bienvenu are in New Orleans to
spend few days with friends.
Mr.. Robert Badon, of Marks
vile is here to spend a few days.
Mr.. Badon is parish demonstrators
for the parish of Avoyelles.
Mr.. Jos. Vegas this week moved
to the Bancker plantation, to take
charge of the management OF that
large plantation.
-Mesdames A. r. French, G. j.
Gauthier, Ernest Robicheaux and
Miss Fife Soulier are attending
the annual retreat at the Convent
at Grand Coteau.
Mr.. L. j. Fournet is making
some repairs to the building next
to his drug store, which will be &C.
cupied by DR.. Sidney Fournet as
a dental Office.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
BONDS.

Proposition TO incur a debt
aud issue bonds of the town
of ST. MartiuviIls, Louisiana,
to the amount of Twenty
three Thousand Dollars, to
run twenty years, bearing
interest at the rate Of 5 per
centum per annum, interest
payable ssmi-annualIy for
the purpose of constructing
and finishing with gravel,
the Public streets and high.
ways of the said town of
Saint Martinviile, Louisiana.
and those eUteriUg therein.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Lucy Durand left for New
Orleans Sunday.
Miss Tullie Gary is spending a
few days in Houma.
Miss Stephanie Liable is in b.
ton Rouge on a visit to relatives.
Messrs. Frank and Maurice Beyt
of Port Arthur, Texas, are here for
few days.
Mrs. Dorcey Guidry of Arnaud-
vile is here spending a few days
with relatives.
Mr.. Wilfred Olivier returned 10
Houston Monday after spending a
short vacation in this town.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

in a straight northerly direction
seventy feet further north, and
that in lieu of the land therefor
dedicated to the Public by the
St. Mary wholesale Grocery Com
pany that said Company be re-
cognized as the owner of the land
where said road stands at this
time, as if given in exchange.
Moved 10y j. III. Duchamp Sc
conded by f. f. Fournet and un-
animously carried that the Mayor
and Town Secretary be and they
are hereby authorized to make
proper application to the Secre-
tary of the Navy for one of the
Memorial Tablets.
The following bills were approx
ed and ordered paid, viz: Du-
champ Hardware Co $l4.1O, l..
Pellerin S1.45, Laizaire Bienvenu
$3.50.
There being no further busine SIS
before the Council upon motion of
K. j. Guirard seconded by A. G..
Gauthier the meeting adjourned.
Albert Bienvenu, Mayor.
Sidney E. Delahoussaye, Sec.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
Card of Thanks.

Many grateful thanks to all our
friends. To Rev. j. Peeters and
others who donated medals; TO Mr..
j. c. Bienvenu who generously do
mated the use of the Opera House
for the night; to. Mr.. Louis Du-
champ who kept the door; to al
who gave cakes and ice cream; to
the ladies who served the refresh
ments and to all who by their at
tendance and application made the
Closing Exercises of st. Martins
Academy grand success.
Sisters of Mercy.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

| desire job as a cook Mana
Jacquet.
Mr. John Durand one of our
prospective farmers, shipped car
load of hogs this week.
Miss Bertha Lathrop of New
Orleans is spending some time in
our town guest of MIR. r. Martin.
Wanted A few customers for
pure. wholesome milk delivered in
the morning. Phone G.. T. Bien-
venu.
MIR. Emile Bienvenu and family
removed to this town this week.
after having been in New Orleans
for a years, Mr.. Bienvenu was
employed by the Southern Pacific.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
Peace Signed.

Peace with Germany was signed
Saturday last and now the world is
at peace, but with all the nations
involved with heavy war debts,
which will require many years to
liquidate.
But all the world is happy that
once more the nations of the world
are at peace.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

