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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Senator Harding Received Only 65 1-2
On First Vote-Governor Coolidge
of Massachusetts, Chosen as Vice
Presidential Nominee.

Chicago. - Warren G. Harding.
United States senator from Ohio. was
nominated for the presidency by the
Republican national convention after
deadlock which lasted for nine bal
lots and which finally on the tenth
ballot forced out of the running all
the original favorites.
AS his running mate, the conven-
ton named Gov. Coolidge of Massa-
chusetts, upsetting plan of combi-
nation OF the Harding hackers to nom
mate for the place Senator Irvine l..
Lenroot of Wisconsin.
The collapse of the forces of Gov.
Frank o. Lowden and their transfer
in large part to Senator Harding put
the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily, however.
when the Harding drift began ana
Senator Johnson. the third ,af the trio
of leaders on the early balloting, also
went steadily down hill
Entering the convention four DAYS
ago as candidate distinctly of the
DARK horse class, Senator Harding
got only t3I1-2 votes on the first ballot
( and on the second he dropped to Sc.
( When the convention recessed at
the end OF the fourth ballot he had 81.
In all night conferences among the
party chiefs, however, he was men,
toned many times as the most likely
TO break the nomination deadlock
should neither Wood, Lowden nor
Johnson take a commanding lead.
They all failed to- do so. Wood and
/ Lowden running a neck and neck race
! for leadership on four more ballots,
while the strength of the California
candidate dwindled steadily.
Meantime Harding pushed his total
to 1873, individual delegates from many
states swinging to him from the cor
umns Of the leaders and of various ia
vorite sons. The Johnson managers,
fearing a landslide was impending,
then made a last play to save the for.
tunes of their candidate. They moved
to recess for a couple of hours in or
der to take an inventory and seek a
new combination. The Wood and
Lowden forces, both virtually at the
peak of their strength. but both dis
heartened at the long string OF ballots
without material gains, fell in with
the recess plan and the convention
adopted It.
In the dramatic succession OF con-
ferences that followed the fate of the
candidates virtually was sealed. Some
of the Wood and Lowden managers
tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold their delegates in
line and kill off the Harding boom.
Some tried to get a Wood-Lowden-
Johnson agreement to adjourn until
Monday without making nomination.
There also was a conference between
] Johnson and Harding supporters. in
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
FOR HURRIED READERS.

Jeanerette. - The Knights of Co
lumbus initiated a class of sixty-five
at Jeanerette. The candidates were
from Lafayette, Abbeville, New Iberia,
Jeanerette and near by towns. After
forming on the high school campus.
the Knights paraded through town to
ST. Johns Catholic Church, where
mass was said.
Jeanerette. - May II to % was
American Legion Week in JeanereIIe
The members of Lee Gautreaux Post
are making a membership campaign
for their local post. The nations holt
day, Fourth of July. will be celebrat'
ed with numerous attractions for en-
tertainment.
Elton. The Elton High School
closed its 1920 session recently, ad-
ding five graduates, as follows:
Misses Irma and Arlo Anderson and
Messrs. Fauntleroy De La Rue. Peter
Simon and Norman Hollier.
Elton. - The census of our vlnage
taken a few weeks ago shows 1925. a
growth of over one hundred per cent
in ten years. The mayor is taking
steps to have the community incor-
porated
Elton. - The rains of the past few
days have been very beneficial to this
section Of the rice belt. Some were
behind with their irrigation, others
with their planting on account of the
dry weather.
Oberlin. Mrs. Edward Rider,
wife of local farmer. was seriously
injured by being run over by fright
ened team drawing heavy farm
wagon.
Elton. Mr.. Dan S. Williams has
completed a $4,000 bungalow on his
model rice farm, three miles south Of
Elton.
Bunkie. - The large steel bridges
for the Evangeline highway crossing
Bayou Bouef for Eola, Viloy Refinery,
and the Prescott and Lee cross
ings have arrived. The grading on
this route has been completed to the
St. Landry line and graveling has be-
gun.
Bunkie. - The Cumberland Tele-
phone Company has moved into Its
new quarters in the Bailey building.
which has been admirably equipped
with reading and recreation rooms
for the employees.
Elton. Mrs. II. V. Kennedy,
cashier Of the First National Bank Of
Elton, La. lis having an eight-inch
deep well drilled in the corporate linn
it's for irrigating his adjoining farm,
and possibly furnishing water works
90 the town.
Natchitoches. roll of attend
ance for the regular Normal depart
ment for the new term at the State
Normal School beginning June 2
showed on the second day 40S stu
dents against 252 at the same time
last summer.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Benefit Program Plans.

