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stransled by the palace eunuchs,
raises the question as to the right of
destroying ones own life in order to
escape its being taken by others under
circumstances Of indignity and torture.
That was a problem which gave rise to
a most interesting and exhaustive de-
bate at the great international mis-
sionary Congress, which was held at
Edinburgh in June, just nine years
ago. 1t is a problem which has since
then repeatedly come to the fore dur
ing the last few years of Bolshevik
horror and bestialism, not alone in
Russia, but also in Hungary. where
Bolshevism and massacres, attended
by the most appalling cruelties, were
rampant until suppressed by the Ru-
manian army on its capture Of the
capital of the Magyars. The general
opinion. as developed at the Mission
airy Congress at Edinburgh. was that
the various denominations would view
with indulgence the action OF their
missionaries in destroying their own
lives and those of their wives and their
children in order to avert the indie
scribable and fiendish tortures certain
| to be their fate in the event Of their
falling alive into the hands Of the ma
tives.
Thus throughout the siege of the
foreign legations at Pedn by the
Boxer insurgents in 1900 the men OF
the foreign colony there kept the
women folk supplied with quick and
sure poison to be used for themselves
and for the children sooner than per-
NIT any of them to fall alive into the
hands of the enemy. Moreover, the
men were determined to use their re-
volvers first of all upon their loved
ones, should the poison fail to do 1t;
work, and then upon themselves
rather than that any one OF then
should be captured alive by so cruel 6
foe. To every man who has a wife
sister or child this would seem Il
be the only thing to be done under the
circumstances; and 1t is freely as
serted, and has never been denied, thai
In the memorable retreat to Tien-Tsir
at the close OF the unsuccessful at
tempt to relieve the legations. wheI
II was fourN impossible to carry alont
the MORALLY wounded they were sho
by their comrades in Difference to theii
entreaties, rather than be abandoned
still living to the Chinese insurgents
Called Betrayal of Chrastendom.'
OF course the idea was and is still
, roundly condemned by many religious
papers on both sides OF the Atlantic
: some even going so far as 10 denouncs
death inflicted under such circum
) stances an - betrayal Of Christen
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n NE of the many proposed re-
forms in England would have
been agitated for a long time
and which received a strong impetus
as a result of the war is a change in
the rule OF the road. Englishmen are
noted for their regard for tradition,
but the revelations in the last few
years of the inroads by others OF what
was formerly wholly British business
have quickly awakened a majority
from their lethargy.
In the United States and most other
countries 1t is the rule for drivers and
pedestrians 10 keep TO the right. Eng
land, though, has two rules-one that
foot traffic should keep to the right
and the other that vehicular traffic
should take to the left.
Thousands of British drivers on the
Continent during the war found the
British rule a great handicap at points
where drivers OF other allied countries
used the same roads. Many accidents
resulted from the confusion caused by
the clashing OF the two rules near the
front lines. Women ambulance drivers
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War Time Rules of the Road

