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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
ANACOCO NOTES
(By Lon Gaskin. Correspondent

Wy Lon ias1In, correspondent
Mr.. Vinson Hughes, who lived in the
Sandy Greek vicinity, died last week.
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Central School started Monday, Aug.
q. Prof. Ford is the principal.
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Mr.. Tom Self of near Barham is
back from France after being there for
many months.
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Mr.. Abe Self wrenched his back
while working at Boynton's mill. 1t
rendered him unable to work.
Mrs. Will Keller was injured in a
runaway last Saturday. It was not
fatal, however, and not very serious.
Miss Marie Conerly of this place
reaves for Baton Rouge Aug. 10, where
she expects to have a real nee time!
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Mr. and Mrs. Clevelgnd Conarlv
have an addition to their family = II
form of daughter. She arrived Wsd-
nesday
The patrons of China Grove School
met at that place Sat. night to see
about starting the school. They 5e.i1
ed to postpone it till first Mondav N
Sept. when, unless there is a mishap,
it will begin.
MIR. W. W. COnerlv's son Ted had
an accident last week while riding a
log carriage at his fathers sawmilI. To-
Gated on Anacoco Creek. 1t stunned
him rather seriously for while, but
soon was alright except his arm, which
is still giving him pain. The carriage
ran off the track was the cause.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
PAINFUL PROCESS
OF FIXING RATES

For twenty years the mock operation
of keeping rates permanent-and maxi
ing adjustments of railroad Difficult
ties in any way except by changing
rates-has been tried on the railroads
of the country. Whenever the Inter-
state Commerce Commission consent
ed, in past years. to a small raise in
rates. the process seemed as painful
as an operation in surgery. 1t took a
genuine crisis to start the straighten-
ing-out process, and when that crisis
arrived and the Government took over
the roads. the olear-sighted Mr.. Nc
Adoo reasoned that the two sides Of
the ledger must come somewhere near
balancing. He accordingly raised
rates very promptly. in order to match
up with the increasing cost of labor
and operation. Even at that the Rail-
road Administration underestimated by
several hundred millions Of dollars a
wear. On top Of this. the condition is
becoming worse, as shown by Director
Hines, whose report for the five months
ending MAY 81. discIoses that in COM
parison with the same period last year,
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
PERSONALS

Carl BahnsOn and family are recent
arrivals in Vernon Parish.
J. M. Kraft of Whiskachitta and
Miss Gladys Franklin Of Hornbeck were
granted a marriage license on Tuesday
Of this week.
Several cars Of slaves have been
shipped recently from points in Vernon
Parish along the Kansas City Southern.
Stopping the liquor traffic has not en-
tirely eliminated this subsidiary busi-
ness.
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Many inquiries for wood, ties, and
timbers Of various kinds are being re-
ceived by Vernon Parish people. and
this branch Of the timber industry is
utilizing the activities of large num-
Der Of men.
The silo at the U. S. Farms is being
filled for the winter. Corn. beans, and
grass, with some sorghum is being used.
The silo has an estimated capacity Of
from forty to fifty tons, and the feed
value is very high.
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Walter Fread and family leave Sum
day, August 10, for Modesto, Califor-
MIA. A farewell party was given to
the children by the children Of the col
ony, and another party was given to
Mr.. and Mrs. Fread.
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Earl Wooster, recently returned from
France. where he spent about year
and a half as a member of the Tweney-
third Engineers. is visiting his mother,
Mrs. ]. M. Wooster at Stables. He~will
go to California, then to Nevada,
where he will continue his interrupted
course.
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Wesley Cudd left for Jasper, Texas
the first part of the week and on We'd
nesday morning he and Miss Rose
Powell were married. The wedding
was simple home ceremony held at
ten in the morning. The Bride and
groom expect to be at home to their
friends in Leesville the early part of
next week.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
THE LAST OF THE BARONS