Posts wishing to learn of the pos
s;bilities. of a theatrical program
should send for that recently issued
by George A. Amole post No. AZ of
POttstOwn. Pa. The A pages issued
in connection with the presentation by
the post of "Over Thefe-Over Here"
were made to carry. in addition TO
wealth Of advertising, the program
proper. photograph of Commander
D'Olier. the cast of characters and
prominent local officials. with a short
history of the post, a photograph and
history of the two companies forming
the post.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

whereby an educational film en''~
"Uncle Sam-lnsurancp Agen'
he furnished by the bureau w
free of charge r. w. EinrrS" 49,.
sistant director. bureau " war
insurance. Washington. ID. L.
charge of distribution.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
OFFICIAL GRAVE MARKERS.

Official American Legion grave
markers. made of cast bronze. and
consisting of the American Legion en-
blem enlarged to seven inches in III.
ameter, equipped with an iron pin
thirty inches long. can be obtained
at national headquarters.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Many Miners Killed.

Berlin. - One hundred and ninety
three miners are believed to have
been killed by the explosion of a dyna-
mite depot at ANNA, the great Hun
garian coal and iron mining center
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

which the Ohian's supporters tried
without success to have the rematsfrg
Johnson strength swung to Harding.
In a dramatic session IN which Gov.
ernor Lowden of IlliRois released all
his friends, s1d his delegates turned
to Harding in rapid succession, the
Harding landslide, which started with
e gentle movement early in the morn
ming, steadily and surely grew and re
sisted all attempts of the Wood and
Lowden people to check it if they had
a disposition to do so.
Immediately after Senator Hard ing's
nomination was a fact ii was decided
to attempt to have a brief recess on
ing. so a choice could be decided upon
for second place and the business or
the convention ended Immediately.
Senator Harding was in an ante
room nearby while the convention was
casting the ballots which made him
the Republican nominee.
For some of the time he chatted
there with Gov. Lowden, who had civ
en- up the fight a few minutes before
Mrs. Harding also was with him. Col
Proctor, Gen. Woods manager. and
others visited Senator Harding and
Gov. Lowden there while the CONVEX
ton was noisiiy and anxiously making
history only a short distance away.
to him by Charles b. Warren of Mich
igan, Senator Harding left for his ho
tel with Mrs Harding and announc q
that he would have no statement to
make at the time.
1t was just about the moment that
Gov. Sproul in person in his seat on
the floor was casting the 60 votes from
Pennsylvania which ran Harding's to-
tai over $40 and gave him the nomi-
patton.
Gov. Coolidge Nominated.
Gov. Coolidge's nomination was sec
onded from North Dakota and Michi-
gan and many other states. There
was a great burst OF enthusiasm for
Coolidge, and delegates fairly fell
over themselves for a chance to sec
ond him.
Above the uproar and din a mem
Der of the Kansas delegation got on a
chair and nominated Gov. Allen for
the vice presidency.
A woman delegate from Maryland
tried to make a speech from a chair.
The convention saw her gestures but
never heard a word.
Judge Wallace McCamant of Orc
gon nominated Gov. Coolidge of Mas
sachusetts for the vice presidency.
All over the hall delegates were
standing on chairs or climbing on
posts devoting themselves to the bus
mess of making noise 1t probably
was a reflex from the tension of 10
ballots and FIVE gruelling days in an
intense heat.
Senator Irwin Lenroot of Wisconsin
was nominated for vice president by
Senator Mccormick of Illinois, sec
onded by State Chairman Hert Of Ken
lucky.
Col. Henry W. Anderson of Rich
mond, Va, also was placed in nomina-
ton for the vice presidency. Nobody
could hear the speech, which was
made by a member of the Virgiria
delegation. Hiram Johnson, Pritchard
and Gronna received votes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Groeers Fined $4,000.

Charleston, w. Va. The Schen-
Stevenson Company, wholesale gro
Gerry concern of Huntington, was fin
ed $4,000 upon conviction of profit
eering In sugar. In federal court here.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

can Legion nation
al headquarters at
indianapolis show
there are more
than eight hun
ired of these in
existence through
out the country ut
the present time,
and requests for
temporary char
tiers from new
ones being formed
are coming i'm at
the avera ge rate
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

