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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
ALWAYS NAVGABLE
WITNESS TESTIHIES
The STATE SUES cA0Oo LEVEE
BoARD FOR FERRY LAKE
OIL PROPERTY.
EVI3ENCE is DOCUMENTARY
Arugement Of the Case Will Probably
Be Early in Marek--show Manner
In Which caddo LeVee District
Obtained Title to Property.

Shreveport. lathe case of the
State of Louisiana against the Caddo
Levee Board, involving title to several
thQsand acres of valuable Oil-produc.
ING, property in Ferry Lake, Caddo
Parish, went to trial before Judge
Mills in the First Judicial District
Court. The State is represented in the
suit by Attorney General A. V. Coco
and former Gov. Luther E. Hall, assist
ant attorney general. Sidney L. Her.
old and E. H. Randolph are defending
the interests of the Caddo Levee
Board
Former Gov. Newton G.. Blanchard
the first witness placed in the stand
by the State, gave a history of the
waterways tracing through the parish
OF Caddo, extending from the Texas
and Louisiana line, near jefferson, to
Mooringsport, and especially the Ferry
Lake property involved in the suit.
Governor Blanchard testified that the
Oaddo Levee District, according to the
records on file in the general land Of
flee, acquired what is purported to be
a title from the United States govern
ment to several thousand acres of the
bed of Ferry Lake.
This land, said the witness, was
leased by the Levee Board to the Gulf
Refining Company, and some of it has
been subieased to other oil companies,
and now there are between 1000 and
1,400 producing oil wells on the prop
erty. These wells were drilled in the
bed of the lake, which is now and has
always been a navigable stream"
Governor Blanchard stated that the
value Of the bed of the lake, now dot
ter with oil derricks for miles, is from
SOS. 00O.O00 10 $50, 100000 He further
stated that the Gulf Refining Company
has received s16,OOo,OOO worth of oil
from the property and has paid to the
Caddo Levee Board $2.O00,0OO in royal
ties ut is admitted to be the best
portion of the Caddo oil field" said
the former governor. and produces
the best grade of OIL The lake has
never been dry, and has never been
abandoned as not being navigable. The
bed of what is known as Caddo Lake
has never been in a classification as
shallow or dried up lands. and any
statement to the contrary is trayesty
upon the truth"
Most Of the evidence after that of
Governor Blanchard was documentary,
including Transcripts OF records, maps
and other data, showing the manner
in which the Caddo Leyee District OBJ
tanned title to the property in question
from the registrar of the general land
office at Washington. Title was OBJ
tanned by the Levee Board in July,
1901, with other lands that have been
disposed of.
It was stated that trial OF the suit
may be concluded soon. Argument of
the case probably win be March 8.
Fred Grace. commissioner OF the State
land office. is present at the trial as
q witness in the case.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
.FINANCiERS DEFY
US. CONF TR0LLER
BANKERS OF COUNTRY PROTEST
ORDER TO PUBLISH SALARIES
OF OFFICERS.
RESOLUTION ASSAILS ACTION
Call for Public Statements Stirs Gp
Hornets Nest in Banking CircIes-
Action Ascaiied in Resolution
Offered by McFadden.

