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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-12-09
The Era.Leaaler.
frankIinton, La, Dec. 8, 1920.

Xmas gifts for all the family
at Babington's Drug Store, Inc.
Misses Pearla Nettles and Peg.
~ 0'AhIy made a visit to Boga-
lpsa Wednesday.
Decorate your rooms with ths
beautiful pictures you will find
in cur Christmas stock,
Mrs. L. II. Magee.
Mrs. D. Bienn was a visitor
last week in the Carp home hav.
Ing come over to make the az.
Quaintance Of her young nephew.
Straight Salary: $500 per
week and expenses to man or wo-
man with rig 10 introduce Eureka
Egg Producer. Eureka Mfg. Co.,
East st. Louis, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis with Mr.
aud Mrs. Robt, Ba bington and
little Lanler of Tylertown, motor.
ed down Sunday for the after.
noon with Mr., and Mrs. W. S.
Burris.
Miss Louise Payette went into
New Orleans Friday aud took
With her as weekend guests,
Misses Copenhaver and Keithley
and Miss Lewis of Tylertown, all
having a lively and interesting
VISIT
The little infant son of Mr.
Mrs. Vim. Carp was hastened tt
New Orleans Saturday to have
lamor removed from it's head
Vie operation being successfully
Performed and the little on
expected back with it's mother
soon.
A total of $4,000 in cash-1s
prize SIS 90, End prize $1,000, 81,
prize $500, 4th prize $500, 5tI
Prize $3.00~will be given ava.
asour store. Thursday, Decem
Der %, to our customers.
Burris Bros, Ltd.
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For Sale.

Full Blood Hampshire Pigs,
six months old. Cholera immune.
If interested call at my farm at
Spring Hill.
j. T. Magee,~
Route2. Franklinton, La.
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Become a stakeholder in the
United States-buy War Savir 8
Stamps.
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For Sale.

One Special Six Studebaker
Car. Good as new, a bargain,
$4,000.
W. O. Grain,
Hackley, La.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
Detective German to The
rescue.
CTo BE Continued
PINS NOT LONG PERFECTED
Production of the Really Finished
Product Only Dates Back to the
Year 1924.

In 1775 the American congress, real
izing the absolute necessity fer pins
in the development of the civili>"on
Of the country. offered bonus OF
$50 for the first twenty-five dozen do
nestle pins equal to those imported
from England.
In 1871 Timothy Harris of England
devised the first soid-headed pin.
American inventive genius. as usual
continued on the job until the best
idea was hit upon. Lemuel Wellman
Wright of this country invented q
machine in 1924 which gave the In
dustry much Roadway. His machine
made solid heads to the pins by q
process similar to the making Of nails
by driving a portion Of the pin Itself
into countersunk hole. This was
done automatically and consisted Of q
device by which the wire was seized
in two small grOoved cheeks. Wher
both cheeks are placed face to face
the wire is held tightly in the groove
with a small portion projecting. 6
small hammer connected with the ma
chine strikes on the projecting Dor
tion. thus forming the head.
Seven years later. in 1881. John Ire
land Howe. doctor i'm Bellevue hos
pital. New York. invented a machine
for making perfect soliG-headed pins
company was organized and fac
tory started at Derby. Conn.
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CHAPTER VI-Continued.

you're right about that" l replied,
"and say. look here. Why can't you
meet me somewhere tomorrow after
noon. There are a lot of mysterious
things happening in the Granddeck.
Maybe you can help me in trying to
clear them up"
IT'S date. I'll be in the back room
of Jim ConnOr's place over on Third
avenue at three o'clock waiting for
you"
"I'll be there" l said, as babe him
good night.
Hold on minute" he said. do
you know where Lefty Moore's wife
lives now?"
recalled the number she had told
me to give the taxi man and repeated
it to him, an address way over on
East Slxty-second street near the
river.
81 like to know them sort of things"
he explained. ''In our business you
never know when you'll be needing
them"
On my way home, after | left him, |
congratulated myself on having male
James Germans acquaintance. In
him had found man with police and
detective experience. The fact that
he held responsible position with a
big hotel ought TO be sufficient voucher
for his honesty. OF course Miss Brad
ford must he consulted before | met
German the next afternoon. l could
hardly tell him my own almost unbe-
lievable experiences without bringing
I'm the attempts to blackmail her sister.
Surely Miss Bradford would not OBJ
ject to my plan. We were making
such poor Roadway in solving the mys-
terry ourselves that / was certain she
would welcome Germans advice.
And would it not be a surprise to
Barbara Bradford to learn that a
criminal-Or at least the wife of a
criminal-was employed as telephone
girl in the apartment house? ! was
hoping that she would be at home and
in her room when / arrived at the
house so that i might signal her and
tell her my great news at once.
/ let myself into the apartment and
without bothering to turn on the lights
made my way back toward my own
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CHAPTER VII.

