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The Era-leader., 1919-04-24
PROCLAMATION

Pursuant to a resolution pass
ed by the Washington Parish
School Board of Washington
Parish, Louisiana, at a meeting
held on the 3rd day Of April 1919,
|, F. B. Bateman, President of
said Parish School Board, do
hereby give notice that, in COM
pliance with said resolution, a
special election will be held in
Washington Parish School Dis.
trict Number Two. Parish Of
Washington, Louisiana, on the
l4th day of May 1919, for the
purpose of submitting to the pro-
perty taxpayers qualified under
the Constitution and laws Of the
State of Louisiana to vote at said
election, the following PROPOSE
tion, to wit:
To levy a special tax Of four
mills on the dollar on all the
property in School District Num-
ber Two, Parish of Washington,
Louisiana, subject to State tax
alton, annually, for period of
five years, for the purpose of Civ
ing additional aid to the public
schools Of said district.
For the purposes Of said election
the polling places will be Ward
One, Old Bell place, precinct No.
/, Ward Two. Mt. Hermon, pre-
cinct No. l, Ward Three, Frank
linton, precinct No. 1, Ward Four,
Rio, precinct No. 5, Ward Five,
Varnado, precinct No. 1 and
Sheridan, precinct No. 2, Ward
Six. Enon, precinct No. l and
Isabel, precinct No. 2, Ward
Seven, Angie, precinct No. 1 and
Popeville, precinct No. 2, Ward
4, Hackley, precinct No. and
Warnerton, precinct No. 9, Ward
Nine, stafford's old mill, precinc Ct
No. l, and the three following
commissioners and clerks OF
election have been appointed to
serve at this election, all of whom
will serve without compensation
Old Bell place, M. l. Hennesy,
T. c. Sylvest, G. L. Seal, and l.
W. McDougall, clerk; Mt. Her.
mon, W. T. OFT, |. A. 'Hinson
D. A. Brock, and L. B. Bankston
clerk; Franklinton, C. c.. Welch
A. D. Wood. W. Y. Wood anc
Robert Darlington. clerk; Rio
j. M. Mitchell. l.. P. Pierce, Var
Williams, and W. E. Watkins
clerk; Varnado, A. Roster, Joe
D. Seal j. N. Fortenberry, anc
r, H. Magee, clerk; Sheridan
IN, 7, Knight, D. ]. spbilliag.
The Era-leader., 1919-04-24
F. B. Bateman,
President of Washington
Parish School Board.


Parish School Board.
Section 3. Be it further Or
dained, etc., That the special
election herein and hereby provid-
ed for shall be held and conduct.
ed and the returns thereof shall
be made under the provisions of
Act 256 of 1910 and amendments
thereof, and such other laws as
may be applicable.
PROCLAMATION
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Washington.
Pursuant to authority contain
ed in Ordinance No, - of the
Parish School Board of the Par
ish of Washington, Louisiana, Of
date the 3rd day of April, 1919;
l, F. B. Bateman, President of
said body, hereby give notice
that an election will be held in
School District No. /, in the
Parish of Washington, Louisiana,
on Wednesday, the 18th day of
May, 1919, as set forth in the
following abstract of said ordin.
ance:
Section /. Be it ordained by
the Parish School Board of the
Parish of Washington, Louisiana,
in lawful session convened, That
an election shall be, and is here
by called, to be held in School
District No. /, in the Parish OF
Washington, Louisiana, on Wed.
nesday, the 18th day of May,
1919, at which election the major
ity Of the property taxpayers of
the said district, in number and
amount, eligible to vote and vot-
ing, shall determine the
Proposition to incur debt and
issue bonds of the said School
District No. /, in the Parish of
Washington, Louisiana, to the
amount of eleven thousand and
no-100 dollars (Sl1V0O.o0) to run
for a period of fifteen (l5) years,
bearing interest at the rate of
five per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually, the funds thus
derived to be used for the pur-
pose of making repairs and an
addition to the school building
and building a teachers home for
school district No. /, Parish OF
Washington, Louisiana.
The said election shall be held
at Franklinton, Precinct No. /,
and the following commissioners
and clerk of election are appoint
ed: G. G. Welch, A. D. Wood.
W. Y. Wood and Robert Babng
ton, each being q registered votel
and to serve without compensa
ton.
Notice is hereby further give;
that on the 10Th day Of MAJ.
1919, the second day foIlow,y
such election, at 10 O'Clock a. 10.
the Parish School Board will
meet at the Office of said body, il
said Parish, and there in public
session open lhe ballot box, ex-
anime and eQppt the votes, both
The Era-leader., 1919-04-24
Partition Sale-NO. 3l90.
Delos r. Johnson

