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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20
NEW YORK STOCK LIST
nv, Aoa~nfot0A D~A0aN

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. - The clos
ing quotations on the stock exchange
we're:
American Can, SAN.
Am. Smelling, 68%.
Anaconda, 5Sh.
Bethlehem Steel, B., 95%.
70 Chesapeake and Ohio, 55T.
Chino Copper, SO.
General Motors, 337.
Goodrich Tires, S0M.
Mexican Petroleum, 221N.
Pennsylvania, 40%. -,
Reading, 77A.
Studebaker, 104k.
Union Pacific, 1881.
U. s. Steel, 104H.
Utah Copper, 1917.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20

(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Dec. 2O-Hogs-Receipts
$4,000; market generally strong, close
weak; bulk 90@14.15; top $14.20:
heavies $13.9O61415: medium 1895
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20

BUTTER FAT QUOTATION
Butter fat delivered in Richmond Is
bringing 73 cents this week.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20

LOCAL GRAIN MARKET
Richmond flour MILLS are paying
$2.16 for No. red wheat; $2.13 fol-
No. 2; $2.10 for No. 8: NO. 4. 5000;
No. 5, $z.v6.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20
LIBERTY BONDS
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 90 Final prices
on Liberty bonds today were:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20
WAGNER GRAIN LETTER

CHICAGO, Dec. 70. = Market easy
on better weather for corn movement.
Talk Of larger receipts next week:
some delay IN arranging export credits
and strained bull position. Cash corn
one to i've cents lower. Cash oats
about one cent lower. Rally against
tho close 10 due but bull sentiment is
very restricted. The sugar control is
probably q side factor. Looks as II
cash corn buyers will go slow today
and Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-20
CHICAGO GRAIN RANGE

CHICAGO GRAIN RANGE
Furnished by e. W. WAGNER 4 Co,
2t2 Union National Bank Build
~. ing. Phone 1870.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20. - Following is
the range of futures on Chicago
Board of Trade today:
Open High Low Close
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

ST. MARTINVILLE, La, JUNE %, 1919.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

tization, which will pay of the debt,
principal and interest, IN abeat thir-
ty-flve years.
z. Where he owns q fRA whiaA
is too small to be economically pref
table he can borrow money on these
terms through the Federal Farm
Loan System for the purpose Of in
creasing his holdings.
3. The tenant farmer who has &C.
cumulated equipment and property
for the operation Of rented farms IS
often able under this system to buy a
farm Of his own. using the money
obtained through a Federal farm loan
for the purpose Of paying 80 per
cent of the purchase price.
I. Where in any community there
are tenant farmers who. by selling
off part Of their equipment and us-
ing their accumulated savings. can
obtain the money to buy lands in re-
gions where land is cheaper. It is en-
tirely possible. through the Federal
Farm Loan System and Federal land
banks, to give sucA tenant reliable
information as to prices. quality OF
lands and conditions Of settlement in
other parts of the country. under con-
ditions which will cable the Federal
land banks to e1tend AID to the ten.
ant on his removal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
WORMS CAUSE GREAT
LOSSES OF SHEEP

Worms don't bark and howl, but
they kill more sheep and lambs than
dogs KILL" says G. P. Williams, sheep
specialist, Extension Division, Louis
lana State University. III you are
dead sure your sheep are suffering
from grub in the head and 'distemp-
err then get after the worms forth
with: these old-fashioned ailments arc
never heard of in flocks that are kept
free from worms and we'll supplied
with feed"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
Corpus Christi.