especially were victims.
AS large part of the war time driv-
ing in the fighting zone had to be done
at night without lights, and automo-
biles, motorcycles and horse and mule
driven vehicles OF all kinds were hur-
rying back and forth on the same
road, the chaos resulting was some
times awful. with important measures
toward winning battles depending
upon the speed made. In such cir
cumstances quick thinking became a
necessity.
Rather than alter the rule OF the
road as regards vehicles so as to bring
England into line with the rest OF the
world the Borough Council OF Ham
mersmith suggested a rule for pedes
TRANS to keep to the left, as vehicles
do. This met flood of protests, many
pointing out the absurdity OF the idea.
1t was contended that millions of
travellers visit England and that mil
lions of Englishmen go abroad.
Left handed" walkers, 1t was said,
would cause indescribable confusion
in busy streets Of all cities.
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railroads" Hately Bros. called on the
Chicago Junction to move the car.
giving necessary instructions from
which a memo waybill was made. Upon
this the car moved cast. When II
reached Jersey City without proper
billing the Lehigh Valley agent at
New York harbor called upon the bill
ing station at Chicago for a waybill.
Chicago examined its files, but could
not find a record of a bill Of lading
for n. Y. c. 150055. The shippers ac-
cordingly were asked for a copy of the
bill Of ladng. This was done by let
ter. Documents were found proving
this was done.
Hately Bros. OF course could not To-
cate a record of loading n. Y. c.
150O55, although seemingly they, had
iced 1t, but did find their copy of the
bill of lading for the 155O55. This
time, however, they took 1t for granted
that the railroad was right and their
records wrong So they furnished the
railroad with a copy Of the bill OF lad
ing covering y. Y. C. 155O55, correct
ing the car number in the duplicate
so that it read N. Y. C. 150O55. Tho
Nickel Plate thereupon issued a way
bill for n. Y. c. 15o056.
That Was the Answer.
And there lay the explanation II
was easy with the records and the pic
ture built by the Investigators. Hately
Bros. agreed they apparently had load
ed but one car, that similarity OF the
numbers of the two cars had caused
all the trouble. Their people recalled
the refrigerator they loaded one win
ter's afternoon and which the railroad
apparently had failed to take away
during the night as ordered to do. But
the railroad had done so and at the
same time put an empty car on the
siding whose number and other char
acteristlcs so resembled the first one
nobody discovered they were only rel
atives and not the same car. The rail-
road that was "cussed" for not moving
the first car again obeyed orders ana
moved the second-even though II was
as empty as when 1t was placed on the
siding. And the empty car travelled
to New York on a fast schedule with
Ice bunkers carefully tended all the
way and receiving all the attention OF
a refrigerator with a lading worth real
money.
After 1t was all explained Hately
Bros. agreed to pay the empty mileage
for NYC 15O055 and one more freight
claim was wiped of the slate.
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SULTAN ABDUL -AZlZ KHAN

the same standards as those in Amer
lea
According to the letter Of Christian
canonical law, the suicide or the kill
ing Of dear ones to escape torture and
nameless horrors is forbidden. The
Roman Catholic Church lis very ex-
plicit on this point. Its doctrines do
not even admit of a woman killing
herself to escape dishonor. St Jer-
ONE is most emphatic on this point,
and his announcements have been
Endorsed by many other of the most
authoritative Fathers Of the Church.
But all Christian creeds, when brought
face to face with such cases, that Is
to say cases where death Is sought
to escape torture and dishonor, are
disposed to make allowances and to
have recourse to that virtue which is,
Faith. its fundamental principle.
namely. charity.
Charity Rules Nowadays.
1t is charity that seems nowadays
to dominate the attitude of Chistian
civilization in these modern times
Win regard 10 SulClue, ana Wnilc IL
is difficult to approve OF the action
of the State of New York in abolish
ing all legal restrictions upon self
destruction and in depriving the latter
of the stigma of crime, yet one can,
after all, understand it. Most Christian
denominations now accord the rites of
their church, either complete or in
some modified form, to the self-slain.
There is no longer a tendency to bar
their remains from consecrated ground.
| Above all, the old time degradation
reserved for suicides in burying them
at midnight in the centre Of cross
roads with stone on the face and
with a stake driven through their
breast long since has been abolished
In England it was done away with
at the instance of the most cynical
and heartless and selfish Of her rulers
George ". In June, 1928, he was sc
Mortified at the burial In this fashion
of a young man of excellent birth who
had blown out his own brains after
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ond entreaty by simply waving the
man away. being by that time unable
to speak. 1t was afterward given out
that Emperor Nicholas had died from
the effects Of severe chill. But the
true circumstances of the case were
known to all the physicians to the
court. Of Petrograd, through its princi-
pal dignitaries and through the conf
Dental communications from the for
eign embassies on the banks of the
Neva to every reigning house in Eu-
rope.
A full story of the affair, with all the
data bearing on the subject, is to be
found in the memoirs of the italian
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took the poison without the least
tremor or even the movement OF
muscle, and although twice told by the
doctor, Who held his watch in one
hand, that there was time to save him
by an antidote held in his other hand
should his Majesty alter his mind
Nicholas refused. answering the Sec
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tions Of life, such as those that pre-
vail in the. great cities of the United
States and in those countries of Eu-
rope that have escaped the horrors Of
invasion by the Central Powers and by
the Bolsheviki in the great war,
neither suicide nor yet the infection
of death upon others for the purpose
Of putting a quick and merciful end
to sufferings certain to result in a
fatal but lingering issue could be ex-
cused or condoned without the up
heaval OF our entire social system
and code of ethics. But existence is so
wholly different in semi or wholly bar
barous countries or in civilized coun-
tries that have become the prey of
Bolshevist insurgents or of Central
Power invaders that it is difficult for
us here to Judge white men there by
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Railroad Twins Cause Queer Mixup
This is story Of railroad twins
or at least near twins-and the

