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The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-02-05

whereas, IL Is necessary tnaC
such adoption be made by this
Board.
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Washington Parish School Board
that the official seal be and is
hereby adopted and that said seal
carry the emblem of the pelican
and the words "Washingion Par
ish School Board, Franklinton,
La"
On motion duly seconded and
carried the secretary is hereby
authorized and instructed to have
made and purchase at once tor
this Board one seal as adopted
this day.
On motion of l. j. Green, Sec
onded by Willie Russell, and
carried the following resolution
was adopted
Whereas, it is the opinion OF
this Board that the State laws
make no provision for any school
holidays; and,
Whereas, it has been the GUS
tom through the State that the
schools observe certain holidays
by chasing the schools on these
days and allowing the teachers
to draw their pay for these days !;
and,
Whereas, the number Of days
observed as holidays varies in
number from two or three to
eight or ton per session.
Therefore, be it resolved by
the Washington Parish School
Board that National Holidays
shall be considered school holi-
days and so observed by the
schools.
Be it further resolved, etc.,
that this ruling shall apply to the
session of 1919.1920 and that no
other school holidays be observed
except with the approval of the
Parish School Board.
On motion duly seconded and
carried the monthly salary of De.
monstration Agent Rabb paid by
this Board is hereby fixed at S65
per month.
On motion duly seconded and
carried the President and Score.
tary of this Board are hereby
authorized and instructed to issue
check for the sum of ST, 585.77,
payable to the Parish Treasurer,
being the School Board pro rata
of the Assessors salary fund based
on 1919 assessments.
/ On motion D. T. Cushing, sec
onded by Geo. G. Knight, ana
carried Mr.. l. j. Green is author
LIKED and instructed to arrange
for some one to feed and lool
after at the expense of this Boart
the Short Horn Durham cal
; which is to be awarded the cal
, club winner at the spring rally.
, The Board adjourned to NEE
, January 9th, 1920.
. F. B. Bateman,
81 President
q D. d. Springfield,
81 Secretary.
Franklinton, La. Jan. 8, 1926
81 On the above date the Wash
. Iington Parish School Board me
= with the following members pres
q emit: O. E. Morris, F. B. Bate
imam, D. T. Cushing, j. K. John
'o son, Geo. G. Knight, |. ]. Greer
'o j. A. Moore, and Willie Fussel
" Absent D. Wallace, L. 7. Rich
70 ardson and j.. H. Mitchell.
ri The meeting was called to ord
10 by the President and upon motto
80 of Geo. c. Knight, seconded +
~ l. ]. Green and carried Frida,
~ February the 10th was selecte
DO as the date for the school conte
90 which was not held last fall.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-02-05
School Board Proceedings.
Continued from last week.
Franklinton, La.
January 8, 1920.

On the above date the Wash
ington Parish School Board met
in regular session at their office
in the town Of Franklinton with
the following members in attend
snce: D. Wallace, o. E. Morris,
F. B. Bateman, L. T. Richardson,
D. T. Cushing, Geo. G. knight,
I. j. Green, J. A. Moore, J. H.
Mitchell, Willie RUSSELL. Absent
J, K. Johnson.
The meeting was called to Or
der by President F. B. Bateman
and Mr.. Geo. G. knight lead in
prayer.
The treasurer submitted the
allowing report for the six
months ending December 81,
1919.
RECEIPTS
Bal. on hand July /, 1919.. SIT 1898 b
State appropriation
To current school fund.-. 2,145 AZ
TO agricultural schools. l,641 80
To domestic science. .,..... 1928 80
To high schools. ........... 3s7 81
Police jury appropriation
mills and mill and one-half. $40 53
Poll taxes. ..,......,..... 405 10
Special school taxes. ........ 1928 IL
Fines and forfeitures, ,,...., Ala 90
Donations for libraries. go. 1855 30
Loans, .,.,..,,.,.,...,,..... 81, 1874 90
Sale of farm products. ...... 1877 10
Miscellaneous ..,.,. 129 "A
lao M. Favrot ! Slater fund.-. 1856 90
d mills, constitutional. $50. 33s 81
Vocational, w. P. T....... 70 on
Cansolidated Schools. .,...... 500 0C
ysrnado. negro. ............ $50 %
anpie. negro, ...,.......... 400 OF
Negro. Normal. ..... 14O 0C
Total receipts during 8 mos. S47,sa q
Total, balance and receipts. 1856, 1856 8;
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-02-05

Registered Hogs For Sale
Seven young registered Hamp-
shire gifts. One registered Hamp-
shire male.
Also one full blood Jersey Bull
two years old.
D. E. Sheridan.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-02-05

"Let's chuck in a couple of d
bombs" said Mike T
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
IRISH JUSTICE WITHOUT IAILS
Sim Fein Courts Return Most un-
usual Findings in Some OF the
Civil Cases.