The beautiful ceremony of Cor
pus Christi here Sunday was beau
tiful and attended by a large num-
ber of persons, Notwithstanding
the threatening weather. Bene-
diction was given from the Altar
on the Delahoussaye lot on Main
street and from the Altar under
the large oaks in the Convent yard.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

Mr.. Willie P. Cuny, aged IS
years. died Wednesday at $50 A.
NJ, at his home after an illness of
less than q week with pneumonia.
For several years he held the posi-
tion of junitor at the Abbeville
High School and was faithful to
his trust. He is survived by his
widow, a daughter and two sons.-
Abbeville Meridional.
Mr.. Cuny was a native. of st.
Martin parish.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
"PAINr PAYS FOR ITSELF"

Query.-I have . quantity Of old paint
on hand. Can use 1t for the first coat in
repainting my barn?
Answer.-On no account should old
paint which has become fat be used
for priming either old or new work.
Old paint In that condition Is best used
on a fence, briekwork or tinwork. II
you value your barn sufficiently to
paint 1t, do 1t the Justice Of good Job.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
Road Work Started

The work on our gravel roads
commenced Monday morning with
small crew, the start was made
in order to get everything in shape
to use large number of men and
teams when all the machinery and
material will be received. Work
was commenced on the ,Breaux
Bridge road, from the Sillan canal.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
yearsf

yo3ISs
Answer.-Good paint properly ap-
piled when needed Is the main thing In
making a house last long and well. A
house worth $2,5O0 can be painted at q
cost Of about $125. In 60 years that
house will need about Is paintings,
the total cost Of which will be 81, ,895.
Left without paint, such q house would
fall into complete ruin in 80 years. So
taking 60 years az q basis for our ng-
ures We find that with paint q home
will last that time in good condition
and will cost. plus paint, $4,375. With.
out paint the house would have to be
rebuilt at the end Of 30 years and
would be ready for another complete
renovation when the sixtieth year ar
rived. Cost, without paint, $1,000 for
q home ready to fall to pieces. Does
regular painting pay7 As the old
Dutch adage says:
"PAINT PAYS FOR ITSELF"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

The State Board of Pardons has
recommended the pardon of Louis
Posten, who was convicted from
this parish several years ago for
murder.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR
USE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE
PURPOSES
PROVIDE CHEAP CREDIT
Louisiana Farmers Should Take
Greater Advantage Of the Assist.
ance Offered BY Farm
Loan Banks.

Now that the crisis of war has
passed It is important that farmers
resume operations on q sound eco
nomic basis with due regSfd to soil
building, to the distribution of their
crop risks by diversifcation, to eco
nomical equipment, and especially to
hnance. according to an announcement
received by the Extension Division.
Louisiana State University, from the
U. s. Department Of Agriculture. To
this end leaders generally are asked
to direct their attention anew to tho
accommodation Of the Federal Farm
Loan System SO that they may b.
In position to advise individual far.
mers and to encourage the utilization
OF the Farm Loan Bank for cheap
credit for investment, equipment and
--eration.
Some Of the features Of the sys-
tenn may be enumerated as follows:
l. Where the farmer is handi-
capped by a load Of debt. either per-
sonal or secured by mortgage, and Is
paying high interest, he can place
himself in position Of security and
comparative ease by taking a Federal
Farm Loan mortgage on which, at
the present time, he would pay IL
per cent interest per annum, payable
semi-annually, plus one per cent If
the debt per year in the way Of amor.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28
OUESTIONNA ARE
ANSWERS WHICH WILL SOLVE
PERPlExING PROBLEMS OF
THIS RECONSTRUCTION ERA.

Query.-The government has launched
an educational campaign to encourage
building in order to put more men to
work. Would not similar movement to
show how the old structures can be best
and most economically repaired and made
good as new alse help?
Answer-It is learned that such Q
plan is in effect and IS linked directly
with the Washington propaganda.
Industry must be turned back from
works Of war to the ways Of peace
Employment must be found, In the
meanwhile, for those whose occupa.
tion has been interrupted. There is no
real surplus Of labor in the United
States. Rather there is q shortage
which would be acute II normal condi.
ditions were already restored, and one
step towards restoring them will come
with resumption of repair work.
Government restrictions, imposed by
the necessities of the war program
have for many months past retarded
or altogether prevented construction,
improvement and repairs. These re-
strictions are now off, and there IL
scarcely a town. city, a factory, q
dwelling or a farm that does not reveal
a crying need for prompt attention.
Nothing delays such instant action ex.
cept the feeling that prices are high
for the time being and may be lower.
That is not logical. No matter what
1t costs to repair, the cost is less than
the cost Of neglect. No matter what
the cost of paint, the wind and the
weather will collect a higher bill in
deterioration and decay.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

