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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-08-05
Executors Sale
Valuable Real Estate
In Hampstead District. Carroll Coun.
", Maryland.

by virtue of the power Of sale con
tanned in the lapa will and testament
" Harvey q Wisner, late Of Carroll
County. Maryland, and pprsnant 70 an
order OF the Orphans Court OF said
Carroll County, passed on the 9Th day
~ July. 1921. the undersigned Exeou-
tor will sell at public sale on the
premises on
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-08-05

everything by the way OF staggering
bargains. "hurrah discounts, "discon-
tinued lines at less and so forth they
know what NOT TO Get
They want a fresh, live tire. With a
good reputation, That's everything il says
I. is. With the people behind il who
back il up.
There are % U. S. Factory Branches.
Your local U. s. Dealer In drawing
upon them continually to keep hts stocks
sized up, complete--to give you service.
Whenever be gets one or hundred
tires from a U. S. Factory Branch. they
are newly made this seasons tires.
Sold to you at net price. Full values.
Square dealing A reputable maker. A
reputable dealer. The whole transaction
as BELTS the leadership Of the oldest and
largest rubber organization in the world.
The Era-leader., 1921-04-21
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Siek'for Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed-Read Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala.--Mrs. G. M. stegal,
Of near here, recently related the fol,
lowing interesting account Of her re-
covery: II was in a weakened con.
dition. I was sick three years in bed
suffering a great deal Of pain, weak,
nervous, depressed. / was so weak,
couldn't walk across the floor: just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. I was almost dead. I tried
every thing l heard of, and number Of
doctors. Still didn't get any relief.
l couldn't eat, and slept poorly. l
believe If hadn't heard Of and taken
Cardui would have died. / bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what 1t did for her.
II began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now well
and strong. / haven't had any trou
BILE since .. sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me. ! don't
think there is q better tonic made
and believe it saved my life"
For over 40 years, thousands Of VIC,
men have used Cardui successfully,
In the treatment Of many womanly
ailments.
II you suffer az these women did
take Cardui. It may help you, too.
A. all druggists. q So
The Era-leader., 1921-04-21
School Board Proceedings.
Franklinton, La,
April "A, 1921.

April IA, 1921.
On the above date the WASH
inoton Parish School Board met
in regular session with the fol-
lowing members present; D.
Wallace, O. E. Morris, F. B. Bate
man, l.. r. Richardson, D. L.
Cushing,,Geo. c. Knight G. W.
knight, j. A. Moore, j. H. Mitch
ell. and Willie Russell.
Absent: None.
The meeting was called to or
der by President Bateman and
led in prayer by Geo. c. Knight
The minutes Of the regular JAN
uary meeting and the special
meetings held January 26, and
February 16, were read and ap'
proved.
The following report was read
and submitted by the Superlnten'
dent of the City Schools of Boga
lusa.
Bogalusa City Schools.
April 12, 1921.
supt. D. H. Struggled and Par
ish School Board. \
Dear Sirs:
We wish to present to your con
sideration some facts about th'
school taxes of Bogalusa.
Our local tax of 5 mills on 50,
100000 gives us S47,500.OO. W.
receive from the parish, 10000.
90. Total $77,500. This is al
the money We get to run the Cit,
Schools.
Our pay roll runs each mont
|sS, 100000 or S77,400.0O. This give
US nothing for supplies.
We pay into the parish 8 mill
on an assessment Of S9,50O,OO0 0
or s2S, 10000. We pay into Iii
state on same assessment Z l.
mills or S23,750.00.
To sum up the above;
We pay into the State s23, $780,
loo.
We pay into the Parish s2o,
10000.
We pay on polls about $3.50 On
Total $52, 10000 in taxes f(
!. schools is what we pay out.
The parish receives from Bog
lusa on 8 mills $2s,5O0.00.
The parish receives from tn
state on educables from Boga
lusa s22,960.0O, $51. 10000
taxes and about $4,000 in pc
taxes or grand total Of s51,91o'0
One year ago we asked the pa
ish to make a budget of $4,000
90. a little over half of what "
pay into the parish for the SUI
port of the city schools. We ha,
not received all of this money.
we do not receive all of the $50
100000 we will be compelled
close the city schools. We a
paying into the city $47,5Oo'O0.
We pay into the state S23, 700
90; into the parish $2S,950.0O,
a grand total for school tax
S1OO.15O.OO. We feel that out
this amount of taxes we shou
get enough to run our schools.
We have enrolled in the ci
The Era-leader., 1921-04-21
Pardon Notice.