The Duke Of Northumberland before
the Coal Commission said it would be
a bad thing to give a million miners
control Of the coal of Britain. and so
it would-for the Duke, and others
situated. He thought it an
thing that he should own d.
$50 acres of mineral rights-so far as
the duke is concerned of course. But
what about the million miners and the
forty millions in the country? Really,
we fancy that these would be much
better off if the Duke were to lose his
rights" in the matter of minerals.
The royalties paid to such as the Duke
are one Of the chief factors in keeping
the price Of coal so high in Britain. But
then this only means that the poor have
to 60 cold. and they don't matter any
how-to the coal barons. But some
how we have an idea the people OF
the old land will endeavor to cut out
such cancerous luxuries ere long.-The
Maoriland Worker (Wellington, New
Zealand).
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
A PAINFUL CONTRAST

sThose who think that this country
is in no danger of ever becoming mil
itaristic will have hard job to ex-
plain the following exhibit in parallel
columns:
Appropriated by Republican Con-
gress for military drill in high schools
and colleges for year endingoJune 20,
1920: 100000.
Appropriated by Republican Con-
gress for general education through the
Bureau of EDUCATION for the year end
ing June 20. 1919: $524.6O0.
''And if this contrast were not over
whelming enough, part of this niggard-
ly appropriation granted to the cause
Of education for the children Of the
plain people must be diverted by one
Of those queer idiosyncracies of which
congressional legislation is full to
the maintenance Of reip4-~- sAa4;onA
n Alaska
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
CRISIS in TRACTION LINES

Just what the Federal Electric Rail-
ways Commission, which is an entirely
new body. hopes to accomplish, does
not appear up to the present time;
but it is reasonable to suppose that
President Wilson's idea is to promote
standardized methods Of traction com
panies throughout the country, in or
der that the shackles of franchises
made under conditions that are now
out of date in our industrial and econ
omic scheme, may be broken and cast
aside. That the condition is serious
is shown by facts submitted in the
hearings, which discloses that 81 COM
panies operating 5,9l2 miles of track
are in the hands Of receivers, and that
763 miles of track have been disman-
tied and junked in a year. In addition
39 companies with 257 miles of track.
have been Abandoned These losses
total 16 per cent of the total electric
railway mileage of the country.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
THE HIGH
COST OF LIVING

During, and previous to the war, the
Federal Government solved the prob
lem of wages for railroad and street
railway employees. Everybody, IN
cluding President Wilson and Mr.. Nc
Adoo, and Mr.. Taft as head of the War
Labor Board, agreed-and the country
supported their views-that in order to
meet the increased cost of living, the
employees must have more wages.
these wage decisions. as applied to
all forms of industry, including ship
building, munition plants, and facto-
ries, doubtless affected fully 10000
900 employees throughout the country.
And then the Government was con-
slstent IN its own tremendous purchas-
es, made on account of the war, since
it allowed all contractors and builders
sufficient increased sums to meet the
advanced costs Of production.
But when it comes to applying this
same sound, economic. doctrine TO the
affairs of the railroads and traction
lines, the route to discovery is as wind
ing as Pearl Street. Congress, the
Railway Administration, and the Fed
eral Electric Railways Commission
have problems which the country is
told are deep and intricate. But
book-keepers learn in their instruction
classes that there must be increased
earnings when the costs of maintenance
and operation go up.
In the public mind these points are,
unfortunately, confused with. the big,
broad issues of the right Of the Gov
eminent to exercise general control
over the railroads, and to supplant in
a large measure the conflicting sys-
TENS of each of the states. These are
the questions that the Senate Commit
tee and the Railroad Administration
are endeavoring to settle on a basis
that will be permanent, before the
roads are turned over to the owners
at the end of the year.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
ROSEPINE ITEMS
(Robert j. Lindsay.)

Miss Clemie Marshall left last week
for Houston, Texas. where she will
take a business course.
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Mr.. David Allardice and son Robert
have been over to the Sabine river on
a business and pleasure trip.
The Rosepine Union Sunday School
is growing larger every Sunday. There
were sixty-seven present last Sunday.
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Miss Edna Williams has been home
spending few days. She is taking
business course at Lake Charles, La.
Burglars made raid on Rosepine
a few nights since They entered sew
eral houses and made away with quite
little booty.
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Mr.. Lee Asby had the misfortune
to lose valuable mule Monday. He
was hauling logs and the animal was
overcome by the heat.
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Crops are looking we'll as could be
expected for the weather they have
had to contend wthA More rain has
fallen this year than has ever been.
known to fall in the same length of
time
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Rosepne dancers are enjoying the
new dance hall every Friday night.
They have fine music furnished by the
DeRidder negro band. And not Rose
pine alone is enjoying this new place Of
amusement, as many come from the
country around
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Professor and Mrs. Lynch and chill
dren returned to Rosepine Friday, Mrs.
Lynch and the children have been Wis
iting relatives in the northern part of
the state, and Mr.. Lynch has been GO
ing to summer school at the State I'm
iversity at Baton Rouge Professor
Lynch is to be principal of our school
again this year, which will begin Sept
1st.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
ANOTHER WONDERFUL PUZZLE