THIS is story Of railroad twins
or at least near Withstand the
trouble they started because
they looked so much alike. 1t is a
true story, too, and names Of shippers
and railroads have not been changed,
because there Is nothing in the re-
markable case of mistaken identity
which reflects discredlt upon any one.
1t is one more case of "the long arm
OF coincidence" which supposedly Is
never tolerated in fiction but gives
truth its great advantage over mere
romance.
To tell the story properly 1t seems
necessary to begin at the end and
work backward. At least that is what
the freight claim department of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad did when its
officials were confronted with the
startling news one morning that a
whole carload of meat had disappeared
some place between Chicago and the
side OF a steamship which was to have
taken 1t to France.
The railroads papers called for two
cars of meat consigned to the French
Commission for export. The records
showed that two refrigerator cars
NYC 150055 and NYC 155055 had
reached Jersey City with the impor-
tant consignment, that they had been
handled properly and promptly by the
Nickel Plate and the Lehigh Valley
that there had been no Icing failure
en- route and that the. original car
seals were intact upon arrival at the
seaboard. But checkers on the steam
ship upon which the meat was loaded
would receipt for but one carload
They said that was all they had re-
ceived.
| Hately Bros. of Chicago, on behalf
of the Cudahy Packing Company, were
credited with loading the cars and the
Chicago Junction Railroad had spotted
and pulled them and delivered them tC
! the Nickel Plate az Fcrty-seventt
street, Chicago. Both cars were under
Hately Bros seals when they LEFT
! their plant and the same seals were or
the cars when they reached Jersey
City.
The Plot Thickens.
All this knowledge was In posses
sion of II. Z. Snyder. assistant claim
agent OF the Lehigh Valley. when HI
started on a still hunt for the missing
meat. 1t took him only a short tim
to discover THAI the cars were covere'
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DOM" They take the ground that
Christians have no right ito commute"
in this fashion "one single one of the
torrents that are the appointed mea-
sure of the martyr" In one word,
they deny the Christians right to ease
the passage to eternity for those loved
ones whom they cannot bear to see
suffer. True, under ordinary condi-
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HDesttn His CaII Ruling and the Resulting Phenomenal
in
Self a CrmeEhics That Prevail When Worse Than Death I'm
Who
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The Plot Thickens.

All this knowledge was In possess
sion of II. E. Snyder. assistant claim
agent OF the Lehish Valley. when he
started on a still hunt for the missing
meat. II took him only a short time
to discover that the cars were covered
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Mr.. Bonnie Racial

A terrible accident occurred Sat.
urday morning, the first of its
kind that ever happened here
whereby, = man was electrocuted.
The night before. the electric
light and telephone wires became
entangled near the Standard Bak.
cry and because of the danger,
the Supt. decided to turn off the
street lights and wait until day
light before untangling them. so
about nine o'clock Saturday MORN
ing, q lineman vas sent to do the
work, Mr.. Bonnie Racial, one of
the employees of the power house
who had had several years ex-
perience as lineman of the Cum
berland Telephone Co.. was doing
the work, strapped as usual.
when he slipped and in trying to
regain his balance threw his arm
over a wire and his leg being
around another, making COM
plets circuit, he was instantly
killed. being burned on the neck
and arm.
MI. Rachal leaves 1 wife and
i've children, a mother and other
relatives.
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Letter from France
Brest. France, April II, 1919