I, the undersigned, convicted
of larceny November6, 1890, and
sentenced for not less than one
year or more than two years in
the State penitentiary, am ap.
plying for pardon.
2-5 [lous Jenkins.
lawyer would like more
time for my client your honor.
Judge--Certainly. | was going
to give him five Years, but I'll
raise it to 10.-Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Era-leader., 1921-04-21

consideration.
City School Board,
F. G. Ratcliff, Supt.
On motion of D. T. Gushing,
seconded by Geo. G. Knight, and
unanimously carried the follow
ing resolution was adopted.
Whereas it appears that the
Washington Parish School Board
has budgeted for the City Schools
of the City Of Bogalusa the sum
of Thirty Thousand Dollars and
has only paid thereon the sum of
SIS, 100000 thousand dollars and
the remaining s15,000.00 has to
be paid out of the next funds
coming from the state, which
funds are expected not later than
the 10th day Of June 1921,
Therefore be it resolved that
the City Of Bogalusa is requested
to borrow from its fiscal agent
sufficient funds to run its schools
until the Goth, day Of June 1921,
when the Washington Parish
School will have gotten in the
funds from the State, and will
pay over to the City Of Bogalusa,
the balance due of S30,OO0.OO
provided for in the budget.
The Varnado school building
committee submitted floor plans
for the Adams Creek and Varna.
do school buildings after which a
motion was made, duly seconded
and carried approving the propos.
cd plans.
On motion seconded and car.
ried the Secretary of this Board
} is authorized and instructed to
! advertise for bids for the construc.
ton of the school buildings at
Varnado and Adams Creek at the
earliest date possible after the
plans have been approved by the
; State Department Of Education
On motion of D. T. Cushing
: seconded by Willie Fussell, anc
unanimously carried the follow
ing resolution was adopted.
: Whereas, the Washington Par
p ish School Board of Washingto1
Parish, La, is without suficien
: funds to carry on the public
schools of the parish for the bal
4 ance of the year 1921 for the rea
= son that the taxes for the currsn
year have not been collected, an(
: it is therefore, necessary for sait
, Board to raise the funds necessa
: ry for said school expenses unit
. the taxes assessed for that pur
I pose are collected.
Therefore be it resolved, by tn
o Washington Parish School Boar
9 of Washington Parish, La, tina
this Board borrow from the Wash
: ington Bank & Trust Company
+ of Franklinton, La, the sum 0
$ Ten Thousand $4,000. .00 Dollar
u payable on or before January 1(
q 1922, and that this Board do exc
cute and deliver to the said Wash
J ington Bank Il Trust Company c
: Eranklinton, La, its certificate {
Indebtedness for said amount
said certificate to bear interest a
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18

Small Kansas City Dog Dirty and
Shaggy but as Faithful as
They Make Them.

He is Just little shaggy poodle,
ana aS black rs coal dust ana smoke
can make him, but he is very devoted
10 his Sclt-impoScd duties. lie may be
seen each morning waiting ut the rear
door of Post office Station c, 3G21 In
dependence avenue
He draws no salary from the post
Office department, but is as regular
in his attention to his task as though
he were receiving the top wage.
Someone is always ut the door to
admit him. Then, after casual in
Spcction Of the Office, he hunts up his
chosen friend, Ed Easton. carrier 1o9,
and commences his daily duties as
guardian ana friend.
He waits at each stop for Ed to un.
load his mail and accompany him back
TO the station, staying till Easton goes
to lunch. Then he will trot OFF TO his
own home for rest and at one
O'Clock may be seen on duty once
more.
Even sunday mornings. when his
friend does not come to the office, ne
Will run up TO the door, wait patiently
till he Is tired, and then will disappear
and not be seen any more TIL Monday
nt the usual hour.-Kansas City
Times.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
Keep Control Of Temper.

Repeated outbursts OF violence have
the sam" effect on your delicate men
tai ana nervous mechanism that they
have on the machinery which controls
the energy generated BY the waterfall.
In a Very little time I. person Civ
en- TO violence will be unable 10 con
troll his energy Ii VIII burst forth
az all times. as in the case OF badly
spoiled child. And then there will be
little work and no thought. All the
energy that is generated by the mys-
terious processes OF life will be vast
ed, never again to be rccovcred.-John
Blake In Chicago Daily News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
READ BIBLE TO GET PENNIES
Woman in State Of Washington Has
Found That Scripture study
May Be Purchased.

