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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Mrs. Della Knight is visiting
her son, Jessie Knight and family
in Vicksburg.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Sam Cerniglia's many friends
are glad to know that he is i'm
proving and hope that he will be
home soon.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

4 Mr.. H. M. Bairnsfather is i'm
proving and we hope he will soon
be well again.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Social Happenings About the Community.

Misses Wyce Kerr and Lucille
Obey from Lake St. John were
visitors in Vidalia this week.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Miss Lillian Coon of Jena is
visiting Miss Marie and Annie
Falkenheimer.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Miss Mary Louise Netterville
is visiting her uncle in Newelton.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Mrs. H. B. Conner has as her
guest her sister Mrs. Slocumb,
of Shelby, Miss.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hagle have
as their house guest Mr.. Hagle's
sister from Michigan.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
MONTEREY NOTES

Mrs. w. P. Cross spent the
weekend in Vidalia and Natchez.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
NOTICE OF TUTORS
SALE
State of Louisiana, Parish of Concordia
Tenth District Court
In the Matter of Tutorship of the Mi
nors, Harry Gaynor Pugh and
Dorothy May Pugh, No. 592.
Sterling s. Boatier, Tutor

+, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby" given,
that, by virtue of and in pursuance to an
order issued out of the above named
Honorable Court in the shove numbered
and styled matter. of date, June 18th,
1920, 10 me directed, commanding that
l sell, according to law, and upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter ex-
pressed, l, Sterling s. BOatner, Tutor
to the minors, Harry GayHor Pugh and
Dorothy May Pugh, will sell on
Saturday, August 7th, 1920.
auction, at the principal front door of the
Court House, in the Town of Vidara,
La. between legalhours. of.sale, all the
right, title and interest of the said
minors in andto the ''Zen0'' plantation,
located and situated in the Parish, of
Concordia, State of Louisiana, and
more particularly described as follows.
to-wit: All of the Section Thirty 1880,
in Township Seven ~, North, Range
Seven (O East, containing in the ag-
gregate Six Hundred and Thirty-five
(635) acres of land, more or less, to-
gether with all the buildings and i'm
provements thereon situated, or any
appertsining.
TERMS OF SALE: To the last and |
highest bidder, for not lessS than Fiji |
zen Thousand Dollars ($1SOOO), of |
which Five Thousand Dollars 5,O60l !
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Miss Cecille OhlSen is visiting
in Sicily Island this week.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Mrs. w. j. Beard of Jonesville
was in Natchez Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

40 the Editor: One of the big
N. Y. newspapers have been
running serious of articles |
lately on marriage and wheth-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
BANK CHECK AS CURRENCY.
From the Americas,

From the Americas.
The bank check is the currency of
commerce and probably over 80 per
cent Of payments to and by merchants,
manufacturers, industrial and railway
corporations are made with this sub
stitute for actul money. Its funda-
mental essential is full negotiabliity
by which the bona fide holder for
value can take it in payment with the
same readiness as he, would money.
without inquiry into its past history
and free from defenses of failure of
consideration, breach of trust or other
secret equities, against the person
from he received it. $50,
The use of the bank check is not
confined to the individual, but it is
made and Endorsed in enormous guam
titles by persons in representative ca
pacities. Modern business is now
largely conducted by corporations. who
must necessarily authorize some Off
GER or officers to sign or indorse
checks in the conduct of their bust
ness and utilize the banks in the
payment and collection of such in
struments. Executors, administrators
trustees. guardians. receivers and per-
sons in all kinds of representative ca
pacities equally make and receive pay
ments very largely in bank checks
which the banks are called upon to
receive on deposit and to pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
By Stewart Edward White

impaired a vague hint of the imagin-
ings into which he had fallen. But he
brooded much, seeking a plausible
theory that would not force him back
on the powers of darkness. This he
did not find.
Nor did any other man. 1t remained
a mystery, a single bizarre anomaly
in the life of the camp. For some time
thereafter the express went heavily
guarded. The road was patrolled.
Jimmy or George Gaynes in person
accompanied each shipment of dust.
Their pay streak held 'out, increased
steadily in value. They would hire
no assistance for the actual mining in
the shaft, although they had several
hands to work at the mill. One month
they cleaned up $4,000.
"You bet I'm going" said Jimmy;
81 don't care if it is only a little COM
pared to what Bright and you fellows
are sending. It's a heap sight to us.
and Pm going to see it safe to the city.
No more spooks in mine. | got my
fingers crossed. Allah skaza1lalum. I
don't know what a ghost would want
with cash assets. but they seemed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
Is Marriage a Failure?
BY RING w. LARDNER.