WashingtOn.-Protests which are be-
ing received by members cf Congress
and government Officials Indicate that
John Skel'an Williams, Comptroller Of
the Curre..~J, stirred up a hornets nest
in baking circles throughout the coun-
Try by demanding in his last bank call
that all national banks publish the az
greSate ct the salaries OF executive Of
ncers, the number of such officers. the
aggregate OF the salaries of other en-
piOyeS and the number of employees.
Representative McFadden, a Penn
Sylvania banker and Old-time foe of
Williams, stepped forward in the House
OF Representatives, as the champion Of
the bankers who don't want TO comply
with the COmptroller's demand. He
oHered a joint resolution which would
make ii unnecessary for the banks to
give the information requested in their
reports 10 the Comptroller, and also
launched an attack OH WilliAms. Con-
sideration will be given at once to the
resolution
Many reports were in circulation as
to the purpose which had actuated
Williams i'll his demand and the re-
suits, in event the banks complied.
One of these was TO the effect that Will
liamS suspected some of the banks had
increased the salaries of executive Of
hcers out OF all proportion to the serv-
ices they rendered, in order to cover
10Th 4
reconstruction period.
There was also ak TO the effect that
compliance with the order would show
the salaries paid to executive officers
of banks controlled by Andrew w. Mel
Ion, who will be Secretary of the Treas
ury in President Harding's Cabinet, as
well as of many other prominent bank.
erS. 1t would not, however. show the
specific salaries which individual of
ficials of bank, like Mellon, received,
as the demand in the call issued by
Williams did not go to that extreme.
Williams received his first direct in
fOf%hatiOn that some of the national
banks had mutinied against his order
when a telegram was received at his
office stating that the Pittsburgh Clear
ing House Association had forbidden
banks holding membership in it from
furnishing certain data requested by
the call just issued. He Immediately
issued a statement explaining his posi-
non and taking the firm stand that the
Information must be supplied.
While this statement was being di-
gested by the representatives of the
banks, Representative McFadden in
troduced his joint resolution in Con-
gress in order to checkmate Williams.
McFadden pointed out that it was the
first time in the history Of the national
banking act that such an order had
been issued. He held that the informal
ton was confidential. There was dam
ger. also, he held, of stirring up trouble
in the personnel of banks by pointing
out, in the way of contrast" the sal
aries paid to executive and other EN-.
plOyes.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
FOR HURRIED READERS.

Forest Hili.-A game Of basketball
was played here by the Forest Hill
school girls and the Bolton High Of
Alexandra, which resulted IA to Q in
favor OF Forest Hill High.
Eunice.-Robert Turner Post No. 81.
American Legion, was organized last
year with a membership of fifty, but
at that time owing to the scarcity OF
buildings for all purposes they were
unable TO get suitable headquarters.
Jennings AT meeting of the Ro-
fary Club for its weekly luncheon with
J. o. Modisette, president. presiding, a
general discussion took place with
reference to the rates now being
charged by the public service COM
pany.
Lake Charles. Considerable activ-
ity again.is reported in the Vinton oil
fields. The Crude Oil and Developing
Company is setting a rig "a miles
west OF Vinton. The Owl Oil Company
IS putting in another hole on its Gray
lease
Lake Charles.-E. r. Kaufman and
a. P. PuJo have returned from Shreve-
port. where they appeared in federal
court presenting arguments concern
ing attorney fees which the state attor-
Aess are, seeking to. collect In the
KII,zfr cy.st.-h. ns~---....~ .....<.~..,,. -
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
TRADE GROWING RAPIDLY.
Business With Latin-America Is Now
One-fourth U. S. Commerce.

Business With Latin-America Is Now
one-fourth U. S. Commerce..
Washington.-Trade with Latin
America is increasing rapidly and
now constitutes one-fourth Of all the
foreign commerce of the United
States, said statement issued at the
Department of Commerce.
Trade with Latin-America in 1920
amounted to $9,S7S.1S5,5 67, against
1882, 723,97S in 1919, a total increase
of As per cent over any previous year.
Value of exports increased 50 per
cent and imports 80 per cent. Forty
two per cent of the total trade last
year was with Europe, the statement
said, and 10 per cent with the far
east. Exports to and imports from
Canada constituted IL per cent of the
total American trade, while two per
cent of the total was with Africa
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
POISON PLOT CHARGED.
Nurse Accused of Swapping Alleged
Victim in Bed.

nurse ACCUSED OF Swapping alleged
Victim in Bed.
New ,York-Mrs. Alice T. Lattimer,
a Syracuse nurse, whose arrest was
ordered by the Syracuse police after
poison had been discovered in food
given to her patient, Mrs. Ruth Craw-
ford. was arrested on her return from
Florida on warrant charging grand
larceny.
The police took elaborate pIecau.
tons to prevent anyone talking to
Mrs. Lattimer, and according to De-
tective Lynch she had not learned
when she was locked up the accusa-
tons rnat have been ..sade against
her in Syracuse that she caused Mrs.
Crawford to be strapped to her bed
and fed her poison in her food. Anoth-
er nurse told of Witnessing the legal
papers when Mrs. Crawford decided
over her property to Mrs. Lattimer,
but did not know the nature of the
documents.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
10000 JEWS VICTIMS.
Pogroms Carried Out by an Anti-7oL
shevist Leader.