declared he was very happy" and
deeply grateful to his friends.
The Republican nominee showed
plainly his elation when he emerged
from his rooms with Mrs. Harding
to face battery Of camera men.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Warren c. Harding has always been
a resident of Ohio. which state he
has represented as United States sen.
ator since 1914. In private business
life he is publisher Of the Marion (OD
I star. He was born on a farm near
De village of Blooming Grove, Nor
sow county, Ohio, November 2, 1865,
the eldest OF eight children. His IA
ther. George T. Harding, was a coun-
try doctor whose forebears came from
Scotland. Before going to Ohio the
Hardings were residents of Pelnsyl.
vania, where some OF them were mas
sacred by Indians. Others fought in
the Revolutionary War. The mother
OF Warren, Mrs. Phoebe Dickerson.
was descended from an old-time Hol-
land Dutch family, the Van Kinks.
In his youth Warren Harding lived
the life OF a farmer boy. attending
the village school until Ia years of
age. when he entered Ohio Central
College OF Iberia, from which he was
graduated. AS editor OF the college
paper he first displayed a talent for
Journalism. He was obliged to stop
srhNeL now and then and earn the
money with Which IL pursue his col
lege course. At one time he. cut corn,
at another painted barns, and St1SStiu
another drove a team and helped to
grade the roadbed of a new railway
AT II he taught a district school and
played a horn in the village brass
band.
At odd times he worked in the vii.
1age printing office. in time becoming
an expert typesetter and later a limo
type operator. He is practical
pressman and a job printer, and as
a makeup man" is said TO have few
equals. The luck piece he has car.
ried as a senator is the old printer
rule he used when he was sticking
type.
In 1884 DR.. Harding moved his fam.
lily to Marion. a short time afterward
the father purchased for Warren
Harding the Star, then small paper.
On the paper Warren Harding per.
formed every function, from devil to
managing editor. In all the years
the senator has owned II there has
never been a strike or a threatened
one.
Senator Harding is closely identi-
fed with many other large business
enterprises in Marion and other parts
of the state. He is director of a bank
and several large manufacturing
plants and is a trustee OF the Trinity
Baptist Church.
Mr.. Harding has twice represented
the Thirteenth Senatorial District OF
Ohio In the State Legislature and
! served one term as lieutenant COVER.
nor. At the 1914 election Harding
was elected United States senator by
= majority of more than 100000 run
uing $4,000 ahead OF the next highest
on the ticket. In the Senate he is a
member OF the committee on foreign
relations. Senator Harding married
Miss Florence King in 1891.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

said Harding could feel assured of ev-
cry support from Massachusetts
Il congratulate Senator Harding"
Coolidge said.
Governor Coolidge. when notified
that he had been nominated by the
Republican convention for the vice
presidency. authorized the statement
that he would accept the nomination.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Austrian Cabinet Quits.

Vienna. = The Austrian cabinet
headed by Dr. Karl Renner as chan
cellor. which has held office most of
the time since the armistice. has re-
signed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Ottawa. = The Canadian govern.
msnt has leased the southern half of
Baf1n Island to vilhjaImur Stefans-
son. The explorer. for the purpose of
brseding reindeer and musk OF for
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Band to Boost for New Home. !,

Austin Cox Post No 4I6. Ma''s'"
Pa. has a twenty-four-piere m'
The post IL planning TO purcpa r.,
building TO he used as a conii''
house and post headquarters
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Calvin Coolidge of Northampton
Mass, although in public life almost
ever since his graduation from Am
herst College in 1895, was little known
outside of Massachusetts until the
greater part of the police force of
Boston went on strike in September,
1919.
Coolidge was governor He ordered
out the state guard to patrol the
streets of Boston after a night of riot
ing, announcing that law and order
would be preserved. and declared that
the strikers were deserters and that
their places would be filed by other
men.
The strikers never regained their
positions. Troops maintained order.
and new police force was recruited.
The stand taken by the governor car
ried his name throughout the coun-
try. and in his own state he was
promptly nicknamed Law and Order
Coolidge"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Colonel House Sails

New York. = Colonel Z. NJ. House
was a passenger on the steamship
Lapland, sailing from here for Eng
land.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Free Use Of Film.

Arrangements have been made with
the bureau Of War Risk insurance
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Maj. Gen. Wood Thanks Supporters.
Chicago.-Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
issued a statement thanking the
public for the nationwide express
sion Of confidence and support in his
campaign. and also thanking his as
sociates for their work in his behalf
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
WORE THAN SEQ AUXILIARIES
Women's Organizations Request Char
tiers at Average of More Than
Four Per Day.

Records or wOmen'S auXiliarieS in
he statistical division Of the Ameri-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

he Ridder.-Dr. John | d. Frazer
qualified as sheriff of Beahregard par
ish recently. He has APPOINTED for
mer deputy clerk of court, NJ. f.
Crawford, as his chief Office deputy.
and NJ. NJ Wood, his chief outside
deputy. Other deputies Will DC ap.
pointed later for the various wards.
The outgoing sheriff. W A. MARTA.
who has been sheriff fer the past sew.
en- years since Beauregard was crear-
ed out of the old Calcasieu. VIII de
vote his attention 10 his farm and
his logging interests.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Franklin. - The millinery estab-
lishment Of Miss Carma J. Lanc!es on
Main street was destroyed by fire and
the building next to il, which was Oc-
cupied by w. T. Peterman and Chas
Mccarthy, was badly damaged by fire
and water. Mr.. Mccarthy occupied
the upstairs portion of this building
as a sleeping apartment and only had
time to escape from the burning build
Ing in his night clothes The lower
floor was occupied by Peterman &
Loustalot, general contractors.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