but she earned $4,000 accident insur-
ance rs she use to travel on the road
for a vacuum cleaner. 1t wasn't only
about a wk. after the honeymoon that
she catched a cold, and it settled in
hollow tooth and for a couple nights
she layed and moned and finely she
said she couldn't stand it no more so
| lit up the lights and begin showing
her some of my Gprios to take her
mind off the tooth and one of them
was a double Dbl shotgun and before
could say Jack Robertson both bbls,
went off right in her eye. The coroner
said it was a accident. and l give him
$1,000 bonus for good behavior.
NO. was name Eloise and l hadn
never heard The name before and kept
forgetting it and calling her Ella and
Claire both OF which had left me a
widower, and she knew it and didn' +;
IKE 1T very well but ! couldn't seem
TO get out of the habit and every time
/ done it she would start a quarrel
and 1t finely got to be a regular ma
MIA with her and she says The next
time ! called her out of her name she
would croak herself. So | says don't
do that Claire and next think | knew
she had drank pit. of wood alcohol
thinking it was carbolic acid and when
l tried to get our DR.. the line was
busy. Eloise left me a chest of silver
that her uncle had give her who was
st. 81 5 eas 'e"S'FS business and sold for
It was married to the 4th one name
Kate in August and her father give
us house and lot. She had hay fever
and a red nose, but / loved her and
they wasn't a day past when / didn't
bring her bouquet of some kind or
flowers. One day the florist didn't
have nothing in stock and I was kind
of scared to go home without no bou-
quet so I stopped by the side of the
road and picked a nosegay of golden
rods and tossed it in her lap and the
3rd explosion blowed her up.
THE lease said about the present
incumbrants why so much the better.
I've done everything / could for her,
but they don't nothing satisfy her.
Her old man was supposed to be
worth a couple 100 thousand but when
he died they was ciphers missing off
it. We can't afford no cook, and she
use to crab about getting up att am.
to cook my breakfast so as | could
get down to the office at $3.50 so / quit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

Gaynes rose up from behind that rock
and laughed at me.
1.-THE jokes on me" said l, ana
reached down for my gun.
".Better leave that" said Jimmy
pretty sharp. 1 know that tone OF
voice, so / Strengthened up again. >.
"'Well, Jimmy said /. she lays II
you say So But where'd you come
from, and what for do you turn road
agent and hold up your old friends!
"Tm holdin' you up, Jimmy an
swered. because I want to talk 10
you for ten minutes. AS for Where
I come from, that's neither here nor
| there
well, I set down and lit up, and
Jimmy done likewise. about ten feet
| away.
"Tve come back a long ways to
| talk to one of you boys, and I've
shore hung around this road some
| few hours waitin' for some OF you
terrapins to come along. Ever found
out who done those two hold-ups
"Nope, said l. and don't expect to.
"'WelK ! done it, says he.
| 81 looked him in the eye mighty
severe.
YOU'RE one of the funniest little
jokers ever hit this trail told nm.
If that's your general line of talkee-
talkee 1 don't wonder you don't want
me to have no gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
The Road Agent

the least belief in the reason given.
He surveyed them with disfavour.
81 can't take your package" he told
them. "Send it cut yourself.S
And that old skunk has cleaned up
a hundred thousand this month 70 COM
planned Jimmy. pathetically. to the
group around the horse trough. And
he won't even take a pore little five hun
bred package of dust out to some suf-
fering bank! I suppose I'll have to
cache it in a tomato can for Johnson's
old billy goat to chew up"
Bring it over and Ill shove it in
with mine,' suggested California John
So it was done. The express. carry
ing nearly four hundred pounds of gold
dust set forth over the steep road. In
two hours the driver and messenger
sailed in, bug-eyed with excitement:
They had been held up by a single road
agent.
He come out right on that point of
rocks where you can see the whole val
ley" said the driver in answer to many
questions, right where the heavy grade
is and the thick chaparral. We was
busy climbing; and he had us before we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