Dublin.-Some of the decisions OF
the recently organized Sim Fein
courts disregard all precedent of court
procedure:
They must result to subterfuge IN
criminal sentences because they have
no prisons. but their findings In civil
cases sometimes are most unusual.
A will case was recently tried In
a district court, Two brothers were
to operate their fathers farm jointly
after his death until one OF them
should decide to marry. Then 1t was
TO BIO divided between them. One OF
the brothers became engaged ana
maintained that us he was the hrst
TO SET ND a new home Of his own he
should divide the estate to suit him.
self. The other objected. The Sim
Feip jury DECIDED that the engaged
man should be allowed to divide ing
farm. but that his brother should have
the right to select the division he
wanted.
A man who stole something from a
furmer was sentenced to work ~ days
for the farmer aud return the artlcle:
Another who stole a set of harness
was paraded through the village
streets with the harness tied about
him, then taken to tho owner ana
made to apologize as he returned the
harness.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
SITE OF ANCIENT CITY FOUND
Workmen Unearth Ruins Believed to
Be Those Of liberals, Says
Jerusalem Dispatch.

London.-The site Of ancient IT,
beras Is believed to have been I'M
earthed. says n Jerusalem dispatch to
the London Times.
The alleged discovery of the ruins
of the city. which played notable
part in Jewish and Christian history.
was made by Jewish workmen who
were building a government road near
Tabariyeh. the modern town.
When the remnants Of old walls and
columns began coming to light the gov
eminent Immediately stopped the
work. The director Of the depart
ment of antiquities then visited the
spot, accompanied by two members of
the Jewish Exploration society. The
society has been given permission to
conduct further excavations.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
OXYGEN FOR GAS VICTIMS
Chamber 10 Equipped 10 Hospital at
London to Give Special
Treatment.

London.--An oxygen chamber has,
been completed at Guys hospital at
cost Of 5000.
Il Is an alright chamber of glass
framed In teak, measuring 20 feet
square and III feet high.
1t will be used principally for the
cure of men gassed In the war. The
treatment devised by Prof. Joseph
Bancroft Of Cambridge university and
DIR. G. H. Hunt Of, Guys hospital, is
still In the experimental stage, but
doctors are hopeful Of good results.
Men who have been gassed and
suffer from difficulty of breathing
show great improvement after lying
In the chamber for five days or more
and breathing oxygen continuously.
The chamber viii contain three beds,
and each patient will breathe cents
worth Of oxygen a day.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
RECOGNIZE NO
COURTS But own
Sim Fein Closes Courthouses to
All Except Their eWn
Judiciary.
Make SERVICE COMPULSORY
Local Councils Appeal to All irishmen
Of Military Age to Undergo Course
Of Training In Republican
Army.

Dublin.-Intensity Of public senti-
ment In Ireland against British rule
Is evidenced by the actions Of the
recently elected Sim Fen local coun-
ellis. Westmeath county council has
decided that all courthOuseS in the
county shall be- closed and the govern
ment officials resident in them evicted.
The Irish volunteers have been or
dered to see that no Judges are al
lowed Ia enter the buildings for the
purpose of holding any courts not rec
Ognized by the Dali Eireann. or repub-
lican parliament. Some councils have
passed resolutions to raise contribu-
lions for the maintenance of the re-
publican army.
Make Service Compulsory.
At Claremorris. County Mayo the
local council has adopted resolution
appealing to all Irishmen Of military
age to undergo course Of training In
the republican army. and will not give
any position in the service of the cOun-
ell to men who have noe undergone
such training. In other places the To-
cal councils have DECIDED ia eat OF
the water sppnly from the police and
military barracks. At Enniscorthy.
County Wexford, where this was done.
the authorities promptly hit back and
the council room was raided by police
and soldiers.
Meetings have just been held
throughout Ireland for the purpose Of
SELECTING the Judges who are to pre-
side over the Slim Fein parish courts.
Those courts have Jurisdiction In all
cases under $50 In value. and It Is in
tended that their judges shall eventu-
ally be elected by the votes of the peo-
Pile In whose districts they operate.
Regularly Elected Later.
Pending the organization Of cleo
toral machinery for the purpose they
have hean selected by a conference
composed of members of the Dali Fir
eann for the constituency, the men,
hers Of the county council. one clergy
man for each denomination from each
parish, the members Of the urban and
rural councils. one representative Of
each Sim Fein club. one member Of
each company Of volunteers and one
representative Qf each trades union
body. The judges so selected are to
act till December. when there will he
n regular election by ballot Of the vot-
ers.
At Limerick, the police invaded a
Sim Fem court and seized the pa
pers. but scores Of courts are held ev-
cry day and interference is not at
TEMPTED because their time and place
of meeting are usually kept secret ex-
cept to the parties concerned. In some
places however. the courts are held
as openly as the kings courts,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
AUSTRIA ENDS GRAIN CONTROL
Food Measure by Com.
bination.