Donaldsonville. - The brick work
on the new theater building of the
Community Company, Inc. in c"T-
OF construction ~ NJ .sslppi street,
VIII be completed soon and the build
ing OF the roof, paving of the floor
and cementing the walls will then be-
gin and be pushed forward as eXpedi-
tiously as possible. 1t is expected
the theater will be completed and
ready 10 begin operations by Au-
gust 10.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19

HleTSOn hlpdlTlCh, LII. w. Sdppci,
Cleveland Dear, Sol Pressburg, c. c.
Clark, R. F. White, George ]. Gins
burg.
Clinton, La - The old board of po-
lice jurors met, G. l.. Gazden from the
Third Ward, absent They approval
all bills due for the month of May,
amounting to s2,51O.73. and all other
routine business and then adjourned.
normal school exceeds all expectations
as 81 students have been enrolled.
This is. 200 students more than the
dormitories can accommodate and an
other hundred students are expected
jacksonville. - Fire destroyed the
building occupied by Joseph Leblanc
as a grocery store. The entire stock
was burned. No insurance was car
ried.
Bunkie. - The automobile of J. =.
Causey, with five occupants, became
unmanageable and turned over result
ing in Mrs. Causey suffering both
arms broken and an eye severaly in
iured. The other occupants, Mrs.
Causey's daughters, were slightly. but
not seriously injured
De Ridder-City Judge RI A. Dick.
son elected some months ago has not
yet qualified for that office, his com
mission not having arrived Mayor
N. A. Jones is having to preside over
the City Court.
Iota.-A fair was held at st. Jo-
seph's Catholic Church in this place
which attracted large crowd. A din
ner was served and a variety of re-
freshments were sold About $500
was taken in for the benefit of the
church.
Monroe. - Monroe's first a0nual au-
tomobile show, which opened recently
was brought OF an end. Rain kept
many people from attending, but the
promoters wer pleased with the pat
ronage given by the public and will
stage greater exhibition next year.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-29
Will Help TO Relieve Fam.
lily Budget.
WILL MATERIALLY LESSEN
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Planting Already Going Forward
in Southern Regions-Now Is
Time to Be Thinking About it
Here in the North.

Gardens are going to be just as
important the coming year as dur
ing the war period, United States
department OF agriculture special
lists declare High food costs, they
say, are likely to remain until more
to eat is grown and distributed.
Farm gardens, village gardens, and
city backyard gardens all will help.
Food produced in the garden not
only helps balance the family
budget but releases that grown on
farms for the use of people who
are entirely dependent upon 9th
efS.
With the frightening OF the days
it will not be long until land can
be worked, and such hardy crops
as peas, onions, lettuce, radlsheS
and beets planted, especially
throughout the lower Gulf Coast
region. The average date of the
last killing frost of the winter in
this section is not later than March
Is. This zone includes the south
ern portion of South Carolina, the
southern half of Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi, almost the whole
of Louisiana and all southeastern
Texas. Several of the more hardy
garden crops, including those men
toned above, will withstand con
siderable frost and may be plant
ed at least month before the aver
age date for the last frost.
Irish potatoes are easily injured
by freezing, but they require about
month to come up and may be
planted at about the same time as
lettuce and radishes. 1t pays to
take a chance on the early plant
ing of certain of the more hardy
garden vegetables. If they are kill
ed or severely injured they may be
replanted. A good method is to
make about three paintings at in
ter1nals of two weeks. and if the
first planting is killed the later
ones take it's place: if not killed,
early vegetables will be produced
and the second and third planting
provide continuous supply.
Keeping up the gardening inter
est throughout the season is just
as important as making an early
start. About the time the more
hardy vegetables are planted in
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-29

the garden the seeds of tomato,
eggplant. and peppers should be
started in window box indoors.
BY the time the ground and the
air are warm these plants will be
of good size and ready to set in
the garden. In the meantime few
''frostproof' or hardy cabbage
plants may be set out. Next will
come the planting of snap or string
beans. Then follows the planting
of Lima beans. summer squashes,
melons of all kinds, and other of
the more tender vegetables.
And don't forget the greens. We
all need more greens in our diet.
Spinach, kale. and turnips will keep
you supplied with greens during
the late fall and early winter, but
you should have a bed of spinach
planted now. in the Gulf Coast
region, for early spring greens.
Early turnips and beets are excel
lent for use as greens and later
you can have delicious Swiss Chard.
Bassella withstands heat and
makes satisfactory summer green's.
The main point in getting the
most out of your garden is to begin
early and keep going throughout
the entire season, making every
foot of land produce to the limit.