There IS complaint that people no
longer read their BibleS. Mrs Caches
Of La Conner has found Il way to pop
u,arzc Bible reading. \ low weeks
aco she offered to pay penny
verse to every child or adult who COM
mittcl TO memory verses from certain
chapters in the Bible. Md now she
is receiving the heaviest mail in La
Conner-reportS from the children
and brethren who have earned their
pennies and want them at once, Glen
Nj. Foley writes in the Seattle Post
lntclligenccr. Ii would require one
rerson'S time 10 answer all the letters
and mail pennies Requests have
come from all parts OF the United
States and there have even been ap
plcat!ons from foreign countries.
Hence, general Bible reading, we
note, is only u matter of going out
and buying It. Mr.. Rockefeller and
Others of his fatness might make Bible
reading the avocation OF the whole
country by dctaching few million
dollars and turning them into pennies.
But will that variety OF Bible roading
do any goodf Will il stimulate the
readers who are after pennies to fol-
low the Christian life? Or is it sim
ply estimated that nobody can read
much in the Bible without some Of
it sticking to him?
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
GOVERNOR APPEALS
FOR AID TO CHINA

Famine Stricken Land Must BE Given
Outside Assistance. Many Face
Death.
Columbia. May Statistics at
hand show that 100000 people,
100000 of them children under II
years old-in northern China are face
10 race with actual starvation and that
every minute which delays assistance
counts in the death toll" according to
+. .. Black. treasurer for the South
Carolina China famine fund Eight
out Of every ten people will die either
from death by starvation or the diseas-
es which following in the wake of
famine before December" Mr.. Black
says, unless help comes from outside
to tide over until the next CROP
Yesterday was set aside by the
South Carolina fund committee, of
which p. c. lleyward is chairman,
China Famine Relief day and all South
carolnians are urged to heed the cry
OF the famishcd land.
Reliable individuals and wholly
responsible agencies have, time and
again within the past few months re-
ported that conditions existing in
China are more lamcntable than one
can we'll imagine" writes Governor
Cooper. 1t is particularly difficult
for a people who do not know the
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
Making Them Learn History.

Enactment by the state legislature
Of Indiana OF Il law to make the teach
ing Of American history compulsory
In every public and private school Of
the state Is urged by the national
Americanization committee OF the
american Legion. The bin provides
also a.. tie compulsory teaching OF
civil government In The high schools
AID colleges OF tho STATE.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
GENERAL PERSHlNG
WILL HEAD ARMIES
Announcd ais CHIEF OF Stan by Sccrc-
tary OF War. IInrbord Takes Care
Oi Detailed Duties.

Washington May 13.-Gcneral Per-
shing. since the end of the war nom
nally the head Of the army but ac-
tually Without any important duties
or authority. will become chief of the
general staff and the actual head of
the army July |, Secretary Weeks an
nCunced today On that date he will re-
lievc Maj. Gen Pcyton c. March, the
present chief Of staff.
In addition to his new duties Gen
eral Pershing will remain head Of the
general headquarters or war staff of
the army. a post recently created for
him. He will have as assistant chief
OF the general staff his old friend and
chief OF staM in France, Maj. Gen.
James r. Hartford, who will relieve
Mai Gen. William NJ. Wright. the pres
ent executive assistant,
Athoush bearing the title OF chief
OF stan and havins authority and
supervision over all functions OF the
general staff. General Pcrshing w!M
be relieved Of all Administrative and
detail duties hy General l{l~hard. WHO
Will assume Tie routine ot'thc Office
leaving General Pc Hi-- t.,p
establishments, ar.culay'y thu orean
ization and ,yain.ns q. the national
guard and or-anized reserves.
III annoUncinS his selection Secre-
~ r,. NJ ,,.- ,,,,t, :. ,r.s., ,',,. ,.,,..,,'
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-05-18
Considered a Freak

The Tampa Tribune says that Girl
must choose between dressing SenSiDly
and attracting attention. In some cir
les ~ ,hcr It's the girl who drcSSc.
sens Ily who attracts the most alton
tiou Boston Transcript,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
AUTO COLLISION SUIT.
Between Benjamin ]. Hatch and Earl
Daniels Being Tried.