Vienna-Austria has abolished gov
ernment control of her domestic grain
supply after bitter political fight In
which the advanced parties were de-
feated by an overwhelming vote Of
the combined Christian socialist crosse
Deutsche parties.
Government control. 1t was alleged,
was farce"
The economic experts of the social
LIST wing declared the control act a
reactionary measure In favor of the
agraran element and predicted that
bread prices would rise because of 1t.
Advocates of the measure, on the
other hand. insisted that in spite of
laws the farmer withheld his food
stuffs from the government requis-
ton and sold to the "left-hand" trade.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
KING VICTOR HOUSING POOR
Monarch Only Member Of Roman
Aristocraey to Respond to Appeal
Of Official.

Rome, INSTRUMENTATION LusIg-
noli, the new head Of the housing
commission, with touching belief In
the goodness Of human nature, cele-
brated his appointment by sending an
appeal to the aristocraoy Of Rome
asking the members to allow any spare
rooms in their splendid old palaces to
be rented to some Of the weary seek
ers after house room In the Eternal
City.
All began to make. excuses except
King Victor. He has already made ten
new apartments for humble families In
the large stables near the Quirinal
palace, which his father. King Hum
bert, kept full OF horses, but which
since the accession Of the present
monarch have always been more or
less empty. At an expense Of near
$20O,0OO he plans to construct thirty
nine more apartments.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Rat Attacks Child.

Shenandoah. Pn.-Victor fourteen
months-old son of Prof. and Mrs. A.
Guimes, was attacked by large rat
as he lay asleep In his crib In sec
ond-story fiat at 80 O'Clock one
morning, and bitten number of times
on the arms and hands. The child's
cries awoke the parents and as they
approached the crib large rat jumped
out and disappeared In hole near the
radiator. Doctors treated the wounds
and no serious results are feared.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
MONKEY YEAR; BABIES SLAIN
Japanese Authorities Are Alarmed by
infanticides Caused by Old
Superstition.

Tokyo.-So many cases of lnfanti-
eide have been reported In Chica pre-
lecture that the authorities have been
greatly disturbed.
This year being the monkey year In
the japanese calendar. an old super
stition makes the mothers believe that
children born In that year will meet
with misfortune. Special orders have
been issued by the police that all
prospective mothers should be regis
tered and watched, and that the "mon-
key" superstition should be eradicated
whenever possible.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
CANARY'S FUNERAL COST $500
Five Mourners' Coaches and Band Fol-
low Body Of Little songster at
Newark, N. J.

Newark. N. 1.-THE scripturai as
suWnce that sparrows shall not fall
unnOticed was given tangible appli-
cation to pet canary bird.
Jimmie, the little songster, chOked
to death on watermelon seed, and
so grief stricken was his owner,
Emilio RussomannO, a sixty-five-year-
old eObbler, that friends contributed
5000 for a funeral, including a hearse,
Ave mourners' coaches and a 15-piece
band.
HE sang, ah, SO sweet. like CarusO!"
sobbed the cObbler as the little plush
lined casket, six by twelve inches, was
lowered into the grave. He plans to
erect a monument later.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
BARS GIRL UNABLE TO TALK
Child, Eight, Who Lacks Speech Re-
fused Entrance at Ellis Island
by Authorities.

