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The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
OPELOUSAS BOY
OFFERS in CADDO
w. NJ. Phillips, Native of St.
Landry, Shreveport AttOr-
ney, Candidate for Office
(From the Shreveport News-Ameri-
can. October 16, 1919

(From the Shreveport News-Ameri-
can, October 16, 1919
Shreveport's only soldier candi-
date for state office, in the person
of W. M. Phillips, has announced his
candidacy for the lower house of the
general assembly, and his friends de-
clare that he will receive a big ma
jority in the coming primary.
Mr.. Phillips was practicing law
here when the United States entered
the conflict and without any hest
fancy the young man abandoned his
law practice and enlisted in the reg
ular army for service overseas. He
was one of the first Louisiana boys
to reach the firing line where in a
charge of his unit he was gassed and
had to be sent to the hospital. Re-
covering he re-entered the service
and did valiant service, being dis
charged only few months since.
Mr.. Phillips returned here and re-
sumed his law practice and now has
a, splendid clientele. His His legion of
friends, proud of his war record, of
his splendid valor are proud Of him,
and it is at their solicitation that he
enters the race for the general as
sembly from Caddo parish. They
feel that Caddo and Shreveport will
pay the proper tribute to their brave
fellow-citizen, by an overwhelming
vote at the polls.
Mr.. Phillips is eminently qualified
to fill the office, his friends assert,
not only because of his legal attain
ments, but also because of his long
experience as enrolling clerk in the
house of representatives. He is a ma
tive of st. Landry parish, but has
been a resident here for some years.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
PRESIDENT CALLS ON
NATION TO HELP in
RED CROSS DRIVE
Members Needed More Than
Money, He Declares in a
Letter to the People

Washington, Oct. 25-President
Wilson today addressed the following
letter to the people of the country,
appealing for support of the third
Red Cross call, November 2 to IL:
"As president of the United States
and as president of the American Red
Cross, / recommend and urge a gener-
Gus response to the third Red Cross
roll call, which opens on November 2
with the observance of Red Cross
Sunday and appropriately closes on
IL, the first anniversary of
the signing of the armistice.
Twenty million adults joined the
Red Cross during the war, prompted
by a patriotic desire to render service
to their country and to the cause for
which the United States was engaged
jim war. Our patriotism should stand
the test of peace as well as the test of
war, and it is an intelligently patriot
ic program which the Red Cross pro-
poses, continuance OF service te ear
soldiers and sailors who look to it for
many things and transference to the
problems of peace at home of the ex-
perience and methods which it ac-
quired during the war.
at is the spirit of democracy that
the people should undertake their
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
CONCERNING ABILITY AND
STABILITY LIFE INSURANCE

A financial paper, in review OF
the life insurance business few
months ago, according praise to the
management of life insurance COM
panies whose huge operations are
carried on smoothly and unostenta-
tiously, asked: "Can it be the insur-
ance companies show better. judg-
ment and greater capacity in the or
ganiaztion of large staffs of opera
tives than is manifested in other lines
of enterprise? Why is it that there
are no insurance bankruptcies or re-
ceiverships to speak of, no mutual
recrimination between government
and private management, no strikes
and no demand for public ownership?
Is it because management of these
companies approaches details and diff
ficulties with the sole desire of I'M
aided, unsubsidized achievement?
Life insurance companies of the
United States are under contract
with their policyholders, ordinary and
industrial, to pay, under existing pol
icies, as the claims are presented to
them, the vast sum of $3O,000,0O0,-
900. Considering three things-the
sound mathematical basis upon which
life insurance calculations rest, the
strict supervision by the state under
which the business is conducted and
the sense of responsibility that is inn
pressed upon life insurance exeeu-
tives by the vastness of the obliga-
lions of their companies-reviewers
of finance need not marvel that life
insunance always "makes good" and
that its contract obligations are as
certain to be met as those of the ma
ton itself.
It may be worth noting that the
bills introduced in state legislatures
to further regulate the life insurance
business seem to be rapidly decreas-
ing in number the falling off in the
number of such bills in 1918 having
been twenty-five per cent. This may
be attributed to the fact that the pub
lie is coming to have better under
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
alien blood and ali9a influences. A