Elizabeth Conerly Brock, ct al.
26th Judicial District Court, State Of
Louisiana, Parish OF Washington.
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of a commission of sale, issued out
of the 26th Judicial District Court Of
Louisiana, in and for Washington Par
ish, in the above entitled and numbered
cause, to me directed and delivered
for execution, will proceed to sell
at public auction to the last and high
est bidder on
Saturday, May 81, 1919
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described property, be-
ing and situated in Washington Par
iSh, Louisiana, tO-wit
The Ell of the sw, and the WI OF the
set, section II, township /, south,
range 9, east, St. Helena Meridian,
except go acres described as follows:
Beginning at the sw corner of the set
of swa said section, township and
range and run north - W 20 chains,
thence Il 77a0 9 11.64 chains,
thence 8 25o 4.61 chains, thence Il
500 chains, thence 50 g chains
thence 8 614o W 8 chains, thence
23o @ $50 chains thence n III Q
chains, thence n 764e 1880 chains
thence 14o W 1850 chains. thence
464o 5 chains, thence SD W q
chains to south line of section, thence
west along said section line 40 chains
to the point of beginning, containing
100. 10 acres of land.
Terms of sale: Cash.
To be sold for the purpose Of effect
ing partition.
This the 21st day of April, 1919.
J. E. Bateman, Sheriff.
The Era-leader., 1919-04-24

Sufferer-I have terrible
toothache and want something to
cure it.
Friend-Now, you don't need
any medicine | had the toothache
yesterday, and l went home and
my loving wife kissed me and so
consoled me that the pain soon
passed away. Why don't you try
the trick?
Sufferer-I think | will. Is your
wife home now?-VancOuver
Daily Province.
The Era-leader., 1919-04-24

M. M. Simmons, and John Sim
mons. clerk Enon B. K. knight,
J. G. Green, |. J. Green, and G.
W. Knight, clerk; Isabel, J. B.
Magee, J. r. Schilling, j. P.
Parker, and C. F. Magee, clerk;
Angie, Oscar Mcmillan. Eddie
Adams, c. r. Pope, and F. P.
Sones' clerk; Popeville, F. L.
Brumlieid, D. w. Tullos, LuciouS
Grain, and l.. l.. SchiIling, clerk;
Hackley, W. +. Bickham, S. $.
Thomas, J. S. King, and G. G.
Fortenberry, clerk; Warnerton,
John Smith, J. W. Warner, Mel.
ton Lyle, and J.J. Warner, clerk :;
Stafford's old mill, A. NJ. Miller,
W. Burch, A Balm, and Willie
Russell, clerk;
At said special election the
polls will open at seven O'Clock
A. M. and close at five O'Clock
p. NJ, and the election will be
conducted in accordance with the
laws of Louisiana applicable
thereto.
Notice is also given that at 10
O'Clock A. M, Of the 10th day of
May, 1919, the said Parish School
Board of the Parish Of Washing
ton, Louisiana, will meet at
Franklinton, Louisiana, and in
open session proceed to open the
ballot boxes, examine and count
the ballots in number and amount,
examine and canvass the returns.
and declare the result of said
special election.
This the Third day Of April
1919.
The Era-leader., 1919-04-24

as to number and amount,
examine and canvass the retu
and declare the result Of
election, and promuIgate
same.
Given on this, the 3rd da
April, 1919, at Franklinton,
isiana, in said Parish.
+. B. Bateman,
President of the Pa
School Board of the
ish of Washington, /
A true copy.
D. H. Stringheld,
Secretary.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Eleven Slangisms
Compiled by Dilnot
With Definitions

A book about America, by an
Englishman, would not be complete
if il did not have some reference
to American slang, So we are not
surprised to find on page "a of
Frank Dilnot's The New America
bright and vivacious little VOL
ume about this country and its
people written by a newspaper cor
respondent who has been resident
here for some years-a list of typi-
cal American slang phrases with
their English equivalents. Here it
is. and doubtless to say many Amer
ican readers will be quite as much
amused by the staid English ex-
pressions as English readers will
be at the wholly unaccountable
American phrases.
American.
l. Don't be fresh"
2. Rubber neck"
3. Foxy gink."
4. Get wise to it,
5. ITO jolly you along"
8. Take a Brodie."
Z. SHOOK me for a blond"
8. cut it out"
9. The jinx have a hunch on me-"
10. Turn over; you've said a page
full"
II. He's a bird and you want to
watch him fly"
What They Mean in English.
/. Don't be cheeky"
?. sight seer
). "A sly person"
4. Ascertain the facts"
5. ITO chaff you"
8. Take a chance" (From~ Steve
Brodie, who dived from Brooklyn
Bridge.) .r
7."Left me for another"
.. stop that nonsense; get to
business"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Paying the War Debt Is Our Patriotic Duty
So Is Swatting War Tax Profteers.