New York.-During the eight years
of her life Maria Marangou, a Greek,
never learned to talk
But at Ellis island. where she dis
cerned from the grim cOuntenances Of
the members Of the board of inquiry
that they were listing her as defec-
tive, she uttered her first words. They
were mamma" and papa"
The appeal. however, failed to deter
the officials from deciding to deport
her to relatives in Greece. Her mother
and two older sisters were admitted.
They were met by Michael Marangou.
Maria's father. who has worked sew
eral years at the Gary (Ind.) steel
plants.
The girls admitted were Themelina.
eighteen, and Aphrodite, fourteen.
Their father told the officials his son,
Elias, now twenty-one, was ten years
old before he spoke. He also is en-
plOyed at Gary.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Lovers -tie Feet;
Plunge Into Sea

Hil0, Island OF Hawaii
Strapped together as they leaped
into the sea to fulfill a double
suicide pact, Uye TafaburO, u
japanese Of North Kohala, and
Maxine Kukpyama, wife of an
other japanese, partly failed In
their endeavOr. TafaburO was
drowned but the woman was
pulled from the surf by W. Pine
haka, jailer Of North Kohala.
Pinehaka saw the pair, with
ankles and bodies tied together,
leap as one into the sea from
the rocks below Hawf. on the
North Kohala coast. He scram-
bled down to the waters edge
Just as the tide washed the
woman back to shore. the bonds
that tied her to her companion
having broken.
Later Tafaburo's body was
recovered BY Hawaiian divers.
The woman's infant ehild,
wrapped in her obi. or girdle,
was found hanging on a tree not
far from the spot where she had
failed In her attempt at suicide.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Kills Rattlesnakes.

Warren, Pa.-While Ralph knapp
of this city was looking for huckleber-
ries In the vicinity of Big Bend he
came upon seven large rattlesnakes
on a big stone. He killed four of them
and saw the other three disappear
down a nearby hole. Cutting sap
ling with hook on the end he fished
them out of the hole and completed
his lob. One snake had IS rattles, one
ten, two nine. one eight and two six.
II Ia the largest single killing that has
been reported in this section this year.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
$4,000 IN MILLIONAIRE GROUP
Select Circle Is Increased by $4,000 In
Two Years-War Profits
the Cause.

Washington,-Fifty thousand per-
sons now may classify themselves as
members of the "nillionaire group"
federal income tax returns indicate.
The group, as unot!icially computed
here, includes the members of the
families of 10000 persons who in their
returns confessed each to an income
of at least $4,000 In 1910.
War profits, however, are known to
have increased considerably the mil
lionaire group. In 1917 1t numbered
only slightly more than 10000.
Returns showing incomes of $4,000
to $75O.OOO year were filed by 49,
GIT heads of families. while 80 con-
fessed to annual incomes ranging
from $75O,OOO to $1,OOO,0OO.
Persons with incomes of more than
81 100000 In the 1919 returns are esti-
mated to have increased to 1G2 from
AL
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
KITES USED TO FERRY MEN
Tahitians Journeyed by Air Long Be-
fore Invention OF Flying
Machines.

Paneeto Tahiti.--Natives Of Tahiti
used big kites fOr airplanes long be-
fore flying machines were Invented.
according to native traditions. On a
cliff Mt Talarapu In Tahiti there Is
projecting rock marked round about
with deep worn grooves. This point
Is on q peninsula separated from the
main island by a wide hay. Here, 1t
IL sttd, the old natives were accus-
toned, when the wind was In the right
direction. to fly enormous kites. at.
taching the ropes to the projecting
rOck-kltes large enough to support
man, aud often on favorable days a
man would, by using the kite as an
airplane and then as parachute. ac-
complish safely the journey across the
hay.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
TOTAL OF SUICIDES GROWS
Save-a.Life League Reports Big In
crease In Cases Of Self Destrue-
ton for Six Months.

New YOrk-Suicide cases in the first
six months Of 1920 have shown an
alarming Increase over those of the
corresponding period last year, the
Save Life league reports. In the
first half Of 1919 the league received
reports of 2,062 suicides as compared
with 2.771 for the first half of this
year. The league aims to prevent sui
eide by Offering advice and financial
assistance to respondent persons.
or the total suicides reported this
year 1910 were males and 961 fe-
males. New York contributed 341.
This years list includes 161 returned
soldiers and 225 children.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Triple Followed by
Double and Single

