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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06
"rHE REASON WHY"

b. A. Thomas Stock Remedies
are the best, they are scientifically
made and all medicine. They keep
the health up, and the feed bills
down. There is a cause for every
effect, remove the cause the effect
removes itself.
The Poultry Remedies are espe-
cially made to relieve all the dis
eases in the Fowl family and makes
the Hens lay.
The Hog Remedy will positive
ly keep off the Cholera, and if gi-
ven in the stages, will cure 80 per
cent.
Don't forget to keep on hand a
bottle of Farris' Collie Remedy for
Horses. 1t is SO simple with a
dropper, that a child can give it.
Also a bottle of Farris' Healing
Remedy for Cuts and Bruises on
man or beast, they never fail.
These remedies are all guaran-
teed to you by your dealer, to give
satisfaction, or your money back.
Made by Old Kentucky Manu-
featuring Co., Pa,lucah, Kentucky.
For sale 10y A. l.. Durand,
st. Martinville. Louisiana.
6oS cures Malaria, Cl.ills and
Fever, or Bilious Fever, by
killing the parasite causing
the fever. Fine Strenghthen-
ing tonic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06
NOTICE..

| have one black mule about
two years old,not branded, on
my place since two months,
owner please call and prove
property and pay cost.
Marcena Thoma,
Breaux Bridge, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06
HIGH SCHOOLS ENTER
STATE FAIR CONTEST

Unusual interest is featuring the
plans for a mammoth display of ex-
hibits by the Agricultural High
Schools of Louisiana at the Victory
State Fair, October % to 27, inclu.
sive. Practical lessons in farming
are taught at these schools, and the
results that are being realized among
the students will be presented in an
impressive manner in the Agricultur
al School booths in the big Agricul
tural Building.
P. L. Guilbeau of Baton Rouge
state director of Agricultural High
Schools, will be in charge of the ex.
hibits, which will be attractively ar.
ranged so that the visitors may get
a splendid idea of just what is being
accomplished at these schools. Var
ious parishes will be represented with
school displays, and several hundred
dollars in premiums will be awarded
also number of valuable special
premiums, in order to give greater
to the work thai
these institutions are doing for tn,
boys and girls, of Louisiana.
For additional particulars. apply h
w. R. Hirsch. secretary, Shreveport
La
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06

We believe the planters of the
billy sections would do well to in
vestigate peanut and hog raising
as is done in north Louisiana as is
done is north Louisiana, they may
find out that it pays much better
than cane growing under the pre-
sent condition and prices.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06

The north cold winds this week
will not prove of benefit to the rice
that is forming its head nor to the
cane crop, but it will be of some
benefit in drying the corn and the
matured rice and cotton.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06
NUMBER $- ; 9

ment to the coming crop is given.
it would not surprise us if the re.
fineries will not operate next year
as the disposition of the cane grow
ers is to quit cane and grow some-
thing else.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06

We do all kinds of Printing
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-09-06

kx 4 X go OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4 3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
Deaths of a Day
MRS. PHOEBE HEARST DEAD
Mother of Publisher and Widow of
Millionaire Senator

Pleasant0n. Calf, April 14.-Mrs.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst. widow Of
George Hearst. of California. and
mother of William Randolph Hearst,
the publisher, died in her home here
Sunday after an illness of several weeks.
She was seventy six years Old. Mrs.
Hearst was known throughout the coun-
try for her philanthrOpi" work. Mr..
Hearst was with his mother when the
end came. He was her only child.
Mrs. Hearst was nineteen years old
when she was married Her husband
then was beginning the career that made
him multimiIlionairc and on" of the
most noted figures in western financial
and mining circles.
She taught school for time in
Crawford county, Missouri, and then,
leaving her home in st. Louis and her
many friends, went West with her
husband. The route lay by way Of the
Isthmus of Panama. Often she rode
with her husband on his trips into the
mountains. following trails or going
where there yet were none. She came
to know the excitement Of hold-ups
Iandslidcs. runaways and all the Incl
dents of frontier life. She worked with
her husband and was with him when he
located some of his richest mines
Brushes with the Indians were moi
infrcqucnt in the Utah mountains whcI
George Hearst prospcCt"d. Here hi,
wifc spent months among the early
Mormon. settlers.
With the success Of her husband
ventures and his election to the Unitcc
States Senate, Mrs. Hearst moved tt
Washington, where she became one o.
the leaders in the social life of tn,
capital. beginning in 1856. Then fol.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