The law reaches farther American pockebooks
other Federal did We will
scores OF incomes, profits tobacco and other
things And will pay high. We avoid
sar follow such undertaking participation
in the world
But the victory the fields of France
There question OF doubt but that the debt
is who should pay it,
1t take scrimping and saving pay But
take the sacrifice asked of boys "over there"
So let's dig down into pockets and debtth debt
for the fought make the world better place
which to work and live
But speaking OF the debt We
We asking for voluntary contributions
Prohteers And there suchand They the
who increase the of chewing because they
taxed additional half package They add the
tobacco and then little for good measured In other
words they the who the boost
prices higher than the added tax makes necessary.
1t pity that the Kchn Simmons law doesn't club
with which Uncle himself might curb the
Wed like hard But another
club and it's hands That privilege refrain
trading with prohteer They'll when they they're
killing the which laid their golden eggs"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TOURGE D. c. SUFFRAGE
A. S. Worthinston Heads Citizens
to Appear Before Lawmakers.

Should a special session of Con-
gress be called. the Districts ap-
peal for suffrage will be presented
by a committee appointed at a re-
cent conference of the citizens
joint committee on national repre-
sentation for the District of Co
lumbia.
Members OF the committee fol-
low:
A. S. worthington, chairman; II.
b. F. Macfarland, vice chairman;
n. II. Classic, f. G. Brandenburg.
Chaplin Brown, Z. F. CoIladay, A.
Letfwich Sinclair, ohm B. Larner.
w. Nc. Clayton and Theodore W.
Noyes.
The historical and statistical
data concerning the political status
of Washington necessary for the
preparation of the Districts case
are being gathered and formulated
by a committee consisting of John
f. Larner, chairman: w. b. Bryan.
historian. vice chairman; lie Verne
Beales, statistician vice chairman:
Allen c. Clark, William V. Cox.
George F. Bowerman, ]. Harry
Shannon. James Hugh Kelley and
A. NJ. Fisher.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
STRUCK BY CAR,
VETERAN DIES
Maurice Roche, 76 Years,
Victim of Fractured
Skull.

Knocked down by a Capitol Trac-
tion car at Fourth street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, yester-
day, Maurice Roche. 76 years old. of
212 Fourth street southeast. died
of fractured skull at Casualty
Hospital yesterday afternoon.
Coroner hewitt will hold an in
quest at o'clock tomorrow after
noon. The car was in charge of
Motorman L. c. Anderson and Con-
ductor W. A. Bealt. Witnesses say
that Roche stepped directly in
front of the car in avoiding an
eastbound car. Anderson and Bealt
were not held by the police.
Roche was a civil war veteran
and member of the G. A. r. For
fffty-two years he had been en-
ployed in the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. Two years ago he
was given reception in honor of
his fifty years of service.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday morning in St Peters
Church. Interment will be in
Greenwood Cemetery. He is sur
vived by two daughters. Elizabeth
Chilholm and Mary Cuttings, and
four sons. DR.. L. NJ. Roche, Joseph
Roche, Matthew Roche and Michael
Roche.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Not All Our History Is New.

We think making history Maybe But all
OF it OF imagine
Taking through Putarchs Lives, find that about
there between Sparta and
Athens Lysander the Marshal Foh of the SpaanS and he
handed the Athenians armsice sign 1t read:
You shall pull down the long walls quit all the cities
possessed of and keep within the bounds of
dons shall have provided what reasonable,
and restore the ee As for the number of ships keep
yHp must comply with the orders shall give you"
~ few weeks by And they had the trouble
about afisc those days that have
Athenansa them hat they had violated the
OF their capuaOn; for their walls still standing
the time fixed for dmohng them passed. that
they had broken the articles they
the Var council"
Which shows that astices then, require amendments
good reliable amsicc Is like clock winding
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Fate's Pawn.

Oh. Life is a wonderful highway.
A road that is frequently long;
And there's many a dark, shady
by-way
To tempt both the weak and the
strong.
Keep straight, and ignore every
turning
Where shame and unmanliness lurk
For there's no time for proftless
yearning,
Take a place in the worId-get to
work!
But sometimes the way will be lonely
And dark with no sign Of the dawn;
And somehow you'll feel that you're
only
In Fate's mighty hand. a mere
pawn.
No arm will be stretched out tc
guide you,
In case you should stumble or slip;
But though demons of care stalk
beside you,
Carry on! Keep a stiff upper lip!
London It'd Bits.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Sunday, March 2, 1919.