Deputy Sheriff Albert Daspit
has arrested and jailed Charley
Boyce, Willie Edwards, Johnny
Williams and Sylvestre Deshotel,
white men, who are charged with
shooting at the boat of j. NJ. Case.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Power and
Mrs. NJ. 8. Beyt of Port Arthur.
Texas, are here spending a few
days with relatives. q
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

Mr.. Leonard Resweber who was
with the Army in France, returned
home last Sunday.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

Query-what do you think Of paint as
an Investment. aside from the appearances
1t lends? Does 1t really PAY to paint q
house regularly. say. every three or four
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1919-06-28

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New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
What Women Are Doing in Other Lands

open to women Is agriculture. and
so far few Of them have shown any
desire to take up engineering.
"You cannot imagine how thirsty
the women are for education. There
is no such thing as compulsory school
ing. There are neither the build
ings to house the children nor suffi-
cient teachers to train them. Not
more than 70 per cent of the popula-
tion is actually being educated.
Teachers are needed badly. The most
they ever get in the way Of salary
is $50 month. and even that is con-
sidered quite unusual"
In the party which has reached
America is the Princess Tarahata,
daughter of the Sultan of Sulu, who
is power among the Moros. She is
studying in Urbana, ILL.,, along with
Miss Carmen Aguinaldo the daugh-
ter of General Aguinaldo, President
of the first Filipino Republic.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The New Citiz en-

cral years in handling Porto Rican
embroidery. And, speaking Of prof
iteering, she says that the little hand
hemstitched, hand tucked blouse
she can have made for rs cents in
Porto Rico, the material costing
her about 81, she has seen dupli-
Gated in New York for $l2.7o!
Just what line Of work she will
take up this fall Miss Ferguson has
not decided. She is not going back
to Porto Rico for a year or two.
1t is none too salubrious a climate
for a northerner steadily. H. vi.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
igh Cost of Living Locks the Door of Faryland

tired and wide gaps are to be seen
n the ranks that still bravely with
stand the onslaught of eager little
hands. And even these economies
will not avail, and if the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment does
not grant a sufficient amount to
adequately support the libraries
they will have to close Several of
the non-Carnegie branches have al
ready done so.
1t is quite impossible to secure
proper librarians at the present sal
ary schedule. These trained workers
with college education or the equiv
alent must-since they, too, must
live-seek other fields where they
will receive better remuneration.
Of the eight hundred librarians at
present employed in our city libra
ries only two hundred are trained
workers who are remaining at their
posts from sheer love for their
work and high sense Of duty.
They are assisted by high school
students of seventeen and eighteen
years Of age. These students do
their best and get along fairly we'll
in the mechanical part Of the work,
filing, sorting, stamping, ETC., but
they are neither sufficiently edu-
Gated nor matured for the work
they are doing and the real spirit
is lacking-that spirit by which the
true custodian and lover Of books
reunites the knowledge and wisdom
Of the past with the eager young
minds of to-day.
Any one who doubts how severe
deprivation the threatened clos
ing Of the libraries would be should
visit some of those in the poorer
parts of the city. These places,
while they might TT appeal
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
An American WOman
In Porto Rico
. RACE j. FERGUSON was for
y six years supervisor Of home

As]AS4I L LAd C0O4N WAS IOT
" six years supervisor of home
economics for the public
schools of Porto Rico. She is in
New York at present working with
the National Women's Economic
Committee.
Her work among Porto Ricans
for several years has been entirely
for the bettering of working con-
dltions and fitting the people for
full citizenship. She has recently
returned to New York and is un-
decided as to what her next work
will be.
"There were two classes Of peo-
pie in Porto Rico when | first went
there" said Miss Ferguson last
week. "They were the well-to-do
class and the poems. Neither knew
much about work. My attempt in
everything did was to level these
two attitudes toward work as rep
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Women in
The Professions