capitulated to the old regime and dis :
nvowed the allurements OF the Soviet
which led them temporarily from the
fold
Nuremberg, April 13 (delayed) -
by A. PA report from Third
Army headquarters at Munich says TINT
the garrison has established n military
dictatorship in support OF the Hoffman,
ministry, which the soviet regime seeks
to oust from Office.
DIR. Adolph Lapp, who was ap-
pointed commissioner for foreign af
fairs in the soviet cabinet on April .,
has been placed in an insane asylum,
according to report When his ap-
pointment to this Office was announced
it was said that he had on two occa
sions been confined to an asylum OF
megalomania. Doctor Levien. leader OF
the Independent Socialists, is believed
to have fed, and sixteen soviet leaders,
including Herr Landauer, Herr Wag
ncr and Herr Nueheam, members OF
the soviet ministry, are said to have
been arrested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
Mrs. Abbie T. Abbott

Mrs. Abbip Thiraz Abbott died n'
the Waynewood Wayne, yesterday al
the age of eighty three years.
The funeral services will be held We'd
nrsday afternoon at > o'clock at st
Mary's Episcopal Church. Wayne. A
special musical service by the organist
and singing by young ladies who were
pupils of Mrs. Abbott will precedc the
formal service. Interment will be nj
st. David's Cemetery.
Two sons survive her. Carl Sydney
Abbott. teacher and musician, and
Frank Edward Abbott. A sister, Mrs
Emma II. Bbhins. Chicago. also sur
wives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
CATHOLICS WON'T UNIoNIzE
Pope, However. VIII Cordially Wei.
come Pane Christian peleuates

Rome. April 14.-It is stated semi
officially on behalf of the Vatican that
the Holy See has not given its adher-
ence to the pan Christian congress
which it is PROPOSED to hold shortly, as
the Catholic Church. considering her
dogmatic character, could not Join in
the congress on an equal footing.
The pope, however, the statement
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

adds, is ready to receive representa-
tives of dissident churches with open
arms, as the Roman Church has always
longed for the unifcation Of all Christian
religions. Pope Leo XII1, it is pointed
out, was deeply interested in the ques-
on the subject of the unifcation of the
Christian churches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
lowed various visits abroad, including
a trip around the world.
MRS. ELIZA J. FRY
Wife Of the Rev. Or. Jacob Fry
Dies

Mrs. Eliza J. Fry, wife of Rev. DR..
Jacob Fry, professor of homiletics and
sacred oratory in the Lutheran Thco
logical Seminary, Mt Airy, died yester
day at her home on the seminary
grounds.
Before her marriage in Gettysburg
September 23, 1866, Mrs. Fry was Miss
Eliza j. Wattles. In 1905. DR.. and
Mrs. Fry celebrated their golden wed
ding. Besides her husband, Mrs. Fry
is survived by seven children. two oI
whom are Lutheran ministers, Rev
DIR. Charles l.. Fry. of this city. and
Rev. DR.. Frank +. Fry, Of Rochester
n, Y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
DICTATOR is SENT
TO RULE MUNICH
Soriet DEGREES Annulled after
Garrison Oterthr0,Us Rule

Weimar. April 14.-(By A. PD-
Ravarian government has sent Deputy
Vogcl. of Furth to Munich as its rep
resentative. He is charged with en-
tire civil and military authority in
Munich. All the Soviet DEGREES have
been annulled.
The government at Munich was over
thrown by the garrison. Ratisbon.
Schweinfurt. Furth and Augsburg have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
6 DIE IN ROW OVER LIQUOR
Two officers and Four Negroes
Killed In Georgia ARRAY