Brest. France, April II, 1919.
Dear Folks, Game back last night and
found eight letters waiting for me,
| four from Richalieu dated 3-l5-19, 3-4-le
3-2I-19 and 3.24-19, two from Bunarc
dated 1918 and 3-22 10, one from Aunt
Lii. dated 3-24-19 and one from girl
Also received one from Bunard today
dated 3-17-19.
have bought me kodak and you
need not send me one; also have few
films, but can't buy any at present.
You can send some to me, without an
order, can't you? Reed the gum you
enclosed in the letter, also the stamps.
Think I have answered all questions SO
will tell you about my trip.
left here 3-2S-19 arrived at Paris
the next morning at eight O'Clock. l
stayed there until the next morning at
sos, Twas out at Versailles where
saw King Louis XIV's castle, which Is
some beautiful place-too much to de-
scribe in words. The peace treaty will
be signed there. i)saw many other
interesting places. Paris is some city.
But my pass read to Belgium, so at
sos A. M. left for Brusseles, Bel
gium and passed thru many parts OF
the battle fields and never saw one
house standing; everything is in ruins
and was shelled to the ground. Ar
rived ct Brusseles at 9 p. m. Sunday
night, March Both. Brusseles is city
of 1,200, 900 inhabitants, and a very
beautiful city. 1 made that place my
headquarters and visited the following
places in Belgium: Brugges, Zuburgges.
Ostend and Waterloo-saw the battle
grounds where Napoleon lost his bat
.tls-Lovaine and Antwerp. 1t will be
useless to describe all / saw. ] saw
some wonderful paintings. churches.
museums. etc. l spent a very happy
IA days, and enjoyed the trip very
much.
Abe s. passed thru here on his way
to the States but / did not get to see
him. Aunt Lii wrote that he was home.
Have quite few cards of the places
that have visited, am going to send
them to you and you can send them to
one another. It is late and am tired
and sleepy. Lots and lots of love to all.
Sgt. Harry Kranson,
NJ. T. c. 511. NJ. S. T. 42S.
A. z. F. Via. N. Y. A. P. o. TIC.
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Reopenins Of Olympic

After being closed for the past
few months, the Olympic Theatre
opened Saturday under the man.
aeement Of Mr.. j. G.. Shehane,
in The Power and The Glory,
when q general admission price OF
.05 was one of the inducements
for opening day. Contracts have
been made with some of the best
companies, Fox, Triangle, World,
Vitagraph, Blue Bird and Jewel,
which feature some of the leading
stars in filmdom.
Many improvements have al
ready been put in and more will
be made later and the public is
assured that every thing will be
done for their comfort and enter
tainment.
The show stars at 4 D. n. every
day but Saturdays and Sundays
when it begins ct 8 with the gen.
eral admission price Of .O5 and 20
and the patronage Of the public is
solicited.
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Mr.. N. T. Smith

The sudden death of one of
Natchitochas' prominent citizens
was learned with sorrow early
Sunday morning when MIR. Nor
wood Smith died from an attach,
% acute in i9estjon, after q fHw
hours illness. Mr.. Smith was the
eldest son of the late bred S.n:tl.
and Louise Dunckleman, born and
reared in Natcliitoches where he
had lived eli of his life respected
among all classes. He was a man
of quite unobstrusive habits. a
student by nature. who while he
devoted himself to the practice of
his profession, the law firm of
Smith and Rusca of which he was
the senior MEMBER. being among
the best known in this section of
the State, and his duties as city
attorney, was never too busy to
do his part in all public or church
matters as we'll as in charitable
work.
The funeral on Monday morn
ing conducted by the Masons was
q very large one; and with the
beautiful floral offerings proved
the esteem in which he was held
A widow, six children, several
sisters and brothers besides other
relatives and friends survive, to
whom sympathy is extended.
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Missionary Centenary