The Federal commission appointed
by President Wilson for the purpose of
attempting to solve the question of
what is to be done with the traction
systems of the country, has been hold
ing hearings in Washington. The high
cost of living" appears to have includ-
ed the traction interests in its univer-
sal operations; and for year or more
political scientists have been trying to
find methods for meeting the plain con-
ditions of from fifty to one hundred
per cent of increased cost of opera
ton. by some other remedy than an
increase of fares that will be suffi-
cient to keep the juice flowing over
trolleys, and the wheels turning round
on the tacks. Naturally the answer
has not been found in the circuitous
trail. The forty-seventh problem Of
Euclid and the age of Ann are simple
in comparison with the puzzle.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

When you yawn a good deal in the
daytime. feel dull. achey, and want to
stretch frequently. it is an unmistak-
able symptom Of malaria. and unless
you do something at once you are
booked for a spell Of chills. HER
BINE is a chill medicine that will pre-
vent or cure the disease. It drives out
the impurities on which the malarial
germ thrives. strengthens the liver and
cleanses the bowels. For sale by all
druggists. . Adv't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
CRACKED HEADS"

Matters have been drifting towards
a race riot in the National Capital for
a long time. The proximity to Virgin
la, where the old Jim Crow laws are
still in force, may have something to
do with it; for the difference in the
freedom of movements of the colored
people on the Washington side of the
Potomac is always the source of com
ment. The colored paople are ruff
fled by the restrictions placed upon
them in Virginia. and portion of the
Capital residents. particularly the
whites from the South, find no end of
fault because the color line is not
drawn on the street cars and in many
public places where the negroes min
gle with the whites.
During the war the negroes acquir-
ed good deal of prosperity, and some
of them bought automobiles and made
a considerable show of their new rich
es. At about the same time, boot
Logging" became big industry among
the colored people, and great quanti-
ties of bad liquor were stored among
them. 1t needed only half dozen as
saults upon white women, and the fail
ure of the police to locate the guilty
brutes, to touch off the torch.
The result was that crowd Of sol
diers, sailors, and marines-most of
whom were discharged from service,
spent a pleasant evening smashing
n ggers' Hundreds of young boys,
some not more than seventeen years
OF age, wera among the white rioters
who ware locked up. At first these
Youngsters seer4ed o think that the SER
ious business in which they were en-
~oJ ~roq es much fun as chasing the
-o-''r TIE color2d people were evi-
l~2'lv w-ll PREPARED for the fray, and
'''c--ckod,heads" multiplied in numbers
on white and black shoulders, and in
- sD;ll;ng cf blood from the assaults
- combatants.
As some of the fighting occurred
within a block of the White House
grounds, it is evident that good many
people in the Capital do not believe
that the treaty of peace was made to
affect fighting between the whites and
blacks.
These race riots were very foolish
performances, but they likewise turn
ed out to be very serious. They have
stirred up a bitterness between the
the whites and blacks which will have
lasting and unpleasant consequences.
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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

If you sit in cool draft when you
are heated and get stiff neck or lame
back, you will be looking for some
thing that will ease the pain. Fix your
mind on BALLARD'S SNOW LINZ
MElyT and don't be talked out of it.
because it is the best pain relieving
liriment you can get anywhere. For
sale by all druggists. Adv't.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
Govt. Finds Jobs for
Ret'n'd Service Men