London.-More than 10000 Jews
were victims of the pogroms carried
out by the troops of Gen. Balakovitch,
former anti-Bolshevik leader, in the
regions of Minsk and Hamel, accord
ing to a statement issued by the Fed
Grafton of Ukrainian Jews in London.
Reports from Jewish sources in
Warsaw last December told of po-
groms carried out by the troops of
Gen. Balakovitch in the Minsk region.
where he adopted an insurgent course
and continued fighting after the Poles
and Russians had ceased hostilities.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
Radio Station for MoblIe.

Mobile, Ala new and more pow
erful radio station is to be establish
ed by the navy in Mobile at an early
date, 1t was learned here following
a conference of naval officers from
New Orleans with members of the
city commission, which resulted in the
leasing of tract OF land in Airing
ton Place for the erection of two
towers and an office for the operators.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
VOTE FUND FOR CHINA.
$4,000 to Help Move Grain From
West Appropriated IN Senate.

Washington. -One-half a million
dollars was voted by the senate to
defray costs Of moving across the Pa
cific grain donated BY American farm
ers for the famine sufferers Of China.
Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa,
in offering the bill, said official re-
ports indicated that 100000 Chi
nese were facing starvation and that
the daily death toll was 1000.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
DANIELS FOR THE SENATE.
May Succeed His Old Political Enemy,
Simmons,

Raleigh. N. CA boom for the Sc
lection of Josephus Daniels as the
successor of United States Senator
Simmons has been started in North
Carolina by. number of the naval
secretary's friends, who have been
canvassing the state legislature in his
interest.
Secretary Daniels and Senator SIM
mons are old political enemies and
the formers eight years at Washing
ton have strengthened his position to
a considerable extent.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
TREsPAss NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that vauclune
Plantation. in Concordis Parish, La, is
posted against hunting, shooting, fish.
Ing, or in any manner trespassing
thereon. Violators will be prosecuted
70 the full extent OF the law.
R. P. SCHIELE.
Vidalia, La, March "a, 1919.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
TREsPASs NOTICE.

Notice is hereb" given that Elkhorn
and Weecama Plantation, in Concordia
Parish. La, are posted against hunt
Ing, shooting, fishing. or fence cutting,
Or in any other manner trespassing
thereon. Violators will be prosecuted
70 the full extent of the law.
F. D. BROWN
Vidalia, La, Sep 10th, 1919.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
Exposition for Peace.

ington.-Proposals for an in
ternational exposition and congress
for peace and democracy in Washing
ton in 1926 to commemorate the
seisquicentennial anniversary Of the
independence of the United States
were made at the ninth annual meet
ing of the National Efficiency Society
aere.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
kATcAEz. Misa
IREapAsn NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Pitts
field Plantation, in Concordia Parish
La, Is posted against hunting, shoot
ing, or in any way trespassing thereon.
Violators will be prosecuted to the fun
extent OF the law.
W. W. DIX, Manager.
Vidalia, La, Oct 10, 1919. ".
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
Mexico Rail Traffic Halted.

Mexico City.-Railroad traffic Ia
seriously crippled as a result of the
general strike. The government is TAX
ing firm stand, and President Obre-
gon, in reply to the final demand" Of
the Railway Union for recognition. de-
clared he had "said his last word on
the subject"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
MonuolIan Town aurns.

Peking.-Urga, Mongolia, captured
recently by force of Russians and
Mongolians, appeared to be burning
when Chinese evacuation of the city
began, according to a number OF
refugees who have arrived at Kali
gan.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
TREsPASs NOTICE.

The properly of the undersigned ON
Bayou Cocodra, in Coneordia Parish,
louisiana. is posted against hunting.
shooting, fishing, trapping or in any
manner trespassing thereon. Violatora
will be prosecuted to the full extent 81
the law. ANNIE CRAWFORD
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05

Detroit, Mich eorse, a downriver
village, reputed to be a rum runners
headquarters, was cleaned up" by
aZents. Liquor In great quantities ard
scores Of prisoners we're taken.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
BIG SHIPS ARE IDLE.
"5aron Won steuben" Is One of the
Vessels To Be Slowed Away.