alien blood and alien influences. A
citizenry nurtured On the fundamen-
tai tenets of democracy, and who
are old fashioned enough to believe
that the constitution of these United
States is the surest rock OF refuge
for their liberties today as in the days
of the forefathers; citizenry which
has proven time and again that 1t
will fight for its ideals and beliefs.
Today in the nation class lcon-
seriousness rears its ugly head.
Strange doctrines and "isms" drag
their noisome stencil from the under
world of foreign soils to faint the
free air of these United States. DEM
agogues and dreamers of false
dreams add to the unrest by their at
tempts to feist on the credulous and
gullible their selfish or Impractical
schemes. Self-constituted classes of
the population prostitute individual
liberty into collective license, near
anarchy and disregard of the rights
of others.
And under these conditions, with
these portents of evil plain before
them, thoughtful Americans look to
the old-new South and its citizen
Try as the nations bulwark in times
of stress. The South with its old I'M
quenchable spirit, and body risen
Phoenix-like from the ashes of war
and reconstruction. God bless her
and keep her steadfast and worthy of
the nations trust in future as in the
past!
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01

own welfare activities and the IA
tional Red Cross wisely intends to -
ert upon community action stimu.
lating and co-ordinating influence
and to place the energies of the a.
ganization behind a sound public
health and welfare agencies.
"The American Red Cross does nor
purpose indefinite prolongation Of rs
relief work abroad, a policy which
would lay an unjust burden upon opr
own people and tend to undermine
the self-reliance of the peoples reliev.
ed, but there is necessary work 81
completion to be performed before
the American Red Cross can honor.
ably withdraw from Europe. The
congress of the United States has ~.
posed upon the Red Cross a continu-
ing responsibility abroad by author
izing the secretary of war to transfer
to the American Red Cross such sur
plus army supplies and supplementary
and dietary foodstuffs now in EuroDs
as shall not be required by the arunv
to be used by the Red Cross to relieve
the distress which continues in Ger.
tain countries of Europe as a result
of the war.
ITO finance these operations, to
conclude the work which was begun
during the war, and to carry out some
comparatively inexpensive construct
tive plans for assisting peoples in
eastern Europe to develop their own
welfare organizations, the American
Red Cross requires, in addition to
membership fees, a sum Of money
small in comparison with gifts po1reda
into its treasury by our generous peO-
pie during the war.
Both the greater enduring domes-
tic program and the lesser temporary
foreign program of the Red Cross de-
serve enthusiastic support, and / ven
ture to. hope that its peacetime mem
bership viii exceed rather than fan
below the impressive war member
ship.
WOODROW WILSON"
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01

standing every day of the insurance
business, perceiving, among other
things, that the work of the life in
surance agent is a never-ending in
struction in habits of thrift and the
capitalization of the economic value
of human life.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01

Tony Fux of Lafayette visited
relatives here last Saturday and Sun
day.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01
Our Women's Ready-to- Year
Department

Presents only all that is but will surprise you with the
values which buying force have been able pick for
under present conditions.
SUITS DRESSES COATS UNUSUAL VALUES ALL
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-01

WOODROW WILSON, :
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
HUNTING STILLS
 BY AIRPLANE
U. s. Marshal c. o. Hall Takes a Spin Over Country North of Prescott and Locates Wildcat Establishment.

