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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
Memorial Service

The Main Street Baptist church
could not accommodate all those who
gathered there Sunday evening, to
attend the memorial service, and
pay their tribute to Raymond DALEY,
who paid the supreme sacrifice for
democracy. Pvt. Raymond bailey
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
L. Daley. A large delegation of
Odd Fellows (of which he was Il
mcmbcr) attended in Il body, escorted
to and from the service by Co. IL,
V. V. NJ, who also attended the SER
vice in a body. W. Il. Magoon acted
as marshal. The church was appro-
priately decorated with allied flags,
also palms and Easter lilies, kindly
loaned by 7. c. Camp, proprietor of
the Ball Flower shop. A beautiful
wreath with the picture Of Private
DALEY in the center, was placed on I,
table that was drapcd with the Stars
and Stripes. The order of service was
as follows:
Music McCaulcy's orchestra with
Mrs. Don Pulrcr at the piano
Coincidence of the City
Mayor james u. Gardner
"Walking With God" Male Quartet
Scripture Lesson and Prayer Pastor
"Somc Sweet Day" Male Quartet
Sermon Rev. 4. V. Allcr
Go. II, V. V. NJ. 1t. Col. A. H.Grout
Y. NJ. G.. A. Henry Burgess
]. q. q. +. Noble Crane
Prayer I. .. o. i. chaplain
"Cast Thy Burden on The Lord
The Quartet
Taps Bugler Herbert Webster
nPenedietion .--- Pastor
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
PASSUMPSIC

Mrs. Nelson Rash is confined TO the
bed with Il cold.
Miss Gcrmainc Allard is visiting at
Mrs. Nelson Rlsh's.
Mrs. Bert Ransomc is quite sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stevens of St.
JohnSbury spent Sunday at Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Ransomc's.
Miss Hazel kittrcdgc of st. Johns
bury spent Saturday with Miss Olive
Rood at Mrs. Harold Wards.
Lindsay Stlnhopc spent the week
end at Fred Converse.
Ben S. Mills returned home from
The hospital Saturday. He is doing
as well a; can be expected.
John Annis is working at North
Danvillc for few days.
Miss Alice Laiay spent the week
end with Miss Nora Bushcy in st.
Johnsbury.
Harold Wells of st. Johnsbury was
town Saturday. #.,
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
NEWPORT LOCALS
A. BLANCHE CAMERON

The community was saddencd by
the passing away of Mrs. A. Blanche
Cameron, which occurred on Tuesday
afternoon, March 1th. Her death
was a shock to her friends, while she
had been very sick, yet their seemed
no cause for alarm, until the after
noon Of her death, which was caused
by heart failure. A. Blanche Gamer
on was the daughter of Charles and
Abbie Holt She was born in Boston,
Mass, July 8th, 1873. Her mother
died when she was an infant. After
the death of her father Hhich occur
red when she was !. small child, she
made her home with he: stop mother,
Fannie c. Holt, and an aunt, Han rict
Adams of Gorham, n. II. On Oct.
"a, 1907, a,oc l'i;.'::'.cl Elwin E. Cam
cron, TIL i, -d;ilg taking place at the
home u her aunt, Mrs. Adams. The
first five years of their married life
was spent in Wells River and Woods
vile, coming to make their home in
Newport in June 1912, where Mr..
Cameron has been employed in the
B. and NJ. freight office. Mrs. Cam
cron was not Il strong woman, and
this prevented of her making Il large
number Of acquaintance, but those
who had the pleasure of being IL
ncighbor and knew her WAS to love
her. Her hours spent in her home
with her husband was the most plea
SAINT of any and they could nearly al
ways be found there, when Mr.. Cam
cron was not working. Mrs. Gamer
on was Il member of the First Con-
gregational church, and Il very rcgu-
lar attendant. The funeral services
were held at the house Thursday at
tcrnoon at two o'clock, the Rev. l..
A. Edwards officiating. The floral
tributes were numerous and bcauti-
ful and testified in unspokcn words
the sympathy of their friends. The
remains were taken to Wells River
Friday neon and placed in the lot be-
side Mr.. Cameron's mother. Those
from out of town who came to attend
the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Cameron and daghter, Verna, of
Wells River, Mrs. VIM. A. Richard
son of Gorham, N. H., and Mrs. Sid
ney Cameron of Wells River. Mrs.
Charles and Sidney Cameron came to
Newport on the news of the death
and rendered valuable assistance in
the home until after the funeral SER
vices. Mr.. Cameron will have the
sympathy of their many friends in
Newport and Wells River in his hour
of sorrow and lonliness.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-19
EAST ST. JOHNSBURY

Herbert Bridges spent the week.
end with friends in Orleans.
DR.. Sidney McCurdy is spending IL
few days with his wife and little
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH HIM?