"Oh, we are not quite as anti
quated as the magazines MAKE us
out to be-" interpolated Miss Jara,
the bright little critic teacher.
There are at least half dozen
women lawyers on the islands, any
number Of physicians and nurses,
Il good many pharmacists and a
large body of teachers. A school
Of Journalism is soon to be opened
in connection with the university
Gwen the mountain girls are going
in for nursing and doing very well,
too. The only course Of work not
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

sonality; Dress as an Index to the
Position of Women; Exercise: A
Most Neglected Habit, were among
the topics discussed. The confer
ence will continue until the end of
October.
DR.. Potter will address the con-
ference October 13 on the Con
servation Of the Health of Women
In Marriage - Voluntary Parent
hood"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

School Work

One such visit would convince
the most doubling Thomas of the
valuable aid which the free libraries
and reading rooms are to educa
tion. Indeed, the most fitting
arrangement would be that thew
should come under the same head
ing as the schools, whose perfect
complement they are. Here the
child first learns, amid bright and
cheerful surroundings, to appreci-
ate, as he never can in the austere
commonplaces of the schoolroom,
the pleasure and benefit which he
Is deriving from his education.
Are we going to take all this
away from the children? Take it
from them BECAUSE they are in
articulate and powe, .ss to prevent
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

already straying to the shelves
where the fascinating fairy tales
are ranged and four-year-old viii
have gayly colored picture book
to beguile the time. Two youthful
"terrors' are behind her, already
scuffiing and fighting in exuber
ance of spirits, to stop at a glance
from the librarian, who can, at her
discretion, lock them out of this
paradise, where thrilling detective
stories and tales Of widest adven-
ture dwell. Behind them is an older
boy on crutches, a reminder of the
dreadful plague Of infantile paral
ysis, his thin face alert and eager,
a volume of Scott in either hand.
with we'll thumbed copy Of "Popu
lar Mechanics" thrown in for good
measure. So the line stretches
endlessly.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Book as an Antidote
For Social Poisons

Are We spending fortunes FOR
Amerlcanlzation? The ho,xs Of
Miss Alcott cast their perennial
spell over Jewish Beckie, Italian
Angelina and little Slovak Marv
The story of Meg, 10, Beth and
Amy, real American girls in the
best sort of American home. has
exerted a more potent influence
than all the lectures that ever were
delivered or all the patriotic litera-
ture that ever was distributed
are we afraid of Bolshev;sn?
The lad who reads Scott and Cooper,
Stevenson and Kipling, who enjoys
the boys school stories with their
traditional love of fair play. is
seven-fold armed against that IN
sidious propaganda
If the Battle of Waterloo vas
won on the Fairgrounds Of Eton.
the spirit that astonished the world
at St. Mihiel and Chateau Thierrv
may we'll have had its inception an
the free libraries of America!
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

1t? Are We going to deprive them
now, when their minds are plastic,
OF association with the collected
wisdom Of the ages and hand them
over fas will inevitably happen,
since they have the leisure hours
and the craving for recreation) to
more frequent contemplation of the
"Agonies of Alphonslne," the serial
thriller Of the screen, or tho sue-
gestive posturlng of the latest
"vamp"?
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

resented by these two classes. The
wealthy people have had to learn
that there is no disgrace in work
ing, aud the poems have had to be
taught that work is dignitied and
only degrading when poorly done.
Business III Last
Thirteen Years
In tropical countries it is al
ways q matter Of education to get
the people to work enough for their
own good. 1t is easier for them to
be lazy, as there isn't so much SEEM
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
BY LILLIAN 8. SCHNEIDER