L, Albert Bisnvsnu, in my capa-
city of Mayor of the town of st..
Martinvills, La, aud acting ss the
governing authority of thu said
town, and in compliance with an
ordinance passed by the Town
Council of the said town of ST.
Martiuville, La, and as a govern.
ing authority, aforesaid, on the
7th day of August A. ID. 1919, do
hereby call a special election in
the said town of st. MartiUville,
for tho purpose of taking the sense
of the qualified tax payers, cleo
tors, IN to whether or not they will
vote to authorize the said Town
Council ~ governing authority Of
said town of ST. Martinville, La.
to incur all Indebtedness and iss ue
bonds representing the said ill.,
dsbtsdnsss, To the amount of
Twenty-throe Thousand Dollars,
aud said bonds to bear interest at
the rate of 5 per csntum per an-
nun, and which interest is paya-
ble ssmi-anuually; AID the said
bonds to run for the period of
twenty years, aud the said Town
Council acting as governing au-
thority aforesaid, binding itself to
impose, levy and collect such tax
As may be necessary, in this town
to provide for The payment OF the
principal and interests on these
bonds thus issued. The proceeds
Of the said bonds to be used *.
clusivsl y to construct aud finish
with gravel the said Public streets
aud highways within the said town
of st. Msrtinyill-, aud those en-.
tering therein.
The said special election will be
held Oh Thursday August Z, 1919,
between the hours of Z O'Clock A
NJ aud 5 o'clock p. NJ at the re.
gular polling place, to-wit: th e
City Hall in the town OF st. Mar
tinvile, La, and the following
persons are hereby appointed, in.
structed, aud empowered to act AS
the officers Of the said election.
to wit: L. L. Gary, ID. E Du-
champ, Robert p. Halphen, Com
missioners, Daniel DeBlanc,
Clerk.
The ballots to be used at the
said election, to be- in the follow
ing form:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

The Town Council of the said
town of st. Martinville, as the 60.
vsrning authority in this matter,
will in open session to be held at
the said City Hall at thu said town
of st. Martinvllle, La, on Satur-
day the 9th day of August 1919 at
10 O'Clock A. NJ, proceed to open
the ballot box used at the said
election and count the said ballots
in number and amount cast at the
said election, and examine and can
vass the returns and declare and
promplgate the results of the said
election.
Thus done and signed this Is,
day of July A. ID. 1919
ALBERT BIENVENU,
Mayor Of the Town of st. Martin
vile, Louisiana
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
Taxable valuation 5. .......
Signature IF Voter
Notice To Voters:

To vote in favor of the pro-
position, submitted upon
this ballots place cross (x)
mark IN the square lDme.
diately below the word yes,
TO vote against it. place IA 81
milar mark i'm meliately be
low the word "No".
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
Taxable valuation )
Signature of Voter
Notice To Voters:

To vote in favor OF the pro-
position, submitted upon
this ballot a cross (x) mark
in the square Immediately
below the word "yes," to vote
against it, place q similar
mark Immediately below the
word mo"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
FOR The ISSUANCE OF
BONDS.

Proposition to incur a debt
and issue bonds of the town
of st. Msrtinville, Louisians,
to the amount of Twenty
three Thousand Dollars. to
run twenty years. bearing ill.,
tsrsst at tho rate of 5 per Gen.
tum per anuum, interest pay
able ssmi-annully, for the
purpose of constructing and
finishing with gravel, the
Public streets aud highways
of the said town of Saint
Martinvills, Louisiana. and
those entering there.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

Section 5 Be it further ordain-
ed, etc, that, if the majority of the
qualified property tax payers IN
number and amount voting at the
said election, shall vote in favor
of the proposition herein submit
ted. the Town Council OF the
town of st. Martinvills, Louisiana,
shall impose. levy, and collect an-
nuslly, beginning with the year
1919, to aud including the year
1888 in excess of all taxes, a tax
sufficient to pay the interest semi
annually, aud the principal OF said
negotiable bonds falling due each
year or such amount as may DO
required for any sinking fund ne
cessary to retire the said bonds at
maturity. by ordinance, and in all
respects, as provided by law.
Thus done, read, adopted aud
signed in open session at the City
Hall, at St. Martinville, La. on
the LIST day of July 1919.
Approved 1st day of July. 1919.
Signed: Albert Bienveuu. May
or of the town of St. Mar'invills,
Louisiana.
Signed: Sidney f. Delshoussaye,
Secretary.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05

On motion of K. j. Guirard Sc.
conded by w. j. Bisnvenu, the
following resolution WAS unani.
mously adopted, viz:
Resolved that whereas the St
Mary Wholesale Grocery Compa-
ny has acquired lot in this Cor
poration for the purpose of en-
larging their warehouse.
And whereas in order so to do
il becomes necessary to extend the
Street or Road now lying between
their property and the lot of l.. G.,
Duchamp seventy or more feet in
straight northerly direction;
Be it resolved that the Bayou
Street or Road commencing at
jefferson street and lying between
the property of l.. c. Duchamp ct
ais. and that of the st. Mary
Wholesale Grocery Company be,
aud the same is hereby extended
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-07-05
SATURDAY, July 5, 1919.
confined from first page

confined from trst page
Section 4. Be it further ordain-
cd, etc, that the ballots to be used
at tho election, shall be in the fol-
lowing form, to-wit:
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Men of the Maine.