Fire broke out one night during
the past week in the barn in the
back ward Of the Monette Hotel in
TalIulah. For a while it looked like
it would be big fire, but the quick
arrival of the fire hose served to not
only put out the barn, but to save
the surrounding houses. Some of the
furniture of the adjoining cottage
belonging to Mrs. Monette were TAX
en- out of the house, but the house
did not catch fire. An incident well
worthy of notice was the fact that
there was no wrench with the hose
reel that was brought down to the
scene, so someone had to go to the
power house to get wrench. 1t
just happened that the fire was very
close to the power house and it took
only few minutes to get the wrench
but it would have taken a longer
time had the fire been a long dis
lance from the power house, and the
fire would, in all probability, have
gotten good start before any water
could have been put on it. These
things should be watched after more
carefully BY those in charge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
LOOK THIS WAY, PLEASE

The meeting Of the citizens Of Tai
lu,ah Thursday night developed the
fact that they are unanimous in the
determination to make an up-to-date
town of Tallulah. Committees were
appointed to make recommendation
In regard to improvement Of the
streets and the town power plant.
The intention is to use sufficient
bonds to make the necessary improve
ments and to insure that such i'm
provements when made will be Of a
permanent character. The Journal
desires to see the money raised and
well spent. The time was when we
al believed that It took natural al
vantages or some special conditions
to make a town. But that idea has
long since been exploded. 1t takes
public spirited citizens-and nothing
else-to make q town grow. All the
natural advantages on earth are val
ueless without proper citizenship to
develop them.
Now Tallulah has the natural ad-
vantages. Let us use the periscope
to see II we have the public spirited
citizens. Let us take your photo
graph
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH HIM
TRIBUTE TO VIRGINIA
Child Sends Player Entire Collection
o. of Trinke.s


One of the most remarkable trib-
utes that screen favorite has ever
received came to Virginia Corbin,
who is Just, now engaged in PLAYING
the tit'e role in Fan Tan" which
will be shown at the Lyric Theatre on
next Friday night. 1t was little box
containing what was probably the
entire treasures of a child, who wish
ed to show his admiration for the
beautiful girl.
In the box was scrubbed a note
which showed that the sender was g
boy who was just learning to write.
and he tried to tel Virginia how
much he admired her.
The box contained a little breast
pin, a gilt button, a silver heart, two
rings and cross made of red stones.
This little man had laid his entire
wealth at the feet of the girl he ad-
mired, and all he could say in the
letter was how cheerfully he did it.
Perhaps nothing that has ever come
to a screen favorite was so touching
as this complete tribute of a whole,
hearted admirer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

At a representative meeting OF
the citizens of Tallulah at the Court
House last Thursday night, for the
purpose of considering the improve
ment of the town light and water
n ant and the streets, it was decided
by unanimous resolution to request
the town council to hire a competent
engineer to make a complete survey
of the town, and report just what was
needed, and the approximate cost OF
same. and when this was done, the
twon council to reassemble toh same
meeting and report what the expert
said. Also it was decided that it was
the sense of the meeting that the
town vote bonds for these improve
ments. but to wa.d on this matter
until the cost was ascertained, SO
that concrete proposition may be
submitted % the voters. Also, IN ar
irving at the cost of said improve
ments the following committee was
appointed to confer with the vii age
council and with the engineer while
he was engaged in Tallu all. The com
mittee appointed was Messrs. J. I.
Mcclellan, George Spencer, j.. v.
Wright, J. B. Snyder, q. +. Blair.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
CUT OVER LANDS