1t was the next evening ti,at l made
my astounding discovery, when pure
chance led me plump into what both
Barbara Bradford and I recognized
at once as our first real clue to the
mysteries surrounding us
My find came unexpectedly at the
end of an exciting day. AS may be
imagined / slept little Ia the hours
following my unexpected meeting with
Claire Bradford in my rooms, coming
as it did right on top of Detective
Germans revelations as 70 rte identity
of the telephone girl. Coupled with
these circumstances was the fact that
if my hopes were realized. Barbara
would be within very few hours
lunching with me for the FIRST time.
| Just had to see her L..fore met
German. The tale was o unfold to
him was so improbable. SCI almost I'M
believable. that | wanted ia go over it
with her step by step. in order to be
able TO convince the detective that it
was the absolute truth.
| could not help but realize how
preposterous ii would sound in the
telling. Mr.. German could hardly be
blamed for believing that tTy mind had
been inflamed by witnessing too many
movie thrillers. Yet l had proof
There were the entries IN my great
uncle's diary that could sfOw. / had
the anonymous notes. My story of the
strange whispers, if need ne, could be
confirmed by the old .aLndress, by
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Barbara Bradford. yes, and by Claire.
given to account for her presence in
my room was the true one II sounded
logical, and yet ! did net place the
cOnfidence i'm her that did in Barbara.
But what | relied on nos of all To
convince German OF the truth Of my
prepOsterouS tale was his own knowl-
edge of who the telephone girl was
Just when | had rcacheu the deduc-
ton that the band plotting against
us must have a conductor IN the build
ing, he had come forward with the
knowledge that pointed toward the
person most apt to be involved.
| was bordering ii all ever in my
mind as | left the house IN meet Bar
bara. | was out on the street and
just turning the corner when | remem-
bered that | had spent most of the
money in my pocket the night before
Retracing my steps, returned to my
apartment and took some bills from
their h!ding-pace in the bookcase. As
| emerged into the street again. | be-
came aware that across the street was
man whose appearance seemed
vaguely familiar. AS once more
turned the corner, walking briskly,
glanced back for second look at
him and was SURPRISED to see him COM
ing in my direction.
Then all at once my SubcOnscious
mind came to my rescue. / realized
when it was that | had seen him be-
fore and what made his appearance
so familiar AS l left the house not
ten minutes ago that very same man
had been standing across the street.
AS l had turned back at the corner
he had been coming in MY direction
just as he was now.
He must be following lie. trailing
me, shadOwing me. l determined to
test out my theory. At the next cor
ner turned sharply, glanCing quickly
back as | did so. He was still follow
ing me, though on the other side Of
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room. AS / reached the end of the
hall my ears detected scuffling noise
that seemed TO come from my quar-
tiers. stopped stock-still and listened
breathlessly. Unquestionably there
was someone in my room.
I tiptoed softly forward. As l crept
along in the darkness. making no
sound. / found myself devoutly wish
ing for some weapon. OF course il
might be Barbara. who had entered by
means of the ledge to leave some mes
sage for me, but if II were not she.
felt certain that would discover who
was at the bottom of the plots
against us.
| gained the door without my pres
ence having been discovered In the
dim half-light that came from the open
window I could detect a figure stand
ing on chair apparently feeling along
the wall near the ceiling. l recalled
with curiosity that it was from that
spot that the whispers i had heard
had seemed to come
Inch by incn l edged noiselessly for
ward, my eyes on the intruder until at
last my fingers found the electric light
button. As ;he light flooded the room
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
Don't Let Catarrh Drag
You Into Consumption

halers. jellies and other local appli-
cations. S. s. S. is an excellent sys-
tem-clcanser; 1t is not sold or recon-
mended for Ncnereal Diseases.
S. s. s. has proven a most satisfac-
tory remedy for Catarrh because IL
goes direct to its source, and tends to
remove the germs of the disease from
the blood. Get bottle from your
druggist today, and begin the only log
ical treatment that gives real results.
For free medical advice, write TO Medi-
cal Director. 104 Swift Laboratory,
Atlanta, Ga.
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The Shady Sort.