The arm of the law is getting long Ter and longer and it's getting harder land harder for wildcats" to remain wild. Up to the present it's been |rather a difficult proposition, even though proving somewhat successful, Ito hunt out the innocent looking little |still in it's own little nook in the hills lon horseback or in car, but modern methods are finding sure way and that's by airplane, flying over the suspected territory at close range. Aviator Terry who is in Prescott for few days commercial flying, taking passengers up for $1.00 per minute, had as his passenger for a while yesterday afternoon, United States Marshal c. o. Hall of Little Rock, who is here in interest of the prohibition movement and who is in lteresting number of citizens in the
 county. Messrs. Terry and Hall cir
 cled low over "the flats" few miles north of Prescott yesterday afternoon and succeeded in locating two or three stills, and after making notation of their locations, returned to Prescott .. and went out in the section again in a
 car, but it seems that the operators
 were also on to the modern game, and when the officers arrived on the
 spot the "maginks" had been removed
 to parts unknown, but the evidence of
 former operations were very much in
 evidence.
 Aviator Terry is having splendid
 success in his commercial flying here,
 having taken large number of Pres
 colt men and women up for a 15 min
 ute glide over the city, the ride being
 $15- and worth it, they say. Mr. Terry is not selfish about his l flying and he has very generously
 given a number of flying exhibitions
 over the city, doing daredevil stunts
 and flying just above the housetops
 He is due to leave the city today or
 tomorrow and will go to Hope for g 1 few days stay.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
DO YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL
 YOUR CHILD ATTENDS,

After inspection of the var;o,,. schools visited by the field secretaries or the Arkansas Public Health Asso- ciation in their attendance upon the summer institutes, it has been de- clded by the association that cond;- tions justify an extensive study of sanitation of school buildings in this state. In many places the buildings are dilapidated, the water supply is derived from surface springs. the common drinking cup is in use and there IS an entire lack of toilets of any description. In one instance, the secretary was informed by the teachers that but few school build lngs in the county had toilet. The teachers themselves are manifesting the greatest interest in the matter. and are taking up eagerly the health program presented by the State
 uealIn ASS0clatlOn.
 The State Department of Educa- ton has been making every effort to improve sanitary conditions of the schools, in consequence of which there has been a great improvement during recent years, many school buildings being reported by the health workers as models of cleanli- ness and sanitation. At the same time, the Health Association feels that the Department of Education needs stronger public sentiment in the support of this part of its pro- gram, and plans to enlist the coopera- tion of women's clubs, school im- provement associations and other organizations in the survey contem- plated next year.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
RETURNS FROM INSPECTION
 TOUR OF OIL FIELDS


 Little Rock, ept. 10.-Harvey G. Combs, in charge of the Blue Sky De- partment of the State Bank Commits sion, returned yesterday from Texas where he spent week inspecting the oil well prospects in the Desdemona, Ranger and Burkburnett fields. He says that the interest continues in tense all over the field, and that great fortunes continue to be made by some. He thinks the Desdemona field is des- tined to excel the others. Many wells rae being sunk, and the production is already very great. The pipe lines are taking care of the production in Ranger and Desdemona, but there are several hundred wells lon the sand' in the Burkburnett field awaiting the completion of adequate pipe line fa- cilities.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
NOTICE TO FARMERS

Owing to the trouble we have had in the past making our collections for ginning. quite a lot of which we never get, after putting in two or three months on the streets trying to col lect up when we are through ginning, we must ask people having cotton ginned to please make some satisfac- tory settlement for same when cot ton is ginned.
 Lumpkin Gin Go.
 Farmers Gin Co. Rev. J. A. Henderson, presiding elder, is down at Hope this afternoon. Mrs. Ralph B. Hardey is down at Hope for a visit with friends.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
TRIBUTE TO THE
 AMERICAN ARMY
Gotham Heaps Laurels on the Fighting First Division and General Pershing-25,0 ,00O in Parade.