New Orleans, La, March 6-WorE
in connection with the preliminary
survey of lands offered for the COL
onization Of soldiers and sBilors re-
turning out for war service involving
more than 100000 acres of cut
over and reclaimed lands in south
ern states, will be discontinued at
once, w. ID. Ross, federal recama-
ton engineer, who has been in charge
of the work. announced here to-
night"
The foregoing Geographic report
from New Orleans indicates the dis
continuance of one of the most fool
ish projects. The loss of the bill in
the closing days of Congress should
not cause much concern. We believe
that farmers-like poeS-are born
and notmade. And to cause a mar
to cast his lot as a farmer on the
average "cut over farm would re
quire something in addition to the
misfortune of birth. In fact it wouiC
take a strong chain Of circumstance!
to pull him in that direction. In fac
we believe that if something must b.
done for the cut-over farms that they
should be given to the boys now un
der sentence by court martial a
Leavenworth. If the returning sol
der wants to farm he can find tn,
opportunity all right.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

necessary. In the second place it
guarantees you a pea or bean crop
every year, as you can plant them in
the drill between the corn as early as
you please and work them when you
work the corn"
Continuing, Mr.. Burt says that it
is his opinion the we try to grow too
many stalks on the ground.
In this article l had hoped to give
the experience and advice of w. j..
and J. Fl. Ful.ilove, of Shreveport,
who have practiced the wide row
method of corn culture for a number
If years, but l have not the data
available.
IT,. WATSON, Par. Agt.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

The defeat of the three-quarter
billion appropriation for the aid of
railroads has produced CONSERVATION
in the ranks. A confab is being held
to devise ways and means to meet the
situation. We suggest that they try
putting the railroads back on a COM
mon sense, business basis. Get some
service out OF the men who are draw
ing bigger pay. Inculcate the idea in
the minds of the head men that the
patrons Of the road constitute val
liable asset, and that they are en-
titled to some consideration.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
FOUND WANTING

At the moment when socialism
threatens to engulf the world there
Is much discussion in regard to the
primary election system of selecting
officers. The general opinion appears
to be that the primary method of
nomination for officers is a failure.
One state is already on record as
willing to put the system in the dis
card. There are many reasons why
the people fail to make wise selec-
tons Of men to conduct their affairs,
but there is no one thing that con-
duees more to election of thoroughly
incapable men than does the primary.
With the primary, the bigger the
hum-bug the greater the certainty
that the primary win find him and
fest him On the people. With the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
GOOD ROADS
(Tensas GaZettc)

With view o. asccrtaining how
gravel roads have held up II other
sections of the State where the ex-
pertinent has been made, Hon. Thos.
NJ. Wade recently addressed q. teste-.
% Hon. !. F. Messick, Sunerintend-
ent Of Education of Iberville pa
ish, asking for information as to the
condition Of the gravel roads CT that
parish and how they have held Nd
the past winter. NJ. MaG:ick'5
'etter to Mr.. Wade. which follows:
will Re Of interest to our people az
this time:
PlaGue-1ine. ! a,
February 9Th, 1919.
SUIT. Thos. ". Wade,
s.. Joseph La.,
NV dear Mr.. Wade:
Replying to yours Of 2rd inst. ]
wish to saw that as far rs / have had
IN crportunity to observe. and as far
as have beer able to learn. the rrav-
- roads in Iherville hava, rs a whole
held IN remarkably we'll during this
long wet spell. rernairirc n"ssa5'e 2 y
I the tire. with the execution of in
nlares holes in weak spots develoDing
on account OF poor drainage and the
! lads rot being cared for r"oper y
Our school trucks have made full
time, where running on these gravel
roads, till TO-DAY one is off on account
| of ore o. two had places developing
in the road. Some Of our roads, in
fact the most If them, have not been
| r owl, cd
un. drained, and new gravel applied
where needed for the mast year or
so, ard have become flat. or even
conceive in places so that water wou d
stand instead of draining. These are
he places where holes or weak spots
have developed.
I asst weak | was ever about a ten
mile stretch &C gravel road in tho ND
rer part of the parish. from Wari,-
pouin to below Crosse Tete, and with
the execution of about one place
made rough by loaded cane warors
turning or crossing. an automobile
could 20 at full speed. It is overthis
stretch of road that our heaviest
school trucks run, ard Mr.. Chas. j.
Slack who lives at Marirgouin in
stretchof road is about as i was last
forms me this morning that this
week when he and / were over it.
He advises me that this road was
built four or five years ago with gray
Ell laid five inches in center to th~ee
inches on edges, and fifteen feet wide
] am of the opinion, though, that
the gravel was laid even thicker than
these figures in places.
None Of the gravel roads. as far as
have been able to learn, have beer
ir'Dassahle for the ordinary automo.
bile, with a possible exception OIL one
or two places where these holes de-
veloped. IF the roads had been prop
erly cared for, kept rounded up and
ditched so as to drain well, these
would undoubtly have given nc
trouble whatever.
In building the roads no concrete
whatever was used. just prepared the
road bed and applied washed grave
first and then sand, or sand soil, as
from the bitches or surface of the
land.
would advise that two or three
Of your citizens come 1T once and in.
spect these roads while they are ir
their worst conditions They car
then see what is needed in building
With Nndest personal regards,
Yours very truly.
l.. E. MESSICK.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
FROM ANOTHER TAXPAYER
Editor Madison Journal,
Tallulah, La.