AT you hire the right sort Of a law
yer you can get out of this Scrape.'
but how am | To know who is the
right kind of lawyer
Pick out one who has a shabby
Office. although he could easily afford
the best"
What's the idca?'
a lawyer of that kind is apt To he
very successful in handling the affairs
of clients who get fused when they
see mahogany furniture. thick carpets
and elegant chandeliers" -Birmng.
ham Age-lIerald.
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|Frayed for Cure
rmdS it After 10 Years
ZOO Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk

q herbert NJ. Gessner writes from his
r Berlin, N. H.:
= stomach trouble over ten years;
. sung worse. ] tried everything for
oet It came back worse than ever.
- ~ ! got awfully bad; could only eat
- ~ bread and tea. In January / got
~ nat what l would eat would sour
l-s NY teeth would be ike chalk
~ 80 terribly. Iprayed every day for
s 70 cure me. One day / read
RlAioNiC and told my wife to get
tr q the drug store as was going
81 q p. m. took one-third of it
xs to feel relief; when it was
shs gone, 1 felt fine and when it
SuP had no pains. Wife 70. me
- e0x bet | have felt the pain but
! used Eve tabi,ts out of the new
nave no more stomach trouble.
1,te to tell you how thankful ]
! hsrd of EAToNIC. / feel like
eat what 1 like, drink plenty
- Il never hurts me at all.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
Old Chinese Burial Places.

Shanghai's old buildings on the Bund
are rapidly disappearing and with
their destruction many discoveries in
the way of old burial PLACES are be-
ing made. While eXcavating for q
new building two Chinese graves were
discovered. Upon being opened, the
collins were found TO be in good de-
gree of preservation, considering the
length of time they must have heen
lying in the swamp. The inscriptions
upon the stone tablets marking the
graves are Eligible, so any CONJECTURE
as To their age is almost impossible
An urn containing a quantity of bones
was also unearthed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
cALoMEL IN SOUTH
/. destroying Sale Of Danger
~. ~ Drug with His "Liver
Tone"

50 bilious, sluggish, constipateo
i's ss'leve you need vile, dangerous
'a ,sI't to start your liver and clean
Dodson's guarantee! ASK you
Hos ri for a bottle of Dodson's Liver
~! nj take a spoonful tonight. If
.'t start your liver and straight.
= right up better than calomel
z ,,bout gripping or making you sick
,ou to 60 back to the store and
~ ealomel today and tomorrow
m feel weak and sick and nau-
- Don't lose days work. Take
sonful of harmless, vegetable
Z VS. Liver Tone tonight and wake
sling great. It's perfectly harm
= 1--WE 1t to your children any
I, can't salivate so let them eat
..,.e afterwards.-Adv.
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5AMOND DYES" DON'T
RUIN YOUR MATERIAL
vmsn! Don't Buy a Poor Dye That
Fades, Streaks, or Runs.

hch package of diamond Dyes"
o1nlns directions so simple that any
uorn can diamopd-dye a new, rich,
n6less color into worn. shabby gar
snA draperies, coverings. whether
~ six, linen, cotton or mixed goods
~ Diamond Dyes"-no other kind
~ perfect results are guaranteed
- 4 you have never dyed before.
AQ0ist has color card.-Adv.
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HIoh Aspirations.

lou are fond Of school, aren't you.
hry asked teacher Of a pupil who
Il Inst finished her first week.
VT Miss Andrews" replied the
nlk tot. Il mean to go to all the
u1eols they is until ! get to the hgh-
4 sckooI, and ] mean to study all the
lboies they Is uptil | study the high
\ @e. mean 20 study the history
( e angels. even"
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Willing to Risk It.