The Rev. Father EUGENE A.
HANNAH. rector OF ST. Martini
Church. who recently was elected
chairman OF the Maine Memorial
Committee, is a personal friend Of
the Rev. Father CHIDwICK, who
was chaplain OF the battleship
Maine when she was destroyed in
Havana hsrbor. February Is. 1885.
At the first Observance of Mainc
Day. in 1907. when a dozen patriotic
men and women held services IN
the Maine sectionsat Arlington in
chilling storm or Slset and snow
Chaplain Chidwick was invited 20
be present and take part in tho
simple ceremonies lie replied that
IL was impossible for him TO conk
TO Washington at ;hGt tirae, and
expressed his regrets. But" he
wrote. my dear. good friend. the,
Rev. Eugene A. Hannah. is author, \
lied to represent me at the serv
ice. Father Hannah did represent'
him very ably. ana since that time
be has always been a central figure
at the Maine memorials here.
Memorial mass will be said in his
church the ncNt anniversary day
for the repose OF the souls of the
gallant sailors who went down WIKI
their baftleshir.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29

in his face and a tired look TO his
eye.
He would impress anyone with any
experience in observing that he has
inherited a lot of trouble with all his
money and that he would he WILLING
to make a fresh start in the matter Of
a fortune.
He has all the natural courtesy Of
his father. but Is more free and open
in his manner and conversation.
He does not seem to be afraid Of
saying something as is the impression
in being in the presence OF the older
Rockefeller.
Young John D. will impress anyone
as being a man who says NO" a good
deal
He is typical of a New York type
Of super-business man with a set jaw
and clear eye and who makes quiCk X
decisions in big figures.
/ am told that he is better husi-
ness man than his father even in his
active days. that he has sense of
humor which his father has not. and
that he is even something of a wit.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
PAID IN FULL.
By John kendrick Bangs

fhlD IN tbi.
The world owes me q living" thus
today
I heard a fellow on the high road
say,
And sneer because he thought il
wouldn't pay;
And all the time in things of wond-
rous good
The world was paying him as best
1t could.
In Light. and Heat. and Air, and
stores of Food.
His trouble was he did not realize
The payments lay right there be-
fore his eyes.
Which he'd have seized il he'd been
truly wise,
Instead. as he preferred. of get
ting sore
Because the world came not unto
his door
With open purse to settle up the
score.
The world no debt to man will e'er
reject
Which man himself takes trouble
to collect.
tCopyrisht. 1919. BY The Mcclure Newspsper
eyndicsta)
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
ATTACKS "DRYS"
Praises Stand Against Prohibition
That Does Not Prohibit

Editor, Washington Herald:
Your editorial in today's paper on
prohibition which does not and
never can prohibit is timely and to
the point. Our ten comma ndments
did not include the subject and made
the Golden Rule possible. One side
of the subject has received no con-
sideration whatever. tuberculosis.
Alcohol is the product of the carbo-
hydrates. 1t is produced naturally
in the healthy body for purposes Of
ITS own. from the starches. sugars,
etc. In the treatment of tubercu-
losis we advise fresh air which
means oxygen. dry AIR which is the
purest form, turpentine "a hydro
carbon) laden air from the pine
woods as specially vitalized air and
monia laden air is |tabooed .(foul
arr. When with these precautions
taken we advise the subject to eat
and drink all the nitroSenous food
he can. As the tubercle' is a nitro
U. 5. Dispensatory says of alcohol
and sugar as tissue and fat builders
and replacers, diminishing tissue
metamorphosis and saving tissue by
substitution it would seem to me
that alcohol is a more important
consideration in our life than our
prohibitionists have counted on. Al
cohol, sugars, starches, etc. are all
nonnitrogenOus substances. In,our
army and navy examinations the
public were astonished at the
amount of incipient tuberculosis
present. II some of the advocates
OF prohibition would have their
lungs and the lungs of their chill
dren examined by the X-ray they
may have other things to think
about excepting other peoples busi-
ness. If you have doubts just con-
suit an X-nay physician and sec "
there is not a nice little nest just
awaiting a psychological moment 10
get active. The air is full of the
germ. No one escapes. Especially
the young that require the highly
nitrogenous food when the balance
OF carbohydrates is insufficient. If
the prohibitionists wish to make
own business. Interfering with the
personal rights of others breeds
nothing but trouble general and
physical. The United States is full
OF unrest today. the trouble is not
financial at its roots.
FRED T. HAFELFINGER. :
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Rryels In Good Mork.