Editor Madison Journal,
Tallulah, La.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
note communication in your pa
per of Feb. % from "A Tax Payer"
His reasoning and advice are good.
The improvements the writer men,
tions will make of Us a more self
respecting community and prospect
i've citizens seeing our good appear
ance will locate with US providing
they do not go and look over into
the bayou and see it neglected and
grown up in all kinds of bushes and
weeds, and choked with rotted and
rotting vegetation, from which in the
summer rises a disagreeable stencil
that causes sickness to prey upon our
inhabitants. When summer comes
and the bayou dries up so there is
10 running water the mosquitoes
breed in every hole that is left stand
ing. When they hatch out they
swarm to the houses and not only
cause annoyance, but carry disease
which sometimes ends in death. This
can be prevented and our town made
more beautiful and attractive not
only to ourselves but to outsiders
and prospective citizens by cutting
out all the growth of both trees and
weeds within cur city limits and then
keep the weeds moved down so that
the grass can carpet the banks.
When the "City Fathers" deem it
necessary for the good of the town
that a sidewalk be put down they
say to the owners of the property
where the walk is deemed necessary
put down the walk" and it's down
before long. Let them say the same
about the cleaning out of the bayou
and have no doubt it will be cleaned
out.
"A thing Of beauty is a joy for
ever"
ANOTHER TAX PAYER.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS

Act No. 239 of 1918 provides a IL.
ecnst tax of one dollar on all male
dogs and two dollars on all female
dogs, said amount to be paid to the
Sheriff and Tax Collector, who shall
provide the payee with a brass tag to
be attached to the collar of the dag.
The act further requires that no dog
shall be allowed to run at large on
any unenelosed lands of lots under
penalty of from twenty-five to a hun
dred dollars, or imprisonment, or both
Mt discretion of the court. The above
section does not apply to parties hunt
ing with dogs. All parties owning
dogs should apply to the Sheriff and
Iax-Celleetor for license tags imme-
diately, with the remittance as stated
Above A. J. SEWER, Jr.,
Sheriff 4 Tax-Collsctor.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH HIM?
THE WIDE ROW SYSTEM OF
CORN CULTURE
What Some of the Successful Planters
of the Red River Valley Have to
Say in its Favor