Millen, Ga, April 14.-tBy A. P.)
Two officers. w. c. Brown and 4. H.
stephens, and four negroes, were killed
In Jenkins county near here yesterday
In pistol battle following the arsest
of one of the negroes, whose automobile
had been stopped on the road and
searched by the officers for whisky. N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

Parigi. 13 apric. Quasi inaspettato
e. tenuta una seduta del Consiglio del
Ouattro, con l'intervento del prrsidentr
Wilson. La chiamata della seduta q
conSpguenza della determinations di
Lloyd George di ritornarc domain in
Londra, owe rimarra' per una Settimana
o pcrche' colleghi di lui hanno creduto
neccSsario di tcncrc una finale riunionc
per decidere certe fast dele discussion
per le quail primi ministri hanno
ritenuto meglo decidcre personamente.
La scduta 81 o protrattO Oltre le ore
otto o la discussions copri' la generate
stuazione. Ira le attire question: fu
fissata la data quando sara possible
aver pronto un tcattato @ convocare
delegati tedcschi a Versailles.
F. state annunziato che il presidente
Wilson domain emcttera un Communicate
prcsumibilmentc riferentpsi al compute
lavoro del Conciio del Quattro sullt
generate situazionc attuale.
lie question: itaIiane jugo slave
saranno postc innanzi al Concilio nclla
seduta di domain. Mr.. Alfred J. Bal
four prondcra il posto di Lloyd George
81 apprende che Lloyd George annette
grande importanza ALA questionc della
probable data per la quale saranno ulti-
matt lavori della confercnza. dcsi
deroso di dare ALA Camera del Comuni
qualche idea al riguardo.
Nessuna defnita notizia fu data rela :
! tivamente all decisioni presc nclla Sc
dute di oggi.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

Carlisle Presbytery Meets Tomorrow
Harrisburg, April 14.--The Carlisle
Presbytery will meet in: First Church,
Steelton, tomorrow. in annual session.
A new moderator will be elected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
ADVERTISEMENT
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

II dispaccio che Qui' apprcsso ripor-
tiamo e. state inviato da Parigi ad un
giOrnalp di New York certamcnte 81
tratta di una dele Solite manovrc per
.alIarmare 'opinione pubblica nei ri
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giunti da Roma nei du" ultimi giorni
della Settimana Scorsa, SecOndo i quail
una tcntata dimostrazionp preparata da
clement turbolcnti, aborti' complpta
mente diede Iuogo a dimostrazioni pa
triottiche. durante le quail le truppo n
stento poterono salvare sovversivi
dall'ira della popolazionc. Ecco il testo
del tclcgramma
Parigi, Is apriIe. - Questa sera e
state dichiarato che le frontiere italane
sono state chiusr per prevpnirc che
giungano a Parigi le notizie relativa =
mcnte ALA spria situazione in Italia.
ST dice che disordini siano scoppiati
in Spguito alo sciopero poltico di
giovedi'. Alcuni dispacci rapportano
che la rivoluzone sarebbe scoppiata, ma
tale asserzionc non e. stata confermata
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
No Annexation by French

.'Tbosc who believe he would try to
annex to France the whole or part OF
the left bank Of the Rhine entirely ms
understood his intention, the corre-
spondent declares.
The French government made it clear
on March 2S that it did not want to
maintain its demand if Great Britain
and America deemed it to be objer!
tionabIe. Since that date the French
government has confined itself to claim
ing the coal of the Sarre Valley.
This principle was agreed 10 by all
parties. as it is recognized that the
transfer of the mines to France is only
. Inadequate compensation for the havoc
deliberately wrought in northern France
by the Germans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
SOV|ETS PREPARE
DRESDEN At TACK
Saxon Troops Mass on Elbe to
Defend City Against
Spartacans
DUSSELDORF REDS BEATEN
BY Associated Press