Harry c. Shurtleu is appearing for
the plaintiff in the case of Benjamin j..
Hatch rs. Earl Daniels in Washington
county eours in addition TO Fred Laird.
A juryywas drawn yesterday afternoon
and Daniels was put on the stand to
testify to the facts in connection with
collision between his car and that
of the plaintiff The collision occurred
near Parmenter hin in East Montpelier
on the evening of Nov. l3, 1920, when
the Hatch car rounded turn and
struck the defendants car, which was
stopped in the road
Mr.. Daniels testified that his lights
went out owing to a wire slipping
out of place about Is seconds before
the collision occurred. He stopped the
car nearly in the center OF the road
and climbed ost to replace the wire.
Seeing the other car approaching him.
he climbed hack in with the idea Of
backing the car out of the road into
the ditch. Mr.. Hatch's car struck
his left front wheel and fender, and
turned turtle in the ditch. to the best
of his knowledge, Mr.. Daniels said
At the time his lights went out, he
was driving toward Adamant with a
Mr.. Sanderson, killing time before a
dance, the witness said. Following
the collision both rode back TO Mont
pelier with Mr.. Hatch and his party,
Mr. Daniels testified.
The ad d, mnum in the case is set at
$1,000.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
STEWARD CASE WITH JURY.
Matter Was Given Into Its Hands Yes
terday Afternoon.

The jury in the case OF Eva u.
Steward, adminiAratrix- Of the estate
Of her husband, willixm Steward, IS.
NJ. n. McAllister and A. A. Boyce,
owners of the Worthen block In Bprre,
for $4,000 damages because OF the
death Of Mr.. Steward in fall down
the stairs in the building, still had the
ease early this afternoon, having re-
ceived il yesterday afternoon,
Judge s. r. Moulton, in giving .the
charge. outline the jury's procedure
as follows: til Was the Cantu hall
way. from which led the stairs on
which Mfr. Steward fell. under the de-
PENDANTS controlg t2) Was the invita-
tion TO William Steward TO enter the
building for a spiritualist society So
cial such as to include the right TO en-
ter the Cantu hallway tsl Did the de-
PENDANTS fail to keep the premises r a
reasonably safe condition, with 0pe-
cial regard to the latch on the doos.
and If so, was this the cause OF the ac'
cidents l4l Was William Steward GU
ty OF contributory oegligences t5l Did
Mr.. Steward lean against the door and
fall through, according to the plain
tifT's theory, or did he open the door,
step down and lose his balance. accord
ing TO the defendants.
Tn the matter of damage, the Judge
stated that in case the defendants
were found liable, the plaintiff was en-
titled only 60 what might have been
reasonably expected from the. deceased
II he had not had the fatal accident.
Numerous exceptions to the charges
were taken by counsel.
The jury were given a special YER
dict 10 fiji out in case they found for
the plaintiffs. This asked whether
William Steward was lawfully in the
Cantu hallway and whether the acci-
dent occurred according to the plain
tif's theory or according to the defend
ants
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
POLICE SAY
McDONAL ID HAD
BURGLAR KIT
Dow Was Awakened By
Burglar Alarm and on
Investigation Saw Three
Men Carrying Away
Two Cases of Liquor Al
legged to Have Been TAX
en- from Cellar.

Bridgeport, Conn, Nov 2.-Thomas
Mcdonald, 80, of Medford, Mass, was
shot at 430 this morning by Albert
Dow Of this city as Mcdonald and two
companions were carrying away two
cases Of liquor which they are alleged
to have taken from Dow's cellar Nc
Donald was declared by the police to
have had burglar kit. He was taken
to hospital where he died half hour
after the shooting.
In statement Dow saiG he and his
brother, being awakened by burglar
alarm, went on an upper porch. Dow
carried rifle and his brother re-
yolyer. The former declared he saw
three men come from the rear Of his
-house and stand in the driveway. II
ordered them to throw up their hands
or I'd fire." said Dow. "1hey turned
and ran and | fired twice. One of them
dropped"
Dow was held by the police but later
released pending the result OF a coron-
er's inquest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
ALLEGED LIQUOR THIEF
SLAIN BY BRIDGEPORT
NAN NDEFENDLNG CELLAR
NILKLESS BREAKFAST
FOR NEW YORK AGAIN
Small Deliveries Made, Main Delivery
System Being in State of
Paralysis Yet.