Copyright. lSla oy the Mcclure Newspaper
SyndicateJ
This Is not an important day in
Planetary direction. According to
astrology, Mars is adverse and the
Sun uncertain. The afternoon ana
evening are more fortunate than the
morning.
Again some sort of agitation or ex-
citement over the army is prognos-
ticated. Discussions and criticisms
are to multiply.
Mars is in a place read as indi-
eating dissatisfaction and even en-
nifty and jealousy among men in
high places. This unrest and spirit
of discomfort will affect officers in
the service as well as statesmen
and politicians and men, but IL is
merely a recurrence of the usual
conditions after a war, the seers
declare.
Warning is given that secret en-
emies may be active and may cause
trouble for the government. In the
breaking ranks of soldiers and in
the working ranks of civilians the
seeds of rebellion may be sown.
The seers foretell religious agi-
tation and even serious troubles
preJudices that cause injustice and
suspicion
The evening of this day is read
as lucky for love affairs. Engage
ments, weddings and meetings with
strangers are all subject to kindly
direction from the stars.
1t is an auspicious rule for writ
ing letters, especially those that
convey assurance of love or friend
ship.
Warning is given against a ten
dency to waste money. This may
be strongest among wage-earners,
who should accept the suggestion
of thrift that has been read in the
posting OF the stars.
Stability of character should be
cultivated by all Americans, the
seers declare, for they are to be put
to a supreme test.
Peril in reaction of sentiment in
changeableness of opinion and in a
tendency to agree with bitter criti-
cism is foretold.
New York and Washington are to
focus world attention this month
and surprising events are foreshad-
owed
Persons whose birthdate 1t is may
have rather an anxious year. They
should not risk money or health.
Those who are employed may be
promoted.
Children born on this day may
be too sentimental to be happy or
successful in life. Those subjects
of Pisces are often gifted and i'm
aginative.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
MEXICO WANTS
100 MILLIONS
Finance Minister Nieto
Confers with ]. P. Morgan
About Raising Money.

New York. March LII the Mexi-
can financial commission is successful
In refunding Mexico's ss5o.ooo.ooo ma
tional debt, an attempt will be made
10 hoat a new loan of sloo. 900 in
This country. Rafael Nieto. acting
minister of finance in the Carranza
cabinet. stated tonight.
Nieto will confer next Tuesday with
J. Morgan. who returned yesterday
on the Aquitania- over a refunding
plan. Mexico's old debt, zoo. 600. 900
pesos, has been carried for nearly
fifty years. Nieto stated. Most Of II
was incurred during the Diaz regime.
the last loan having been negotiated
In 1906.
The s1oo.ooo.ooo loan sought from pri-
vate capital here is to be used In con-
ducting the government and making
needed repairs and extensions TO rail-
road property. fifty-three per cent of
the stock of which is held by the
federal government The present debt
of the Mexican railroads is estimated
at 5oo0oooo0 pesos, or s25O.ooo.0cO
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John kendrick Bangs.
THE COUNTRYWIDE.

THE COUNTRYSIDE.
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
Ny soul Is ever satisfied
Out in the cleaning countryside.
There lies escape from city's gloom,
And for the spirit elbow-room.
Give me the broad horizon line I.
Where can glimpse the things divine,
And look beyond the rim of space
Into the distances of grace.
Where all is light. and nothing mean
Comes to debase the smiling scene,
And all the cares that life befail
Fade into shadows trivial.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Another stage Recruit

To fit The Clutch of Circum-
stance to the stage would be, one as
sumes, an easy matter for the play
maker says a Washington critic of
Marjorie Benton Cookies latest book,
THE Clutch of Circumstances" re-
Gently published by George H. Doran
Company. 1T moves by well defined
acts" he continues; 'it mounts to an
impressive climax. Its course to this
end is by way of simultaneous action
and speech. the one purposefuI ana
direct, the other fresh, clever. stimu-
lating. These points of workmanship
are the ones also that give the in
vention its power Of appeal as a
story"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
N & N VESSELS
IN COAST TRADE
Agreement Reached Be-
tween Owners and Rail
road Administration.