Major General W. A. Kobbe, III IS.
A. retired. has been named the repre-
sentative for Southern California on
the National Advisory Committee ap-
pointed by General Arthur Woods. as
sistant to the Secretary Of War, in
charge Of finding employment for ex-
service men.
General Kobbe is eighty years old
and is the father Of Major w. A. Kobbe
Jr., who served for more than year
in France and was severely wounded
on the Somme.
In the Civil War. General Kobbe
was drummer boy. and entering the
army afterwards. saw service in many
Indian campaigns and in the Spanish
War. One Of his proudest boasts IS
that General Pershing once served on
his staff. He lives in Pasadena, CALI
fornia.
The function Of this committee is
to bring ex-service men into contact
with the kind Of jobs for which they
are fitted and which they desire TO OBJ
tain. 1t endeavors in every case TO
put men where their military training
and experience will best fit them.
The committee is composed Of dis
tinguished citizens in leading cities all
over the country. All save General
Kobbe have also been members of the
military establishment Of the United
States during the Great War, and have
seen service overseas. Because Of
their sympathetic attitude towards 9TH
er men who have been in the service,
and their great industrial experience,
these men will be Of the greatest value
in solving the problems Of unemploy-
ment among discharged soldiers and
sailors.
Careful attention says Colonel
Woods. will have to be paid to the
fact that the men who are coming back
from the military and naval service
feel that they are physically and men-
tally more valuable than they were
before. They are therefore expecting
higher pay and better opportunities in
the work that they are trying to obtain.
To some persons this has seemed an
unfortunate attitude on the part of
the soldiers. but most employers are
of the opinion that it is healthy sign
because it will tend to the speedy read
justment and rapid promotion of the
men who are now coming back to civil
ian life"
Colonel Woods also reports that the
employment problem is rapidly ap-
preaching normal proportions. Our
greatest problem now" he saye.
seems to be less that Of finding jobs
for soldiers than of getting the soldier
in connection with the job. Practi-
cally all employers have stated. and
are now recording themselves officially
to that effect. that they will gladly
take back their old men. From what
we learn. further. they are taking them
back at prevailing wages, and not at
the same pay they received before the
war. In many cases we have heard
that employers are giving them full
credit for time spent in the service
towards seniority in the business, COM
pany insurance benefits. etc. .
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
Teachers Examination
to be Held in LeesviIle

The teachers examination is being
held this week at the courthouse. The
tlrst part of the week there were eigh-
teen young ladies taking it, eight try
ing for the first grade certificate, eight
for the second and two for the third.
The cOlored applicants took the exam
nation the latter part of the week.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
Course At Baton
Rouge Next Week

Miss McCallum leaves for Baton
Rouge on Sunday to attend the short
course to be held there the llth to the
10th Of August. She viii be accom-
panied by four girls who were given
the short course as prizes in the Can
ming Club work.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
Anacoco Woman
Commits Suicide

Miss Annie McConathy. who has
been mentally deranged for some time,
and who has made several attempts to
escape. shot and instantly killed her
self Tuesday. Aug. 5. with shot gun.
The deceased leaves 6 children, some
of which are small Her husband died
some time ago,-a year or more.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
AN AWESOME VISION

Senator Lawrence Sherman of Illi-
nois called attention last week in the
Senate to the fact that twenty-four of
the forty-five nations to be federated
in the League of Nations were Catholic
nations. Senator Sherman began his
political life as county judge, then
went to the Illinois Legislature, where
he was once chosen speaker, and sub
sequentIy served on the States charity
board Of Illinois. About 1915 he was
chosen United States Senator to sue
ceed William Lorimer, who was dis
qualified by the Senate. Sherman
brides himself on his physical resem-
blance to Abraham Lincoln. Nobody
has ever discovered any intellectual
resemblance. His election to the Un-
tied States Senate seems to prove that
a small bore mediocrity may, at times.
dodge some distance in advance of the
procession under favorable circum-
stances. He claims to be of no church.
He has lost his faith. but he retains
his fear.-the ghostIy fear of back
woods sectarian. and the power to con-
jure up, at will. the vision Of raw
head and bloody bones surmounted by
a teara. Instead of reading modern
history. this Senator reads Jack the
Giant Killer. and is still thrilled and
hopes to thrill Others with those fear
some lines
Fee. faw. FUN.
| smell the blood of Protestun. The
Catholic Citizen.
From the Public. "
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
The National Capital
(By j. E. JOnes)
(By J. E. JOnes)

there has been net falling off in
operating revenues of $l08.66l .949.
The net loss to the Government in OPP
Grating The railroads for the single
month of May >of this year was $35,-
5l1 $50.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

To enable motor trucks to run over
soft ground Los Angeles man has
invented broad steel aanges to be at
tached to their wheels in such way
that they do not prevent use on hard
roads.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