dropped off an hundred feet to a
tangle of manzanita and snowbrush.
California John looked over, too.
Couldn't even get sheep up that y
said he, "let alone "A sixteen -h3nd
horse"
There was no solution. No tracks
ahead; an absolute and physical i'm
possibility of anything without wings
getting up or down the f1anking preci-
pices-these- were the incontestable
facts.
After this second robbery a gloom
descended on Bright's Cove, which
lasted through many months. Old
Man Bright hunted out the squaw
with whom he had first discovered the
diggings, and set her up in an estab-
lishment with gay curtains. glass
danglers and red doilies. Each month
he paid for her provisions and sent
to her sum of money. In this man
ner, at least, the phantom road agent
had furthered the ends of justice. The
sop to the powers of darkness appear
ed to be effective in this respect-no
more hold-ups occurred; no more
mysterious tracks appeared in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
ROMAN EMPERoR's FEAST

From the Chicago News.
Roman emperors who Toasted copi.
ously and sumptuously had no menu
card, so they often spoiled. their en-
joyment of a banquet by eating ttoo
much of one dish and passing over
something they specially liked
According to Montafgne, one Of the
Roman emperors, while ignorant OF
menu cards, devised an order for serv-
ing dishes which enabled him roughly
to foretell what was coming next:
''Geta, the emperor, would have all
his messes or dishes served in at his
table orderly. according to the first
letters of their names; as for example
those that began with p, as pig. pie,
pike. buildings, pouts. porke. pan.
cakes. etc. were all served in to-
gether, and so of all the rest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

my job and become a carpenter and
don't half to get up till 10 o'clock :
days in the wk. and not at all the
other 3 That's just ! example of the
sacrifices / have made but this gal
don't know what it is to laugh and
don't even crack a smile when i pull
the chair out from under her just as
she is going to set down to supper
To make a successful marriage they's
got TO be a sense of humor on both
sides and in our case it's all 1 sided.
So all and all 1 claim they's sue
cesses to every l fiiv and as soon as
can get rid of this one | will marry
more and stop on No. g."
That is what n bird told me that
has had some experience and his words
should ought to carry weight. Per-
sonally | am not in a position to
speak as my LIST wife is still sticking
it out on acct. of the kiddies. but
suppose if you WAS to ask the both
of us if marriage was a success or
failure, the answer would be a tie
/ and 1. RING W. IARDNER
Longs Island, Oct. /.
Copyright. 1920. by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

rock" said they.
Show u.s." demanded the miners.
What?" cried Jimmy, astounded.
"and give Old Man Luck the back
hand slip just when he's decided to
buy a corner lot in the Gaynes adj
dition? Not on your saccharine ex-
But we'll show you some more
of this tomorrow qm.." said George.
They bought drinks all round, and
paid their various bills. and departed
again feverishly to the Lost Dog,
whence rose smoke and clankings.
their work just long enough to ex-
hibit another respectable little clean
UP of fifty dollars or So
And were just getting into it,
said George, triumphantly.
California John and all the rest of
bis good friends rejoiced exceedingly
and genuinely. They liked the Babes
The little strike of the Lost Dog quite
overshadowed in Importance the fact
that Old Man Bright's Clarice had
run into a fabulously rich pocket.
The end of the month drew near.
The Lost Dog had produced nearly
eight hundred dollars. The Babes
waxed important and talked largely
of their moneyed interests.
IT think" said Jimmy. Importantly
that We will decide to keep three
hundred dollars to boost the game
and nail down the rest where moths
won't corrupt. Where do you fellows
salt your surplus. anyway"
There's an express goes out pretty
soon," some one explained, with the
cleanup of the clarice. We send our
dust out with that, and I reckon you
can fix il with Bright"
They saw Bright. but ran up agains,
an unexpected difficulty. Old Mar
Bright received them with considera
BILE surEness. He considered himself as
the originator. discoverer. inventor anG
almost the proprietor of Bright's Cove
and all it contained Therefore. wher
he first heard of the new strike, hi
walked up to the Lost Dog to see what
1t looked like. The Babes panic strick
IN at the intended affront to "Old Mar
Luck" headed him off. Bright had no.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

Copyright, 1920. by the Bell Syndicate. l
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1920-06-10