Louisville. Ky.-"Bunk" Jones
was pacing the floor as pros
pective fathers are wont.
"Triplets," was the announce
ment.
BUNK Jones continued to
pace the floor, as prospective
grandfathers are wont. An
hour passed.
Twins"
Bunk" Jones did not alter
his course. He still paced the
floor. Another hour passed.
"a granddaughter"
And there are six bowling
good reasons why Bunk"
Jones, farmer near Murray, Is
"all smiles"
Before his wife, who Is forty
two, gave birth to triplets, Mrs.
Willie Jones, daughter-in-law,
was sent for. An hour after ar
rival Of the triplets Mrs. Jones
presented "grandaddy" with
twins.
Meantime Mrs. Asiah Parks,
daughter, had been called In
to attend the two mothers. With
in less than an hour. she too.
had become a mother, a daugh-
ter completing the sextet born
in the same house within three
hours.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09

.a:sor,ss rainas e. sssss:-S, .sss So
civil, to the public almost to the POM
Of servility.
There IL q. little more meat IN 70
logns than in Berlin, which IL due &c
the supplies coming up the Rhine ron
Rotterdam for the British army, ana
the bread is of a better quality. Ine
Tommy gets his rations and his white
bread daily and purchases his extra
supplies from the canteen. With the
low rate Of exchange he has been Nv
ing in clover on his army pay, and the
majority hope that the occupation wiz
last for years. The greater'numoer
of these soldiers did not take part IN
the great war, but are older men VINO
enlisted for three years service IN the
occupied territory after the armistice
was signed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Hair Saved Him.

Los Angeles. Cal-CharlesvW Bates
life was saved by hair-or by several
hairs--when he stumbled in front of
n street car on Hill street. Witnesses
said the front car wheels struck Mr..
Bates on top of the head, grinding his
hair into the track. They were sur
prised. however. to see Bates yank his
head back and leave the hair there.
It was a wig
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Inflated Orchid Hunters.

Not very long ago n New York man,
tr.y.rsIna II Venezuelan forest on an
exploring expedition. came upon nut
wherein were found three human
skeletons and thousands of dead or
child pian,s. From between the ribs
of one of the skeletons grew nm Or
Child Of rare beauty. The three UNI
Terminates had evidently been muir
dered.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Esparto.

Cspnrto grows throughout extensive
districts In the south OF Spain, ana
poorer quality is found on large areas
of poor and sandy lands In Alglers
and Tunis. Esparto fiber has been
used for centuries in Spain. ana the
manufacture of mating, baskets and
cordagp exclusively of eSpart" dales
from The time Of the Moorish occupa-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Has kissing Bug"
Husband Arrested

New York.-Magistrate James
T. O'Neill. In Adams street pO-
- lice court. Brooklyn. committed
Edward A. Stoddart, 30, veteran
of the One Hundred and Sixty
fifth infantry. to the observation
ward at Kings county hospital
because his wife complained he
kissed her too much.
"Your honor" she said to
Magistrate O'Neill, "he was kill
Ing me with kisses and love. He
kissed me on the street. In
church, at home. l counted 800
kisses last Monday. and the good
Lord only knows how many on
Sunday.
"He kissed me until l felt l
was dying from his kisses. and
then he wanted me- to SMILE"
Mrs. Stoddart said her .hus-
band was gassed and wounded
In France and she feared his
mind was affected. They have
been married ten years and have
a daughter 8 years old.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
SCULPTURE Of Poe.

Olaf Workman, American-Scandi-
navian sculptor. has created an Inn
pressionistic sculpture Of Edgar Allan
Poe, with the raven lowering over tie
head of the great American poet. II
Is considered one of the most remark
able conceptions Of the subject-Ar-
ronout
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
lud Iunkin6,

Jud Tunkins says some Of the neo-
nile who founded free libraries could
have made u much bigger hit with the
popuace by founding free ma1lnn pip'
tnre eNhibitiOns,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
We Had Forgotten,

OF course II is some trouble to clean
n spnrk plug. but do you remember
what a task II was to 60 over an
entire horse with brush and curry
cOmb?-Dallas News.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Italian Arlsseersts In Denim.

Rome.-A large number Of aristo-
cratic young men In Rome, Florence
and other Italian cities, by agreement,
are wearing a special costume this
summer, made Of denim, costing about
SO to SO.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Tribute "a Auricuiturist,

"The agricultural population" says
Cato, produces the bravest men. val
liant soldiers and a class Of citizens
the least given Of all to evil deaigns."
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
West Austraiia's Vast Size.

West Australia the largest state In
the continent, has all area of over &c.,
OW square miles.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-09
Reduced TO Minimum,

English paper: II found Mr.. Cart
wright considerably aged. His one
black hair Is very gray