W r..ssa. 'ssa ',s:s''. ,s.s',s.. in ., THE The
"Children's Bcokshop"
III Boston. 1t made one think cf
'''ef libraries, free libraries, which,
@0ngh they may not be so elabo-
'"*'y appointed as the charming
'4'i'z-hung 'bookshop,' are of
S''a'er Importance and further
''"cning in their influence. For
~'''e IS almost no doubt that the
''''ons Of the "bookshop," suppos-
Ns mat place were to close to-
-'''ow' would acquire a love for
eva reading and the culture to
'"''h 1t leads in their homes In the
''A Bay while the frequenters of
'4''e other libraries would lose with
'D' shutting of their doors their
'"S opportunity to enter and dwell
'He rich and wonderful world of
''' imagination. And it is this very
'''pect that the children of our
'' are face to face with to-day.
Even Librarians
Must Eat
Inc high cost Of living, that grim
sa0st that haunts every highway
a : oyway, has entered here, too.
.an,' 0foer to economize, the story
r,.1 hour, beloved by the very
De lest ones, has already been aban-
,as "'u N many of the branch libra
hex. hex No new copies of books have
sn'. ~" bought this year, with the re-
t... mat the old favorites, torn and
-. s,.sred beyond redemption and the
''-pos' have been honorably re-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
The First
Suffrage Petition

In 1866 we find a record of politi
cal pressure in Parliament on behalf
Of parliamentary votes for women.
John Stuart Mill fathered the fight.
He offered the first suffrage petition
IN the House of Commons in 1866,
year after his election to that BODY.
The petition was received with con-
descensiOn. It's actual effect on the
House was nothing. Inspired by the
same leadership, in the next year, an
amendment to the governments re-
form bill favoring suffrage was pre-
sented and defeated, though the
minority vote was large enough to
lend encouragement to the movement
among women advocates and their
male sympathizers. This was the
first record of actual legislation ever
attempted in the cause.
The act of 1867 extended suffrage
to any man" (instead of male per-
son." as in the law Of 1892 who
fulfilled certain property require
mcnts. Considering themselves part
Of the race Of man and basing their
contention on law that in all acts
words importing masculine gender
shall be deemed to include females"
no less than 5,346 women in Man
chester, 1,34l in Stafford, 239 in
Edinburgh and hundreds of others
in other cities Of the empire secured
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Filipino Women Who Hunger
and Thirst for Education
and Social Service

and they stood in the street ard
looked up at the 81" like children
when they saw it for the first time.
They felt the cold, too, and had to
lay ASIDE all the pretty things they
brought from home with them. Get
ting into short skirts seemed rather
queer, as they were brought up to
think them rather shocking.
They looked like the denizens of
another world as they tripped into
the reception room Of the Students
Club in native costume. They might
have been dressed for an Elizabeth
an ball-one in black, one in old
rose, one in smoke gray, all with
tight, transparent bodices of pine
apple fibre richly embroidered, wide
Medici collars, voluminous sleeves
and long, pointed trains.
Women's Clubs
For Suffrage
Speaking of the modern Filipino
woman, Miss Tirona said: ~ do
not think our women will ever be as
go-ahead or as aggressive as Amer
leans. They are naturally retir
ing, but they have taken immense
strides within recent years. They
have now reached the stage of po-
lltlcal awakening, and all the wom-
ems clubs are concentrating on suf-
frage. 1t is likely that before very
long they will demand the vote. 1t
takes time to spread propaganda Of
this kind in the Philippines. There
are so many tribes. There are
the pagan and Mahometan Moros
who are difficult to reach, and there
arc the mountain people. And then,
Of course. we have any number Of
dialects on the islands,"
The problems Of her countrymen
are, after all, pretty much the same
as those of the American. The
filiplnos are worried now over the
high cost Of living and strikes, said
Miss Tirona. Rice, their staple
food, became SO high in price that
the government had to take things
in hand, check its export and stand
ardize the price. The peso (ffty
cents) goes as far as the American
dollar, she declared.
During the war the women of
tn" t"silippines had a part in the
foot a..d Red Cross campaigns. 1t
was then, according to the three
visitors, that Filipino women learned
how to organize. Their most infu-
cntlal body is the Woman's Club of
Manila. 1t has branches all over
the island working for woman
suffrage.