Mrs VIM sngey-244 acres 1923 ~
b w Smth-l2 acres X Seal s. H. T. o"i' T. :" " 655|
Jones w w Seal 690|
Wade Smith, acres w. H. +. ehli'n ~ w 1277
Socum4O or OF ne or SCI ~ cor
Geo. A. Brumtield-2O25 acres SCUM n"n ~ $780,
Heirs of j. Flanders-l5O acres 1t: - IT. al Ola - O04
Mrs. VIM. John88 acres lot o. sec II anu 49, p - 1885
or, 29-l-l3 ;-~. q go - 862
Katy Moe27 acres lot l. sec o1io -, 44O
Adah Roberson-1876 Hr. 42-Z-l4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
sAin WAN -, Smith land . 1900
Chas. E. rldge-oo acres 40 VIC 1881
= Cae-6O acres south half of of sw Dr. II" VI " AZ
12-4-l2 Bill
half of 11S acres IN mr. oz IL 1886
l. L. Jone-60 acres, sec "a 38.44
NJ R. Jones3O437 acres mr. 3D. AZ e.; w n @ G. N 1877
Daniel P Jenkins acres ~ and Il" L. DING - 2293
and Magee-4O acres Sc cor H. ''''' 533
l.. c. Joiner acre Pne Cnll 7.44
w. P. Knight, Jr- ~ acres, M oo4 """" 5.51
Warren Mzel Esae-ZO acres ., o1-4-i| "'"""" . 1885
NJ L. Mlzel-4Z acres hI o9si ,o 1ot ond sec 7412 977
James Mller-6O acres lou I ~ or cor az
e. Plerson-l5oo acres, ne " 70 co ~ &C. coy H. so
SEVENTH WARD
49,, a. ouo, w. 4, and 5o114 =. . 1851
g y Atora-9 9os Az eerss ~ 40 and 4715
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
DECORATIONS BY
WAR EPARTMENT
WILL BE PROBED

|S' hoHh'No JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIR6l
Washington, jan 27.-Investiga
ton of the award of military deco
rations in the army during the war
Will be begun next week by a house
war investigating committee, its
chairman, representative Johnson,
republican, South Dakota, an
nounced today. Other members of
the committee are Representative
Bland, republican, Indiana, and
Flood, democrat, Virginia.
Plans for the inquiry are being
made by the committees counsel,
Samuel r. Ansell, former judge add
vocate general.
In general, 1T was said by com
E1itteemen, that the inquiry would
determine the advisability of ask
ing congress to enact legislation au-
thorizing the bestoWal of badges of
merit on former enlisted men,, for
distinguished service during the
war.
representative Bland who has
prepared a bill with this end in
view, declared that information al
ready obtained by the committee
showed that the distinguished sery-
ice medal could be conferred .Dnly
upon those who occupied plat6S of
great responsibility, and that a pri-
Vate could not come within that
class under war department rul-
ings, that the distinguished service
cross could be given only to Off
GERS and men who were in actual
contact with the enemy and that
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
The Star Reporters Story

FREQ Armstrong was the star re-
porter on the Globe,
Il guess this game is too much for
me, he remarked one afternoon to
Harry Welsh, another reporter.
whats the matter% Harry asked.
Being out in all kinds of weather
ooesn seem TO agree with me-" Fred
grumbied. you know | was out a
week with the grippe, and covering
that train wreck yesterday seems to
nave started another cold. | don't feel
MT to report cat fight, and the graft
case goes to court tomorrow"
Take care of yourself" Harry adj
vised. when you feel like that,
Weeks Break up-A-Coid Tablets are
Nothing cooking. I can't see these
soId medlclnes; They always make me
Weeks Tablets are different"
Harry asserted. cid Toe Pet.rs
told me about them. They Increase
the bodily resistance 10 Gods rhey
won't make YOU dull or doggy. either.
GO out and get tHsnty-;i7e cent
,s,S OF Weeks, Break. O2-A Cold Tab.
Ifss fh nryes sure ars Sorta 'gy.ng",
though. because they contain a vsge-
table laxative instasi of ca;onist"
Fred did as Harry e!.5astsi and
started taking the iaoa,s. 70 n's sur-
prise he got up the next morning With
out even trace OF ihe cold.
wa Mh ,n b Fred ,,, went . he olics Harry
TOP, ne said. Here's tho hest story
J ever landed. It's only 1alf an hour
70 edition time, but, by golly, f.tl
NJ to make this the best aver wrote,
thanks 70 those Weeks i3reak- up -
Cold Tablets.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
LACK Of QUORUM
CAUSES SENATE:
To HAL 7 WORK