New York, Nov. 1O.-With Gen. Pershing at their head, the First Di- vision of regulars marched down Fifth Avenue today. The colors of three regiments of infantry were twined with the fourragere of France, symbol of gallantry, and on the breasts of hundreds of marchers were ribbons betokening medals bestowed for heroism.
 It was the crowning military spec tacle of the world war for New York and it was unique in American annals. Behind the doughboys rumbled field artillery of every type, and back of the guns came the divisional trains. In the stream which poured down the avenue were 25,OOO men.
 At the head of the five-mile line rode the commander of all soldiers under the Stars and Stripes. Behind him as guard of honor swung "Per- sings Own," the composite regiment of six-foot infantrymen who had fol- lowed him through the flag-decked streets of foreign capitals.
 Enormous crowds have packed Fifth Avenue in days gone by, but never in the city's history had such multitude turned out for any pageant.
 The broad avenue was banked from the far end of Central Park to Wash ington Square with dense masses of humanity. Thousands stood where there was room only for hundreds. Myriads waited for hours under lead en skies, when they knew they had no hope of seeing the procession. Every window and every roof along the way was packed with spectators. Count less thousands stood at the eastern edge of Central Park and at least 100000 sat in the city's grand stand and those erected by spectators. The cheapest seats were $5, but the last of them was sold hours before the starting bugle sounded.
 As the parade passed St. Patrick's Cathedral it was unexpectedly halted and Gen. Pershing dismounted and crossed to the reviewing stand, where Cardinal Mercier sat with Archbishop Hays and number of other church dignitaries. The cheering rose to a deafening volume as the soldier clasped hands with the Belgian pre- late Cardinal Mercier had been given a tremendous reception on his first arrival at the reviewing stand, but the cheering which arose as he stood up to greet the American commander made his previous welcome seem feeble.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11


 E. c. Cameron, who is interested in the Commanche Home Oil Company, and a former resident of Prescott, came in today on a few days visit with friends.
 When her sweet tooth says Candy, her wisdom tooth says Liggett's. Get it at Guthrie's.
 The September Ladies Home Jour nal will be on sale Monday. Order one this afternoon or you may not be able to get it.Phone242. If FOR Paper baler. Apply at this office. If
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
RESIDENT IN
 NORTH DAKOTA
,sfeat of League Would Plunge Mankind in Despair-Declars Economic Rehabilitation waits on Decision.

Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 10.-Presi-
 snt Wilson told Bismarck audience
 Nav that the issue involved in his
 ueechmaking tour for the treaty was
 < ouestion of war or peace.'
 There was only one way in which
 ace could be maintained, he said,
 l that was by such concert of
 stions as was proposed in the league
 nations.
 Completing the first week of his Dar, the president spoke in the Bis harck auditorium. It was the small
 t hall in which he had yet spoken, pating about 1,5O0. It was filled. No ther address was on Mir. Wilson's rhedule for today.
 When the presidents train arrived
 display of pyrotechnics was set off, 6rrying small parachutes with Amer In flags high in the air. On the ide to the hall through crowded
 1eets an airplane flying low turned
 p-fop over the presidential party.
 MT. and Mrs. Wilson were cheered they entered the auditorium. He Vas introduced by Gov. Frazier.
 Should the movement for world. pncert fail, the president said, the eart of mankind would be over Ehelmed by a despair" which would .Ssult in chaos.
 "Men in despair don't construct uvernments," said he. "They destroy |pvernments. If we stay out or if te qualify our acceptance in any way |hen the world will say there can be 10 peace'."
 If the world were in dirorder, asked |he president, who would buy the Rheat of the United States? All the problems of international rehabilitation, he said, wait V on complete peace basis, because |he world was waiting, he continued, he great coal fields of Europe were lot being worked to capacity and the Fhole industry of the world was 
 While we debate" he went on, 'all he world is raging today. Why does tmerica hesitate?"
 He declared there was no more |anger of America staying out of the eague eventually than of reversing |ll the other processes of her history. 'ut it was the delay, he added, that gas upsetting affairs everywhere.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11
HOUSES WRECKED
 IN COAST STORM
Property Damages Estimated at S2,OO0,OOO Wrought by Florida Hurricane-Five Per- sons Are Killed.