A new and simple Cd heater is de-
signed in the unit principle, it being
possible to burn one. two or three
lamps according TO the amount Of
heat desired.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

SURGEONS agree that in cases of
Cuts. Burns. Bruises. and Wounds. the
FIRST TREATMENT is most impor-
tant. When an EFFICIENT antisep-
tic is applied promptly. there is no
danger Of infection and the wound be-
gins to heal at once. For use on man
or beast. BOROZ0NE is the IDEAL
ANTISEPTIc and HEALING AGENT.
Buy it now and be ready for an emer-
gency. For sale by al druggists, Adv't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

Plates to be attached to the control
stick of an aeroplane to enable an avi-
ator to guide it with his knees. leaving
his hands at liberty for other uses.
have been patented.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

Constipation is the starting point for
many serious diseases. To be healthy,
keep the bowels active and regular
EIERBINE. will remove all accummu.
lations in the bowels and put the sys-
tenn in prime condition. For sale by
all druggists. Adv't
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
WISCONSIN CALVES FOR SALE

W. A. DOugherty. U. S. Farms.
NewIIano. La: I5N6pure-no lice or
ticks assured U. S. Vet'n. Inspected
from heavy mixers. $500 each.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09

What are known as Chinese almond
cakes are made from the flour Of the
edible kernel of variety of peach.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1919-08-09
Apply cotton cloth wet with BAL
ARDS SNOW LINIMENT to all

woands, cuts, burns, sores. or blisters,
and note its wonderful healing power.
1t is prompt and very effective. For
sale by all druggists. Advt
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-14
DOC I AC LIST

The following is the list of those
persons residing in Rockcastle,
who have received dog tags for
the year 1919:
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-05
Nj para recetas medicinales nj
sacramentaleS

Asi titula "La Correspondent
cia" sus nueyOs concentrates Ell
relaci0n con ell lOte del preci0sO
Nquido que por disposiciones su-
periores fuG cOnfiscadO a su lie
gada a este puerto.
Si el titulo refcrido cs adecua-
do O no, es cosa que POGO impOr-
ia; pero 10 que 81 importa mucho
la Casa importadora de dicho
liquido- que no fu6 "intcrWiu-
rada" por ia Correspondencia'
EN- su afan de hacerles "la bO-
ca aqua" a los prohibicionistas
de "cart6n" que ahOra sc dcsvi,
ven. por 10 que antafio repudia-
ron-es desvirtuar pGblicamente
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-05
SEIS SUMARINOS y
UN CRUCERO

Aver tarde llegaron a nuestro
puerto y en- viaje para San Tho
mas, los submarines Oil, II, 13,
IA, Is y ,16 y ell buque insignia
Rainbow comandado por Mr.
Jhon Roger. Estas unidades per
tenecen a la decima division ameri
cana v estaran en- nuestro uerto
3 4 dias. Estan hacienda I'LL
yiaje de prueba y salieron de Nol
folk el dia de AhO Nuevo, habien
do visitadO a Guantanamo, el
Golfo de MejicO Y Santa Cruz y
de San Thomas regresaran al pun
to de partida.
FL Rainbow esta tripuladt
por 400 hOmbfes y los submarines
pOr $50. TodOs han desembarca
do, dapdo su presencia alguna
animation a la ciudad. Como Ell
|ocasiones anteriOres con los mar
nos ha bajado a terra la policia
formada por ellos para eyitar as
lesagradables rozamientos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-04-05
LOS FONDOS SOCIALES

acusaci0n cOrrObOrada pOr una
prueba defnitiva.
Comparecieron, como testigos
ell nino de seis amos Salvador
Landrau, sus padres y dos indi-
viduOs mas.
Los detectives tuvierOn que ha-
GER un gran trabajO dc investiga-
ci0n. \ ellOs no sc les di 10 mas
sino que el niiio Salvador prescn
taba una extraiia congestion del
sexo. La madre dc la criatura no
tenfa ningnna sospecha. Ell niilo
tampoco hablaba. Pcro ante la
.insinuante interrogation de los
detectives, tOdo sc puso en claro.
Luis Valentin Hugo le tenia
amenazado para que NADIA die
SC; pero 81 habia sido.
Corroborada esta denuncia, el
Sr. Diaz COllazo ha tijadO esta
maiiana en- mil dollars la tianza
para la libertad provisional del
delincuente.