One of the recent recruits 10 the
army, Il raw-honed Arkansan, was un-
dergOing his examination by lieuten-
ant on the insignia worn by officers of
various grades.
what do two silver bars mCan?"
queried the lieutenant.
Hap'n."
cone gold bar?'
Second lOOt'nant."
"Silvcr cagleE'
The rookie scratched his head.
well, | amt right sure about that
one" he confessed. but | reckon I'd
take chance and salute him. any
how. The Horne Sector
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the street and perhaps half a block
away. / went a few steps out of
sight and then stopped as if TO look
| in shop window. He came hurrying
around the corner an instant later.
/ slowing down as soon as he spotted
me again and walked on slowly past
me as if not noticing me. | waited
until he was some distance beyond
and retracing my steps quickly TO the
avenue again stopped in the shelter of
a building TO light cigar. purpOsely
wasting a number of matches. In
hardly ten seconds he was back. covert
ly watching me from the ether side of
| the street.
There was no question about it. He
was trailing me. But who could be
having me shadOwed? Certainly he
was not in the employ Of the Brad
fords or OF Detective German. Either
he must be one of the band of plot
| tiers, orr hated to voice my suspi-
| ciOn, but somehow the thought of my
| great-unclc Rufus kept Ohtruding IL
self. 1t would be just like the sus-
picious old miser. if it was he who
had planned all this deviIOent, to put
me in position of trust and then to
have me watched night and day.
Whoever it was that inspired this
pursuit, | determined to lead my
shadow a merry chase. Jumping into
taxi / babe the driver take me to
department store. Looking back /
saw the shadow hastily entering an
other cab. Arrived at my destination
! thrust fare and tip into the drivers
hand and hurrying inside managed to
catch an elevator just ascending One
flight up | got out and redescended to
the main floor by staircase at the
rear. emerging thence on TO side
street. A second taxi took me to
the Twenty-eighth street subway sta
ton. and there. with no sign of my
square and went to the AstOr to meet
Barbara Bradford, arriving on the dot
of one. She was there awaiting me
and we quickly found a secluded table
in one of the less conspicuous rooms.
"I've told Claire everything" she
said as soon as we Were seated. Il
hope you're not angry with me-"
"Of course not. You had to tell
her. / am sorry to have frightened
her."
"She shouldn't have gone to your
room. That's just like Lei, though.
She always acts on the spur of the
moment. She's awfully worried. too.
poor girl"
1--WE can save her." l said.
why" she asked quickly, what
have you learned?'
II was convinced that they must
have someone in the house aiding
them I've found out who ii is. It's
the telephone girl-Nellie Kelly is the
name she goes by
81 can't believe it," cried the girl,
shocked ut my statement. She's only
girl Ike myself l have talked TO
her lots of times. I'm certain there's
nothing wicked or wrong uEout her"
Pm afraid there is" | explained.
| Il TOOK ltT ou' W N'"iN' '''7' iN"'' I"
the White Room, The horse detective.
while she was off telephoning, prac-
tically ordered me out of the place be-
cause I was with her. she notorious.
Her husband is Lefty Moore. we'll
known burglar. He's N Sing Sing
now. Detective German arrested him.
! He ought to know.
"Oh. the poor girl exclaimed Miss
bradford, tears yelling up in her eyes.
I'm so sorry for her."
But think of your sister. Think
what they are trying to do with Miss
Kelly's aid"
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but now DO you Know shes aldH-
'heih!
i don know It, But | 90 know that
hObocy could pun of nj the things
mat have been happening in the
"FahGGech without somr one there
helping them. We've f'and someone
uSeu 10 heil'lh" crinlinaiS--j criminals
Whe. Isn't that enough? All We need
10 90 now Is t" watch Ter closely
ana iaSten tie thing en- i"r.'
How are You going 10 go that?'
That's why Insisted u. your com
ing here today. am to meet Detective
German at three. ! feel that he could
ala US, and | think We ought to tell
nm everything.
Tell the police" Her face grew
white ut the thought. wouldn't that
mean Scandal-the newspapers and
all that sort of thingT
l shook my head deciSivoly.
"G0ilnan's not with tn police now.
lie Is employed rs a hotel detective.
But he Is just the man we need 10 help
us. He knows all about criminals ANA
how to track them. With his AID we
can quickly clear the whole thing up
VIII you nave 10 tell nm every
'hlls-apout Oialre marriage:
we've eltlier GOT 10 tel nm every
thlh@ CT hOlHlhS.
ot' now WISH we ana not nave 10.
Inc more people there are VINO KNOW
about Things the more likely they are
TO become public
yet you trusted me with your Sis
ters secret.
Hhe gave me quick glance OF coll
Auellce.
ou re inherent
IN AFRAID most people ""u'd MOI
asree "llh you. lhey W"uId reSaru
.'I as WI 'i''eS9' "'90'''''''" 3'u''7
~" CUE vi J'"'
,., n"' II 'i". !"ui i"u,''
"' P''i' ~ went VIZ ''''''
''''e i''''ii'u p'"'e W''''e we i''e'
Nl'i' ",'''''' WI 'h''' nus i0' 'u'''i
!! '"iiiTu uP u give It, h''e 'ii'' wa!
w 'e'' MN e'ei INNS
q ',i'''''''' 81. u's''''V' ,',' ,,'','
''i pi'''' io' ''N''' pun
~ '''''7''
les SHe saiu at las'' i supl'"s'
/ - 'he OILY way but Won lie WANT
Iui oi ih"Ilc! Ior HIS SerN''eS'
u'lehu 10 tha'' "iS"eir"'
III Ii'he NY Srea'-uncie rtN"Iu MN
/ iI't'i'SoIiieiy loT recovering 'he ""s'oi
JeNeIS.
II lie uoes'
ne must we've sot W Se' ''ieii'
oach'
FROM her hahd-Das sue prouuceo
me anonymous letters she h'u re-
celVeu ana hanuou lhelh ~ me-
III you want To sho" 'he ue'eclINe
theSe!
les thlhR had petter. Inc
whole tale sounds so prep"sterous that
need every bit OF corroDorative evil
dence we can muster.
for nan an hour we lhgered over
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
A BEAUTIFUL GHOST.