New York, Nov. 2.--Citizens of the
metropolitan ares rose again this
morning to breakfast without milk
and cream on the second day OF the
milk handlers strike with slight pros
pect of strike settlement in sight
Except for deliveries by small distrib'
uting companies, the milk delivery
system continued in state OF paraiy.
sis.
Representatives o. the employers
organization. the milk conference board
and milk wagon drivers union were
called to the Office of Mayor Hylan
this morning to discuss terms OF set
tlement. There was expressed little
hope of reaching settlement.
Up to this morning milk was avail
able only at railroad terminals and
at some Of the smaller distributing
agencies, the only exceptions being in
the case of hospitals. dispensaries and
nurseries, which the striking drivers
kept supplied.
In connection with the strike new
type of hold-np men, termed milk
bandits, by the police, appeared. a
dozen men, riding in three taxicabs
held up the driver of a delivery wagon
in Harlem and escaped with five large
cans OF milk. The bandits in their
hurry to get away spilled two OF the
cans in the gutter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
ALL OBSTACLES REMOVED.
Bennington Couple Aided in Efforts to
Get Married in Somerville.

Boston. Nov. 3.-The Scmerville po-
lice automobile figured unexpectedly
in a wedding last evening The happy
bride and groom. were George nj.
Brown. ~ ~rd Niss Ellen G. Eaton,
about 81, both OF Bennington, VT. who
have known eatn other for many years.
They arrived Yesterday in Somerville,
at q friends house, AZ Iaques street,
Winter Hill, where they announced
that they had decided to get married
and pass the winter there.
At 5 p. m. they called on the clerk of
the distric. court who gave them a
petition foe a waiver of the five days
required by law between the issuing
of license and wedding. The cou-
pie took the petition to the home Of
Judge L. Roger Wentworth of the dis
trict court. who has been eontHed at
home for. some time. BE indorsed the
petition.
The clerk of the court then issued
the waiver, and Chief OF Police Charles
A. Kendall, having heard OF the situa-
tion, took Police Captain +. A. Carter
with him iIeo the police automobile
and conveyed the prospective bride and
groom to the home OF City Clerk Jason
NJ. Carson ON Vinal avenue. where Mr..
Carson tied the matrimonial eknot in
short order.
The chief of police then returned Mr..
and Mrs. Brown to AZ Jaques street,
where he left them with heartiest good
Wishes for their future happiness. Mr..
Brown had never been married before.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
INDIANA COAL M
| MINERS QUIT
Work in All Coal Mines Of
State Practically at
Standstill
ABOUT 10000
MEN AFFECTED
According to Report to I'm
ion Headqua ( IS in
Terre H O
y

Indianapolis, Nov. y York in the
Indiana coal field wa = cticaIly at =
standstilI to-day as q ult Of walk
outs of 10000 men : loyed at APP
proximately 300 mi e in the state,
according to early r : s received at
union headquarters at Terre Hautc.
Widespread waikouts in the soft
coal fields Of the country were ex-
pected at international headquarters
of the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea.
No reports. however, we're available
as to conditions in the l6 states into
which messages were sent last night
bv the union chiefs advising that dis
continuance by operators OF the check
off, as prescribed by Federal Judge A.
B. Anderson's injunction was TO be
treated as breaking the existing wage
agreement.
At the Terre Haute headquarters OF
the Indiana miners it was said that
the only Eaines working to-day were
a few Of the smaller plants.
Protest against the temporary in
junction was voiced al numerous meet
ings held last night throughout the
Indiana fields and officers of the union
said there was little prospect of re-
sumption of work until the writ was
set aside or modified. Operators Of
the Indiana field will meet Thursday
night all Terre Haute to discuss the
situation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-11-02
HARDING SO YEARS OLD.
Birthday of President Quietly Cele-
brated In White House.

Washington, d. G., Nov. 2.-President
Harding celebrated his 56th birthday
to-day quietly at the White House, nc
special program having been arranged
for the occasion. Scores of congratu-
latory letters and kilograms were re-
ceived during the day from friends
throughout the country and many from
abroad.
The president refused to observed
!. the day as holiday, arriving at the
executive Offices at the usual hour. His
engagement list was even longer than
usual. containing the names of mum
ber of members of Congress.
One of the first congratulatory mes
sages TO be received by the president
was from King George of England.