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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01
many HOME COMFORTS
Begin WITH GASOLINE
Supplies Farm Homes With Liohts.
Fans, Water and COOKING
Conveniences.

we have almost forgotten that
Just few years ago the only uses
found for gasoline were those OF
cleaning and cooking" said E. B. Do.
ran. assistant professor Of agronomy
Louisiana State University. ITO be
sure, grease spots are still taken out
with gasoline and possibly some corn
bread is still baked in an oven on a
gasoline range. but. in the meantime.
our ideas as to the usefulness of easo-
line have completely changed. We
connect the word gasoline now almost
wholly with the word power. When
we speak OF gasoline we think Of
power.
And 1t is only still more recently
that gasoline stands for power in the
home. The farmers wife is coming
into her own and gasoline Is the mag.
ic word.
We must not neglect to explain,
however that the magic 10 brought
about by close association with cleo
tricity. The gasoline is the source of
power for the small engine; the small
engine is connected to the generator.
and the operation Of the generator
causes electricity to be stored in bat
teries. From this point we branch
out into several lines. First, we have
electric lights. then electric current
for numerous small cooking appli-
ahces. comfort from electric fans. and.
by an ingenious type Of pump AMI
tank the only completely satisfactory
system OF country water works.
1T begins with gasoline. The home
comforts Of modern farm life are DOS
sible only because Of the readiness
and completeness with which this
clear, volatile fluid can be utilized"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01
Back From France

Mr.. Zerben Bienvenu who has
done active service in France re-
turned home last Saturday. Short
ly after joining the army Mr.. Bien.
venu crossed the sea and was i'm.
mediately sent to the front, and
was on the Mense sector, where he
was slightly wounded in the knee
and had to be sent to the hospital.
He participated in the last fights
and was on the firing line at the
time the armistice was signed.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01

Mr.. Achille Patin received a
message Monday that his oldest
brother, j. A. (Fils) Patin, had
died at his home in Lockport, La,
of heart troubles, at the age of
70 years.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01
NUMBER 81
Sisters Schools Re-opened

The schools of the Convent of
Mercy were re opened Monday af.
ter having been closed for two
weeks on account of influenza
among the boarders. We are
pleased to say they are all we'll and
there are no more cases at the
Convent.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01
WORKERS BUSY ON
PLANS FOR VICTORY
LOAN next Spring
~ist's Finish the Job" VIII be Appeal
to subserIbsrs and Volunteers In
Last Bond Campaign.

Atlanta.-Foroes are being lined up
throughout the country to pat over
Americas nth war loan-the last the
public will be called upon to Absorb
the early part Of April.
The decision of the Treasury De-
partment to designate the Aew bond
issue as the Victory Liberty Loan"
seems to be meeting with general
favor. The name carries the thought
Of the victory Of America and her a.
lies on the battlefelds Of France for
the cause Of freedom and democracy.
The amount Of the loan win b de-
tsrmined by the needs of the Treas.
NY Department whom the issue 10 au-
thorfzed. It Is believed, however, II
will be about six Billion Dollars-the
same as the Fourth Liberty Loan The
interest rate of the securities has not
been decided but assurances have
been given that 1t will be attractive
from the investory's point Of view.
Lots finish the Job" is the appeal
made BY officials Of the, War Loan
organization to purchasers Of bonds
Of the previous issues and TO work.
eFs. The county organizations are be-
ing rsassembled for ths last great
e4oet
In q statement Just made public.
Governor Joseph A. MoCord. of the
Federal Reserve Bank Of Atlanta,
chairman of the Sixth District War
Loan Organization, emphasizes the
need Of another loan.
IT was not alone the achievsment
Of our soldiers in breaking the Hin
denburg line that made Germany beg
for an armistice though I would not
rob the fighters Of any of the glory,
he said. It was the gigantic scale Of
preparation in America. behind the
army; our hugo production Of arms,
ammunition and ships; our greater
army In training behind the firing
line. that convinced Germany 4 was
useless to fight any loogsr."
BY going into 1t - We did. . vast
sum was spent. but Il brought . sav-
ing IN the lives Of thousands Of our
young men. Critics have charged the
Government with "sxtravaganoe"' IN
handling war contracts. Il was this
determination to win 1t any cost"
that brought the Hun to his knees.
1t was economy, not only N lives but
in money we would have been oom-
pelled to spend had the war lasted
another year or two years longer"
The obligations now outstanding for
this enormous production Of material
must be met That is the REASON 1t
is necessary to raise more money
through bonds even though the armis-
tice has been signed. American sold
iers still are In Europe and until they
have been brought back and the bills
paid, the public's duty to the Govern
ment Will not be fulhlled-the JOB will
not be finished.
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The death of Mr.. Jerome Mou.
ton at Lafayette last week was re.
ceived here by his many friends
with much sorrow. jerome who
was brother of Mrs. A. G. Gou.
las of this town, spent his boyhood
days here and was considered as
one of ours.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01
Bought Town Property.