Spalding Nelson is oc-
cupying the apartments of his
great-uncle, Rufus CASTOR. The
Gastons, leaving on a trip, tell him
about mysterious noises and 'whis-
pers" that have scared them. He
becomes acquainted with Barbara
Bradford, who lives in the same
big building. He instinctively dis
likes and distrusts the superintend-
ent, Wick. The mysteries in his
apartments begin with the disap-
pearance of the CASTOR pearls from
the wall safe. He decides not to
call in the police, but to do his own
investigating. 1t is soon evident
that someone has access to his
rooms. Becoming friendly with
Barbara, he learns that her apart
ments are equally mysterious. She
tells him that several years before
her sister Claire, who lives with
her, had made "A runaway mar
riage with an adventurer. from
whom she was soon parted, and the
marriage had been annulled. Claire
is engaged to be married and some
one has stolen documents concern
ing the affair from the Bradford
apartment and is attempting to
blackmail the Bradfords. Nelson
takes Miss Kelly, the telephone
girl, TO dinner with the idea OF
pumping her. German, hotel de-
tective. recognizes her as the wife
of Lefty Moore. a noted burglar.
Nelson partly confides in the detec-
tive and arranges to meet him.
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plavino Safe

= Hardface-No, dear can't kiss
~ here; IT'S too light.
~ Aanchaser-But you kissed me
uls very spot last night under the
dsetrc light.
- hardface-True, hut this is day
I and some one might get snap
- q me with a concealed camera.
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Avoid Its Dangerous Stage

tarrh than the annoyance caused by
the stOpped-up air passages. and the
hawking and splitting and other dis
tasteful features.
The real danger comes from the
tendency OF the disease TO continue its
course downward until the lungs be-
come affected, and then dre;'ded con-
sumption is on your path. Your own
experience has taught you that the
disease cannot be cured by sprays, In
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
q Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas

IT, J. Cheney makes oath that he 10
6X mer Of the firm of F. j Cheney
song business In the City of To-
nj cnty and State aforesaid, and that
49, q ~ w pay the sum Of ONE HUN
~ o0LLARS for any case of Catarrh
md ! q u be cured by the use of
! cATARRH MEDICINE.
B FRANK ]. CHENEY.
= ~ ~ y before me and subscribed in
* ~ nee this 9Th day OF December,
4 ". Gleason, Notary Public.
= -1.zlsD cATARRH MEDICINE is tax.
= ~ uiiy and acts through the Blood
cacous Surfaces of the system.
1sney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sneney q Co, Toledo. Ohio.
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.e..+ Milk in GERMANY.

..,,v Of Goat Milk in Germany.
snly item of live stock in Ger
vbleh increased during the war
,.,sr Germany today has 3,OOO,-
J. sosts. 10 per cent more than in
Coat milk is being very largely
= completely satisfactory sub
u, cows milk.-Omaha Bee.
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Preparinu an Abb.

There's Il friend in the outer office
waiting for You. sir"
'fIere. james. take this SO and
keep il till | come back"
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Opportunity knocked.
GarcOu--IOu look sweet enough to
eat.
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lcept california" Syrup Of Figs
|iy-look for the name California on
n package, then you are sure your
|iN Is having the best and most harm
Ii physic for the little stomach, liver
Ia bowels Children love its fruity
|ae Full directions on each bottle.
IN must say "California. ADV.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

Acute perception is sometimes mis-
taken for haShfulnpSS
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

A bluff is all right as long as you
can fool people with il.
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Literary objection

!. mend tdoubtfully)-"I guess the
man VIII kick about your marry.
NY oaughter." Lover (sadly)-
old"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

.am woman may accuse a man
ns fiatterer, but never of be-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

More fish are eaten by the japanese
than BY any other nation