Meyer in its history has the
Methodist Church in Louisiana
arranged to have a preacher in
each Of its 400 or more churches
at the same time, but this plan
has been perfected aud on May II
and 10 preacher or layman will
speak in each Methodist pulpit in
the state on Missionary Centenary.
This plan is being followed out as
q preliminary to the great drive
on May 1926 for S35, 600, 900 in
the South and $3.50, 900 in Louisi-
ana.
Methodists Of Natehltoches have
the work in hand. Rev. j. w.
Lee, the pastor, knows that his
church has called. Other preach
ers and congregations will succeed
and Natchitoches can not afford to
come one whit behind
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The entertainment given BY the
pupils of the High School in the

The entertainment given BY the
pupils of the High School in the
Normal auditorium last Saturday
night when THE real American
Grip was given under the direc-
ton of Miss Gaulden was a bril-
liant success in every way; being
worthy of professionals in presen-
tation and staging while the pro-
ceeds netted the handsome sum
OF S51.2O which will be used to
buy atheletlc paraphanalia for the
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. Cook, son
Edwin and daughter Leslie are
back from visit to Natchitoches
where Mr.. Cook went to attend a
K. of G. meeting. They brought
back with them for 3 visit, their
sister, Miss Josie RuSca, always a
welcome visitor here The trip
was made by auto. Sport Times
All the soldiers. sailors and ma.
rines discharged from service be-
tween November IL when the
armistice went into effect and
February 28th, 1919, may file
claims with the auditor of the war
department for II cents per mile
for travelling expenses from the
place of discharge to their homes.
Mrs. l. Lucas returned from Alex
andria Wednesday night very
much benefited by her visit there.
She was accompanied by her
daughter, who spent some time in
New Orleans during her absence
and guest, Mrs. Rice of New York
who visited relatives in Arcadia
and Monroe.
The taste of war seems to be
palatable to young America, who
Oliver Twist like is crying for
more to the possibility Of continued
or renewed active service for On
Gle Sam. Sixty per cent of the
men who were accepted in the
navy last week were less than
10 years old.
News of the death of Mr.. John
Hertzog, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Hertzog of St. Louis, was
received last week; and while sud-
den was not wholly unexpected,
as he had been in delicate health
through the ~ years Of his life.
Sympathy is extended to the par
ents and family here.
A message was received Tuesday
announcing the safe arrival from
overseas of Earl Prudhomme, g.
Ewing, and E. l.. Breda, while
Mrs. Walter Alcocke is daily
awaiting the return of her hus-
band who is already at Camp
Shelby, (Miss.)
Regular April showers on Tues
day, some what different from the
heavy rains of Saturday night and
and Sunday, which were accom-
panied BY tightening, thunder and
wind.
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Noticefo Bids

Contracts will be let for six negro
school buildings in Natchitoches parish
SATU RDAY, MAY 18th.
Rights reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Places and specifications may be seen
my Office at Natchitoches.
L. E. HUDSON,
Supt. Parish School
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The Equal, Suffrage Club

The regular monthly meeting Of
iris organization will be held
Monday evening. May 18th at 6
j, n. and ! full attendance is re-
quested = Il will be the last meet
ing before the summer adjourn.
mAnt, and besides the election Of
officers for the year. there are
many matters of importance to
discuss.
A short informal program will
be given.
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NOTICE

Those having cl inns against ID +
ish for killed or damaged stoci.
pfcof that saiG & imsge was cacs 8
clipping, will plea Sc meet at the e
House on
NCEDAY, M<.G S:E, ISIS,
1ar lie purlo ct arranging :: 54l-at
suit ;ga!nst tee parish ter ssia CLAIMS.
- 4 J. J. HAhkELL.
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Pay your debt of victory; are you
less willing to give your money
than you were to give your man
hood?
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The housewives are busy put
ting mp mayhaw jelly. the most
delicious and prettiest of All fruits
for that purpose, which however,
ripen ID . rush through a very
short season.