Berlin, April 13 delayed A Dres-
! den dispatch to the Nossischc Iei-
| tung says that an assault by soviet
| forces on the citadel in the Neustadt
section Of the city on the right bank OF
the Elbe. is expected.
/ Frontier troops and soldiers from
/ Pirns. eleven miles southeast of Dres-
don, have established themselves near
the Catholic church to defend the north
crn end Of the Friedrich Augustus
bridge. Some Of the Jaeger and Gren-
| adler troops are reported TO be unre-
| liable, their arms having been distrl-
butcd among the insurgents.
Government troops sent against the
| Brunswick soviet are reported from
| Madgcburg to have come into contact
with the outpOsts of the brunswick
| communist forces The outposts fed
! before the advance of the government
! contingent.
/ Copenhagen, April 1i.-jBy A. PD
-Four persons have been arrested in
/ Dresden on suspicion Of having had n
nort in the murder of War Minister
| Nruriug, who was thrown into the Elbe
and shot on Saturday during riot
started by diSgruntlcd Wouhued So'u'tiH -
The communist demonstration held IN
| Dresden Sunday was complete 1all-
urc. adviccs from the Saxon capital say.
In the Iwickau and l.agau mining
districts Of Saxony 90 per cent OF the
miners have voted against contlnu- :
alton of the strike.
Dusseldorf, April 13 (dclayedD .-tBy
A. PD-On Saturday night and Sun
day morning government troops attack
cd Spartacan forces cntrenched in the
Obcrbilk quarter in the southeastern
section of the city and, after n violent
bombardmcnt with artillery and mine
throwers, elected them. The majority
of the Spartacans fed in the direction
of Ellcr and the troops are no longer
encountering serious resistance. (Dus-
seldorf is in RheniSh Prussia.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
BULGARIAN POLICE
FIRE: UPON GREEKS
Shoot Down Demonstrators.
Thousands Deported From
Macedonia Starve to Death
GIRLS ARE DRIVEN CRAZY

Salonica, April 14.-Grceks engaged
in demonstrations near the city OF
Strumntza have been fired upon by
Bulgarian police sent from that place,
according to reports reaching this city.
No details as to the number OF casu-
alties have been learned.
A large number of Greeks have been
arrested for participating in new dis
orders. and twenty have been sent in
irons to Sofia. it is said.
Washington. April l4.-(By A. P.)--
Thousands of Greeks deportcd from
Macedonia during the Bulgarian occu :
patton have died from starvation and
mistrcatment and survivors are in n
desperate condition due to lack of food
and disease. said report just received
here BY the American Red Cross from
Athens.
Survivors are arriving in droves at
the American Red Cross relief sta
TONS the report said, after having
been without food for days. Women
walk into the stations with dead babies
in their arms. Young girls driven in
sane by the treatment they have re-
ceived and children who are but living
skeletons are seen on every hand.
As an example of the 'decimation'
of the Greek population of Macedonia
the report stated that of one group Of
5000 men. women and children deported
only 1916 were counted upon arrival al
one of the relief stations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

NlAMoNDS, pure as sparkling
- dewdrops in the early morn,
flash their enticing message
from the cases of Bailey, Banks &
Blddle Company, where many pieces,
original and beautiful in design, are
on display. Diamonds there are of
every size, mounted in every style,
but Bar Pins claim most attention.
Some are straight bars, in varying
lengths, set with well-matched dia-
monds, others are in pierced effect,
the shape that spreads in the mid
die and tapers off at both ends. A
glorious straight filigree Bar Pin,
paved with twenty brilliants, holds
eleven perfect blue-white diamonds,
the center one weighing rs carats,
while another, on the brooch-pin Or
der, has three rows of diamonds. the
middle one in a square setting, with
the center design formed by three
large and four medium-sized dia-
mondS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

Copenhagen. April 14.-tBy A. I. -
Ukrainian forces heavily bombardcd
Lemberg on Thursday and Friday, many
persons being killed and wounded, ac-
cording to dispatch received here from
that city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
ST AFFRETTANO |
LAVOR| PER LA PACE
lie Question: ira rItalia ed
Jugo-SIavi Saranno Discusse
Oggi NeIIa Seduta del
ConciIio

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. 34I
Authorized by the act OF October 8.
1917. on file at the Postoffice of Phila-
delph!a. Pa.
BY order of the President.
A. 8. BURLESON,
Postmaster General.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
French Get Saar Mines