Vessels TO Be Slowed Away.
New York.-Six steamers owned by
the United States shipping board and
aggregating 64,450 tons gross, now
lying idle in New York. VIII be towed
to the Hog Island ship yard for stor-
age until disposed of by the govern,
ment.
Three of the ships are former Ger
man liners, the Baron Won Steuben,
ex-Kron Prinz Wilhelm; Nansemond,
ex-Pennsylvania, and the Mercury, ex-
Barbarossa, which served as army
transports during the wer. The 9TH
ers are the Marcia, South Bend and
Edellyn, American-built steamships
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
TREsPAss NOTICE.

Nc<see is hereby given that the
White Sail Plantation. in Coneordia
Parish. La, is posted against hunting,
shooting, fishing. pecan gathering, or
IN any manner trespassing thereon.
Psslators will be prosecuted to the full
sxsent Of the law.
WHITE HALL PLANTATION.
Vidalia La, Oct. 4th, 1918.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
Maa sheriff 2s Yearn.

New Orleans.-H. Marrero. for IS
years sheriff of jefferson Parish. ad-
Joining Orleans. Confederate veteran
and prominent Louisiana politician.
lied at bis home near here, aged "A.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-03-05
cen. sardovaI nlea.

London.-Gen. Jose Jimines Sar-
doval is dead. He participated in an
important capacity in the Spanish
American war
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
These Are the Days
When the Man
Who Forgot
Is Forgotten
By J. r. HAMILTON
Former Advertising Manager Wanamakers Philadelphia

Even the who forgot the semaphore and killed
hundred people is seldom remembered by He simply
passes out of the lives and the activities of men,
1t behooves all to remember. And memory? Memory
is the shortestlived of all the faculties.
In scientific tests made few years ago found
that reaches it's ceareSt vision about twenty minutes
after any occurrence From then the picture dms And
what hold wildly minds years after occurrence
is not the memory but the imagination of it.
Now hundreds of people trying impress some big idea
upon eeng memories every day. They trying to tell
their store their merchandise their advantages
of kind other They trying to impress us the
advantages of their mevers their They
trying tell us of luxury ought to have They are Trying
give a mental picture of some necessity.
They spending great deal of money in doing this And
eems only fair when they all this effort for benefit
that we give them small part of active
attention.
The people advertise again and again and again
say minds remember it. And they obliged to
compel for And they do it in spite of u.s.
because they also learned that constant repetition the
greatest method of training the memory and nsng an mpor
tant fact into minds.
But the point is that advertising far more important even
for US who buy than for those who SELL For advertising has come
to sqy an act and emblem of good faith throughout all the
channels OF trade.
of who have not learned to read the adVer
Using remember message constantly being trcked
in price and fooled in quality.
the who lose out in the fight We the man
at the semaphore. We who forget are forgotten.
Oopyighted1
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
HIGHEST DAM In WORLD
WILL RISE 600 FEET
WILL HARNESS TURBULENT
WATERS OF COLORADO.
BORDERS TWO STATES.

The highest dam in the world, to
ioin the states of Nevada and Arizona,
and harness the turbulent waters OF the
Colorado river for extended irrigation
in the southwest is to be constructed
in the near future by the United
States reclamation service.
The dam, according to tentative
plans, would rise to the unprecedented
height of 500 or 900 feet in Boulder
canyon, where granite abutments rise
more than 1000 feet above the water
surface. Engineers of the reclamation
service, ahoat on barges, are now Dor
ing for bed rock beneath.
A lake varying from thirty to fifty
miles in length would be backed up
in the Colorado and Virgin rivers; and
in this basin would be held in check
for irrigation the drainage from al
most the entire Colorado river basin,
including parts of six states
The proposed structure would be
higher by far than the worlds highest
dam at present-Arrowrock dam, on
the Boise river, Idaho, which meas
ures 348 feet, and would top other
famous dams in the United States,
among the highest of which are:
Shoshone, on the Shone river, Wy
oming, 328 feet; Elephant Butte on
the Rio Grande, New Mexico, 800
feet and Roosevelt, on the Salt river,
Arizona, 200 feet.
Preliminary work on the Boulder
canyon project is being done under
authority of congress, which appro-
priated $4,000 for investigation. An
additional $4,000 was contributed by
local irrigators. Engineers have locat-
ed a site, and are making borings for
foundations. While these are incom-
plete bedrock has been located at a
number of points and the outlook is
favorable, according to Arthur P. Da-
Wis, director of the reclamation SER
vice
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
GLASS Of SALTS IF
YOUR KIDNEYS HURT
Bat less meat if you feel Backachy or
have Bladder tTouble-Salts
fine for Kidneya