MTs. DAVID r. COVELI, TIE genial
and fhilanthropic wife of the rector
OF Trinity Episcopal Church. Third
and e streets northwest, ~ giving
DIR. Covell wonderful ASSISTANCE IN liz
efforts TO make Trinity Community
House a really important District m
stitution. Mrs. CoVell finds great
pleasure in handing out sunshine IN
generous measure to the unfortunate
soldiers and sailors at the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane Wha
were shell-shocked i'm the hell Of war
over yonder. My good friend, Dr.
WILLIAM A. WHITE. superintend-
ent OF the institution. devotes sprcisl
attention to these heroes whoA
reason was overthrow under the
pit.less high-sNplosivvs warfare OF the
Germans. and has restored many OF
them to reason and lives OF useful
ness.
Mrs. Coveu and the Trinity House
officers ere providing outings for the
shell-shocked boys and they are taken
to the many show places in the Dis-
trict. and sometimes to the homes OF
prominent men ana women. Th-
vehicles with their patriotic freiEh;
whichever way they travel are alNaS :
on the magic road 10 happiness. and
before the lads i'm khaki are returned
To the hospital they are taken 10
Trinity House for ''chow'-and such
'chow''-roast beef. vegetables eaIorc.
hot mince pic. big red APPLES and hest
% all. the CHEEKY conversation Of Rec
tor CoVell and his charming lady.
This is real rest~ation work, follow
ing the greatest war.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Calling the Red Buffers.

There has been a lot of bluffing by
the terrorists during the past year
or two about what they were going
to do with our Western democracies
They were going to make us all
Bolsheviki in France. in England. in
America. Sheath.
The first real showdown as be-
tween the Beds and democracy came
in Massachusetts two weeks ago, and
the fellows who stood for civil war
and murder and torture In the United
States were turned down cold. Cover
nor Coolidge winning by a huge ma
jority.
The general elections have just been
held in France. What the Lenine-
Trotskyvitches were goirfs To 10 with
France was q plenty. But tSat was
before the election In which they
were beaten by the parties represent
ing democracy by at least six to one.
The rule of the whole people is not
dead In this world.
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
ALOT IN LITTLE

Lacquer, as a surface decoration,
was first used about 171o.
Only one dial pointed the time on
the earliest clocks.
There are about 100000 canni-
balls in Africa
The inventor of new English
wireless transmitter says it pro-
jects its waves in different beams.
like searchlight.
Teaching the national anthem by
means OF pictures illustrating the
lines, Is the idea of a Philadelphia
man.
The number forty" has been a
sacred number not only in Biblical
but in heather history. and in later
English custom.
The Pangwes are said to be the
only tribe of eannibals in Africa
whom a European nation has not
been able to subjugate completely.
III you are not told you may not
have noticed that the 4 on the dial
OF a clock is stamped thus: I'LL
instead Of ". as regularly used.
Certain insects have more brains
than the larger animals. The ant.
Dee and other tiny creatures show
more Intelligence than twelve
foot alligator.
Between acts at the opera in
Buenos Aires. men go down to the
orchestra pit and. with their opera
glasses. scan the occupants of the
boxes.
While the smoke habit is tncreas-
ing among women or England and
the eastern United States, II Is said
TO be failing OF In, the ozarks.
BY watering the soil with di-
lute solution Of certain chemicals.
a white rose bush can be made to
proauee green. red. blue or lilac
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
Mistake in the Bible?
Suppose There Is!