Mr.. G. j. Gauthier has bought
from Mr.. Dan. W. VOORHEES,, the
property near the railroad which
MIR. Gauthier and family will soon
occupy. Mr.. Gauthier bought the
property in anticipation of the
gravel roads which will make it
easy for him to come home every
day.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01

Mr.. j. G. Broussard who is now
in the oil business in Croisley was
here several days this week visit
ing relatives. He says the muddy
condition of the streets in Crowley
are worse than they are here.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-02-01

OF their faults are copied from
their parents we should exercise
the strictest charity for verify
CHARITY doth cover a multitude
of sins. THE Enterprise.
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DIED..

Mr.. John Marshall, private &C.
cretary of Governor Pleasant died
in New Orleans last week, of pne.
monia, following influenza.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
BEYOND ALL NEED OF PRAISE
Impossible to Form Words That Will
Do Even Simple Justice to
American Mothers.

Just before the war the "cellar
mother" was spoken of with under.
standing Tin America), if not with
laughing sympathy-the woman who
decOyed husband and sons into the
cellar, and then sat on the door, re-
solved that no mankind of hers should
engage in such a fool business as
war
Many of the mothers who so spoke
had made the schOOlmaster'S life a
burden by their nervous telephoning
when Ned or Harry went to school; yet
when the country demanded it and
their boys were ten years dearer, they
gave them to the war without a sign
of anything but pride. Lucy H. NJ.
SOulsby writes in the Atlantic
They had never been trained. like
English mothers, to live through Ordi
nary life with boy in danger on some
frontier firing line; but they learned
herOism and nerve when the need
| came.
The American mother learned daily
self-denial. too; the most extravagant
of nations learned thrift in food con-
servatiOn; and the most set in her ways
of any woman on earth, the New Eng
land house mother. altered those
ways in that most unalterable part of
her house, the kitchen. where every
thing had been "thus and so" for gen.
eratiOns.
And this thrift and adaptability
were not drawn out of her by the
needs of her own men. but by a quick
imaginative sympathy, which bridged
1900 miles of ocean and felt, with all
Sir Philip Sidney's chivalry, for the
stranger of alien race. "whOse neces
sity was greater than hers"
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
EDISoN'S VOICE IN RECORDS
Inventor Of Phonograph, for the First
Time, Makes Short Speech Which
Will Be Preserved.

Thomas A. Edison, who invented the
phOnOgraph AZ years ago. has for the
first time consented to have his own
voice recorded on phOnOgraph rec
ord. The reproduction. which is on
the back of a record containing the
national anthems or our allies, was
heard recently for the first time in the
Edison laboratory at Orange, N. J.
Mr.. Edison celebrated his 72nd birth
day on February II The talk. which
is Mr. Edison's first comment about
the war since America entered the
fight. follows:
"Our boys made good in France.
The word American has a new mean
ing in Europe. Our soldiers have made
1t mean courage. generosity. self
restraint and mOdesty. We are proud
of the North Americans who risked
their lives for the liberty of the world
but we must not forget. and we must
not permit demagOgues to belittle the
part played by our gallant allies.
Their casualty lists tell the story.
However proud we may he of our
own achievements. let us remember al
ways that the war could not have been
won if the Belgians. British French
and Italians had not fought like bull
dogs in the face of overwhelming
odds. The great war will live vividly
in the minds of Americans for the
next 100 years. hope that when we
do reverence to the memory of our
brave boys who fell in France we
shall not forget their brothers in arms
who wore the uniforms of our allies.
81 believe that the national airs OF
France, Great Britain. Italy and Bel
gium should for all time to come be as
familiar to us as our own Star
Spangled Banner"
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
At Lastl

There are few cyclists who, when
compelled to execute repairs to inner
tubes by the roadside, have not longed
for unpuncturable tires. This desid-
eratum now seems to have become an
accomplished fact in Sweden, where
the shortage of rubber has caused
great efforts to be made to find a sat
isfactory substitute for the pneumatic
tire The new device consists of a
thin strip of hardened steel supported
on the rim by springs, the combination
being said to give results comparable
with those obtained by the use of rub
her. Skidding is prevented by the
sharp edge of the steel tread, while
such tires are. Of course. quite un-
puncturable. Whether the new device
will survive when rubber again be
comes plentiful is perhaps doubtful
but as a wartime measure it has
proved very useful.-From Chambers
Journal.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
SOON WILL BE OF THE PAST
Ceoruia Wild Cows Seem to Have
Served Their Purpose, and Are
Fast Disappearing.