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their efforts
to filter it from the system. Regular eat
ers of meat must flush the kidneys occa-
sionally. You must relieve them like you
relieve your bowels; removing all the
acids, waste and poison, else you feel a
dill misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache, dir
ziness, your stomach sours, tongue is
coated and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
I'D two or three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in glass of water before break
fast for few days and your kidneys viii
then act fine and bladder disorders dis
appear. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, COM
bined with ithia, and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate slug
gish kidneys and stop bladder irritation.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and
makes a delightful effervescent hthia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoiding
serious kidney and bladder diseases
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
GEORGIA'S QUOTA
OF FUND is FIXED
WILL RECEIVE $3,415,OO0 OF 80
MILLION DOLLARS METH
ODISTS ARE TO RAISE.

Georgias quota of the $33,000,00O
educational fund that is to be raised
by the Southern Methodist church,
through the Christian education move
ment, has been fixed at $3,415,000, &C
cording to an announcement given out
by the leaders of the movement in
Nashville. 1t has also been announced
that Georgia universities, colleges and
schools under the fostership of the
denomination will receive approx
mately $5,000,000 of the fund.
The Georgia quota, as divided be-
tween the north and the south Geor-
gia conferences, will be as follows;
North Georgia conference, $1,765, 900;
south Georgia conference, $1,65O,O0O,
The north Georgia institutions to
be given portions of the educational
fund are: Emory university, Atlanta,
$3,305,000; LAGRANGE Female college,
$350,000; Young Harris college, $140,-
900, and Rheinhardt college $4,000.
Total, $3,935,000.
South Georgia institutions to be
benefited, with the amount apportion-
ed to each, are as follows: Wesleyan
Female college, Macon, $63O,00O;
Vashti Industrial institute, Thomas
vile, Ga, 100000; Sparks college,
Sparks, Ga, $4,000; South Georgia
college, McRae, Ga, $4,000; Andrew
college, Cuthbert, Ga, $4,000. To-
tai, $1,360,000.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
DRY FORCES FIGHT
BEER PRESCRIPTION
SALE OF BEER AT FOUNTAINS
WILL BE PREVENTED BY
RESTRICTIONS, IT'S SAID.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Anti
Saloon League is prepared to fight I'M
til the opinion by former Attorney
General Palmer holding that beer may
be prescribed as a medicine is over
ruled, Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel for the league, announced to-
night in formal statement; The
league, he added, has number OF
plans to be used as the occasion de-
mands.
1T is an astounding proposition that
beer can be sold at soda fountains with
all that it implies" Wheeler said IN
reference to a recent statement by the
former attorney general, as to the et-
feet of his opinion. This last state
ment makes clearer than ever before
the vice in the opinion"
Mr.. Wheeler declared that even II
beer may be prescribed as a medicine
the law required the utmost care on
the part of a physician and the keep
ing of a careful record of all prescr1p-
tons.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-26
EMPTY GRAVE" CASE
DEFENDANT IS GUILTY
Cochran Given Two Years tor De
frauding Life Insurance Company.

frauding Life Insurance Company
ASHERMONT, Tex.-R. D: Jack
son Cochran, co-defendant in the
empty grave case, charged with de
frauding a Dallas life insurance com
pany Of $4,000, was found guilty, by
a jury late tonight and sentenced 10
two years in the penitentiary;
In his charge to the jury the court
dwe1t at length on the aspect OF the
case presented by the defense that
even if the mystery" were proven IL
was not planned to defraud the rnsur-
ance company, but to aid Cochran III
escaping extradition to New MEXICO
to face a charge of murder.
The case is one Of the most famous
in the history of Texas. Cochran, a
prosperous farmer and the father OF
five children, was supposed TO haHe
died at his home here on March ~;
1919. The body of the supposedly dead
man was laid out at his home ana
covered with a sheet. Religious rites
were performed, a coffin carried from
the home and buried in a local ceme-
terry. Three insurance companies SUD
seGuently paid on policies to Mrs
Cochran. She died in May OF the foI-
lowing year. . or
Shortly afterward Cochran was ar
rested on a goat ranch near Sterlnlg
City. His grave had been opened anu
found to contain an empty Dox'