How. then. can the proof that a
single verse in the New Testament
may not be inspired make any differ
ence to the Christian?
The reason that the Bible is interest
ing to US is because IL is a record OF
the life and teaching of Christ so far
as the New Testament is concerned.
and because Christ Himself set His
seal upon the Old Testament as the
scr rptures which cannot be broken"
The gospel by John has been called
the heart OF the gospels" II was
written to prove that Jesus was the
Christ. and there Is no book in the
bible which has stood the attacks of
the critics cutie So well as this.
Indeed. so strong a case is made by
John. that Christianity could afford 10
rest its case on this book.
But suppose. IN addition to the testi-
mony given by John. Matthew, Mark
and Luke were TO be called as wit
nesses to the Divinity of Jesus. and
that they should pile up testimony
which would greatly strengthen what
John said.
And then We would call in Paul who
wrote so many OF the epistles. to see
what he had to say-and suppose he
lOleTeu tesllEnOny lIldl "OLiu duu
weight TO what the others had written.
And we'd summon the prophets of
the Old Testament so that their testi-
mony might be heard - of all that
Jesus was to do. and which was borne
out in his life and death and resur-
rection.
BY this time we would have made
out a case which no assault by our
rOtlid hEf nd oil This
has actually been done by the greatest
scholars the world has known.
And SO the next time a little cynical
infidel or agnostic gleefully points 10
an apparent mistake somewhere IN
the Bible. you can say TO him:
''Oh. well-it doesn't matter-even il
what you say is true-there's enough
in the Bible that Is true TO make me
believe with all my heart in the fun
damental principles of my religion
and. most OF all. in Jesus HIMSELF
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
by the REV. CHARLES sTELZLE
Stan Writer on Religious Topics.

Suppose someone should prove that
2 single verse in the Bible was moi
inspired-or that ii was not true, or
that it was a misprint-would this
destroy the usefulness Of the Bible
and knock the foundation from be-
meath?
Some very sincere and honest peo-
pie. both in the church and outside
OF it. seem to think so.
They apparently have an impression
that the complete Bible was handed
down from heaven - letter perfect =
with all the rs crossed and all the
is dotted.
But II required nearly 200 years
to write the Bible. and about forty
different authors composed it.
And while all OF these authors were
inspired. the men and women who
served as copyists since the original
text was written were not inspired
and some of them may have been
careless and decidedly human.
However, even the keenest critics of
the Bible have found very few mis-
takes in 1t, and nearly all of these
have to do with dates and figures.
And. so far as our IA tn is concerned.
these errors would make little differ
ence.
Bullets argue for a moment from
the standpoint of Christianity-whal
has the Bible to do with il?
Is the religion of Christianity based
entirely upon the Bible?
No-the ia tn of the Christian is CEN
tered in Person. not in a Book. Men
and women are Christians because
they believe i'm Christ. not because
they believe in the Bible.
The Christian religion existed before
the New Testament was written. Not
a line of the New Testament was com.
posed until long after Christ died.
So that even il the New Testament
had never been written IL would have
made no difference whatever so far
as the vital relationship between
Christ and the Christian is concerned
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
YOUNG JOHN D.
THE MAN WITH A SUPER
BUSINESS AIR AND A
RADICAL LOOK.
By DAVID GIBSON.

Young John ID. Rockefeller appeared
at the first session of the Industrial
Conference with his hair brushed up
and in a way unusual to him.
As he sat there he looked more the
part OF a radical than anyone in the
room.
first saw him in the corridor TO
the conference room in conversation
with Sam Gompers. but Gompers was
doing Post of the talking and making
it emphatic by frequent fist blows on
young Rockefeller's chest.
Young Rockefeller is about 20 years
old. but he looks rs or even a hit
older. He is stopped. has care line
The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
UNITED STATES RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION
Director General Of RaiIroads.
IMPORTANT sCHEDULE CHANGES
BALTIMORE & OHIO r. r.
EffectiNc SUNDAY. Noyember aot I

Effective sunday, November 3ot 4.
PITTSBCRGH-CHICAGO TRAINS:
Nc. 5 c'ChicsEo Limited"l. leaves
Washington l:35 p. m, instead OF
1:50 y. m.
No. : C'Chicago SpeciaT'). leaves
Washington 7.55 p. m. insteal uf
500 p. m.
No. II C"Pi;tsburgh Expressly.
leaves Washington lo:l5 y. an. in
stead of 1880 p. ~.
METROpOLlTAN BRANCH:
No. So leaves Washington 1877 n.
m. instead of 1888 y. m.
No. 81 leaves Washington $50 y.
m. instead Of .:l0 p. m express
train TO Rockville. local beyond).
No. 81 leaves Washington S:av =.
m. inste3d Of $50 p. m. (will not
make local stops TO Washington
Junction..
No. SO leaves Washington ll:3S r.
m. instead Of l1:4o p. m.
No. 735 (Sunday onlyD leaves
Washington 1887 p. m, IL stead OF
1855 y. m
Consult Ticket Agchts for DetsIIs.