Washington, Jan. 27.--After five
calls had failed to produce a quorum
the senate adjourned today in the
midst of discussion of the bill re-
ported by the military affairs COM
mittee providing for an appropria-
ton of approximately $59,500, 900
for increased pay for officers and
men of the army navy, marine
corps, coast guard and public
health services. Consideration of
the measure will be resumed to-
morrow.
In presenting the bill Senator
Wadsworth, republican, New York,
chairman of the military commit
tee said that ethe wives If army
officers are actually selling their
household linen and other articles
to obtain money enough to make
both ends meet and neither com
missioned or non-commissioned Of
ficers can maintain their families
decently on present rates of pay"
The bill provides for increases of
approximately 81 per cent in the
pay of officers and of 20 per cent
in the pay Of enlisted men except
privates in the army and appren-
tice seameH in the navy.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28

drawn, leaving still pending four
teen, totalling $9,224,2SS.
Mr.. Underwood Said that nego-
tiations with the railroad corpora
tons as to many additional COM
pensation contracts for the stand
ard return were being & actively
pushed He said also that in addi-
ton to the standard contracts, there
had been 1873 cooperative con-
tracts executed between the rail-
road administration and smaller
roads, mostly short Ines.
Describing the work of the claims
and property protection sectioH&
Mr.. Underwood declared gratifying
progress had been made in avoid
ing loss and damage claims pre-
sented. He asserted that for all rail-
roads from S06,707 on April /,
1919, TO 465,722 on November l,
1919. During the same period q
439,G92 claims We're presented and
2,7S0,6T7 were disposed Of.
In connection with alleged fraud
ulent claims, Mr.. Underwood re-
ported that the claims of fifty
one individuals, firms and corpora
tons had been Investigated and in
obtained in five cases,
are under further in
yestigation and seventeen have
been found legitimate.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
TRIVIAL APPEAL GETS
NO SYMPATHY FROM
u. S. COURT OF APPEALS
10y .,osaso IouenAL SPECIAL LEASED wrpsI

10y .ioRNlNe JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wHEl
St Louis. Jan. 27--The United
States circuit court of appeals to-
day upheld. the recent decision of
Federal Judge Munger at omaha in
denying a writ of habeas corpus to
Olsen b. Cole under sentence to
die January so, on a charge of
murder.
Cole was convicted Jointly with
Allen v Grammer for the murder
of the latter's mothcr-in-law. Ac-
cording to the testimony Gram
mer hired Cole to commit the
murder so as to fall into posses
sion of her estate.
Cole sought habeas corpus
writ on the ground that the fed
erhl constitution had been vio-
lated in that he had been charged
with the crime on an information
instead of in an indictment voted
by a grand jury. Judge Munger
dismissed the application as tri-
vial.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
FINAL EFFORT FOR
SAVING TREATY TO
BE MADE 29TH
Continued From Page IL

ervations. We assumed that the
other side of this conference had
the same purpose.
"The unexpected interruption Of
the conference and the decision to
refuse any compromise on Article
X is all the more surprising be-
cause it seemed from expressions
on both sides of the table that we
were close to a possible compro-
mise on this very important reser-
walton by means of the following
draft prepared by several senators
and already assented to by most Of
the members of the conference on
both sides of the table before the
Interruptions;
1.-The United states assumes no
obligation to employ its military or
naval forces or the economic boy
colt to preserve the territorial in
tcgrity or political independence of
any other country under the provi-
sions of Article X or to employ the
military or naval forces of the
United States under any article of
the treaty for any purpose. unless
in any particular case the congress,
which, under the constitution has
the sole power to declare war or
authorizes the employment of the
military or naval forces of the
United States, shall be deemed to
impair the obligation in Article
XVI concerning the economic boy
cOtt "
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-28
Two Die From pneumonia.

Santa Fe, Jan. 27.-Pneumonia
took 12-year-old Jose S. Esquibel,
son of Hipolito Esquibel of TERRA
Amarillo, at st. MichaePs college,
The remains were shipped to his
fathers home today after mass In
ancient san Miguefs church. Pneu-
monia also called S6-year-old Ro-
man Blea, veteran of the civil
war, who is survived by his wife
and three sons. Faustino Lopez,
aged u years. a native employed in
lumber camp at Rodarte, came
into Santa Fe for medical treatment
and died shortly after his arrival.