Agreement has been reached be-
tween the Railroad Administrations
and the Merchants and Miners Traas-
portauon Company whereby tbs
steamship company VIII begin opera,
tion Of its coastw1se boats inmediate-e
ly, Il was ofhcially announced lass
night.
The steamship company had refused
TO accept its boats when they were re-
leased from government control. De-
mands for revision of rs1l-and-
water rate differentials were WORKED
out by Director General Hines
Hines returned the boats of four
companies. operating coastvfse ships
to their owners December s. The
Clyde. Mallory and Southern comps-
MES accepted their boats but the Mer-
chants and Miners ofncials refused
They held that under the then rate
difrerentials. they would be forced to
withdraw their boats from service al
together or send them into trsns-oce-
anic traffic.
Hines said the Merchants and Nj
ners' ships filed decided purpose in
Atlantic coast traf1c and when re-
ports reached him that the company
officials planned to withdraw them. ne
Immediately proposed revision OF
the rates wsich officials Of the com
pany held were discriminatory.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Babson to Make Address
Before Advertising Club

Reconstruction in Advertising will
be discussed by Roger w. Bsbson. OF
the U. S. Department Of Labor, at the
Advertising Clubs dinner. TO be given
at Rauschers at $50 O'Clock, March 6.
Other speakers will be DR.. James
Shera Montgomery. who will talk on
Truth in Advertising - Truth in
Everything" and George A. Deatel. of
Baltimore. who will speak on The
Part Copy Plays in Advertising"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
1sExpIaininE the Britishers.

Explaining the Britishers," by
Frederick William Vile, is the second
book that has recently been published
by George FL. Doran Company to fur
ther understanding and friendship be-
tween two allied nations. Shaking
Hands With England" by Charles
Hanson Towne. was published nv
Doran last month. 1t is the chronicle
of the party of magazine editors who
visited England last summer.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Archaeologist Of G. w. u.
Decorated by Greece

DR.. Mitchell Carroll. professor of
archaeology at George Washington
University and director and editor of
Art and Archaeology, has been deco
rated by the Greek government with
the Order Of Our Saviour in recogni-
tion of his distinguished services to
Greece.
The decoration was presented in
the name of King Alexander by the
Greek Minister, Mr.. Roussos, just be-
fore he left Washington to attend the
Peace Conference.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02

too much
IL. Hes smart. keep your eye on
him"
An Innocent Novel.
Patricia Brent, SpInster," anony-
nous. is a romantic and extremely in
nocent novel which has no ulterior
motives. That Is to say, 1t does not
come with subtle intent to convert
, the reader to home rule or pro-
hibition or dress reform or any
thing at all. 1t is merely quite
gay and clever and rather true
to the type of English girl which II
portrays. Patricia Brent was en-
ployed as a private secretary by a
very respectable and negligible poll
| clan. None Of her relatives were
alive except an aunt, rather seedy
and disagreeable, but abundant in
| family pride. Patricia lived alone in
lodging house which harbored many
others like her. in various stages OF
genteel disintegration. One night in
a fit of desperation she remarked at
dinner that she was dining with her
fiance Ia purely imaginary major in
! the British army the next evening.
When she reached the place where
SHN AoN oh'N NiiSg "ouil uAAtt sit
found that two of the dodgers had
followed her and in a panic lest they
discover her plight, she spoke to a
young officeh who was dining alone.
And then thefomance.
THE Book of Lincoln" by Mary
ten in honor of Abraham Lincoln, IL
In NxEth ,Nh Ag 20 ~ a.,
famous pictures and Statues, medals
and masks of Lincoln.
This book lays claim to distinction
in that it does not announce that II
'tells the story of Lincoln's life, CIV
ing the only true interpretatio to
the scandals and family troubles OF
the martyred President. II has a
very complete Lincoln genealogy and
! family tree and a chronology of the
life of Lincoln. 1t also contains the
most important of the Lincoln ad-
dresses and letters.
Much of the poetry has never been
put into an anthology before, and
, many little known but very beautiful
selections are included as well as the
famous Whitman poem, when Lii
lacs Last in the Dooryard Bioomed, I"
and others as important It also
contains tributes to Lincoln from
French. English, and Italian poets
and statesmen.
This book will be of great interest
not only to those who admire Lincoln,
but to lovers of good poetry and
students of human nature.
The author of this book compiled
the material because of her great
reverence and admiration for Lincoln,
which she inherited from her father,
an old soldier. She has had access
to important records and to other
sources which are not open to the
public. thereby acquiring new and i'm
portant data.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Landsides Continue
In Messina District

Messina. March 1.-Landslides, re-
sulting from heavy rains. were con-
tinuing in this province today Many
towns have been completely isolated,
owing to the destruction of roads.
Thousands OF persons are homeless.