Mr.. John Sentell, of Dixie, La,
writes rs follows:
81 have not had a great deal OF
experience with wide row corn Gull
ture, but from the experience I had
last season | am inclined to favor it.
/ anted all my corn on seven foot
rows with a row Of velvet beans be-
tween each row and l can truthfully
say that this made the best and really
the only good corn in this section. l
am preparing to follow this system
on all of my property this season.
Of course you leave the corn a good
deal thicker on seven foot row than
you would on four foot or five foot
row. In fact, to get approximate
ly the same number of stalks per acre
and at the same time get good crop
Of velvet beans, which make the fin
est fall and winter pasture / have
ever tried, and at the same time your
land is greatly benefited by the
beans.
Mr.. Clarence Elerbe, another very
successful PAINTER of Caddo parish,
writes as follows:
Regarding the wide row methods
of corn culture, will say that l have
been at that matter now for three
years, and like the two rows of corn
and one row of velvet beans better
than any other method. My expe-
ence up to date is that | can and do
make fully as much corn this way
as by any other method, and the vel
vet beans make much ranker growth
that covers the ground in the late
fall where the peas die.
Also the velvet beans stay in the
field and can be harvested by cattle,
mules, or hcgs, whether belonging to
the tenants or the plantation. l work
all my land based on one-third corn
ard beans and two-thirds cotton.
nave followed this method for six
years, frs with peas, then with beans.
| will not have to buy any corn or
meal for the plantation or any of my
tenants during the coming season,
Notwithstanding we had an almost
unprecedented drough. last year. Mr.
Ellerbe writes further on the benefits
to the land derived from the velvet
beans, and says that in 1918, where
cotton followed beans of 1917: "My
average difference was about three
hundred and fifty pounds seed cot.
ton per acre in favor of the bear
land. / do not intend to discredit the
use of peas, only for North West
Louisiana, beans are, in my opinion
better"
Mr.. E. s. Burt. of Bossier parish
gives the following reasons why he
favors the wide row system of grow
ing corn:
I'm the first place it gives oppor
tunity to get your corn better spaced
You often hear planters say they
connot get tenants and day laborer.
to properly thin the corn. This meth
cd will certainly give it distance one
way at least and if your planters are
properly set no thinning out will be
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

The bunch of kicking senators have
launched their campaign against the
League of Nations. They are really
more concerned with getting rid of
a democratic president than they are
of getting rid of the League of Ma
tions.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

-fgd - - -
primary it is a case of the blind
leading the blind.
But the convention system afforded
an opportunity for voters and lead
crs to confer, reason and decide by
a process of elimination or selection
However, the primary is here for
quite a while yet, and the only con-
ISOLATION we can get is that 1t Will, IN
the meantime, infliet severe puniSh-
ment on the demigogues who are
responsible for its adoption.
The small minority who opposed
it can wait in patience until expert
ence gets in its work.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

General Coxy is gathering an army
to march on to Washington. This
time the mob will travel in autos.
Now is the time to test out our new
hand grenade-the General would
make a fitting subject; his loss would
not be material.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

The Bo!sheviki in Russia have
reached what they consider a happy
solution of the problem of caring for
the sick. They simply kill them-an-
other angle of their doctrine of the
brotherhood" Of man.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
SATURDAY, MARCH 9Th. 1915,

Camp Besuregard will be aban-
doned. This will permit Alexandra
to take one more nip before July
LIST. Drink hearty, boys!
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

Kodakers.-We have enlarged our
finishing rooms and now have ample
force to finish all work promptly.
Send us your kodak work for best
results. GRIFFIN'S STUDIO
fb22-4t) Monroe, La.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08

Display advertising rates: one time
20 cents per inch, 80 inches or more
within IL months, / 5 cents; 100 inch
g. or more within II months, 10
cents. Reading notices, 5 cents per
cosnt line per insertion. No display
advertisement accepted for less than
s1.00 and no reading notice for less
than % cents.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-08
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH HIM?
TALLULAH BOOK CLUB MEETS.

The Tallulah Book Club met in reg
ular session THURSDAY, March 9th, at
the home of Mrs. Holt.
A favorable report was given by
the committee on music, in regard
the the Community Singing School,
which meets each Tuesday night.
The committee on finance was or
dered to purchase an encyclope ala
for the cub. The civic committee
was instructed to cooperate with the
town council to see that our town is
made more sanitary and more beau
tiful, and that the stock, which is
permitted to run a. large on the
streets be taken up.
Mrs. t. R. Harris was elected a
new member. The following must
cal programme was rendered:
Waltz Mary Pauline Pierce
Song-"Who Knows" and when r.
ism Eyes Are Smiling Miss Ring.
Musical selection Miss Jessie Erwin
Talk-"Civic Needs of the Town"
------------M Mrs. Chas. Coltharp
Talk-"Beautifying Grounds"
After the above interesting pro-
gram most delightful refreshments
were served by Mrs. w. H. Ward
and Mrs. Holt.
MRS. D. H. ALLEN, Pres
MRS. NEAL HOLT, Secretary.
We have been requested to an.
nounce that the next meeting of the
Community Singing will be held al
the Opera House in Tai ulah on next
Wednesday night at 1880 p. m. AL
interested in singin0Rre requested tc
attend ana take pafVin the practices
The singing now occupying the at
tention Of the members of for the
Easter services at the various church
es in Tallulah.