SOHS Are hllle0. Key West, Fla, Sept. 10.-Three hundred and twenty houses, most of them frame buildings, were wrecked in hurricane which swept over Key West last night. Five retail store buildings in the business section of the city were also destroyed. So far as could be ascertained tonight no one was killed or seriously injured in the city proper, although the seamer Grampus, with crew of fourteen, sank in the harbor. Property damage was estimated at not less than two million dollars.
 Plate glass windows in many store buildings were blown in and stocks of goods were ruined by water.
 The federal building was badly damaged.
 The wind, which at times last night exceeded eighty miles an hour, pros trated the electric, telephone and telegraph lines.
 Electric and gas plants were put out of commission. The city is in darkness tonight.
 There was much damage along the water front. Scores of small vessels were sunk or damaged.
 The wireless station at Fort Taylor was put out of operation.
 The storm abated today, but the wind still is brisk. There was little news from the islands between here and the mainland.
 Unconfirmed reports say Big Pine Key was swept clean with some loss of life.
 Miami, Fla, Sept. 10.-Eight build ings were totally destroyed and thir- teen partly demolished at p. m. to- day by tornado which struck Goulds, town of 500 inhabitants, 22 miles south of Miami, according to infor- nation received here tonight. There were no casualties.
 The tornado formed in Biscayne Bay and moved in an easterly direc- tion, cutting a swath through the pine forest and striking the town with great force It disappeared in the everglades 12 miles from the point of origin.
 Careful review of damage done in this vicinity by the tropical hurricane which started southeast of Bahama Island group and swept northwest through the Straits of Florida Tues day and Tuesday night, show greatest injury was done to telephone and telegraph lines and to the fruit groves. Fruit and vegetable crops were damaged to the extent of half million dollars, it is estimated. The wind has subsided.
 Apparently reliable reports from MdIdtIlOfl, q tUWH Oii UtiC OFSioSe&' railway, 108 miles south of Miami, and AS miles from Key West, stated that only one house was left standing after the hurricane passed.
 The information was brought to Miami by engineers and other railway men who were on Marathon Key when the storm struck it.
 Havana, Sept. 10-Five persons are known to be dead and several others are missing as a result of the cyclone which swept over the city last night, flooding the greater part of the city with huge waves from the gulf which swept over the sea wall. The waters receded today, leaving the streets strewn with fallen trees and debris. The property damage is very heavy.
 NOTICE TO FARMERS
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11

Hemstitching Machine now installed at my home. Work promptly and neatly done. Price 10c per yard. Mrs. w. R. White, Jr., phone No. 57. If
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11

Hemstitching done at my home at |egular prices. Mrs. A. Guthrie Phone 76. K Old papers for sale at this office.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11

Bob Moore is down at Hope this afternoon.
The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-11

We send everything back but the dirt. Star Pressing Shop, W. A. Porter, prop, phone 26S. 4d2
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-07
HENRY ROBINSON
SUCCEEDS PAGE ON
SHIPPING BOARD
Was Dollar-a Year Member
of National Defense Coun-
Gil During War.

Washington. May 6.-Appointment
of Henry NJ Robinson, of Pasadena
Cal, as a member of the shipping
board to succeed Charles r. Page. of
San Francisco, who recently resigned,
was announced at the White House.
Mr.. Robinson is a native of Ohio
and a graduate of Cornell University.
He has been connected with a num-
Der OF mining, engineering and manu-
featuring enterprises and has had ex-
perienoe in ship building. Several
years ago he was at the head of a
large steel company at Youngstown,
Ohio.
At the outbreak of the war. Mr..
Robinson came to Washington as a
"dollar-a-year man" and served with
the council of national defense and
later became assistant to Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board. After
the signing of the armistice, he as
sembled the data on shipping to be
used by the peace conference and
early in January went to Europe as
special shipping commissioner. Since
the return of Chairman Hurley from
France, he has had charge of the
shipping boards activities abroad;
was the American representative at
the Spa conferences, and presided at
the inter-allied conference on ship
ping held at Brussels.
Mr. Page was appointed a member
of the shipping board by President
Wilson in October, 1917. and several
months ago, sent his resignation to
the president, but was urged to con-
tinue to serve until successor could
be chosen. He will engage in the