The piney woods COW, long chum
of the razOrback hog. is fading from
the Georgia landscape. 1t is a pOign-
ant thought. She is one of the last
links that binds Georgia to the past.
Thousands of her. rOamed over the
great plantations that would now he
condemned as undemOcratic. She was
usually red and white-a 'pided" COW
inclined to have poor figure, hump
backed and somewhat knOckkneed, and
her eyes were closely situated. in the
manner which psychologists shake
their heads over, because it indicates
the criminal bent. But upon the piney
woods cow Georgia in the old days
depended entirely for milk and but
ter. Many planters had hundreds Of
them. but they all ran wild, and one
of the spring sports was to round
them up and mark Them. If choice
specimen should be captured, she was
hard to feed, being unaccustOmed to
civilized fodder, for piney woods cows
eat grass in summer and sOuse their
heads up to the eyer in ponds in the
winter, looking for water grass and
moss. They always have a fOrlorn
air. Many Of them still dwell on the
islands of Banks mill pond, which
covers thousands of acres. and butch
ers of ValdOsta hunt them with horses
and dOgs.-New York Post.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
''HASN'T LOST AN HOURS
WORK SINCE TAKING TONALI

John o. Strach, residing at 532
North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa, gave
out his statement concerning Tonall
and tells what wonderful relief he OBJ
tained from it's use.
"I suffered from stomach troubles
and my system was completely run
down.
al used one bottle of Tonall for
twenty one days and found it wonder
full relief. The best medicine l ever
tried. l am night watchman at
Kreider's Shoe Factory and haven't
missed one hour of work since l be-
gan taking Tonall.
'I gladly recommend Tonall to all
my friends and acquaintances, as well
as the suffering public everywhere
who reads my statement"
Tonall is for sale at CHAS. b
SWANS SMYRNA, and also al
KEYS & CO., Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Kangaroo Scored Knockout.

Ned Kelly, the old buck Kangaroo
has been having a fight with the boss
stag Of the axis deer herd" said Ser
geant MCGEE of the San Francisco
park police, "and it is the first time
ever heard of two herbivOrOus ami
mails so widely different in species
finding common ground for a quarrel.
"As a matter of fact, it was the
axis deer that started the trouble.
He was trying to show off before the
does and started butting at poor old
Ned Kelly who was peacefully lOl-
lOping about with no thought for
trouble. The first butt Of the deer
set Ned thinking. the second set him
mad, the third-well. Ned Kelly just
turned about and gave the axis deer
one wallop under the stomach with
its tail. You could hear the smack
five blocks away, and it simply
knocked the deer fiat. 1t dropped as
if It had been shot, while Ned Kelly
iust hoped away as happy as bird
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Reading by Ear.

q new invention for the blind en-
ables them to read with their ears. 1t
is a machine called an octOphone, by
means of which flashes of light from
the letters as they are printed cause
certain sounds. easily distinguishable
by the initiated.
The sounds vary with the shapes
Of the letters, and very high resistance
telephones trasmit these to the ears
of the blind person. reading" with
highly satisfactory results.
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
What's in a Name?

Most readers are familiar with the
story of the German bank in United
States city which, finding its name .un-
popular. changed it to the Sherman
bank" Here is another example on
the same lines: A popular New York
city German restaurant was called the
Kloster Glocke (Cloister Bell), and its
front was decorated with a large bell
as a sign. The name has been
changed to the Liberty Bell" and the
bell of the old monastery now does
duty as a replica of the one which
rang out independence to the colonies
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
One Thinu More.

A pretty girl fluttered over to a
neighbOr's house Sunday last to bor-
row some writing paper. She had an
important letter to write and mail,
and she Was out of stationery. About
half an hour later she returned for
an envelope, and little later still
came back for a stamp. "Well, 1 hope
that's all she wants to borrow today"
said the disgruntled neighbor woman
as she slammed the door after the
pretty girl. "She needs little spit
to make the stamp adhere" said the
neighbor wOman's husband "and she'll
be over after that in a minute.
Arkansas Thomas Cat (HOt Springs
Ark.).
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
The SUGAR Shortage.