AZ for thc Saar valley, the corrr-
snondcrt saws he understands that
President Wilson has definitely agreed
to the proposal originated by tFenl'r
Iloyd George, which consists IN giving
France ownership of the coal mines
while making the Saar district neu'
tral state under tho direction OF the
1eapuc of nations. Moreover, he points
ont, the covenant of tn" league ot ma e
t;ons has been rcdraftcd, 'one OF the
main amendments consisting i'll rcroG
nitiop of the Monroe Doctrine as beng
in conformity with the principle OF the
league" The correspondent continues
"Whether the treaty will be ready oS
Easter is. of course, another question
The important fact is. however, that the
counci of four seems to have agreed or
all the fundamental points. inns IS
distinct improvement.
On the subject of the western bordef
of Germany. the correspondent states
he has it on good authority that Premier
Glemenccau main object has been, from
the first day of the conference. to pave
the way to Il settlement that should
be entirely based on that idea OF right
which since 1870. has been embodied IN
Alsacc- ,orrainc." and that the settle
ment of the CzcchO SlOvak question
should be entirely acceptable to tho
English speaking demoCracics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
TR0TSKY ADMITS DEFEATS
Declares Cities on Eastern From,
Must Be Reeaptured

London. April "A. - Leon Trotsky,
the Bolshevik minister Of war and
marine of Russia, admits defeat on the
eastern front in wireless message
from Moscow which has been picked up
here.
The message reads: "All our Of
forts now must be directed to the cast =
ern front, which is the only front upon
which we have suffered defeats. We
must send old and experienced troops
to that quarter. 1t is absolutely neces
sary for us to capture Ekaterinburg
Perm and TIA"
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GERMAN FRONTIERS
TRACED BY POWERS
Bohemian Border Only Cues
ton Not Approached,
Says Briton
NO ANNEXATION PERMITTED

London. April 14.--Thc main items
of peace with Germany have been sub
stantially agreed upon by the council OF
four, the Paris correspondent OF the
Sunday Observer says he understands
The only problem not yet approached
is that Of the bohemian border. he says.
This problem. he points out, is an in
tricatc ono. ms it raises the question as
TO whether consid"ybl" number OF
Germans must be included in the
Czecho- Slovak state.
..As for tho other points concerning
the German bordcrs,' continues the
correspondent. lit seems that 1t only
remains now to decide upon some minor
aacstions. The question of DanZig Will
very likely he settled by setting up
kind of autonomous state in that dls-
trict while including it in the Polish
fl1StomS arpa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

IXVIHEN Spring, with its smiling
M verdure, ushers in Easter,
w what more charming and un-
usual remembrance could greet the
eve than Gift Basket of the
choicest fruits from Henry R. Hal
lowell & Son, Broad street below
Chestnut? The imported baskets Of
the finest weaves. hand painted and
plain, made to order in Japan and
China, are filled so artistically and
harmoniously that one almost feels
that Nature herself, with, her un-
erring taSte, had done the work.
Strawberries, grapes, oranges, pears,
King Tangerines, anples and some
times pineapples, fiji them, and these
unique baskets can be shipped any
where within 1000 miles by parcel
post, special delivery, but for this, to
insure arrival on time, orders should
be placed by Friday. A new illus
trated Easter catalog sent on re-
quest. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14

THE Getty of a Hundred Gar
dens"-Herat-known from its
\ strategic importance as the
"Key of India" though no longer in
Persian territory, is historically con-
nected with that land, and its rugs
are distinctly Persian in character.
A fine SKIS it. Herati rug at Fritz
& La Rue, 1924 Chestnut street, has
the entire field covered with mi
mute design in Mandarin yellow,
blue. red and green, in which the
"Fish pattern" two lancet-shaped
leaves and center flower, sometimes
called the Feraghan design, pre-.
dominate, and though the ground of
the main field is dark. that of the
four-corner triangles is ivory.
Around this rug run seven borders,
the main one with a characteristic
green ground covered by delicate
floral design in shades of dark green,
yellow, blue and heliotrope.