Colonel House at a Paris reception
was talking about the French sugar
shortage.
"The French sugar ration is a pound
a month"; you get it," he said.
Casually you don't get it, and then
you buy your sugar clandestinely. The
price is so or 80 cents a pound.
"After enduring the French sugar
shortage for a month or twO," the
colonel ended, "you think very long
ingly of the peace-time plenty soon to
come, and you appreciate as never be-
fore the wonderful beauty Of the dear
old hymn, In the sweet by-and-by.'
Smyrna times., 1919-04-30
Early Rising.

"Do =cu remember how we used to
scold lOSh about oversleep'ng Nefore
he went into the army?" 7..iI Mrs.
CorntOssel.
"Yes," replied the farmer; that's
why we can't say word when he gets
nm at daybreak and accompanies the
roosters ON his cornet."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-11

street, is confined to her homo on &C
count OF ilincSs.
Mrs. II. f.. prague Of the Island has
received word from her SON PrfVae
IicrSchel Braguc. announcing his safe
arrival AZ Newport News. Va. FRIDAY
from Franco. iIc states that he was IL
DAYS crossing and spent Christmas and
New Years on the ship.
SirS, Edwin g. stevens Is visiting at
I the hvnra Of her parents on South jacob
street. having made her home IN OtnanA'
NIB. for The past five years
=; ". Kerr, mas returned home, after
being granted an honorable dlschhFge
from the military service. private
fi.rn was. uu;u recently connected
: wiki the nap department Of aerial pho
: t,..r,rhic section No. 50. located at
Scott t.eid. Ecllcvillc. Ill.
: John Reed. popular young MAN OF the
: Island. has returned from Cape May
! y. L.. having received his honorable
; discharge.
George Knuth Of the South Side, has
returned from Cape May. y. j.. where
! he has been stationed for some time.
: Francis heller. popular young man OF
! the South SIDE, has returned from Camp
! ls.. and resumed his position at the
i pollack Stn:;." factory.
I liGFnl:tp ItltH OF luo r1dS1I LIN -
! horne from Camp Lee where no has
been in training since September.
: Walter Smith Of the Island. Is one OF
the f,rst Wheeling boys home from
! overseas Young Smith spent several
months in London.
! John Glasscock Of the Island has re
turned from Camp May. y. j.. having
hscr hnnorab!y discharged from The
service.
; George Do.rr Of the East End is home
! an a furloueh from Cape May. n. j.
ami Will return some tfrne next week.
| Irwin Hamilton Of the Island re-
turned yesterday from Cape May. y. J..
, with several other Wheeling boys all
! having received discharges,
. ]. 4. DunSForl OF Pittsburgh has been
. n business caller IN the city for the
past few days.
T. c. Stevenson Of tho Island returned
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About People
Movements of individuals 20 and
From the City.
AT THE HOTELS.

McLure-P Z. Taylor. Huntington;
Capt Bruce KIefer, Y+lG"n Ci;::: J. W
EoiTe. Clarksbure: {. VI. darlington
Cameron; John Is. Harris. Eonccvcrtc: G.
t. Williams, ParkerShurg: Mr.. and Mrs
+. T. cannon. I'!ckcaS: ". T.. Masters
Warrington.
Grand Centrally. l.. Ginthcr Raw
ensword: John Nooruff. Nitro: Q. J.
Tennant. Fit:-moac: ". II. iinowlton
W. C. Van Post. Sist"rs-;ll":: Morgan
Jenkins. Hartford: John Abraham. Tar
kersburg.
Wirdsor--J. T. .Juce Grafton: T. "
Nfohler. ParkcrsburE
RogcrS-H F.. Lushhaugh. Wylo; W
n. Bali. Grafton.
Hon. Fsruce Hall, OF New Martins
viu.. is visiting his son, Kent Hall. tbs
we'll known local attorney.
Philip Eiienbogen. OF Troy. y. Y. Is
il the city on business.
Mrs. Anna C. Whitney, OF Twelfth
street, Is confined to her homo slight,
~ III.
John Andrews. Of st. Clairsr,lle. IL
visiting relatives here for 4 few days
Miss Agnes Williams. of Pleasant
Valley, will leave soon for Washington
vhcr" sh. has accepted position n
4 gov.rntnut Scc0ogra1hcr.
I.i"ui:naat !. J. Eiberly. nf Columbus
was :; business visitor in tho clly y"s'
trrday.
MISS Ethel Work. Of Chaoiin~ street
Will spend Sunday with her parents n
s .SterSviiir.
Miss In.z Cooley. Of the 7. ". c. A..
Will b. tn, guest OF her parents tonor-
.aw at her home in N"tis. Ohio.
Mrs. Frank fisher. OF North Market
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last evening from New York after 4
brief business trip.
John Sranos Of Market street is home
again. after visit with relatives ID
Pittsburgh.
John Dusan Of Fourteenth street
spent tbs past few days in CadlE on
some work for the Chesapeake II To-
tomac Company.
Miss Kathryn Burns Of the South
, Side has returned to nor home. after
being the guest OF relatives on the
Island for the past several months.
Leo Surprise Of T"lcd" - III tn" cat:
visiting old acuuaintanC"S.
Word has been received from Andre"
Hess. popular young man Of the Eas'
End. to the effect that he IS well ana
happy IN Tcrdun-
David Kurncr OF Fourteenth street
who recently returned from Bethany, IS
recovering from q brief Illness.
Lieut. Charles II. Clovis. VI. D.. for
NOR cntgcnolosist at tho Ohio Valley
! Hospital. has returned from Fort oElc'
/ thorpe. Ga. where he has served in III"
! photograph school. Ec viii rrslm" his
! duties in the hospitals N-ray depart
ment-
Lieut.. Frank Carroll will 1navc Sun
DAY to resume hts duties NJ camp.
Dr.. r. /. Drinkard will return 20
Camp Sherman today. after IL short
, leave spent in this city.
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. I.arkin are
| the happy parents OF girl. born al
| the North Wheeling Hospital.
Mira A. L. Bauer is in New York
| city, where she was called BY tho III
| ness Of her daUghter-in-law, Mrs.
/. George Bauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry He'll entertained
John J. Hincrn1ann of St Louis, Mo.
memb OF the 23Sth Ambulance Corps.
which passed through this city.
Mrs. Henry EcIihart Is visiting Al
| Atlantic City.
". Q. McCluskcy. who hna born III
Sor some time, Is reported rs conval"s-
cent. and will resume his work "h"rtiI'
| Miss Grace McCord OF Pittsburgh !:
tho guest Of Islnnd friends.
LOWS II. Patrick Z. & y, nrst-cln:ss
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town, but. who has lived elsewhere the
last three years was back on a visit
recently. and we were having q talk
over old times and old friends and &C.
Quaintances.
What has happened to Mrs. e.:
was one Of her first questions. "She
has grown SO much olcer In the last
few years"
What had happened? We looked at
each other and considered 1t Tor
moment. Mrs. E. is widow with
small but adequate income. very good
health, and no family cares to age
her.
She's Just Cungtng On and It Ages Hor.
Finally tho woman VINO knows Mrs.
T. best spoke up tnoughtfully. i
think it's just one thing: trying to
keep in with that West Side set Ga
our. town the West Side set are a
group OF people with rather moro
money and moro social prctensions
than the rest Of us). You know Snc
hasn't much money herself and she's
not brilliant enough 70 keep in by
that. and she just has to cling n by
main force I know .hc takes a lot
Of snubs and rudencss-2 and know
she feels it badly when she's left out
of things. imagine she worries
god deal when she reels herself slip
ping. Really, when you stop to think
Of il II must be miserable, anxious.
unsatisfactory kind Of existence. and
I don't doubt that is what ages her"
And we all agreed that 1t was
enough to age anyone.
Why will people do that sort OF
,hing3
Mrs. e. Us I said before, has a
small but adequate income. Sne
could have all the pleasure and hap.
p:ncss that 4 pleasant home, DOCKS,
music, the theatre, nice clothes and
little travel would bring. She could
also have the great joys Of service.
And, Of course. If she chose, she
could have plenty Of friends OF more
! moderate means and. 10 the best OF
my honest judgment, or just as great
charm and interest rs most OF the
people Of the West Side Set ="
And instead of taxing all thes"
good things that life stands ready 7tH
offer. she prefers to spend her mon"%
and herself in continual strugSir -
| keep in with people who are ~
| her.
| Social LILO d q Game, But II tho Gamc
Worth Whue7
| II is really incomprchensIDle to me
| how people can do this sort of ming
| how they can struggle and push for
the sake Of social advantage. I ex-
plain it to myself BY saying that &c
| them the whole thing IS O sort OF
game An invitation 20 more or
| less exclusive affair IS point won;
| n failure to receive an expected 1nrl'
| ,ation Is a setback, and whcts their
appetite for more. just as one is tho
more eager for the re-deal when ono
| has been set down At bridge
| But II any game rs not worth tn'
| candle as the old saying goes, surely
this one is such. Surety life can fur
nish something better than such g
miserable, anxious existence
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.